'Star Wars' Makers Have High Hopes for China Success

The latest Star Wars movie broke the $1 billion mark before fans in China could see it, but producers anticipate The Force Awakens will play “very, very well” in the world's second-biggest film market. The film opens in China on Jan. 9. Director J.J. Abrams watched the Chinese premiere in Shanghai with a Chinese audience Sunday night. He told a news conference Monday that he was thrilled to see people “laughing and cheering in exactly the same places that we've seen other...

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