Wknd Est: F7 - 29M, PB:MC2 - 24M, UF - 16M | China: F7 - 93.3M Wknd

[kayumanggi]

Nah not with Avengers 2 being released. If ASM 2 was being released this year in May then last year then it might have a chance. I'm sticking with $1.4B. 

 

Ha ha...I totally forgot. lol It all depends on China.

[Ezen Baklattan]

Aside from Paddington, the family films this year haven't been having very good legs. :/

Edited April 19, 2015 by Spaghetti

[Avatree]

Ha ha...I totally forgot. lol It all depends on China.

Has a chance since Avengers won't affect F7 in China since it releases later there

[MovieMan89]

Assuming Age of Adaline opens under 18m or so, F7 should 4peat next weekend. Basically owned the month of April.

[The Futurist]

Todlja !

TF 4 was the beginning.

Except more ridiculous chinese grosses in the months and years to come.

Market still expanding like crazy.

Millions on people still waiting or in the process to become middle class and wanting western lifestyle including going to the movies.

Edited April 19, 2015 by The Futurist

[Avatree]

What will be the next film to be #1 all time in China then?

the correct answer is Star Wars

[Olive]

What will be the next film to be #1 all time in China then?

the correct answer is Star Wars

Star Wars is not that big in China, Kungfu Panda 3 released in Winter Holiday, should break the record.

[grim22]

Star Wars is not that big in China, Kungfu Panda 3 released in Winter Holiday, should break the record.

KFP3's release date change effectively means that it will get 8 days of holidays in China right? 300M should be easy for it I guess.

[sfran43]

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	Furious 7	Uni.	$29,056,000	-51.2%	3,964	-58	$7,330	$294,410,000	-	3
2	N	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Sony	$24,000,000	-	3,633	-	$6,606	$24,000,000	$30	1
3	N	Unfriended	Uni.	$16,023,000	-	2,739	-	$5,850	$16,023,000	-	1
4	2	Home (2015)	Fox	$10,300,000	-44.4%	3,488	-215	$2,953	$142,609,000	$135	4
5	3	The Longest Ride	Fox	$6,850,000	-47.4%	3,371	+5	$2,032	$23,511,000	-	2
6	4	Get Hard	WB	$4,830,000	-41.2%	2,655	-477	$1,819	$78,279,000	$40	4
7	N	Monkey Kingdom	BV	$4,715,000	-	2,012	-	$2,343	$4,715,000	-	1
8	7	Woman in Gold	Wein.	$4,587,000	-16.3%	2,011	+507	$2,281	$15,943,000	-	3
9	6	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	LG/S	$4,150,000	-38.2%	2,542	-569	$1,633	$120,605,000	$110	5
10	5	Cinderella (2015)	BV	$3,871,000	-45.8%	2,414	-611	$1,604	$186,324,000	$95	6
11	N	True Story	FoxS	$1,930,000	-	831	-	$2,323	$1,930,000	-	1
12	10	While We're Young	A24	$1,584,000	+30.7%	713	+467	$2,222	$4,152,000	-	4
13	9	Danny Collins	BST	$849,000	-42.6%	648	-91	$1,310	$3,853,000	-	5
14	18	Ex Machina	A24	$814,000	+243.1%	39	+35	$20,872	$1,142,000	-	2
15	8	It Follows	RTWC	$803,000	-58.7%	941	-692	$853	$13,264,000	-	6
16	11	Kingsman: The Secret Service	Fox	$650,000	-50.3%	556	-457	$1,169	$125,630,000	$81	10
17	N	Child 44	LG/S	$600,000	-	510	-	$1,176	$600,000	-	1
-	14	American Sniper	WB	$370,000	-37.8%	445	-171	$831	$347,753,000	$58.8	17
-	19	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Par.	$350,000	+51.9%	328	+20	$1,067	$161,702,000	$74	11
-	13	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	FoxS	$300,000	-52.9%	350	-391	$857	$32,080,000	$10	7
-	15	McFarland, USA	BV	$202,000	-52.1%	271	-247	$745	$42,953,000	-	9
-	37	Clouds of Sils Maria	IFC	$174,000	+181.5%	27	+24	$6,444	$270,000	-	2
-	22	Wild Tales	SPC	$118,000	-32.2%	81	-32	$1,457	$2,380,000	-	9
-	35	The DUFF	LGF	$105,000	+63.7%	188	+43	$559	$33,755,000	$8.5	9
-	25	What We Do in the Shadows (U.S. only)	U/P	$93,600	-32.4%	87	-26	$1,076	$2,825,000	-	10
-	21	Fifty Shades of Grey	Uni.	$90,000	-49.7%	173	-111	$520	$165,955,200	$40	10
-	24	Paddington	W/Dim.	$87,000	-42.2%	193	-48	$451	$75,474,500	$55	14
-	33	The Salt of the Earth	SPC	$81,500	-0.6%	40	+13	$2,038	$374,400	-	4
-	28	Still Alice	SPC	$51,700	-50.3%	120	-54	$431	$18,562,800	$5	14
-	26	The Gunman	ORF	$46,300	-64.9%	121	-191	$383	$10,568,800	$40	5
-	38	Seymour: An Introduction	IFC	$45,900	-25.3%	42	-19	$1,093	$486,800	-	6
-	31	Let's Get Married	CL	$31,000	-64.5%	19	-18	$1,632	$418,300	-	3
-	N	1915	BM	$25,800	-	5	-	$5,160	$25,800	-	1
-	48	5 to 7	IFC	$24,800	-5.8%	26	+5	$954	$91,400	-	3
-	45	Desert Dancer	Rela.	$23,000	-43.6%	27	+4	$852	$82,100	-	2
-	N	Felix and Meira	Osci.	$15,000	-	1	-	$15,000	$15,000	-	1
-	36	David and Goliath	REI	$14,300	-77.6%	8	-26	$1,788	$316,100	-	3
-	54	The Hunting Ground	RTWC	$8,900	-46.2%	25	+5	$356	$246,900	-	8
-	65	Deli Man	Cohen	$5,500	-36.7%	6	-6	$917	$468,900	-	8
-	75	Citizenfour	RTWC	$5,000	+82.8%	4	-	$1,250	$2,790,500	-	26
-	N	Tangerines	Gold.	$4,600	-	1	-	$4,600	$4,600	-	1
-	-	Rebels of the Neon God	BWP	$3,300	-	2	-	$1,650	$11,600	-	2
-	62	Timbuktu	Cohen	$2,800	-75.0%	5	-11	$560	$1,048,600	-	12
-	68	3 Hearts	Cohen	$1,700	-74.0%	2	-7	$850	$180,500	-	6
-	78	Love and Lost (Shi Gu)	CL	$1,000	-45.5%	1	-	$1,000	$185,700	-	5
TOTAL (45 MOVIES):				$117,893,700	-10.2%	35,665	+2,363	$3,306

[Avatree]

Star Wars is not that big in China, Kungfu Panda 3 released in Winter Holiday, should break the record.

We haven't had a Star Wars film since China exploded as a market so you don't know that.

I thought Kung Fu Panda 3 got pushed back to spring?

[Olive]

KFP3's release date change effectively means that it will get 8 days of holidays in China right? 300M should be easy for it I guess.

It's being co-produced, if it's opening in Spring Festival Golden Week, it will break all kinds of records.

[MovieMan89]

Aside from Paddington, the family films this year haven't been having very good legs. :/

How so? Spongebob, Cinderella, and Home all had 50m+ big openings and will end with a 3x+ multi. That's good for any 50m+ opener today. We can't look at multis the same way as we did even at the start of the decade. 3x indicates good legs these days for basically anything opening over 40m, including family movies.

[CJohn]

I thought Kung Fu Panda 3 got pushed back to spring?

FOX moved it to January.

Laughing at the fact that Paul Blart has a solid chance of winning next weekend.

[Olive]

We haven't had a Star Wars film since China exploded as a market so you don't know that.

I thought Kung Fu Panda 3 got pushed back to spring?

No body is talking about it after the new teaser, while BvS was really hot on social media.

Star Wars really has a small fanbase in China, I say EP7 will be modest hit at best, sequels have big potential though. 

[The Futurist]

Nice indie run from It Follows.

[grim22]

FOX moved it to January.

That may be the first scheduling move that was 100% made keeping China in mind as opposed to what it could make domestically. Changing box office landscape and all that.

[stuart360]

China is really starting to skew box office results, its almost like having 2 domestic markets if you know what i mean.

[sfran43]

Some time next week, FF7 OS gross will move to #3 all time, behind only Avatar and Titanic.

[The Futurist]

The fun paradox of China is the grosses are huge but Hollywood get very little back from them, 25% being the consensus though I am sure it varies between studios and specific contracts.

China is really starting to skew box office results, its almost like having 2 domestic markets if you know what i mean.

That s exactly what is happening you are right.

[MovieMan89]

Only a matter of time before we get a $3 billion grosser with the way China is now.