China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[jiangsen]

5 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

Thank you. Yuan or US$?

Yuan of course

[TommyA10]

10 minutes ago, movieboner said:

I wonder what aspects of Star Wars: TFA that Chinese audience didn't like besides the remake of A New Hope?

Mhmm... How could they dislike the "remake" of ANH when 99% of general audiences in China have no idea of ANH plot??

[Kalel009Shel]

2 hours ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

It's kinda funny, yet surprising to see a mass-big event blockbuster like SW:EP7 fail to outgross a smaller event like T5, in China.

China has good taste.  ?

[Kalel009Shel]

1 hour ago, mepal1 said:

 

Please dont mention oil on a film forum site, reason coz i lost a very good job last year, due to the drop in oil price, and the American owned company i worked for made large layoffs in the UK. 

 

Back to the film world, its quite staggering the number of screenings a film can lose daily in China, from this Thursday to Friday alone SWTFA lost around 12,000 screenings! 

Oh snap! Lmao. Damn . Does this mean only 100-110m in China or even lower?

Edited January 15, 2016 by Kalel009Shel

[MrFanaticGuy34]

23 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

 

Among the GA, the film is quite confusing and not emotional (perhaps even shallow) due to the lack of understanding about references to early films or even Star Wars concepts in general (what are Jedis, the Force, etc). They also don't know or care who the older characters are and what they achieved in the past, and the context about present conflicts is not easy to grasp without prior knowledge.

 

Maybe the chinese audience has never seen any of the previous SW-films in theaters? Even the prequels......

 

Or maybe they have seen the films....but not seen them on repeat viewings and only saw each film once on DVD?

 

That could be a factor.

Edited January 15, 2016 by MrFanaticGuy34

[Daxtreme]

6 minutes ago, Kalel009Shel said:

China has good taste.  ?

 

List of highest-grossing films in China

1	Monster Hunt	2.438 billion	China	2015
2	Furious 7	2.427 billion	United States	2015
3	Transformers: Age of Extinction	1.977 billion	United States China	2014
4	Mojin: The Lost Legend	1.653 billion	China	2015
5	Lost in Hong Kong	1.612 billion	China	2015

 

No, no they don't.

 

VFX Porn and cheesy stories seem to be their go-to movies.

 

[IronJimbo]

29 minutes ago, Kalel009Shel said:

Oh snap! Lmao. Damn . Does this mean only 100-110m in China or even lower?

 

<100m China will make my year.

 

[KP1025]

Never understood the hype for Monster Hunt. Felt very overrated to me.

[applek]

4 hours ago, movieboner said:

I wonder what aspects of Star Wars: TFA that Chinese audience didn't like besides the remake of A New Hope?

 

From what I saw in forums etc, they didn't like how the main characters (guys) were not very good looking.  Also overall not futuristic looking enough.  And also not enough big explosions etc.  The fight scenes and the concept of the Force also seem like a weakened version of wuxia genre to them and not even done well.

[POTUS 2020]

Boonies bears pre-sales pumped up last minute. 

Going to be a foot race into the low 50s

[sgchn40]

5 hours ago, Daxtreme said:

 

List of highest-grossing films in China

1	Monster Hunt	2.438 billion	China	2015
2	Furious 7	2.427 billion	United States	2015
3	Transformers: Age of Extinction	1.977 billion	United States China	2014
4	Mojin: The Lost Legend	1.653 billion	China	2015
5	Lost in Hong Kong	1.612 billion	China	2015

 

No, no they don't.

 

VFX Porn and cheesy stories seem to be their go-to movies.

 

 

Looking at the American list, isn't it even more VFX Porn? I guess some things are universal

 

Rank	Title(click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross	Year^
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BV	$825,932,841	2015
2	Avatar	Fox	$760,507,625	2009^
3	Titanic	Par.	$658,672,302	1997^
4	Jurassic World	Uni.	$652,270,625	2015
5	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$623,357,910	2012

 

[sgchn40]

1 hour ago, applek said:

 

From what I saw in forums etc, they didn't like how the main characters (guys) were not very good looking.  Also overall not futuristic looking enough.  And also not enough big explosions etc.  The fight scenes and the concept of the Force also seem like a weakened version of wuxia genre to them and not even done well.

 

Confusing plot is another major reason. Some pointed out how ridiculous it is that the Force of the entire Universe lies within a single family. To which end, some even though that it celebrates dictatorship rather than democracy!

 

 

[TommyA10]

25 minutes ago, sgchn40 said:

 

Looking at the American list, isn't it even more VFX Porn? I guess some things are universal

 

Rank	Title(click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross	Year^
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BV	$825,932,841	2015
2	Avatar	Fox	$760,507,625	2009^
3	Titanic	Par.	$658,672,302	1997^
4	Jurassic World	Uni.	$652,270,625	2015
5	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$623,357,910	2012

 

Comparing Transformers 4 (lol) (and F7 for that matter) to any of the US top 5 in terms of quality is pure comedy gold. I'll leave it at that.

[sgchn40]

22 minutes ago, TommyA10 said:

Comparing Transformers 4 (lol) (and F7 for that matter) to any of the US top 5 in terms of quality is pure comedy gold. I'll leave it at that.

 

No worries. China is still an evolving market. As mentioned by Firedeep, in a year's time the top 10 movies will change dramatically again. I won't say China has better taste but that it is evolving. Though action and special effects seem to be a trend and the common denominator with the US

Edited January 16, 2016 by sgchn40

[POTUS 2020]

49 minutes ago, TommyA10 said:

Comparing Transformers 4 (lol) (and F7 for that matter) to any of the US top 5 in terms of quality is pure comedy gold. I'll leave it at that.

Are you comparing T4, 18% RT, to an Oscar winner and a nominee? Really

[bangbingchan]

If Titanic or Avatar get re-release now,both films will certainly be Top3 again in China.The screen is increasing fast,people still have nostalgic feelings towards Titanic.TFA is unfamiliar to most Chinese audience.Forget about T5，a list of films will outgross TFA this year

[KP1025]

Just now, bangbingchan said:

If Titanic or Avatar get re-release now,both films will certainly be Top3 again in China.The screen is increasing fast,people still have nostalgic feelings towards Titanic.TFA is unfamiliar to most Chinese audience.Forget about T5，a list of films will outgross TFA this year

 

I really want to see how Avatar 2 does in China. Hopefully makes up for losses in other markets due to the awful exchange rates. $2 billion OS might still be a challenge though.

[TommyA10]

56 minutes ago, sgchn40 said:

 

No worries. China is still an evolving market. As mentioned by Firedeep, in a year's time the top 10 movies will change dramatically again. I won't say China has better taste but that it is evolving. Though action and special effects seem to be a trend and the common denominator with the US

Not every action movie is the same. T4 is an atrocity.

[TommyA10]

25 minutes ago, No Prisoners said:

Are you comparing T4, 18% RT, to an Oscar winner and a nominee? Really

No, I'm comparing T4 to a movie with 93% RT (8.2/10 score), to point to the obvious difference in quality.

[sgchn40]

12 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

 

I really want to see how Avatar 2 does in China. Hopefully makes up for losses in other markets due to the awful exchange rates. $2 billion OS might still be a challenge though.

 

My only fear is that James Cameron is no longer a spring chicken...