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8/2/2025, 8:59:57 PM
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China and South Korea have a strict limit on the amount of slots U.S. films are allowed in cinemas, and they pre-book "guaranteed" hits as a result. So there is no opportunity for a film to "break out" there. They only bet on the safest slop. However two things happened.
A. The Chinese box office became huge, allowing for hollywood tier budgets for domestic pictures
B. Hollywood quality standards plummeted. Both on a technical level and a creative level. So they don't have any advantage over Han-Slop. A Chinese film looks as good as an American film, the writing and acting will be as good, but it will feature very specifically Chinese audience pleasing subjects and aesthetics. Pic related, their most popular film thus far this year. It grossed 2.2 billion dollars at the Chinese box office this year. By comparison, the highest grossing film at the U.S. box office this year was Minecraft with 450mil.
China and South Korea have a strict limit on the amount of slots U.S. films are allowed in cinemas, and they pre-book "guaranteed" hits as a result. So there is no opportunity for a film to "break out" there. They only bet on the safest slop. However two things happened.
A. The Chinese box office became huge, allowing for hollywood tier budgets for domestic pictures
B. Hollywood quality standards plummeted. Both on a technical level and a creative level. So they don't have any advantage over Han-Slop. A Chinese film looks as good as an American film, the writing and acting will be as good, but it will feature very specifically Chinese audience pleasing subjects and aesthetics. Pic related, their most popular film thus far this year. It grossed 2.2 billion dollars at the Chinese box office this year. By comparison, the highest grossing film at the U.S. box office this year was Minecraft with 450mil.
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