THOR: THE DARK WORLD Set To Be China's Final Foreign Release Of 2013

THOR: THE DARK WORLD Set To Be China's Final Foreign Release Of 2013

Despite being the world's second biggest market - Iron Man 3 earned over $120 million there - China slated in only 34 non-Chinese movies for 2013. Well, in some extremely good news for the God of Thunder, Thor: The Dark World has taken the final slot! Read on for details.

By JoshWilding - Oct 17, 2013 05:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Thor
Source: The Wrap


With only 34 films slotted in for 2013, Thor: The Dark World has managed to nab the final spot, beating the likes of Ender's Game and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. According to The Wrap, "The Walt Disney Studio is believed to have secured the last available 2013 berth for "Thor: The Dark World," though a release date has not yet been finalized, according to an individual with knowledge of the situation. Disney had been pushing aggressively to get the superhero sequel into Chinese theaters this calendar year, and it looks like its efforts have paid off." It's still possible that the movies mentioned above (among others) could still secure a release before the New Year, but this is still a big win for the Alan Taylor helmed sequel. The People's Republic maintains a strict quota on the number of foreign films it allows each year, but the release of this movie in 3D and IMAX there should mean a big boost to its worldwide box office total.






Marvel’s "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s "Thor" and "Marvel’s The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.


STARRING:

Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Anthony Hopkins as Odin
Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
Zachary Levi as Fandral
Ray Stevenson as Volstagg
Tadanobu Asano as Hogun
Jaimie Alexander as Sif
Idris Elba as Heimdall
Christopher Eccleston as Malekith

RELEASE DATE: November 8th, 2013
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JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 10/17/2013, 5:50 PM
Smart move
SageMode
SageMode - 10/17/2013, 5:50 PM


CIPHER

You're randomness is quite entertaining bud. Lol.
beeaey
beeaey - 10/17/2013, 5:57 PM
cha-ching
Lozzy
Lozzy - 10/17/2013, 6:01 PM
Pacific Rim made 100 million in China, so all I can say is them Chinese have good taste in movies.
TheOneAboveAll
TheOneAboveAll - 10/17/2013, 6:03 PM
@Lozzy94
or maybe the fact that ticket prices per ticket for an american movie are the equivalent of $50...
BaneSmash
BaneSmash - 10/17/2013, 6:05 PM
@sage - let's hope your right or your going to look silly like all the people who said MOS would make a billion......l..
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/17/2013, 6:05 PM
hope china wants to see thor as much as the rest of the world.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 10/17/2013, 6:06 PM
Release your movie in Asia and you'll make a lot of money. Just like Iron Man 3.
BaneSmash
BaneSmash - 10/17/2013, 6:06 PM
@Yoss - lmfao.....
ninjacarm
ninjacarm - 10/17/2013, 6:13 PM
Whoop caressss
GinjaNinja
GinjaNinja - 10/17/2013, 6:17 PM
welp. Lets see if this one can get to the billion mark.
Minato
Minato - 10/17/2013, 7:36 PM
I guess they are preparing to buy america
TheAbomination
TheAbomination - 10/17/2013, 9:10 PM
No Hobbit for the Chinese then. Oh well.
YearOne
YearOne - 10/17/2013, 11:36 PM
This will literally be raking in the dough, and I can see extended theater presence because it is the last Western Movie to be shown in CH-CH-CHINA!

CHA-CHING!
SimyJo
SimyJo - 10/18/2013, 11:07 AM
Makes no difference whatsoever to the general populous of China - who'll see it on crappy pirate-o-vision on knock-off dvds.
Disney/Marvel loses out though and the Chinese cinema-owners miss out on potental business.
Silly China.
FantasticSpidey
FantasticSpidey - 10/18/2013, 1:31 PM
"Pacific Rim made 100 million in China, so all I can say is them Chinese have good taste in movies."

Or an advanced jingoistic policy.
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