Walt Disney is expected to increase its share of the cost of expanding Hong Kong Disneyland and to end up owning a larger share of the theme park. In documents submitted this week to Hong Ko…
"My Little Brother," the first Korean-language title picked up for local distribution by Walt Disney, will be handled in other markets by Contents Panda, the international sales arm of Next …
TOKYO — With its release perfectly timed to benefit from its six Oscars, "La La Land" danced to the top of the Japanese box office in its first weekend. Released by Gaga and Pony Canyo…
Losses at the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park increased in 2016 to $22.1 million (HK$171 million,) as visitor numbers dropped to 6.1 million. But the park operators said that the trend is no…
“xXx: Revenge of Xander Cage” held off new releases “Sing” and “La La Land” to win its second successive weekend at the Chinese box office. Starring Vin D…
Tolerance, tormented teens and a timely tempo…. There could scarcely be a better launch pad than this week's Berlin Film Festival for "Emo The Musical." The debut feature of Australian dir…
Walt Disney has picked up comedy "Yes, Family" as its first Korean title for distribution. Directed by script editor-turned-director Ma Dae-yun, the story revolves around three siblings who …
AMC, the U.S. theater chain controlled by China’s Dalian Wanda group, is to pay $929 million for Nordic Cinema Group. The company is the largest cinema operator in seven countries acro…
Chinese social media and games giant, Tencent has come on board Lionsgate’s “La La Land” as a partner for the film’s upcoming release in mainland China. The partnersh…
A slew of Hollywood movies has secured release dates in the crucial mainland Chinese market. Their box office prospects, however, are unclear given their proximity to each other and the curr…
MUMBAI " Disney is expected to cut about 90 members of its staff in India, having previously announced that it is getting out of local film production. The move comes at a moment when its pe…
A Shanghai court has awarded damages to Disney and Pixar Animation in a copyright case over a Chinese-made film called "The Autobots." The court ruled that the film was an illegal copy of Di…
Korean disaster film, "Pandora" and musical drama "La La Land" remained on top of the South Korean box office in their second week in cinemas. According to the Korean Film Council’s tr…
Local disaster blockbuster, "Pandora" debuted on top of the South Korean box office. Opening on Wednesday (Dec 7) in Korea, the Next Entertainment World picture earned $10.1 million from 1.4…
The ten-year old Hong Kong Disneyland theme park is to get a $1.4 billion expansion. New attractions will include new Frozen and Marvel Super Heroes areas. The plans call for the expansion t…
Shanghai Disneyland has welcomed over 4 million visitors since its opening in mid-June. The numbers challenge recent estimates circulated by a local academic, who said that the theme park wa…
Construction of Toy Story Land has begun at Shanghai Disneyland, the giant theme park and resort that opened in mainland China in June. The land will be the seventh at the park and is set to…
MUMBAI — The Walt Disney Company India has reappointed Mahesh Samat as Managing Director. Samat had left Disney four years ago to establish Epic Television Networks and was founder and…
China's Dalian Wanda has hired former Disney executive Andrew Kam Man-ho to a senior position in its expanding theme park division. Kam was previously managing director of Hong Kong Disneyla…
Disney Thursday confirmed plans to cease film-making in India, one of the few territories in the world where its local-language production business had a sizeable market share. Its fil…
Disney hierarchy Bob Iger, Andy Bird and Bill Ernest were joined by stage and screen director Julie Taymor in Shanghai for the opening of the Mandarin-language version of "The Lion King" mus…
Disney's strategy of localization has helped propel 'Jungle Book' to hit status in its Indian home market.
Director Wang Chao announced regulators' decision on his microblog.
Cirque du Soleil, the avant garde circus group, is to open an office in China and launch its first permanent show in the country by 2018.
New theme park will include Disneytown and Toy Story Hotel