Ni hao, Hollywood!

The filmmaker behind Gravity didn't need to splice in Chinese elements, because they were naturally in place, he tells Liu Wei.

Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron insists that the ending of his space epic Gravity was not deliberately made to please audiences in the fastest-growing film market in the world.

Gravity, which has captured a phenomenal worldwide box office of $500 million since its North American release on Nov 4, premiered in China on Nov 19. The opening-day takings were 32 million yuan ($5.1 million), a bit less than the first-day performance of Thor 2, which grossed 40 million yuan.