According to the LA times, after making 75 million dollars and becoming the most successful movie of all time, James Cameron’s overrated epic Avatar is being pulled from all of its 2-D screens in China. Sighted by some to be a defensive political move in response to a feared backlash against recent Chinese government upheavals, the decision to pull the film could very well be much less extravagent. China has a mere 4000 screens and they allot preference to domestic Chinese releases. The L.A. Times cites David Wolf in that “most foreign films get a 10-day run before being pulled. Executives at Fox had expected “Avatar” to play much longer, however, due to its massive popularity.” China has done this multiple times in the past, and has recently sighted the upcoming Chinese New Year as the motivation to pull Cameron’s Blue-Cats-R-Us. Regardless of the intent, this is one of the handfuls of times that I side with the Chinese Government and find myself strangely appreciative of their non-reverential status towards the film. Maybe we should put sanctions on how long movies can run here. Hahaha, I kid, I kid.
But seriously…
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