Bona Film Group

Chinese film company

Bona Film Group Company Limited

Company type| Public

Traded as

* SZSE: 001330
* Nasdaq: BONA

Industry| Chinese cinema
Founded| 1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Founder| Yu Dong
Headquarters|

Beijing

China
Hong Kong

Key people

* Yu Dong (CEO)
* Xu Liang (CFO)

Products| Film
Website| www.bonafilm.cn

Bona Film Group Company Limited (simplified Chinese: 博纳影业集团有限公司; traditional Chinese: 博納影业集團有限公司, 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.[1][2]

## History

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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.[3]

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 CN¥3 billion from 12 films released.[4]

In 2014, the company was the fourth-largest film distributor in China, with 5.99% of the market.[5]

As of April 2015, the company was worth US$542 million.[6]

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.[7]

In November 2015, it was reported that Bona invested US$235 million in TSG Entertainment, resulting in a stake in six films distributed by 20th Century Fox, including The Martian (2015).[8]

In 2016, the company had a market share of 9%, with a gross of CN¥3.7 billion (US$532.2 million).[9]

## Filmography

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### Released

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2015)

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Co-production company(s)  | Distributor(s)  | Box office  | Ref.

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2014 | From Vegas to Macau | Wong Jing |  |  | $95,900,000 (China and international)  | [10]
2014 | The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom | Jacob Cheung |  |  | $64,200,000 (China and international)  | [10]
2014 | The Taking of Tiger Mountain | Tsui Hark |  |  | $141,248,984 (China and United States) | [11]
2015 | From Vegas to Macau II | Wong Jing |  |  | $156,850,000 (China)  | [12]
2016 | Operation Mekong | Dante Lam |  |  | $170,482,937 (China)  | [13]
2015 | Sword Master | Derek Yee |  |  |  | [12]
2015 | Bride Wars | Tony Chan  |  |  |  | [14]
2015 | Secret Treasure | Ronald Cheng, Gordon Chan |  |  |  | [12]
2016 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Ang Lee | TriStar Pictures
Studio 8
LStar Capital
Film4 Productions
The Ink Factory
Marc Platt Productions
TriStar Productions | Sony Pictures Releasing |  | [12]
2016 | Phantom of the Theatre | Raymond Yip |  |  |  |
2017 | Paradox Kill Zone Bangkok | Wilson Yip |  |  |  | [12]
2018 | Operation Red Sea | Dante Lam |  |  |  | [15]
2019 | A Dog's Way Home | Charles Martin Smith | Columbia Pictures
Pariah Productions | Sony Pictures Releasing  |  | [12]
2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | Columbia Pictures
Heyday Films | Sony Pictures Releasing  |  | [16]
2019 | Ad Astra | James Gray | Regency Enterprises
Plan B Entertainment
RT Features
Keep Your Head Productions
MadRiver Pictures  | 20th Century Fox  |  |
2019 | Midway | Roland Emmerich | Summit Entertainment
Centropolis Entertainment
RuYi Media
Starlight Culture Entertainment Group
Street Entertainment
AGC Studios
Entertainment One | Lionsgate |  |
2020 | Bloodshot | David S.F. Wilson  | Columbia Pictures
Cross Creek Pictures
Original Film
Valiant Comics
Annabell Pictures
The Hideaway Entertainment  | Sony Pictures Releasing  |  |
2020 | Enter the Fat Dragon | Kenji Tanigaki and Wong Jing |  | Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP)  |  |
2021 | 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)  |
2022 | 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)  |
TBA | Operation Leviathan | Dante Lam  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ Polybona Films - About Us
2. ^ Landreth, Jonathan (17 November 2010). "China's Bona Film Group Files IPO". The Hollywood Reporter.
3. ^ Variety (Asia) Magazine
4. ^ Xu Fan (China Daily) (June 18, 2015). "Internet Giants Move From Behind the Camera to Front". english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
5. ^ "China Film Industry Report 2014-2015 (In Brief)" (PDF). english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
6. ^ Patrick Frater (April 9, 2015). "Chinese Media Stocks Stage Major Rally in U.S. and Asian Markets". variety.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
7. ^ Kevin Ma (May 11, 2015). "Bona reports record results for 2015Q1". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
8. ^ Patrick Frater (November 4, 2015). "China's Bona Film Invests $235 Million in Fox Movie Slate". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
9. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (December 20, 2016). "Alibaba Pictures, Tencent Lead $360M Funding Round in China's Bona Film Group". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
10. ^ a b Nancy Tartaglione and David Bloom (January 10, 2015). "'Transformers 4′ Tops 2014's 100 Highest-Grossing International Films – Chart". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
11. ^ "THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
12. ^ a b c d e f Clifford Coonan (May 7, 2015). "China's Bona Film Group Racks Up Record First-Quarter Earnings". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
13. ^ "Operation Mekong". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
14. ^ Kevin Ma (June 19, 2015). "Bona announces giant slate in Shanghai". Film Business Asia. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
15. ^ "Bona Film Seeks Status as Chinese Major Ahead of IPO". variety.com. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
16. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (January 27, 2019). "China's Bona Film Group to Co-Finance Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

## External links

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* China portal
* Companies portal
* Film portal

* Official website

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Film distributors of China

Top 10
(by market share, 2014)|

* China Film Group Corporation
* Huaxia Film Distribution
* Beijing Enlight Pictures
* Polybona Films
* Wanda Media
* Le Vision Pictures
* Huayi Brothers
* United Exhibitor Partners
* Heng Ye Film Distribution
* Beijing Anshi Yingna Entertainment

Others|

* Alibaba Pictures
* August First Film Studio
* DMG Entertainment
* EDKO (Beijing) Distribution
* Fantasy Pictures
* Fundamental Films
* Pearl Studio
* Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media
* Wuzhou Film Distribution

Category

* v
* t
* e

Film production companies of China

Active|

* Alibaba Pictures
* August First Film Studio
* Beijing Enlight Pictures
* Beijing Galloping Horse Group
* Changchun Film Studio
* China Film Group Corporation
* DMG Entertainment
* EDKO (Beijing) Distribution
* Fantasy Pictures
* Fly Films
* Fundamental Films
* Golden Princess Film Production
* Heyi Pictures
* Huayi Brothers
* Imar Film Company
* L'est Films Group
* Laurel Films
* Le Vision Pictures
* MZ Pictures
* Pearl Studio
* Perfect World Pictures
* Polybona Films
* Puzzle Animation Studio
* Shanghai Film Group
* Shanghai Film Studio
* Shanghai Animation Film Studio
* Sil-Metropole Organisation
* Tencent Pictures
* Tianjin Maoyan Culture Media
* Wanda Media
* Xstream Pictures

Defunct|

* Asia Film Company
* Diantong
* Great Wall Film Company
* Mingxing (Star)
* Minxin (China Sun)
* Northeast Film Studio
* Tianyi Film Company (Unique)
* United Photoplay Service
* Wenhua Film Company
* Xinhua Film Company

See also|

* Cinema of China
* List of Chinese film-production companies before 1949

Category

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Other|

* Yale LUX

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