Should China be counted separately from the rest of the OS markets?

[CoolioD1]

I don't know about much about os numbers. probably not even 10% when you count them all up. (which is still a lot but eh)

Edited April 25, 2015 by cooliod1

[Chewy]

All these countries should be counted separately, the whole dom/os split seems outdated

 

We got people talking about "Worldwide Opening Weekends!" like that means something when movies open in different territories

[Heat Vision]

No.......

[Noctis]

No.......

 

Fantastic post! You've convinced me.

[bapi]

Yes. Absolutely.

[Cedarpoint1111]

When we discuss how much money a movie will or won't make, we usually mention China seperately anyway. What is it you are trying to change?

[Poseidon]

You act like it's written law, it has to be like it is.

 

We discuss BO from the perspective of the US and the US-press, so even with China being big, why should an american BO-Site like BOM.com or BO.com look at it from Chinas perspective?

Edited April 25, 2015 by Poseidon

[PDC1987]

No, and the mere notion is completely retarded. China is not part of the domestic box office. It's overseas, it's international. End.

[water]

No, and the mere notion is completely retarded. China is not part of the domestic box office. It's overseas, it's international. End.

 

don't use the r word.

 

idk it's not that hard to say like... my prediction for sw7 is 160/670/300/650/1.620b i'm sure you can figure it out

[PDC1987]

don't use the r word.

Or what?

[grey ghost]

Nah, it would make overseas totals confusing since lots of movies are never released in China.

When someone writes DOM/OS you won't know if they're using the old system or if they're leaving out China.

[narniadis]

Only if China does away with the quota and releases EVERY release that the US does including the limited releases. Since this won't happen it's a moot point and "evens the field by keeping all non US grosses to one figure.

[redfirebird2008]

You act like it's written law, it has to be like it is.

 

We discuss BO from the perspective of the US and the US-press, so even with China being big, why should an american BO-Site like BOM.com or BO.com look at it from Chinas perspective?

 

Speaking of that, I bet BOM.com and this forum are both censored in China. 

[CoolioD1]

there's a lot of members here that are in china. Unless it's super easy to get past those blocks idk anything about it.

[Noctis]

No, and the mere notion is completely retarded. China is not part of the domestic box office. It's overseas, it's international. End.

 

EDIT: Ok, he isn't, but still! Fucking hate when you call someone else's opinion completely retarded.

Edited April 25, 2015 by Noctis

[BadAtGender]

A project I've started was looking at the worldwide breakdown of the various billion dollar properties. I think it's more useful to look at things as a part of the whole rather than singling out any specific markets. That way we can see on a case by case basis what the outliers are.

 

While China has become a big market, it's not something that will apply across the board.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W4MW3epzFIgy0cVhNW3l7t0eT77w5i-nRy2v6NJDigA/edit?usp=sharing

 

(Apologies for anything that's unclear. I'm not super skilled at spreadsheets.)

[water]

that's a really great chart, you should add furious 7!

[BadAtGender]

that's a really great chart, you should add furious 7!

 

Once the run is finished, yeah. At least assuming BOM has accurate market information.

 

I do want to populate it down to include more films, although some of them are sorely lacking on what each given market earned. The Lion King, in particular, is bad. And it's currently the highest grossing non-billion movie, which is why I stopped where I did at the time.

[eddyxx]

 

i think we should.

 

also "dom" charts should be expanded to include most money made in a single market

 

so 2014 would be

1. American Sniper - 348m DOM
2. Mockingjay Part 1 - 337m DOM
3. Guardians of the Galaxy - 333m DOM
4. Transformers 4 - 320m CHINA
5. Captain America 2 - 260m DOM

2015 currently

1. Furious 7 - 307m DOM
2. Furious 7 - 298m CHINA
3. Cinderella - 188m DOM
4. 50 Shades of Grey - 166m DOM
5. Spongebob Movie - 162m DOM

 

 

That is ridiculous.

[water]

That is ridiculous.

 

why