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Mulan has fizzled in Chinese cinemas, here’s why Disney’s blockbuster retelling might have failed to land – ABC News
As Disney’s live action remake underwhelms at the box office in China, we look at the evolution of the story — from Chinese folktale to Western blockbuster.
‘Disney tried to have this be something to everyone’: The evolution and confusion of Mulan
Mulan might be part of the pop culture lexicon of Western audiences, but it’s worth remembering that while Disney’s animation was a hit internationally when it was released in 1998, it was a flop at the Chinese box office despite being based, ostensibly, on a Chinese folktale.
So it’s no surprise that Disney approached its new Mulan movie with the Chinese market front of mind: it cast big-name Chinese ac…
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