In a turnabout, China is handing out release dates for Hollywood movies at a clip these days — and with a fair bit of notice.
Yesterday, we learned that Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will go day-and-date on March 31, and today comes news that Universal/Blumhouse/Atomic Monster’s hit M3GAN has been granted a March 17 start.
That’s about two months since the pic began overseas rollout and will see it face off with Warner Bros/New Line/DC’s Shazam: Fury of the Gods on March 17, that film timed to the domestic release.
Through this past Sunday, M3GAN, from director Gerard Johnstone and producers James Wan and Jason Blum, reached an international box office cume of $74.7M in 76 markets.
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