Under the coproduction deal, DMG will distribute Looper in China, where it opens Sept. 28 on 3, 000 screens.

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Asked about the project, Zhang Xun, general manager of China Film Coproduction Corp.

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By making Iron Man 3 as a U.S.-China coproduction, Disney would collect a 38% cut of the box office as befits a domestic film.

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Mintz insists that Iron Man 3 will be a coproduction.

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Before any coproduction of engines (and, indeed, any coproduction of the aircraft itself) could occur, separate memoranda of understanding would need to be negotiated between the United States and Japan.

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That film, a coproduction between Sony Corp.

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If the United States goes along with the agreement, will the FS-X deal establish a precedent that will embolden the Japanese to move away from future off-the-shelf purchases in favor of codevelopment and coproduction arrangements?

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In addition to technology sharing arrangements that flow from security ties, both Poland and Hungary are signatories of CMEA 2000, a high technology cooperation agreement that envisions codevelopment, coproduction and other collaboration in dual-use and other technologies.

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