FOREIGN FILMS China restricts the number of imported films shown and regulates the lengths of their runs in order to protect its own domestic film industry. Nonetheless, China has become a lucrative market—for both U.S. films and its own features, like The Monkey King (2014). This 3-D live-action film based on a classic Chinese folk story became one of China’s biggest hits of 2014.

The Kobal Collection at Art Resource, NY