![]() Universal Pictures, a co-producer, is holding back the U.S. ![]() ![]() Sources say “The Great Wall” was initially scheduled for release in 2017, but Chinese authorities insisted that it reach domestic screens in 2016 to amend for the lean box-office year, during which growth in ticket sales dropped to the slowest rate since 2008. ![]() The state film administration is also counting on the film to give China’s 2016 box office numbers one final boost before the year closes. So far, Wanda is still around 3 billion yuan short of this target, sources say. People familiar with the matter say that Wanda has set the earnings bar at 1.5 billion yuan, and is counting on “The Great Wall,” the company’s final production of the year, to bring the company as close as possible to its 9 billion yuan annual box office target.
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