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Coronavirus Pandemic Deals Blow to US, China Film Industries

Elizabeth Lee

   LOS ANGELES - The coronavirus has shut down movie theaters and
   postponed movie releases in the two largest film markets in the world,
   the U.S. and China.

   The film industry in the two countries has become more closely tied in
   recent years, and the economic impact of the coronavirus in one country
   will be felt in the other as well.

   "China's and the U.S.' film industries are very closely entwined," said
   Aynne Kokas, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia
   and author of "Hollywood Made in China".

   Moviegoers in China are the fastest growing in the world, especially
   when high-tech movie theaters have opened in third- and fourth-tier
   cities. Hollywood wants a piece of it.

   "Hollywood studios are increasingly making their films for the
   consideration of the Chinese market," Kokas said.

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