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Bona Film Group
Chinese film company
Chinese film company
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bona Film Group Company Limited |
| logo | Bona Film Group.svg |
| traded_as | |
| native_name_lang | |
| type | Public |
| industry | Chinese cinema |
| founded | |
| founder | Yu Dong |
| hq_location_city | Beijing |
| hq_location_country | China |
| Hong Kong | |
| area_served | |
| key_people | |
| products | Film |
| homepage |
Hong Kong
Bona Film Group Company Limited (, formerly known as Beijing Polybona Film Distribution Co. Ltd. (保利博纳电影发行有限公司) ), also known as Polybona Films or the Bona Film Group, is a Chinese production company and distributor of films from mainland China and Hong Kong. It is run as a subsidiary of the China Poly Group, and is one of China's largest share-holding film distribution companies.
It was named "the Chinese Miramax" by Screen International in 2005, and its CEO, Yu Dong, was described as one of "the future’s most influential filmmakers" by The Hollywood Reporter in November 2006.
History
Founded in 1999, Polybona was the first domestic private firm to receive a film distribution license from the SARFT. In November 2003, it merged with the China Poly Group, a wealthy business conglomerate wing of the Chinese military, the People's Liberation Army, to form PolyBona Film Distribution.
The company has distributed over 120 domestic and foreign films, including Confession of Pain, Protégé, The Myth, Initial D, and Dragon Tiger Gate, generating over RMB 1 billion (approximately US$130 million) in box office revenue, capturing over 20% of the overall market share for five years running.
It has also co-produced over 20 feature films, including The Warlords, Red Cliff, Flash Point, and After This Our Exile.
In 2007, Variety recognized the successful growth of Polybona Films, and wrote highly about its transforming from Miramax to Paramount.
In 2014, the company had a 10% share of the Chinese box office, earning from 12 films released.
In 2014, the company was the fourth-largest film distributor in China, with 5.99% of the market.
As of April 2015, the company was worth US$542 million.
In Q1 of 2015, it had a gross profit of US$45 million, a revenue of US$117.6 million, and a box office gross of US$257 million.
In November 2015, it was reported that Bona invested in TSG Entertainment, resulting in a stake in six films distributed by 20th Century Fox, including The Martian (2015).
In 2016, the company had a market share of 9%, with a gross of ().
Filmography
Released
| Year | Title | Director | Co-production company(s) | Distributor(s) | Box office | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Vegas to Macau | Wong Jing | $95,900,000 (China and international) | url= https://deadline.com/2015/01/top-100-films-international-box-office-2014-transformers-1201343914/ | title= 'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart | author= Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom | date= January 10, 2015 | access-date= May 11, 2015 | work= Deadline Hollywood}} | |||
| The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom | Jacob Cheung | $64,200,000 (China and international) | |||||||||
| The Taking of Tiger Mountain | Tsui Hark | $141,248,984 (China and United States) | |||||||||
| From Vegas to Macau II | Wong Jing | $156,850,000 (China) | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-bona-film-group-racks-794373 | title=China's Bona Film Group Racks Up Record First-Quarter Earnings | work=The Hollywood Reporter | author= Clifford Coonan | date= May 7, 2015 | access-date= May 11, 2015}} | |||
| Operation Mekong | Dante Lam | $170,482,937 (China) | |||||||||
| Sword Master | Derek Yee | ||||||||||
| Bride Wars | Tony Chan | ||||||||||
| Secret Treasure | Ronald Cheng, Gordon Chan | ||||||||||
| Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | TriStar Pictures | ||||||||||
| Studio 8 | |||||||||||
| LStar Capital | |||||||||||
| Film4 Productions | |||||||||||
| The Ink Factory | |||||||||||
| Marc Platt Productions | |||||||||||
| TriStar Productions | Sony Pictures Releasing | ||||||||||
| Phantom of the Theatre | Raymond Yip | ||||||||||
| Paradox Kill Zone Bangkok | Wilson Yip | ||||||||||
| Operation Red Sea | |||||||||||
| A Dog's Way Home | Charles Martin Smith | Columbia Pictures | |||||||||
| Pariah Productions | Sony Pictures Releasing | ||||||||||
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | Columbia Pictures | |||||||||
| Heyday Films | Sony Pictures Releasing | ||||||||||
| Ad Astra | James Gray | Regency Enterprises | |||||||||
| Plan B Entertainment | |||||||||||
| RT Features | |||||||||||
| Keep Your Head Productions | |||||||||||
| MadRiver Pictures | 20th Century Fox | ||||||||||
| Midway | Roland Emmerich | Summit Entertainment | |||||||||
| Centropolis Entertainment | |||||||||||
| RuYi Media | |||||||||||
| Starlight Culture Entertainment Group | |||||||||||
| Street Entertainment | |||||||||||
| AGC Studios | |||||||||||
| Entertainment One | Lionsgate | ||||||||||
| Bloodshot | David S.F. Wilson | Columbia Pictures | |||||||||
| Cross Creek Pictures | |||||||||||
| Original Film | |||||||||||
| Valiant Comics | |||||||||||
| Annabell Pictures | |||||||||||
| The Hideaway Entertainment | Sony Pictures Releasing | ||||||||||
| Enter the Fat Dragon | Kenji Tanigaki and Wong Jing | Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP) | |||||||||
| The Battle at Lake Changjin | Chen Kaige | ||||||||||
| Tsui Hark | |||||||||||
| Dante Lam | August First Film Studio | ||||||||||
| Huaxia Film Distribution | |||||||||||
| China Film Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||
| Shanghai Film Group | |||||||||||
| Alibaba Pictures | |||||||||||
| Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communications Company | $909,596,236 (China and international) | ||||||||||
| The Battle at Lake Changjin II | Chen Kaige | ||||||||||
| Tsui Hark | |||||||||||
| Dante Lam | August First Film Studio | ||||||||||
| Huaxia Film Distribution | |||||||||||
| China Film Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||
| Shanghai Film Group | |||||||||||
| Alibaba Pictures | |||||||||||
| Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communications Company | $626,571,697 (China and international) | ||||||||||
| Operation Leviathan | Dante Lam |
References
References
- [http://www.polybona.com.cn/en/about.asp?id=134 Polybona Films - About Us]
- Landreth, Jonathan. (17 November 2010). "China's Bona Film Group Files IPO".
- [http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/768/53/ Variety (Asia) Magazine]
- Xu Fan (China Daily). (June 18, 2015). "Internet Giants Move From Behind the Camera to Front". EntGroup Inc.
- "China Film Industry Report 2014-2015 (In Brief)". EntGroup Inc.
- Patrick Frater. (April 9, 2015). "Chinese Media Stocks Stage Major Rally in U.S. and Asian Markets". variety.com.
- Kevin Ma. (May 11, 2015). "Bona reports record results for 2015Q1". [[Film Business Asia]].
- Patrick Frater. (November 4, 2015). "China's Bona Film Invests $235 Million in Fox Movie Slate". [[Variety (magazine).
- Brzeski, Patrick. (December 20, 2016). "Alibaba Pictures, Tencent Lead $360M Funding Round in China's Bona Film Group". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom. (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- "THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN". [[Box Office Mojo]].
- Clifford Coonan. (May 7, 2015). "China's Bona Film Group Racks Up Record First-Quarter Earnings". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- "Operation Mekong". [[Box Office Mojo]].
- Kevin Ma. (June 19, 2015). "Bona announces giant slate in Shanghai". [[Film Business Asia]].
- (6 November 2016). "Bona Film Seeks Status as Chinese Major Ahead of IPO".
- Brzeski, Patrick. (January 27, 2019). "China's Bona Film Group to Co-Finance Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (Exclusive)".
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