# When 'The Force Awakens' plays in China **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744 "2016-01-10T21:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/1 "2016-01-10T21:27:47Z")
Is it subtitled or do they just dub over it like the old Godzilla movies? ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/2 "2016-01-10T22:36:06Z")
Take a look at this page for a Chinese theater [Golden Avenue](http://www.jiahuacinema.com/view/app/views/1.0.1/jiahua.html#/show/). If you could read Chinese, you would see that the language is only English with Chinese subtitles. A few years ago it was more common to see two languages listed, the Chinese ( 国语) dubbed versions and original English(英语) with subtitles. I presume very few people were going to the dubbed versions and now the foreign movies shown are almost exclusively subtitled. I’m hoping to see The Force Awakens sometime this week so I can finally return to the Internet and the spoilers hiding behind every thread. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/3 "2016-01-10T23:26:59Z")
Isn’t subtitling preferred over dubbing in China because of the dialects issue? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/4 "2016-01-11T02:07:24Z")
I saw Revenge of the Sith in Beijing and it was subtitled with the audio in English. ---
**Author:** ![Gretchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/5 "2016-01-11T06:45:28Z")
I’m in China, and just watched The Force Awakens. It was in English with Chinese subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/6 "2016-01-11T12:06:46Z")
When it plays in China, it will set a record for a weekend opening. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/7 "2016-01-12T07:15:29Z")
That reminds me… I still haven’t seen SW:TFA yet, I assume there is the obligatory _“NOOOOOO!!!”_ scene to be mis-dubbed into _“Do Not Want!!!”_ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744/8 "2016-01-12T12:48:40Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > When it plays in China, it will set a record for a weekend opening. 😉 Do we know how much it earned opening weekend there? ::Googles:: > **[China Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Wins Weekend From ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Sherlock’](https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/china-box-office-star-wars-wins-weekend-1201677796/)** > > The first major Hollywood movie to be released in China for a month, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opened with record breaking fanfare. $53 million.