eXtacy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Might miss 500m USD by as little as 5m. So close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPaw Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 There is something which I find very intriguing. Hope we can discuss this. This is with regards to Monkey King 3 - do you guys think it was a wise decision to have the mass screening on Valentine’s? It earned big bucks that day but the WoM is atrocious and now it might even lose to Bonnie Bear in total Box Office. if you were the distributor, would you have held it till Chinese New Year then release it? Knowing that the film is a pile of trash in terms of WoM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 36 minutes ago, TigerPaw said: There is something which I find very intriguing. Hope we can discuss this. This is with regards to Monkey King 3 - do you guys think it was a wise decision to have the mass screening on Valentine’s? It earned big bucks that day but the WoM is atrocious and now it might even lose to Bonnie Bear in total Box Office. if you were the distributor, would you have held it till Chinese New Year then release it? Knowing that the film is a pile of trash in terms of WoM? Before previews started, I already heard the movie is worse than the first one…So no surprise it flops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPaw Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 52 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said: Before previews started, I already heard the movie is worse than the first one…So no surprise it flops. I rewatched the first and second while anticipating the third. First Movie was actually not bad - but the CGI was atrocious, but I felt that Donnie Yen’s portrayal of Monkey King and action was really impressive. Storyline of Erlang Diety rebelling was too much of a risk taken by the studio though. Second Movie... was lazy. CGI improved tremendously but there was 0 twist and it had a simple storyline similar to the tv shows/original books. Without any crazy outrage or risk taken, and with improved CGI, 2nd Movie was considered by many as an improvement. 3rd Movie is just Crap. Bad acting, bad pacing and bad plot. CGI at times were worse than the first (which was filmed in 2011). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 3 hours ago, eXtacy said: Might miss 500m USD by as little as 5m. So close. Friday 1.263B yuan Sat 1.017B Sun 929m est Weekend 3.21B yuan = $506M 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymblcza Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Feb.18 estimates (¥) Detective Chinatown 2 - 321M / 981.16M Monster Hunt 2 283M / 1191.9M Operation Red Sea - 184M / 458.94M The Monkey King 3 - 65M / 505.57M Boonie Bears - 63.6M / 253.32M Mon's presales: MH2: -39% DC2: -22% Red Sea: -8% TMK3: -48% BB: -28% Edited February 18, 2018 by ymblcza 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 So, $154m OW for a film that has not been able to reach #1. The biggest case in USA was Inside Out and it opened to $90m... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxAggressor Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Chinese Box Office 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Proxima Olive said: Friday 1.263B yuan Sat 1.017B Sun 929m est Weekend 3.21B yuan = $506M THATS AWESOME! It made it Edited February 18, 2018 by eXtacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, TigerPaw said: There is something which I find very intriguing. Hope we can discuss this. This is with regards to Monkey King 3 - do you guys think it was a wise decision to have the mass screening on Valentine’s? It earned big bucks that day but the WoM is atrocious and now it might even lose to Bonnie Bear in total Box Office. if you were the distributor, would you have held it till Chinese New Year then release it? Knowing that the film is a pile of trash in terms of WoM? It doesnt matter. WoM spreads quick and it would have dropped hard after day 1 CNY regardless like MH2, and JttW2 among others. It would have made more on day 1 and 2 but VD's gross made up for it. MH2 continues to drop hard.. It'll miss 3b but should still beat MH and clear 2.5b DC2 has a shot at 3.12b/ $500m ORS continues to increase. Will rise over 200m on Mon, should clear 2b with this trajectory and 9.5 rating. Could it beat MH2? If it can increase to 250m+ on tues, i think so. Edited February 19, 2018 by POTUS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 17 hours ago, Proxima Olive said: Friday 1.263B yuan Sat 1.017B Sun 929m est Weekend 3.21B yuan = $506M It will do $1b in 10 days, 12% of the annual BO. Wow 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymblcza Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 MH2 vs ORS Feb-16 Feb-17 Feb-18 Feb-19(early estimates) MH2 $85.4M $58.2M $44.4M $31.6M ORS $20.3M $23.2M $29.2M $33.9M 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymblcza Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Feb.19 estimates (¥) Detective Chinatown 2 - 310M / 1289.9M Operation Red Sea - 217.2M / 677.8M Monster Hunt 2 - 202.2M / 1393.3M Boonie Bears - 56.1M / 309.45M The Monkey King 3 - 44.2M / 550.95M Tue's presales: DC2: -27% Red Sea: -18% MH2: -39% BB: -25% TMK3: -43% Edited February 19, 2018 by ymblcza 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 We are talking about the incredible Monday that Black Panther is doing in USA (maybe in 35-40 range). In China we have this: Detective Chinatown 2: $48.9m Operation Red Sea: $34.2m Monster Hunt 2: $31.8m 7 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanos13 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 This MONSTER from China is part of a blockbuster films that get released this time of year every year? February in China is like the Summer in US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiangsen Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, stephanos13 said: This MONSTER from China is part of a blockbuster films that get released this time of year every year? February in China is like the Summer in US? There is no real parallel between Chinese New Year BO and any other time in any other territory. It’s like a weeklong supercharged holiday. Everyone is off of work and the entire family goes to the cinema. It also changes every year with the Lunar calendar so sometimes it falls as early as late January. Edited February 20, 2018 by jiangsen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 3:33 AM, POTUS said: I read that local language films make up for a lot sales in make shift "shanty" theaters. I remember seeing a few movies like that in Bangalore when I was very young. I'm sure those still exist, those are like unofficial theaters i.e. most of the movies are pirated versions and PDVD prints. Tickets are way cheap and these are the only sources of mass entertainment for people who don't want to travel in the traffic and pay huge ticket prices (comparatively speaking) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhxbt Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 6 hours ago, stephanos13 said: This MONSTER from China is part of a blockbuster films that get released this time of year every year? February in China is like the Summer in US? It's more like Christmas-New Year Holiday. And Chinese New Year begins at the new moon of Aqurius, so sometimes in January. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymblcza Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Feb.20 estimates (¥) Detective Chinatown 2 - 278M / 1574.29M Operation Red Sea - 231M / 914.07M Monster Hunt 2 - 152.8M / 1551.35M Boonie Bears - 48.75M / 358.62M The Monkey King 3 - 30.65M / 582.91M Tue's presales: DC2: -16% Red Sea: -6% MH2: -35% BB: -26% TMK3: -35% 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 6day total in Chna will be better than all February last year is US and Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...