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The producers of China’s briefly highest-grossing movie, a live action and animated fantasy “Monster Hunt,” admitted last year to buying tickets worth 40 million yuan ($6 million), which it said was for free screenings for senior citizens and others.Īfter the release of “Ip Man 3,” which also stars former boxer Mike Tyson, state media reports soon alleged that its distributor had bought discount tickets in bulk from various cinema chains, who then scheduled “ghost screenings” after midnight at expensive rates.Ĭhina’s film market has grown fast in recent years to become the world’s second largest, after the United States. I want to be able to tell you that Ip Man 3 (2015) is a fantastic martial arts film, but then I also want to be truthful.
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Ip Man 3 Official Teaser Trailer 1 (2015) - Donnie Yen, Mike Tyson Action Movie HD. IP MAN 3 Trailer (Donnie Yen - Mike Tyson) Fresh Movie Trailers. While a distributor will have to fork out money to buy thousands of cinema tickets, the bulk-buying may boost the movie’s profile enough to become a talking-point and attract a bigger audience. On the set of IP Man 3 (Donnie Yen - Mike Tyson) Fresh Movie Trailers. No phone number was listed for Dayinmu, and it had no immediate statement on its official microblog.Ĭhinese cinemas and distributors have been accused of faking ticket sales in the past, for example by buying up tickets or counting some of the earnings of one film as those of another. The bureau ordered the company to suspend distribution for a month while it “rectifies all malpractices” and gave formal warnings to three electronic ticket-selling groups involved in the fraud, as well as 73 cinemas, Xinhua said. cinema chains are refusing to sell online tickets for Disney's coming film 'Iron Man 3' in a dispute over how revenue is split. Search movie times, buy tickets, find movie trailers, and view upcoming movies. “These kinds of issues could be considered inevitable in a young industry, but box office fraud has become so serious that it is already harming Chinese cinema,” Zhang Hongsen, head of the film bureau, was quoted as saying. Ip Man 4: The Finale Movie tickets and showtimes at a Regal Theatre near you.
It cited China’s film bureau under the broadcasting regulator.
“The conspirators fabricated more than 7,600 screenings of the film that they claimed generated 32 million yuan ($5 million) in ticket sales,” Xinhua added.