As China's booming Lunar New Year box-office period winds down, Beijing's film regulators are beginning to let Hollywood titles back into the marketplace.
Warner Brothers’ live-action/animation hybrid Tom and Jerry has secured a release on Feb. 26, officially the final day of the Chinese New Year season.
The film will be the first new U.S. studio title to launch in China in 2021. Just one week later, on March 5, Disney's feature animation Raya and the Last Dragon will get a theatrical rollout.
China's regulators block foreign films from releasing throughout the lucrative Lunar New Year stretch as a matter of protectionist trade practice.
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