China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Gavin Feng]

 

Beijing regulators have ordered cinemas to give 45 percent screen share to the Friday opening of a lavish propaganda film celebrating the People’s Liberation Army.

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Last week, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued a directive to local cinema chains large and small requiring them to ensure that the movie opens on at least 45 percent of all Chinese screens. Senior management of the largest chains also were called into a meeting at the Film Bureau in Beijing last week for a discussion of the order, sources tell THR.

 

"We have been trying to negotiate a lower screen share, because 45 percent will be very difficult to reach and could seriously hurt our revenue for the weekend," says a manager of a nationwide chain who was present at the meeting (the individual asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of speaking out against government propaganda policy).

 

"We're hoping to get down to at least 40 percent," the manager said, adding that the process did not look hopeful.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinese-cinemas-ordered-give-heavy-play-state-propaganda-film-1024675

[Gavin Feng]

Wolf Warrior 2 previews over 75 million with the same level showtimes of The Great Wall(49 million previews)

[Gavin Feng]

The Founding of an Army earns around 35-40 million with 64k showtimes(from 2:00 pm)

[TigerPaw]

56 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

Wolf Warrior 2 previews over 75 million with the same level showtimes of The Great Wall(49 million previews)

Wolf Warrior's preview may be a mistake. Word of Mouth is similar to Wu Kong.. Maoyan below 8 doesn't bold well.

[TigerPaw]

Maoyan was at 7.9, now suddenly jumped to 8.6 for wolf warriors 2.

Read some reviews from other countries - average popcorn film.

 

[ymblcza]

52 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

Maoyan was at 7.9, now suddenly jumped to 8.6 for wolf warriors 2.

Read some reviews from other countries - average popcorn film.

 

with 9.6 at Maoyan,TF5 will be easily beaten.

Edited July 27, 2017 by ymblcza

[Olive]

28 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

Maoyan was at 7.9, now suddenly jumped to 8.6 for wolf warriors 2.

Read some reviews from other countries - average popcorn film.

 

9.5 now, WOM seems extremely positive.

[Gavin Feng]

I say 2,000 million

[Gavin Feng]

THU

before service fees

Wolf Warriors 2  -  92m(35k showtimes from 8:00 pm)

The Founding of an Army  -  33.6m(Maoyan too high)

Brotherhood of Blades  -  7.93m / 222.8m
DM3  -  7.3m / 902m

Wukong  -  6.78m / 635.9m

 

after service fees

Wolf Warriors 2  -  98.85m(35k showtimes from 8:00 pm)

The Founding of an Army  -  35.7m(Maoyan too high)

Brotherhood of Blades  -  8.6m / 242.3m
DM3  -  7.85m / 965.4m

Wukong  -  7.85m / 682.3m

 

[Gavin Feng]

Wolf Warriors 2 earns 9.7/10 on Maoyan.

[Gavin Feng]

Maoyan deleted all negative reviews of Army. And it can't be rated on Douban or Mtime.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

23 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

Maoyan deleted all negative reviews of Army. And it can't be rated on Douban or Mtime.

The superiority of socialism with Chinese characteristics 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Wolf Warriors 2 is breaking non-holiday OD record of local films as well as summer OW record of all films, heading to 2B+. Monster Hunt might go down.

[Gavin Feng]

FRI
before service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  199.4m / 294.7m
The Founding of an Army  -  53.1m / 89.3m
DM3  -  3.63m / 905.8m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  3.42m / 226.4m
 
after service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  212m / 312.3m
The Founding of an Army  -  55.5m / 93.3m
DM3  -  3.93m / 969.5m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  3.72m / 246.2m

[fmpro]

9 hours ago, firedeep said:

Wolf Warriors 2 is breaking non-holiday OD record of local films as well as summer OW record of all films, heading to 2B+. Monster Hunt might go down.

 

WOM really that good? Its going to need some kind of legs for that when we take a look at other blockbusters this year

[titanic2187]

1 hour ago, Gavin Feng said:

FRI
before service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  199.4m / 294.7m
The Founding of an Army  -  53.1m / 89.3m
DM3  -  3.63m / 905.8m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  3.42m / 226.4m
 
after service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  212m / 312.3m
The Founding of an Army  -  55.5m / 93.3m
DM3  -  3.93m / 969.5m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  3.72m / 246.2m

Could it be the controversy surrounding the army making audience "vote" for WW2 , and end up WW2 has much better in term of box office and rating?

[POTUS 2020]

Once upon a time still tracking 60-70m PS for a thursday open. Will be a big weekend with WW2

[Gavin Feng]

9 hours ago, titanic2187 said:

Could it be the controversy surrounding the army making audience "vote" for WW2 , and end up WW2 has much better in term of box office and rating?

That's one of those reasons. WW2 can attract both younger and older audience. Too many young actors from Army and many of them don't have great WOM because of high salary and stinking acting.

The interesting thing is that WW2 Maoyan score is higher after Army's distributor deleted all 1/5 and 2/5 reviews of their movie.

 

[Gavin Feng]

SAT
before service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  288.5m / 583.2m
The Founding of an Army  -  51.7m / 139.5m
DM3  -  7.99m / 913.9m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  4.72m / 231.2m
 
after service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  307m / 620.8m
The Founding of an Army  -  54m / 145.8m
DM3  -  8.4m / 978.6m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  5.1m / 251.7m

[titanic2187]

14 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

SAT
before service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  288.5m / 583.2m
The Founding of an Army  -  51.7m / 139.5m
DM3  -  7.99m / 913.9m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  4.72m / 231.2m
 
after service fees
Wolf Warriors 2  -  307m / 620.8m
The Founding of an Army  -  54m / 145.8m
DM3  -  8.4m / 978.6m
Brotherhood of Blades  -  5.1m / 251.7m

is that order of 45% of the screen must be allocated for Army still valid? the showtime percentage show otherwise, around 31% 

Army performed terribly.....with that huge share of showtimes....