Which makes the recent news that films like Dolittle, 1917, and even the latest Hellboy remake, have been forced to cancel their Chinese debuts rather worrisome for the studios looking to make those films into international hits.
In recent years, major Hollywood films have become dependent on foreign markets, such as China, to help boost their box office grosses.
However, the reasoning is solid, as most of the country’s movie theaters remain closed, due to the Coronavirus outbreak that’s hit the country particularly hard.