“Iron Man 3” posted the biggest opening day in Chinese box office history Wednesday, with $18 million according to the China Film Group. That’s just better than $17.9 million that “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” debuted to in July of 2011. Disney and Chinese distributor DMG Entertainment estimate that the final number will hit $21.5 …
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The path to Dan Mintz’s office starts in a dimly lit penthouse lobby of glass panels, Buddha heads and traditional Chinese wooden doors. Take a right at the stone bridge over a carp pond. Pass a room filled with fresh-faced staffers brainstorming over laptops and go inside. You’ve just entered the DMG zone, where marketing, …
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If Hollywood execs could travel through time, many wouldn’t mind landing in the shoes of producer/financier James D. Stern and his Endgame Entertainment execs two years ago, just as they met with China-based distrib DMG Entertainment about the time-travel actioner “Looper.” DMG not only agreed to distribute Rian Johnson’s film, it also came aboard as Endgame’s Chinese production partner. The deal positioned “Looper” to …
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The path to Dan Mintz’s office starts in a dimly lit penthouse lobby of glass panels, Buddha heads and traditional Chinese wooden doors. Take a right at the stone bridge that arches over a carp-filled pond. Pass a room filled with fresh-faced staffers brainstorming over laptops and go inside. You’ve just entered the DMG zone, …
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