Opening as the No. 1 movie in China this weekend, local 3D adventure fantasy Time Raiders scored a $64.6M debut. The pic, directed by Dragon Blade‘s Daniel Lee and starring Star Wars ambassador Lu Han, was the No. 3 title internationally, behind Suicide Squad and The Secret Life of Pets, when factoring in the latter’s…

Imax and Imax China Holding have entered a deal with Wanda Cinema Line to add 150 theaters throughout China over a six-year period. Construction will begin in 2017 with 110 cinemas expected to be completed by 2020 and the rest by 2022. This will take Wanda’s Imax footprint to 360 in a market that is a rabid consumer…

UPDATED, Monday, 1:56 PM: International weekend grosses for two of the three openers came in higher than expected — in one case over $20M higher than anticipated as the Jackie Chan action comedy Skiptrace opened in China to a big $62.2M and gives Chan a new record in China (see related story). In seven markets, its…

Skiptrace, the Jackie Chan-Johnny Knoxville action comedy directed by Renny Harlin, opened to big numbers in China. Grosses just in show that it pulled in a $62.2M purse and knocked out all the competition, including Warner Bros’ The Legend of Tarzan, which came in a distant second. To give an idea of how popular Skipt…

There’s a scene in Skiptrace in which Johnny Knoxville annoys Jackie Chan. The result? Chan goes full-on Moe on Knoxville’s Larry. That had to be on the Jackass veteran’s bucket list. Here is the first trailer for the East-beats-West buddy-action teaming of a couple of guys who laugh at pair — and whose pain has made…

Saban Films has taken U.S. distribution rights to the Renny Harlin-directed Skiptrace, starring Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville and Fan Bingbing. Plans are for a theatrical reelease in Q3 this year. Written by Jay Longino and Ben David Grabinski, Skiptrace follows a Hong Kong detective who’s been tracking a dangerous…

A cameraman working on the latest Jackie Chan pic Skiptrace has drowned while filming, according to local reports. Fifty-one-year-old Chan Kwok-hung died after a vessel carrying his film crew capsized off Lantau Island this morning, writes the South China Morning Post. Chan Kwok-hung and Jackie Chan had previously…

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Knoxville has been set to star alongside Jackie Chan in Skiptrace, the Renny Harlin-directed film that has just begun shooting in China. Last I wrote about this, Chan was going to star opposite Seann William Scott and X-Men: Days Of Future Past's Fan Bingbing in the tale of a Hong Kong detective…

Cliffhanger and Long Kiss Goodnight helmer Renny Harlin has been tapped to direct the Jackie Chan buddy action comedy Skiptrace following the departure of previously announced director Sam Fell (Paranorman). Chan is set to star opposite Seann William Scott and X-Men: Days Of Future Past‘s Fan Bingbing in the tale of a…