Latest ‘Hotel Transylvania’ and ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Movies Secure China Release Dates

variety.com:

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHollywood franchise movies “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” have both secured April theatrical release dates in mainland China.“Transylvania” will open in Chinese cinemas on Sunday April 3, 2022, a couple of days ahead of the Qingming or Tomb Sweeping holiday on April 5. “Beasts” will open, more conventionally, on Friday, April 8.Sony missed out on a China release for “Spider Man: No Way Home,” which was the biggest film worldwide in 2021.

But the confirmation represents the studio’s second Hollywood film this year to receive approval from the Chinese authorities (after “Uncharted,” set for March 14 ). “Beasts 3” is the third of 2022 for Warner Bros. (after “The Matrix: Revolutions” in January and “The Batman” on March 18). “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” releases in North America on April 15, 2022, meaning that the studio has time to build a marketing campaign in the Middle Kingdom and that the Chinese outing briefly precedes the stateside debut.All three previous instalments in the Transylvania franchise have been releasd in China.

The first scored $10.9 million in 2012. “Hotel Transylvania 2” earned $17.3 million in 2015, while “Hotel Transylvania 3” took $32.7 million in 2018.Previous instalments of the Fantastic Beasts series have scored well. “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” grossed $86 million in 2016.