Disney Wins Approval to Open ‘Iron Man 3’ in China on May 3

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Walt Disney Co. won approval to release “Iron Man 3” in China on May 3, offering a separate version aimed at enhancing the film’s appeal in the world’s second-largest movie market.

The release date for the picture, produced by Disney’s Marvel unit and Beijing-based DMG Entertainment, was announced yesterday in an e-mail. “Iron Man 3,” one of the company’s big summer films, opens the same the day in the U.S.