The Hong Kong director and mainland Chinese film studio are locked in a war of words over the distribution of earnings for the blockbuster.

As Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons continues its record-breaking march towards becoming the top-grossing domestic production ever released in China, a parallel drama is unfolding online, as the film’s producer-director and his mainland Chinese partner engage in an escalating battle over how the spoils are to be shared.

For the past week, Stephen Chow Sing-chi’s Bingo Group and the Beijing-based Huayi Brothers studio have issued separate notices contesting how Journey’s net profits are to be divided. The main sticking point is whether Huayi is an investor in the production, or merely the Chinese distributor of the film — if the latter, the studio’s take will be considerably less.

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