Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith has failed in China to create the kind of excitement that it has in the rest of the world. China Daily reported Tuesday that the film earned only $3.37 million in its first week of release in the world's largest nation. The newspaper commented that the failure of the film likely reflects cultural differences, noting that its "virtual world seems too celestial to be acceptable to many Chinese movie fans," many of whom, it said, have more adult tastes than Westerners. The newspaper observed that Titanic, by contrast, earned $38.5 million on the Chinese mainland market and attributed its success to "the universal theme of love."
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
IMDb: 'Star Wars' Flops in China
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Ya know, I didn't really like Episode III that much, but to say that the Chinese have more mature tastes because they saw Titanic more... Gimme a break. That was one of the worst movies of the past ten years, and who made so much money for it over here? Teenage girls who liked the love story.
Titanic does not show maturity. It shows a love of gossip.
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