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Hollywood is losing Japan box office to local body swap tale

Published Wed, Mar 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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MOVE over, Hollywood - Japanese moviegoers are shopping local these days.

While Walt Disney Co claimed all five of the highest-grossing movies worldwide in 2016, the top spot in the world's fourth-largest box office was a body-swapping, gender-bending animated coming-of-age story, beating out Captain America: Civil War and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the two best performers globally.

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Hollywood is losing Japan box office to local body swap tale

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Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh

Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito

Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant

If Jay Chou likes Ju Xing’s zi char, you might too

Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal

What the fish? Diving for flavour at Fysh – Aussie chef Josh Niland’s Singapore debut

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