China and Hollywood used to seemingly have a healthy, symbiotic relationship. Hollywood released massive blockbusters in the Asian nation, they made massive bank, audiences were happy, and presumably Chinese theater owners were doing quite well for themselves, along with Hollywood often got massive box office boosts from the country.
That’s changed in recent years to the point that it’s almost flipped to an antagonistic relationship. Movies like Marvel tentpoles—that used to routinely make millions at the Chinese box office— are seemingly no longer very welcome.
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