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Disney announced it is expected to be released in China but no confirmed release date.

http://english.entgroup.cn/views_detail.aspx?id=3238 BO's Weekly Chinese preview gets posted here first on Monday nights and then on the site on Tuesdays. Last weekend’s box office hit a record $183 million with the top three films (Monster Hunt, Jianbing Man, and Monkey King: Hero Is Back) accounting for $172 million. The three well-received and highly-praised local films have broken nearly every domestic record in the books and while this weekend’s box office totals won’t reach the same heights, with little in the way of competitive new releases, the holdovers look poised to dominate again.

BO Global Report Paper Towns opened in 4 additional territories ahead of its North American release bringing the early overseas total to $6.72 million. Australia opened at #4 with $1.55 million on 219 screens, New Zealand bowed with $244K on 57 screens, Argentina with $242K on 80 screens, and Colombia with $178K on 80 screens. Brazil grossed another $1.17 million this weekend for a $4.5 million cume.

BO Global Report Ted 2 continues its underwhelming run both home and abroad, grossing an estimated $7.5 million in 43 territories for an overseas total of $66 million and a worldwide cume of $143.4 million. The sequel opens in the Philippines and Thailand next weekend with 18 additional markets opening in the next few months.

BO Global Report Jurassic World grossed $12.3 million from 65 territories this weekend and continues to topple records, this week passing Marvel’s The Avengers to become the 6th highest-grossing film of all-time at the international box office ($902.3 million) and today passed Furious 7 to become the 4th highest-grossing film of all-time worldwide ($1.512 billion). Japan is the next and final release on August 5.

BO Global Report Inside Out expanded into Japan, Netherlands, and Spain this weekend and grossed $21.3 million from 48 territories. The Pixar animation has earned $183.8 million overseas and $490.163 million worldwide. Inside Out opened on top in Spain with $3 million, but at a disappointing #4 in Japan with $3.3 million behind two local animations and a local live-action film. Key territories to date are Mexico ($29.2 million), Australia ($21.1 million), Russia ($18.6 million), France ($18.2 million), South Korea ($14.5 million), Argentina ($14.3 million), Brazil ($11.2 million), Colombia ($6.7 million). Inside Out will open in the UK/Ireland, Czech Republic, and Hong Kong next weekend.

BO Global Report Terminator: Genisys opened in 4 Middle East markets this weekend and grossed $22.2 million from 64 international markets, liftings its international cume to $196.8 million and its global haul to $277.44 million. Paramount’s reboot opened at #1 in the UAE with $1.3 million from 37 locations, 93% ahead of Pacific Rim and 15% above Lucy. Second week holdovers include Japan ($2.3 million/$11.5 million cume), Germany ($1.6 million/$5.9 million), Argentina ($1.2 million/$4.3 million cume), and Spain ($565K/$2.9 million cume). Third week holdovers include South Korea ($2.1 million/$22.5 million cume), UK/Ireland ($1.3 million/$14.4 million cume), Russia ($1.2 million/$21.2 million cume), France ($1.1 million/$8.8 million cume), Brazil ($1.0 million/$10.1 million cume), and Australia ($844K/$9.5 million cume).

BO Global Report Ant-Man burrowed into 37 overseas markets day-and-date with North America this weekend, representing about half of its final international footprint, and earned $56.4 million, 23% ahead of Thor and 44% ahead of Captain America: The First Avenger. Combined with NA’s #1 opening of $58.04 million, Marvel’s tiniest superhero grossed $114.4 million worldwide in its first frame. Top performing territories are the UK/Ireland which came in at #1 with $6.0 million, 28% ahead of the first Captain America, Mexico which took second with $5.6 million on par with Guardians of the Galaxy, Russia with $4.9 million in line with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, France which opened early on Tuesday to take advantage of Bastille Day with $4.0 million, 53% ahead of the first Cap, Australia where Ant-Man took the top spot from Inside Out and grossed $4.0 million, and Brazil with $3.8 million. Other key territories include Taiwan ($3.7 million), Malaysia ($2.8 million), the Philippines ($2.7 million), Thailand ($2.6 million), and Argentina ($1.1 million). Next weekend will see openings in Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, then Netherlands, and Austria. Ant-Man also opens in Italy on August 12, South Korea on September 3, and Japan on September 19.

BO Global Report Minions continued its strong run abroad this weekend grossing $66.2 million from 56 territories for an overseas total of $409.1 million and $625.8 million worldwide. Overseas markets are accounting for 65% of the worldwide gross, up 3% from Despicable Me 2 and up 11% from Despicable Me, and will definitely widen the gap when Minions opens in China sometime later this summer. The animated spin-off will open next weekend in Peru and Portugal.

There is still no release date set for Minions or any other commercial Hollywood film...when it is announced, it will be posted here almost immediately so just hold your goddamn horses. In the meantime, continue drinking your yellow kool-aid and calm down.

This is the first time three quality (in terms of public praise and word of mouth) commercial Chinese language films have been in theaters at the same time...should be an exciting weekend for the Chinese BO and proof that the market can stand on its own without Hollywood.

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It's called 'The Monkey King: Hero Is Back' and it seems to be catching on with people of all ages in China with above-average animation and a unique family spin on a story (Journey to the West) that all Chinese are familiar with.

#TinyTimes4 est $1M from midnight shows is 4th highest midnight total for a Chinese film behind Tiny Times 1, 3, and Gone With The Bullets — China Box Office (@ChinaBoxOffice) July 8, 2015 #TinyTimes4 will open tmrw with ~66K showtimes on 48% of China's screens, a record for a Chinese film on opening day pic.twitter.com/egTV8WNHPE — China Box Office (@ChinaBoxOffice) July 8, 2015

There have been or will be some smaller imported releases this month (Begin Again, Shaun The Sheep, Good People)...perhaps so SARFT can claim they don't really enforce a "true" protection period. Commercial Hollywood films won't be released until August.

The Imitation Game - July 21, 2015