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If American films are meh...are China’s better?

If American films are meh...are China’s better?

It's Been a Minute vor 11 Monaten

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Hollywood isn't performing as well at home or abroad. Is it losing
its cultural dominance to China's burgeoning film industry?

‘Survive until 2025’ was the mantra that got Hollywood through the
past five years of lockdown, streaming wars, and franchise fatigue.
And while summer films like Lilo & Stitch, Superman, and
Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning made critical and box office
impact… on the whole, it still doesn't compare to pre-2020 levels.
And even more curious, the international box office - specifically
in China - has declined over the years as well.

At the same time, the highest grossing animated film of all time
hit theaters this year… in China. Ne Zha 2 has dominated
the global box office and with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no
Yaiba and K-Pop: Demon Hunters also breaking
records, Brittany had to ask: What does this say about Hollywood’s
global influence and how have audience appetites changed since
2020? Staff writer at The Atlantic, Shirley Li, joins the show to
answer those questions and more.

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