China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Lihongkim]

13 hours ago, NCsoft said:

 

Judging by the trailer League of gods looked abysmal, I don't think Chinese audiences easily fall for bad quality like that anymore, they are really getting more selective.

 

12 hours ago, efialtes76 said:

Skiptrace looks even worse...

Mermaid's trailer is the worst one. Both CGI and storyline are so poor tbh. It just some parts are fucking hilarious. Thank to Stephen Chow and the superb performances by Deng Chao and Show Luo. 

TMK 2 has superb CGI but poor plot. 

 

There will be fantasy blockbuster release every week (July.29-August.19). Not to mention next year. Most of big budget movies are fantasy that heavily rely on CGI. Have no idea if League of Gods can do well or not but the CGI isn't that bad imo. And this is probably Jet Li's latest movie. Ask for Skiptrace, Jackie Chan films have never had good plot. Maybe audiences just want to see some stunning scenes. Actually, it's better to watch his classic movie. 

[cannastop]

I just found out that this movie:

 

 

 

Made 225,456,800 RMB last weekend. Great! Maybe it can beat Zootopia.

Edited July 12, 2016 by cannastop

[Lihongkim]

8 hours ago, cannastop said:

I just found out that this movie:

 

Made 225,456,800 RMB last weekend. Great! Maybe it can beat Zootopia.

It topped Zootopia's OD and OW but won't make half of Zootopia's total gross. Big Fish didn't have good wom, unfocused storyline and complicated characters. The hype comes from it was 12 years in making. Sadly, it turns out to be under-expected. 

[Olive]

Wednesday Est
Cold War - 38.2M/428m
Big Fish - 31.6M /334m(Won't be another TMK)
Never Gone - 21m/243m
Turtles - 7.65M/359M
NYSM2 - 2.9M/626M(Beats BVS, now #7 imported movie of 2016)
IDR - 1.4M/496M(may end up 499M...)
Droy - 0.37m/253m

Edited July 13, 2016 by Olive

[Nova]

On July 11, 2016 at 0:28 PM, Durden said:

 

This is true ?

Yes. They're releasing The Shallows in its place. 

[Lihongkim]

On 7/11/2016 at 11:28 PM, Durden said:

 

This is true ?

Quote

"It's been confirmed that Ghostbusters won't be coming to China, because they think it's not really that attractive to Chinese audiences," says one Chinese executive. "Most of the Chinese audience didn't see the first and second movies, so they don't think there's much market for it here," the exec adds.

Sony isn't commenting, but a Hollywood source with knowledge of the situation says the film hasn't been officially submitted for approval by Chinese regulators.

'Ghostbusters' Denied Release in China

 

[Polaroids]

On 7/11/2016 at 6:35 PM, Lihongkim said:

His acting in SOWK last year is fine but this Never Gone's acting is so poor. SO DISAPPOINTED! 

It won't make half of So Young's BO 3 years ago. EMBARRASSING! 

 

July will be down for sure. This weekend openers are far from last year MH, JBM & TMK, still wait to see if Skiptrace & League of Gods next- next week can save it. Looks like it won't. 

I watched the movie and both Liu Yifei and Kris Wu had questionable acting in some scenes but the erratic plot was the biggest thing that detracted from the movie. Just checked and the director is a first time director. No wonder. It's interesting that Kris Wu is the focus of the "bad acting" comments though when there were some scenes where Liu Yifei could not emote in any way and her line delivery and tone stayed the same throughout the whole movie. Considering she is counted as a veteran and has been acting for years - that's unacceptable. Kris is still a newbie actor and there's always room for improvement especially since this was just an idol/youth movie anyway and he still has the highest box office draw among his peers. I think his performance will be better in Sweet Sixteen.

 

As for not making half of So Young's BO - no youth film is going to ever beat So Young. Nothing to do with the film's quality but it's just not gonna happen. So Young was a first time fluke.

 

Curious to see how the Yang Yang/Liu Yifei movie will do. It's backed by Alibaba Pictures. I personally find Yang Yang a very bland actor so I'm not looking forward to his performance but it is based on a popular book so it's anticipated.

 

League of Gods is a comeback project from a dormant film company so there's a lot riding on it.

[Olive]

http://weibo.com/1663735900/DELkKaWGV?ref=home&rid=0_0_0_2606538136386342550&type=comment#_rnd1468505188079

Mtime report: Sony hasn't sent GB to be censored, so the report above is not true.

 

Thursday est:

Cold War - 35M/463m
Big Fish - 28.7M /363m 
Never Gone - 20.1m/263m
Turtles - 7.6M/367M
NYSM2 - 2.97M/628M 
IDR - 1.4M/497.6M 
Droy - 0.37m/253.5m(254M finish is likely, biggest animated movie realesed in June)

[Nova]

8 minutes ago, Olive said:

http://weibo.com/1663735900/DELkKaWGV?ref=home&rid=0_0_0_2606538136386342550&type=comment#_rnd1468505188079

Mtime report: Sony hasn't sent GB to be censored, so the report above is not true.

 

 

So I'm confused. Are they just choosing not to release it over there? Because there have also been several posters who said Ghostbusters is officially not getting a China release. 

[Gavin Feng]

32 minutes ago, Nova said:

So I'm confused. Are they just choosing not to release it over there? Because there have also been several posters who said Ghostbusters is officially not getting a China release. 

A friend worked in Beijing told me it was hard for GB to get a release date one week ago.

[Nova]

22 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

A friend worked in Beijing told me it was hard for GB to get a release date one week ago.

Okay. I would assume your friend was correct because it's gotten to the US press that Ghostbusters isn't being released there. I don't think Sony would allow it to come out it wasn't getting released in China, if that weren't the case. 

On a side note you're not the only poster who has stated as such. There's another poster who commented in one of the weekday threads that Ghostbusters wasn't getting a release date in China and that Sony was going to try to go ahead with The Shallows. I think you said the same thing as well. I don't know how true the latter part is but I would assume at this point that Ghostbuster isn't getting a release date in China. 

[efialtes76]

Presales for Tarzan and Skiptrace seems TOO low.

 

 

[fmpro]

1 hour ago, efialtes76 said:

Presales for Tarzan and Skiptrace seems TOO low.

 

 

 

Not a big surprise

[Lihongkim]

It's sure that it's no MH this July, BUT... even JBM is doubtful.

[VinceMichaudC]

Lionsgate to Make Chinese Spinoff of 'Now You See Me'

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lionsgate-make-chinese-spinoff-you-911469?utm_source=twitter

[Olive]

Friends says that Skiptrace sucked big time, one of Jackie's worst.

[POTUS 2020]

On ‎7‎/‎14‎/‎2016 at 6:45 PM, efialtes76 said:

Presales for Tarzan and Skiptrace seems TOO low.

 

 

yup they are not increasing much, another small weekend ahead. july is heading to 4.5b-4.75b down 15-20% YoY. -750m-1000m. the box office has caught up to the economy

[Olive]

Saturday est:
Cold War - 42.5M/532m

When Larry Met Mary - 38.5m/75.5m
Big Fish - 38M /423m 
Never Gone - 16.7m/292m
Turtles - 6.2M/376M
NYSM2 - 2.5M/632M 
IDR - 1.4M/499M 
Droy - 0.6m/254m[END OF RUN]

[Bluebomb]

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Theaters	Maximum Theaters	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	7/8/2016	$128,221	14	14	14	$128,221	7/11/2016
China	7/7/2016	$2,995,390,000	61746	61746	61746	$7,343,000,000	7/16/2016
New Zealand	7/8/2016	$24,602	6	6	6	$24,602	7/11/2016
North America	7/8/2016	$157,385	22	22	22	$250,379
United Kingdom	7/8/2016	$14,188	9	9	9	$14,188	7/13/2016
Worldwide Total						$7,343,417,390	7/16/2016

Cold War 2 is the biggest film of all time ever with China alone grossing 3x Avatar's WW gross.

 

[Olive]

Sunday est
Cold War - 43M/574m
When Larry Met Mary - 34.5m/110m
Big Fish - 38m/461m
Never Gone - 16.6m/308m
Turtles - 6.2M/382M
NYSM2 - 2.75M/635M 
IDR - 1.5M/501M 

 

Tuesday presales

Tarzan 2.55M

Skiptrace 1.97M(previews)