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UPI is not reporting the same...the international number is currently $1,160,752,838

Don't jump the gun...no one else is reporting this and Universal is usually all over these announcements with glowing press releases

Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview from BO In order to maintain a healthy balance between domestic product and Hollywood fare, SARFT (The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television) imposes an annual blackout "month" on most imported films. This weekend begins the month or more-long protection period and sees 14 new films enter cinemas. Of the eight new domestic films, three co-productions, and three imports, Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) has all the makings of a summer blockbuster. Directed by Justin Lin (Furious 3-6, Better Luck Tomorrow) and starring superstar and newly minted billionaire Vicky Zhao (赵薇), current it boys Huang Xiaoming (黄晓明) and babyfaced Tong Dawei (佟大为), this Hollywood-China coproduction has been aggressively marketed for months through publicity tours, music videos, and cast appearances. According to EntGroup's EFMT Index, Hollywood Adventures has the highest level of awareness and intent to purchase of any release this weekend. We think it could be a massive hit on the Mainland grossing upwards of $100 million a la The Breakup Guru which opened in the same frame last summer on its way to $107.83 million. Another film getting buzz this weekend is Hear Me (听说), a lighthearted teen romance film from Taiwan starring popular performers Eddy Peng, Ivy Chen, and Michelle Chen. However, the film was released in Taiwan all the way back in 2009 which might hurt box office potential. Begin Again starring Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley seems to have skirted the blackout, but its limited appeal to Chinese moviegoers is probably the reason for this unattractive release date. Finally, Jurassic World will be losing most of its screens this weekend due to the protection period, but we still see the hot ticket in China placing in the top 3 and ending its run over $200 million. Other films opening: The Temptation in Lincang 临沧的诱惑 (China), Come Back, Love 约定到时候 (China), My Geeky Nerdy Buddies 大宅男 (China/Taiwan), Bloody Destiny 拳霸风云 (China), Can't Prove 无法证明 (China), I Love You, Too 恋爱排班表 (China), Where The Wind Settles 对风说爱你 (China/Taiwan), Twilight Online 午夜43路 (China/Hong Kong), The Three Pigs and the Lamp 三只小猪与神灯 (China), and The Adventures of Little Piglet Banna 小猪班纳之梦想大冒险 (China).

Those were the estimates posted on Weibo...could be that the actuals changed from yesterday

Tuesday estimates: 1). SPL2 ￥26.7M/cume: 341M($54.9M) 2). Jurassic World￥23.8M/cume: 1124M($181.1M) 3). Insurgent ￥6.7M/cume: 75M($12.1M) 4). San Andreas, ￥4.7M/ cume: ￥589M ($94.9M) 5). The Ark of Mr. Chow ￥3.7M/cume: 37.8M($6.1m)

Doraemon's last day is this Fri (6/26) and San Andreas will end on Weds July 1, but it will have very few screens this weekend.

Monday estimates: 1). Jurassic World ￥66.4M/cume: 1089M($175.4M) 2). SPL2 ￥51M/cume: 315M($50.7M) 3). Insurgent ￥12.8M/cume: 68.5M($11M) 4). San Andreas, ￥9.4M/ cume: ￥584M ($94M) 5). The Ark of Mr. Chow ￥6.7M/cume: 34.1M($5.5m) Stand by Me Doraemon, ￥3.5M/ cume: ￥527M ($84.9M) Doraemon passes Big Hero 6 for 2nd highest grossing animated film of all-time in China

Because Hollywood is so representative of the world outside...

From BoxOffice.com's Global Report Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions kicked-off with an estimated $12.3 million this week from 4 territories in the Asian-Pacific. The film opened at #1 in Indonesia as the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated film and is tracking 55% ahead of Despicable Me 2. It also took the top spot in Malaysia and Singapore, where it opened 41% and 24% bigger the DM2 respectively. Minions placed behind Jurassic World in Australia.

From BoxOffice.com's Global Report Warner Bros’ San Andreas shook up $18.8 million this weekend from 68 international markets, raising its overseas cume to $282 million and the worldwide total to $414.2 million. The disaster flick is up to $92.6 million in China ($3.9 million on 1,410 screens) and $28.1 million in Mexico ($1.06 million on 711 screens) where it is now the highest grossing Warner Bros film of all-time. Elsewhere, South Korea held on to $825K on 355 screens for a $12.7 million total, Brazil grossed $529K on 411 screens for a $10.1 million cume, the UK/Ireland quaked to $651K on 412 screens for $16.5 million total, and France absorbed $643K on 476 screens for $7.7 million. Other top markets are Taiwan ($7.9 million), Australia ($6.6 million), Colombia ($6.6 million), Argentina ($6.3 million), and Germany ($5.4 million). San Andreas hits Spanish shores on June 26.

From BoxOffice.com's Global Report Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out opened to $41.0 million from 5 major markets and 37 overseas territories, approximately 42% of its final international footprint. The film got off to an outstanding start with an estimated total of $132 million worldwide. Latin America posted $21.8 million, led by Mexico with $8.8 million which is the highest non-sequel animated opening of all-time and the fifth highest overall animated opening of all-time. Argentina opened at #1 with $3.3 million and Brazil took second behind Jurassic World with $3.1 million. Elsewhere Colombia grossed $1.1 million and Panama took in $1.6 million. Russia also opened at #1 with $7.7 million, the highest opening ever for a Disney/Pixar animated release including Frozen. Australia took in $3.6 million which is on par with Big Hero 6’s opening and should have strong holds through the upcoming Winter school holiday. In Europe, France was the only significant market to open this weekend and took in $5.2 million, just below Frozen. The Fête du Cinéma, an annual celebration of films which brings out huge audience numbers, which starts next week, as well as summer school holidays starting on July 3 will help Inside Out moving forward. International releases will be staggered throughout the next few months to coincide with local holidays. Inside Out will open in Belgium, Hungary, New Zealand, India, and Trinidad next weekend. Other key overseas openings are South Korea (July 9), Spain (July 17), Japan (July 18), UK/Ireland (July 24), Italy (September 16), and Germany (October 1). China has no confirmed release date yet.

From BoxOffice.com's Global Report The dinosaurs of Jurassic World stampeded past the half billion mark overseas this weekend devouring $160.5 million at 18,718 dates across 66 territories for an outstanding total of $583.1 million. Combined with North America’s record breaking run, Universal’s dino reboot is already knocking on the billion dollar door with $981.3 million in global ticket sales. Jurassic is a bonafide global blockbuster, retaining the top spot in an estimated 50 of its 66 international markets this weekend. Its second weekend overseas marks Jurassic as the highest grossing global holdover in history down just 49% from last weekend. Top grossing territories are China ($167.1M), U.K. and Ireland ($59.7), Mexico ($29.4M), South Korea ($27.7M), Germany ($26.3M), France ($24.5M), Australia ($23.5M), Russia ($17.8M), Taiwan ($16M), Brazil ($15.5M), India ($14.5M), Spain ($13.6M), Italy ($11.7M), Malaysia ($8.9M), Venezuela ($8.8M), and the Philippines ($8.5M). International filmgoers are flocking to IMAX screens as well, contributing $10.8 million this weekend from 446 screens and taking the overseas total to $42.1 million. Super-sized Indominus rex and the dinosaurs of Jurassic World have grossed a record $84 million globally from IMAX in just 12 days, compared to Avatar which took 23 days to reach $80 million. Universal’s Jurassic World co-financed by Legendary Pictures will open in its final territory Japan on August 5.

If UPI doesn't include China, why is F7 at $1.16 billion and not $1.56 billion?

Revised Saturday estimates: 1). Jurassic World ￥97.3M/cume: 927M($149.3M) 2). SPL2 ￥79.5M/cume: 197M($31.7M) 3). Insurgent ￥20.1M/cume: 37.4M($6.0M) 4). The Ark of Mr. Chow ￥10.6M/cume: 18.3M($2.9m) 5). San Andreas, ￥9.1M/ cume: ￥564M ($90.9M) Stand by Me Doraemon, ￥3.8M/ cume: ￥520M ($83.8M)

Perhaps the "ouch" comment was unwarranted in that it needed further explanation and for that I apologize. "Ouch" was intended to mean that JW won't make what the majority of forum members were expecting...namely $200M+ and continued domination at the box office this weekend. I have nothing against Hollywood movies -- I myself am American, and both attended JW and enjoyed it -- but a Chinese language movie debuting with these kind of numbers and cutting into JW's market share deserves a comment.

From BoxOffice.com Universal Pictures International (UPI) has released Minions in Indonesia and Australia and early estimates show the animated film taking in $987,716 from 461 locations. The film opened at #1 in Indonesia on Wednesday, 41% ahead of Despicable Me 2 and scored Universal's second biggest opening day behind Furious 7, but ahead of Jurassic World. It was also the country's biggest opening day for an animated film. Minions bowed today in Australia and is pacing 32% ahead of Despicable Me 2. The film took second place behind Jurassic World which has grossed $15.89 million through Wednesday. Minions also opens today in Malaysia and Singapore and will open in 40 other international markets before its North American release on July 10.

As of Weds 6.17 Domestic: $350,981,145 Int'l: $1,160,641,348 WW: $1,511,622,493 Universal will stop tracking F7 domestically this Friday...

Nope, just a fan of more diversity in Chinese theaters...

SPLII is first Chinese language pic to top box office since May 5, about 6 weeks...

Revised Estimates: SPLII ￥65.08M / cume ￥69.2M($11.1M) Jurassic World ￥35M/cume: ￥784M($126.2M) San Andreas, ￥8.8M/ cume: ￥551M ($88.7M) Stand by Me Doraemon, ￥1.45M/ cume: ￥515M ($82.9M) Insurgent (Midnights), ￥0.6M ($96.6K) P.K., ￥0.5M / cume: ￥118M ($19M)

BoxOffice.com has updated international numbers...not a great website, but at least numbers are accurate and current

ouch for JW

It's clear from today's early trend and the rest of the weekend that China's "protection month" will be starting in full force...I think JW will have a tough time getting to 200M...tops 180M

Saturday is PK's 30th day and the last day of its license.

Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview from BoxOffice.com