China's multibillion-dollar Hollywood takeover goes deeper than you think

Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock China’s invasion of Hollywood drove deeper this week as AMC Entertainment, controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, agreed to buy Carmike Cinemas for $1.2 billion. The merger with Carmike will give AMC and its parent company, Wang’s Dalian Wanda Group,control over 8,830 movie screens in the U.S., according toThe Hollywood Reporter– and presumably a big say over what movies are shown on them. The deal will push the AMC-Carmike combination, which still mu...