China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Olive]

Saturday Estimates      
Bodyguard     55.8m /110m   
Hotpot.          49.4M/85.4M 
Zoo.               32.3M/1378M   
BVS               32M/520M   
Sleep bro       23.4M/47M    

 

Zoo Saturday inceased 243% over Friday

BVS had a better than expected increase with 85% too

Zoo has officially been extended for 2 more weeks, it can at least beat AOU to be the biggest Disney movie.

[Sam]

14 minutes ago, Lihongkim said:

Are you a Stephen Chow's fan? If not, maybe it's weird to you. 

Do you (non-Asian) feel easy reading subtitle? 

Don't expect to see amazing action scenes, it's not superhero movie, it's all about rom-com & comedy always lost in translation.

 

Of course I love it. But I prefer Monster Hunt.

 

I have Asian blood in me. I grew up on HK/Chinese wuxia, kungfu, mob, historical, etc...movies. And I'm big on other foreign films too so subtitles is definitely not a problem.

 

I have seen a handfuls of Stephen Chow's movie. A few that I can remember loving/liking are Kungfu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, King of Comedy, Royal Tramp, King of Beggars. How would you measure The Mermaid among those?

 

I think I'm gonna check it out, haven't watched a Chinese production in a long while. Sounds like it'll be enjoyable at least.

 

Thanks for the reply

 

Edited April 2, 2016 by Sam

[Olive]

Sunday presales:

Zootopia +47% over Sat

BvS  +16%

[Sam]

Zootopia and the sexy late legs. In China no less. I love it.

 

What's the projected total for BvS?

[Olive]

19 minutes ago, Sam said:

Zootopia and the sexy late legs. In China no less. I love it.

 

What's the projected total for BvS?

Will be 575M yuan after Monday holiday, may hit 650M yuan($100M) if London has fallen doesn't kill it next weekend

 

620M low end, 650M high end

Edited April 2, 2016 by Olive

[MrFanaticGuy34]

1 hour ago, scabab said:

 

Christ....grow up for God sake. This ain't IMDB, don't turn this site into another shit fest as well.

 

I agree about Mojoguy. He's just being another baby.

 

Hence why not many people here, take him seriously. 

Edited April 2, 2016 by MrFanaticGuy34

[efialtes76]

40 minutes ago, Olive said:

Sunday presales:

Zootopia +47% over Sat

BvS  +16%

Could be number 1 on Sunday?

[Olive]

Just now, efialtes76 said:

Could be number 1 on Sunday?

Possible.

[efialtes76]

31 minutes ago, Olive said:

Possible.

I didn't love it but what amazing run!

[efialtes76]

1 hour ago, Lihongkim said:

Are you a Stephen Chow's fan? If not, maybe it's weird to you. 

Do you (non-Asian) feel easy reading subtitle? 

Don't expect to see amazing action scenes, it's not superhero movie, it's all about rom-com & comedy always lost in translation.

 

Of course I love it. But I prefer Monster Hunt. 

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I watched it 2 times & yes, it worths the price. But I'm a die hard fan of Stephen Chow.

 

I only seen Kung Fu Hustle and i love it!

[Quigley]

Unbelievable Zootopia run

[movieboner]

Zootopia is definitely hitting $1 billion worldwide. It's holding strong in China and North America. As for BvS, its 2nd weekend is dropping hard almost everywhere, so its chances of reaching $1 billion has been slightly reduced.

[seduh]

great numbers for Zootopia, great that it has it's run extended for 2 weeks. It will finish with around $230 in China

[Bishop54]

37 minutes ago, movieboner said:

Zootopia is definitely hitting $1 billion worldwide. It's holding strong in China and North America. As for BvS, its 2nd weekend is dropping hard almost everywhere, so its chances of reaching $1 billion has been slightly reduced.

Greatly reduced.

[TalismanRing]

2 hours ago, movieboner said:

Zootopia is definitely hitting $1 billion worldwide. It's holding strong in China and North America. As for BvS, its 2nd weekend is dropping hard almost everywhere, so its chances of reaching $1 billion has been slightly reduced.

 

It's chances of hitting $900m are reduced.

[POTUS 2020]

On Saturday, April 02, 2016 at 10:08 AM, No Prisoners said:

Sales at 1100 saturday 43m

Bodyguard. 9.9m
Hotpot.        8.9

Zoo.             8.7 Shows increased, should be up 150%-200%
BVS              7.3

Sleep bro  7.0

Sales at 1100 sunday  48m

Using yesterday's 11am multi

               Sales.      xM.      Total

Zoo.         12.3.      3.6.        44.2m

Hotpot.      9.8       5.5.        54.0

BVS.           9.0.      4.2.        38.0

Body.         8.8.       5.5.        48.4

Bro.            4.7.       3.2.        15

Multis could shift a little but should be within 5%

Zoo trying to double OD and hold 100% w/o/w.

1.5B locked now with LHF as the only new competition next weekend.

650m/ $100m likely for BVS with this bump and tomorrow's holiday help.

 

Edited April 3, 2016 by No Prisoners

[POTUS 2020]

14 hours ago, firedeep said:

So Satrurday daily box office is only 210m, barly beat last year's 175m. Last year, the four day QM weekend was 620m (105m, 175m, 195nm, 145m); three day holiday  515m (175m, 195nm, 145m).

 

This year S-S-M will be only 560m or so, a minor 8% increase...

 

The QM releases are too weak: Bodyguard, Bro, terrible reviews; Hotpot, under marketed.

 

This year, local films are very weak, except for Mermaid (an exeception), and maybe a coule October holiday releases. The expected low (relatively, maybe 30%) YOY increase of 2016 has the most to do with a weak slate of local films, not because the market cooling down. No worry, next year will be full blood resurrection.

 

For April, even if Jungle Book makes 1.5B, Apr would still be unsavable... as the first half month is poised to be very dead, just like the last days of March.

 

But April cann't be  "the first real down month in more that a decade", not even close. Period decrease happens once in a while. Just a few examples out of my mind:

 

Jan 2010 ---- 1210m

Jan 2011 ---- 1080m

 

Dec 2012 ---- 2560m

Dec 2013 ---- 2120m

 

Jul 2011 ---- 1520m

Jul 2012 ---- 1430m

 

Aug 2011 ---- 1550m

Aug 2012 ---- 1440m (summer 2012, June-Aug, as a whole, was a down actually)

 

Apr 2013 ---- 1800m

Apr 2014 ---- 1820m

 

In the last six years alone, at least Jan, Feb, Apr, Jul, Aug, Dec all have seen 'downs'.

 

Important box office slots at CBO have all seen 'down' or 'flat' YOY: May holiday (2014), Chinese New year holiday (2011), Christmas-New Year holiday (2011), October holiday (2011), Dragon Boat Festival (2012), Qingming Festival (2016), summer 2012, winter 2013.

 

It happens when the openers are weak.

 

Mino slots like V day, Qixi, Women's Day, Children's D, Mooncake Day ... also have been down.

 

World is  not ending ....

 

....

 

As for sub 10% Month to month increase, that's common.

 

in CBO, June-Aug = summer, Mar-May = Spring, Sep-Nov = Fall, Dec-Feb = Winter

I was referring to a  "real"drop as 20% or more. 10% or less is nominal, which can happen because of 4 vs 5 weekends, which most of the above are.

The world is not ending just yet but CBO is slowing. Will be sub 20% this year as I predicted.

Edited April 3, 2016 by No Prisoners

[Lihongkim]

16 hours ago, Sam said:

 

I have Asian blood in me. I grew up on HK/Chinese wuxia, kungfu, mob, historical, etc...movies. And I'm big on other foreign films too so subtitles is definitely not a problem.

 

I have seen a handfuls of Stephen Chow's movie. A few that I can remember loving/liking are Kungfu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, King of Comedy, Royal Tramp, King of Beggars. How would you measure The Mermaid among those?

 

I think I'm gonna check it out, haven't watched a Chinese production in a long while. Sounds like it'll be enjoyable at least.

 

Thanks for the reply

 

Carry Asian blood, I understand why you don't mind reading subtitle. 

It can't compare to his classic movies. Those are masterpieces. Actually, Mermaid's storyline is kinda suck but the whole movie is fucking hilarious. My most fav Chow movie is From Beijing With Love. Mermaid is not as good as Kung Fu Hustle/Shaolin Soccer but it's definitely not bad too. 

 

In recent years, it's hard to find good Chinese language movies. But if you are still fan of Asian movies, yes it's still enjoyable. 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

4 hours ago, No Prisoners said:

I was referring to a  "real"drop as 20% or more. 10% or less is nominal, which can happen because of 4 vs 5 weekends, which most of the above are.

The world is not ending just yet but CBO is slowing. Will be sub 20% this year as I predicted.

LOL why don't you just define 100% decrease as "real" drop. 

 

2016 wont be down 20%, neither will Apr. Your predict of sub 20% (increase or decrease) will fail.

 

 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Update on May schedule of imported releases:

 

5/6 TBD	Captain America: Civil War
5/20	X-Men: Apocalypse
5/20	Angry Birds
5/27	Alice Through the Looking Glass
6/3	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
May TBD	Baahubali: The Beginning
6/15	Warcraft

 

Note: as of current, none is officially confirmed by CFGC or Film Bureau