Olive Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 If it gets release date before Labor day holiday, there's small chance it grosses 120M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Labor Day is May 1st, right? That seems unlikely at the moment I think, but I guess you never know with China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Labor Day is May 1st, right? That seems unlikely at the moment I think, but I guess you never know with China Some movies didn't get a release date until the last day before its debut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Some movies didn't get a release date until the last day before its debut. Wow, that's... interesting. So the concept of pre-sale tickets is almost a non factor in China then?Well, if that's the case, then Fullbuster's dream of 120M is still alive...somewhat Edited April 22, 2013 by Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Wow, that's... interesting. So the concept of pre-sale tickets is almost a non factor in China then?Well, if that's the case, then Fullbuster's dream of 120M is still alive...somewhat I'm never unrealistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Lightning Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Midnight here in 12 hours! Tracking well so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I would be disappointed to see it under $100m, that would mean this market isn't as big as we're told it is...And another disappointment :/ The market's as big as you're told it is, they're just spending their money on local movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 The market's as big as you're told it is, they're just spending their money on local movies. Only because of the Chinese government.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) Skyfall and The Hobbit were hurt somewhat by delays (= piracy), but Cloud Atlas overperformed despite having the exact same problem. Oz was weak and DH5/GIJ2 haven't lit the world on fire either (GIJ2 will be lucky to do what Battleship did last year). IM3 has gotten virtually every possible advantage so far--it's being marketed so extensively you'd think it was a local film--but people are still wringing their hands about competition from So Young. Edited April 23, 2013 by Bob Violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 <p>Not really. <em>Skyfall</em> and <em>The Hobbit</em> were hurt somewhat by delays (= piracy), but <em>Cloud Atlas</em> overperformed despite having the exact same problem. <em>Oz</em> was weak and DH5/GIJ2 haven't lit the world on fire either (GIJ2 will be lucky to do what <em>Battleship</em> did last year). IM3 has gotten virtually every possible advantage so far--it's being marketed so extensively you'd think it was a local film--but people are still wringing their hands about competition from So Young.</p> Oh yes! Sorry but limited number of foreign movies + Censorship + Attempts to release many big movies at the same time...Without that Hollywood movies would perform way better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjk Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 South Korea: Pre-sales 207,031 adm. damn good so week 1: above 2m adm. ( 4 days ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Skyfall and The Hobbit were hurt somewhat by delays (= piracy), but Cloud Atlas overperformed despite having the exact same problem. Oz was weak and DH5/GIJ2 haven't lit the world on fire either (GIJ2 will be lucky to do what Battleship did last year). IM3 has gotten virtually every possible advantage so far--it's being marketed so extensively you'd think it was a local film--but people are still wringing their hands about competition from So Young. If it's getting so many benefits, why hasn't it gotten a fucking release date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) firedeep suggested a week or two back that Disney waited too long to submit it for final clearance, so it basically depends on whether they have enough pull to short-circuit the usual import process. I don't know if that still holds true at this point. In any case there's wide speculation that So Young will beat IM3 even if they both come out on the 26th. SY is definitely getting more advance buzz. Edited April 23, 2013 by Bob Violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 firedeep suggested a week or two back that Disney waited too long to submit it for final clearance, so it basically depends on whether they have enough pull to short-circuit the usual import process. I don't know if that still holds true at this point. In any case there's wide speculation that So Young will beat IM3 even if they both come out on the 26th. SY is definitely getting more advance buzz. The reason has moved on. It is now that the powers behind So Young are trying hard to stop IM3 getting a competitive release date. You know, such things always happen in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) What happened to Looper last year in China is exactly happening to IM3 another time. It is all over again. Edited April 23, 2013 by firedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 What happened to Looper last year in China is exactly happening to IM3 another time. It is all over again. So they don't care about the 'Chinese-American film' thing, this attempt was useless. What a shame it was promising.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 So is it tracking to open north of 100 mill this "weekend"?Do you think it will open to more than 18 mill in the UK?More than 10 mill in RussiaMore than 10 mill in Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 So is it tracking to open north of 100 mill this "weekend"?Do you think it will open to more than 18 mill in the UK?More than 10 mill in RussiaMore than 10 mill in Australia More than $10m in Russia? It's totally sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 In Russia it should definitely open above $10m, same for Australia (5-day). UK i'm not quite sure it'll open that high. I'm thinking closer to $16m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 So is it tracking to open north of 100 mill this "weekend"?Do you think it will open to more than 18 mill in the UK?More than 10 mill in RussiaMore than 10 mill in Australia It should open to 100+ without any problem this weekend. Unless it underperfoms big .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
