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iceroll Global Phenomenon

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You mean the number $24m ? That is the number estimated according to online ticket sale, which is usually lower than actual number but higher than the official revised number (the Tuesday number, which will be again higher than the Sunday studio number.)

In short:

A. Sunday studio number, aka Chinese official Sunday estimates

< B. Tuesday studio revised number, the final one will be used by BOM or SD(on Thursday)

< C. Tuesday Chinese official revised number, the SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film and Television) number, the one we use on the first page of this thread

< D. firedeep/BO forums members from China Sunday number according to online ticket sale or CFDEA (CHINA FILM DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION ASSOCIATION)

< E. actual/real number

Usually, the gap between A and B is at least 2M but it could go much higher, like Titanic 3D (about 10M); gap between B and C usually under 2M, but could go much higher too; gap between C and D could be very close but also could be big, like 7M (Titanic 3D, again); gap between D and E is usually about 10% of the opening gross for big hollywood films (In the case of Titanic 3D, it's about $10M).

To Titanic 3D, for example, the opening Sunday midnight we estimated it at $81M (510M yuan) but then very soon the FOX number (via BOM, THR, Variety and so on) came at only $58M. That was a huge gap. On Tuesday, Fox revised the number to $67M, which never changed again. Meanwhile, the Chinese official Tuesday number came at 468M yuan (exactly 74M in $). Though the actual opening of Titanic 3D in China should be more than 530M yuan ($84M), that could never be known.

Holy shit that's complicated. Why can't they just report the real number? :rolleyes:
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Robertron Summer Tentpole

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Wow, there are some great international runs going right now.American Pie, Marigold Hotel, Dark Shadows, The Dictator... all very solid.

I would consider Dark Shadows to be disappointing, tbh. It's not going to make anything significant for a big budget summer Depp flick.
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CJohn Cinematic Universe

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Box Office: 'Prometheus' Posts Strong $1.5 Million Opening Day in France

Presales in other European countries also appear promising.

Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s return to Alien territory, doesn’t arrive in the U.S. until June 8, but it already has begun to open abroad to promising results.

The R-rated, 3D sci-fi film opened Wednesday in France to a one-day total of $1.5 million -- the second-highest opening day of 2012, behind only The Avengers, which bowed to $2.9 million.

Prometheus ranked higher than the French openings of Men in Black 3 by 20 percent, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows by 45 percent and The Hunger Games by 87 percent.

Presales in other European countries also appear strong. In the U.K., where the movie opens Friday, it has rung up about $1.6 million, including about $810,000 at London’s Imax Southbank theater, the largest presale ever at that location.

In Sweden, presales for Prometheus were running five times ahead of those for MIB3, and presales in Denmark were double those for MIB3.

From THR: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-prometheus-331737

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lab276 Global Phenomenon

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But 2012 isn't for free either. They want to make money with those reports now.

I thought they'd be doing something like, you'd have to pay for the new one, but once the next edition is released the previous edition would be made free. That's so annoying.
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Heretic Global Phenomenon

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Men in Black 3 dominated the international box office again this weekend though Snow White and Prometheus both made good international starts.

After opening around the globe last weekend, MIB3 was down a modest 39% this weekend, taking an estimated $79.1m from 19,992 screens in 90 markets, for an international total to so far of $275.4m.

Distributor Sony Pictures Releasing International said the sci-fi comedy had its biggest weekend result in China, where it remained at number one with takings down only 29% to an estimated $15.4m from 5,200 screens, for a total in the territory of $51m.

In Germany the take was down a mere 2%, to $5.3m from 987 screens, keeping the film at number one and bringing its total in the market to $13.9m.

In the UK the weekend take was up 2% to $4.9m from 913 screens - good enough for second place - for a market total of $12.9m.

Other strong holds came in Japan, where the take was down 36% to $5.3m from 980 screens (for a local total of $19.7m); Mexico, where another 36% drop resulted in $3.6m from 1,247 screens (total $11.8m); and Australia, where $3.6m from 596 screens (total $10.3m) represented a slip of only 29%.

The biggest drop in a major territory came in Russia, where MIB3 was down 62% with $7m from 1,549 screens (market total $30.8m).

Opening in many markets simultaneously with its chart-topping North American release, Snow White and the Huntsman grossed an estimated $39.3m from 4,487dates in 45 international territories, in 30 of which it was the weekend’s top film.

Universal Pictures International (UPI) said the fantasy adventure took an estimated $5.5m from 476 dates in the UK, $4m from 618 in Germany and $3.8m from 393 in Spain.

Mexico produced $4.4m from 571 dates, Brazil $2.5m from 328 and Argentina $975,000 from 102.

In Korea Snow White took an estimated $3m from 258 dates.

Fox International opened Prometheus in 15 international markets a week before the film is set to open in North America. The early launch produced an estimated gross of $35m from a total of 4,695 screens (around 3,300 of them 3D-equipped), with the sci-fi horror film coming top in 14 markets.

In Russia the film gave Fox its third highest opening ever with an estimated $11.1m from 1,670 screens.

In the UK Prometheus had the biggest three-day opening ever for a Ridley Scott film: $10m from 1,019 screens.

In both France, where it took $7.1m from 665 screens, and Sweden, which produced $1.6m from 172 screens, the film had the second biggest opening weekend grosses of the year so far.

Marvel’s The Avengers continued its box office rampage with an estimated $12.4m from 54 international territories, for an international total to date of $802.5m. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International said that makes the film the fifth biggest international performer of all time, just half a million behind Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Dark Shadows, from Warner Bros Pictures International, took an estimated $7.2m (representing 712,000 admissions) from over 4,000 screens in 52 international markets, for an international total so far of $120.5m.

In Japan the film was down only 26% in its third weekend, taking $2.3m from 572 screens for a local total of $18.7m.

The Dictator, from Paramount Pictures International (PPI), played over its third weekend at 2,865 locations in 30 international markets and grossed $6.5m, bringing the comedy’s international total to $60.6m.

The take was down just 10% in Germany, with $1.4 m from 515 locations for a total of $8.8m. In Australia the drop was 45%, to $1.3m from 260 locations (total $11.5m). And in the UK, the gross was down 39% to $1m from 328 locations (total $14.4m).

PPI opened Hugo in China this weekend and took an estimated $2.7m from 6,000 engagements, for an international total in PPI territories of $81.3m.

UPI’s American Pie: Reunion, took another $2.4m from 1,600 dates in 31 territories, pushing the comedy’s international total to $169.8m.

Battleship took an estimated $1.5m from 4,000 dates in 37 territories, UPI reported, raising its international total to $235m.

The studio’s Dr Seuss’s The Lorax added $1.1m from 1,000 dates in 30 territories for an international total of $97m. The film opened at number two in Italy with $1m from 365 dates, a take UPI said was smaller than expected because of the recent earthquake.

Moonrise Kingdom, which UPI is distributing in a number of international markets, was down just 20% over its second weekend in the UK, taking an estimated $330,000 from 133 dates.

Fox International’s Best Exotic Marigold Hotel added $557,000 this weekend from 503 screens in 13 markets, bringing the film’s international total to $82.2m.

And Fox’s The Descendants took in another $218,000 from 226 screens in Japan, for an international total of $94m.

Very nice for MIB3. Massive rebound in Europe.
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