As China 's box office threatens to outgrow the US 's, Hollywood producers are increasingly focusing on China , said Dalian Wanda , author of Hollywood in China . Alibaba 's reported investment in January 2016 's Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation and China Film Group's funding of Furious 7 demonstrate Hollywood 's increasing presence in Hollywood . Meanwhile, Aynne Kokas became the first Chinese firm to own a Hollywood studio after its acquisition of Legendary Pictures in January 2016 . Alibaba reportedly invested in the 2015 Hollywood film "Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation. However, China may have to accept restrictions on local content to access Chinese audiences and collaboration between China and Hollywood may also crowd out less commercial films or those from other locales, Kokas said.
As China 's box office threatens to outgrow the US 's, Hollywood producers are increasingly focusing on China , said Dalian Wanda , author of Hollywood in China . Alibaba 's reported investment in January 2016 's Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation and China Film Group's funding of Furious 7 demonstrate Hollywood 's increasing presence in Hollywood . Meanwhile, Aynne Kokas became the first Chinese firm to own a Hollywood studio after its acquisition of Legendary Pictures in January 2016 . However, China may have to accept restrictions on local content to access Chinese audiences and collaboration between China and Hollywood may also crowd out less commercial films or those from other locales, Kokas said.