Delivering A Blockbuster Film to China—in a Carry-on Bag

By Ken Ying | June 6, 2021
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The MNX Way

  • A major Hollywood movie studio needed to deliver a blockbuster film master drive to China during the weekend of a major holiday week.
  • The studio faced a narrow delivery window, customs clearance pitfalls and potential piracy concerns.
  • With our On-Board Courier solution, a trained and vetted MNX courier hand-carried the master drive to China.
  • Our courier delivered on Saturday morning—right in time for in-country distribution.

 

Nearly 1.4 billion people call China home—including a growing middle class that’s larger than the entire population of the United States. And what does the world’s most populous nation do for fun? Go to the movies, making China one of the world’s most lucrative markets for Hollywood filmmakers.

The challenge is that China allows only a limited number of foreign films to enter the country each year. So only the biggest blockbusters from any movie studio are released there. When the opportunity is this large—and the restrictions this tight—there’s little room for error. And that’s what keeps studio executives up at night: what if the release date is missed because the movie master drive doesn’t arrive in time?

When there are no second chances, there’s MNX.