If it succeeds, industry analysts say this type of big-budget, cross-cultural movie could be a model for future co-productions between China and the United States, the world's top two film markets.

业内分析人士表示，如果它获得成功，这种高预算、跨文化的影片可能会成为中国和美国这两个世界上最大的电影市场未来合作拍片的一种模式。

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The science-fiction and fantasy films of Harryhausen's career weren't the star-filled, big-budget productions of today.

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That means fewer big-budget productions as risk goes up without revenue assurances.

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's (nyse: DIS - news - people ) Miramax division, in particular, has made an art out of combining smaller-budget productions with big-budget marketing.

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