Chinese funding fuels world cinema

Cash-rich Chinese investors are increasingly visible on the international screen.

When a slew of familiar Chinese logos were flashed before the film Warcraft, a burst of awkward laughter broke out in Chinese cinemas, as if asking, "Is this a Hollywood movie or a Chinese one?" Even discounting that Chinese conglomerate Wanda acquired Legendary Pictures long after the Hollywood studio decided to turn the game into a movie, Chinese film studios Huayi Brothers and Tencent Pictures had been involved.

The movie ended up raking in 1.48 billion yuan ($224 million) in China, far more than the $47.2 million it made in the United States.