The Hollywood movie industry sold a record-breaking $11.4 billion in tickets in US and Canada in 2016, according to a recent studio estimate from comScore.
Cash-rich Chinese investors are increasingly visible on the international screen.
Insiders say there's a silver lining to stagnant box office takes in 2016. Box office takes for China's film industry remained stagnant in 2016, but most industry insiders see it as a blessing in disguise.
The passing 2016 witnesses a good momentum of North American box office, which grows to be the biggest year in history.
A Shanghai Pudong district court sentenced two Chinese companies to pay 1.35 million yuan ($194,500) to two Hollywood studios on Thursday for infringing on their copyrighted material.
When London South Bank University's vice-chancellor David Phoenix brought an unconventional two-page-long partnership agreement back from his trip to China, his legal team was concerned.
Over the years, filmgoers in China have griped that monsters portrayed in Chinese films look like those seen in Western movies. But things could be about to change.
When Gao Mantang visited Prague, he was stunned to see tens of thousands of graves of Jewish victims who died during the Holocaust.
The Star Wars franchise has been a victim of both timing and cultural expectations in China's movie market.
China's movie industry this year may not have seen the enviable growth rate of the recent past, but the past 12 months are seen by many as a good year for quality offerings-and for diversity as well.
Viewers of Jackie Chan's latest action thriller, Railroad Tigers, have been surprised to discover the film includes a major role for his son, Jaycee Chan.