This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On Nov 12, 1994, The Fugitive, a film by Warner Bros, hit theaters in six cities in China. It was the first Hollywood film imported to the country on a revenue-sharing basis in more than four decades.

Starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, it was "a great success in major cities", Xinhua News Agency reported. Within the first screening week, it attracted 1.4 million filmgoers.