terrestrial Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, Tower said: If I'm remembering correctly, Avatar opened on Monday and Transformers 3 opened on Tuesday. Both of those films broke the record in China for highest grossing of all time. Thx. I think at least one of the bigger CBMs too opened during the week and so on. As said, I was wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Just now, terrestrial said: Thx. I think at least one of the bigger CBMs too opened during the week and so on. As said, I was wondering. Age of Ultron opened on Tuesday, if I remember well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) 30 minutes ago, peludo said: Age of Ultron opened on Tuesday, if I remember well. Many BIG Hollywood films opened on Tuesday/Wednesday. Edited November 15, 2016 by efialtes76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 China Film Insider @china_film Wanda Group to invest $15 billion to compete with Disney in China - @latimes http://lat.ms/2fPrLJ9 Deadline Hollywood @Deadline Carmike Investors Approve AMC’s $1.2B Takeover; Await Justice Department OK http://deadline.com/2016/11/carmike-investors-approve-amc-entertainment-takeover-1201854676/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiangsen Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, efialtes76 said: That's false. Midweek summer releases have fared better but by and large these Tuesday/Wednesday releases that they are sqeezing in get clobbered and lose a ton of screens the following weekend. Edited November 15, 2016 by jiangsen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) 16 hours ago, terrestrial said: It seems to be the opinion of them. I was wondering, as in the past a few films got such weekdays and still made money. Mid week releases was the norm until this year. So there were many big hits released on sun-wed. With BO slowing most large releases are on a Friday now. Most of the mid week releases make less than ¥100m. I would say that is now the dumping ground. DS looks like it will lose half its screens. It should still hold -50-60%. ¥700m/$102.5m locked. Possibly 725m/$106m and beating AM in dollars. Average XR over the run is ¥6.82=$1 Edited November 16, 2016 by POTUS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 19 hours ago, terrestrial said: China Box Office @ChinaBoxOffice DEEPWATER HORIZON debuted in China on Tuesday with est. ¥11M ($1.6M). Midweek release means Hollywood films are essentially dead on arrival Opening on Tue is a good choice for Deepwater Horizon.There will be more competition on Fri. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Non-Holiday opening Monday - Avatar set the record for opening day with ¥36m on Jan.4 2010.The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises did less than that number on Aug.27 2012(Summer Holiday). Tuesday - Titanic 3D made ¥73m,which was just behind Transformer 3’s ¥112m.Avengers: Age of Ultron made ¥224m last year, the second highest opening day number for import films.Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation earned ¥124m last year, the highest opening day for 2D import films. Wednesday - Jurassic World made ¥110m last year and Warcraft did ¥300m this year. Thursday - Transformer 3 and Monster Hunter(¥171m) released in Summer Holiday. Friday - Transformer 4: Age of Extinction made ¥196m. Saturday - The Avengers(¥70m) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens(¥215m) released in holiday. Sunday - Furious 7(¥399m) released in holiday. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 = in a way there seem to be a reason for differing opinions, if I understsand it right. In the past proven to be a big success is possible, still in certain situation not to count as always bad, but a tendency of change in POV to see in release weekday patterns, depending on the movie / expected impact on the BO. Too early to create new basic / thumb of rules. Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 China Film Insider @china_film ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 3D China Release Pushed to 2017 http://chinafilminsider.com/terminator-2-judgment-day-3d-china-release-pushed-2017/ … hmm, not long ago they said no Terminator 3D in China? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 1 hour ago, terrestrial said: China Film Insider @china_film ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 3D China Release Pushed to 2017 http://chinafilminsider.com/terminator-2-judgment-day-3d-china-release-pushed-2017/ … hmm, not long ago they said no Terminator 3D in China? The big question now is......when in China will T2:3D be released? Hopefully not somewhere too competitive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Very low drop for Strange on Wed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiangsen Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Wednesday Estimates Doctor Strange: ¥13.6M/¥614M (-6.2%) Deepwater Horizon: ¥9.5M/¥20.3M Billy Lynn: ¥6.95m/¥105M Scandal Maker: ¥3.95M/¥48m One Piece: ¥3.75M/¥83.85M Mr Donkey: ¥1.38M/¥167M 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Looks like another great hold for strange today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Wanda Cinemas is boycotting I Am Not Madame Bovary, only schedule 3 normal showtimes per day at each theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Olive said: Wanda Cinemas is boycotting I Am Not Madame Bovary, only schedule 3 normal showtimes per day at each theater. Do you happen to know what might be the reason for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 2 hours ago, terrestrial said: Do you happen to know what might be the reason for that? A former senior employee of Wanda hopped to Huayi, which is the distributor of I Am Not Madame Bovary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Thursday Estimates Doctor Strange: ¥12.75M/¥627M (-7.3%) Deepwater Horizon: ¥8.05M/¥28.5M Billy Lynn: ¥6.7m/¥111M Scandal Maker: ¥3.8M/¥51.8m One Piece: ¥3.33M/¥87.26M Madame Bovary:¥1.59M/¥1.85M Mr Donkey: ¥1.38M/¥169M Friday Forecast: Madame Bovary OD 75-85M Doctor Strange: 13-15M The Warriors Gate OD 10-11M 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lihongkim Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 CFI predicted 185M OW and 520M total for I'm Not Madam Bovary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaroids Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 (edited) "Feng Xiaogang Lashes out at China’s Richest Man over ‘Bovary’" Quote Feng accuses Dalian Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin of creating a monopoly to punish rival Huayi Brothers. Veteran Chinese director Feng Xiaogang took to Chinese social media on Friday to protest Wanda Cinema Line’s apparent decision to limit screenings of his latest film I Am Not Madame Bovary (我不是潘金莲), claiming the company was taking advantage of its “monopoly” position in the market unfairly. In an open to letter to Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin, the veteran director said that the real-estate-to-entertainment conglomerate had become a “monopoly” in China that was on track to “buy up Hollywood” and was acting unfairly to scupper the chances of his highly-anticipated social satire. Written in the form of an allegory, the letter drew parallels between the plight of Huayi Brothers, who Feng characterized as a “small company trying to carve a small niche in the market,” going up against the might of the company owned by China’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, with the downtrodden female protagonist of Bovary. “Word on the street is that this little company is going to be punished by having its films boycotted at Wanda Cinema Line’s theaters,” the director wrote in the voice of Bovary’s female protagonist. “No, no, no, Chairman Wang, this young woman has used the wrong words yet again. You’ve left some room to maneuver by allowing a few sessions – just enough to leave us gasping for air and with a little face.” The black comedy starring Fan Bingbing, was lauded for “its ambitious rendering of a woman’s Kafkaesque struggle as she takes on the Chinese legal system” at the Toronto International Film Festival, and sees A-list star Fan as a cafe owner caught in a bureaucratic maze after she is swindled by her ex-husband. Bovary, which opens at cinemas in China, Friday, November 18, has been given slots in 40 percent of the available screening times in rival cinemas, but only 10.9 percent at Wanda Cinema Line’s theaters. The open letter goes on to obliquely suggest that Wanda’s aim is to weaken its competition so that it can eventually buy them up and fold them into its rapidly-expanding global entertainment empire. Feng ends the letter on a caustic note, reflecting the black comedy of his new film: “I wish Chairman Wang happiness and early success in his great quest of forming a monopoly.” Originally scheduled for release on September 30, Feng Xiaogang’s black comedy will finally hit cinema screens on Friday. Rumors have swirled, even on state-controlled media, that the film had earlier failed to get censorship approval. By some estimates, Dalian Wanda Group already holds about 18 percent of the country’s screens, making it the largest exhibitor. On Monday, Wanda Cinemas’ CEO Zeng Maojun indicated the company intends to add a further 150 theaters this year. source Probably not very wise to publicly call Wanda out like this, considering their hold in the industry, but Feng Xiaogang has always been bold. Edited November 18, 2016 by Polaroids 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...