China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Mau]

Why HW animation is struggling in china?

[a2k]

Great Sat for JUM3. 315+ / $45+ total should happen.

2nd weekend will be 40-41 for 268-269 cume.

 

Weekday	Date	Gross	% Hold	Cume	Milestone
Fri	6 Dec 19	61.1		61.1
Sat	7 Dec 19	65.3	6.9	126.4
Sun	8 Dec 19	46.5	-28.8	172.9	weekend1
Mon	9 Dec 19	17.0	-63.4	189.9
Tue	10 Dec 19	14.5	-14.6	204.4
Wed	11 Dec 19	13.1	-9.8	217.5
Thu	12 Dec 19	10.5	-19.8	228.0	week1
Fri	13 Dec 19	8.5	-19.0	236.5
Sat	14 Dec 19	18.5	117.6	255.0
Sun	15 Dec 19	14.0	-24.3	269.0	weekend2

 

Edited December 15, 2019 by a2k

[ymblcza]

1 hour ago, Mau said:

Why HW animation is struggling in china?

HW animation is struggling in most developing countries

[Mau]

1 hour ago, ymblcza said:

HW animation is struggling in most developing countries

Ok but is there any main reason? Do people see them as dumb or something?

[ymblcza]

9 hours ago, Mau said:

Ok but is there any main reason? Do people see them as dumb or something?

As for the people around me, they don’t hate animation, they just don’t care. So if an animation breaks out and gains enough hype, it can get great box office like Zootopia or Ne Zha, but if not, only some family audience will watch it.

[charlie Jatinder]

On 11/3/2019 at 11:23 AM, Jedi Jat said:

 

December breakout. Drishyam is awesome.

Its funny, I myself forget. Of course it's breaking out now. Maoyan forecast ¥650mn, shall go higher.

[WayneBorg]

On 12/14/2019 at 7:05 AM, KP1025 said:

 

I certainly wouldn't have predicted Frozen 2 over Lion King or Detective Pikachu at the beginning of the year. However, Frozen 2 is likely just a special exception due to the influence of the brand. In the future, I think we'll still be seeing most Hollywood animation struggle to get even $50 million in China.

What are you thinking for Croods 2, Minions 2 and Trolls in China?

 

[Legion Again]

14 minutes ago, Jedi Jat said:

Its funny, I myself forget. Of course it's breaking out now. Maoyan forecast ¥650mn, shall go higher.

I was coming here to track down your post about it going to break out, but I guess I was saved the trouble 🤣
 

Good move to 13th

Edited December 15, 2019 by Arendelle Legion

[Minnale101]

Drishyam is amazing, should do well. Especially with woman 

[a2k]

JUM3 is at $38 after $6 weekend and is looking at a decent 1.8-1.85x multi ($25 ow, $45-46 total). With just 7.6 rating that's not usual I believe. Smaller numbers can result in faster loss of theaters so it doesn't always make legs easy.

 

edit: I was expecting $100 total so am not happy with this result but am relieved it didn't do ~1.6x that a 7.6 rating can bring.

Edited December 15, 2019 by a2k

[KP1025]

8 hours ago, WayneBorg said:

What are you thinking for Croods 2, Minions 2 and Trolls in China?

 

Croods 2 and Minions 2 could both cross $100 million too since their previous films actually did very well for a Hollywood animation at the time. On the other hand, I don't think Trolls 2 will do well in China (the first film only grossed $8 million).

[Mau]

Does anyone have top 10 animated films in china?

[YourCake]

Can Jumanji beat SW this time?

[TigerPaw]

5 minutes ago, YourCake said:

Can Jumanji beat SW this time?

will be close. SW presales are weak, but anything can be changed with strong WoM. I mean Jumanji 2’s WoM is shockingly below average.

[YourCake]

11 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

will be close. SW presales are weak, but anything can be changed with strong WoM. I mean Jumanji 2’s WoM is shockingly below average.

I'm afraid that the WOM will be about how SW is a snore-fest than can cure your insomnia again.

[TigerPaw]

2 hours ago, YourCake said:

I'm afraid that the WOM will be about how SW is a snore-fest than can cure your insomnia again.

Hahaha, I think so as well. As mentioned in the other thread, not sure why Disney wants to squeeze SW in December. A Jan opening nearing CNY night have been better.

Cold weather and lots of strong competition right now.

[keysersoze123]

41 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

Hahaha, I think so as well. As mentioned in the other thread, not sure why Disney wants to squeeze SW in December. A Jan opening nearing CNY night have been better.

Cold weather and lots of strong competition right now.

what competition. Holdovers are not that strong and IP4 PS is awful for a sequel. Issues is none of those. SW just does not interest chinese audience.

 

I dont think JJ has ever directed a snooze fest but what ever works for chinese folks.

[peludo]

6 hours ago, Mau said:

Does anyone have top 10 animated films in china?

If my data are correct (using current exchange rate to get dollar figures):

 

1. Ne Zha: 4.972b Yuan ($711m)

2. Zootopia: 1.530b ($219m)

3. Coco: 1.212b ($173m)

4. Despicable me 3: 1.038b ($148m)

5. Kung Fu Panda 3: 1.002b ($143m)

6. TMK: Hero is back: 956m ($137m)

7. Frozen 2: 785m ($112m) (Current result)

8. Boonie Bears 6 713m ($102m)

9. Kung Fu Panda 2: 612m ($88m)

10. Boonie Bears 5: 605m ($87m)

Edited December 16, 2019 by peludo

[TigerPaw]

1 hour ago, keysersoze123 said:

what competition. Holdovers are not that strong and IP4 PS is awful for a sequel. Issues is none of those. SW just does not interest chinese audience.

 

I dont think JJ has ever directed a snooze fest but what ever works for chinese folks.

Cold weather, presales are not strong but if weather is good, people will still leave their house on the actual day to buy tickets. So the competition comes in when  audience is at the cinema looking at showtimes and deciding which movie to watch.

 

holdovers not strong? Sheep without shepherd seems to be holding well.

[TigerPaw]

Feng Xiao Gang’s “Only cloud knows” is having sneak preview on 17th and 18th December. So it will have sneak previews to go against SW: TROS’s sneak previews.