China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[sgchn40]

41 minutes ago, Olive said:

Money Laundering

 

14 minutes ago, firedeep said:

I dont know how the fudge works in detail but in summary, through secret deals made between his distributon company Da Yinmu and many of the big theater chains ( for instance, Shanghai United Circuit, China Film South Cinema Circuit, China Film Stellar Theater Chain, —— all state-run chains, ironically...), Shi himself bought millions of tickets for IPM3 to inflat the film's box office, by doing this, it is speculated that he can therefore increase his P2P business and even the stock price of his company. Shi's P2P sector has a fund that relates to the PRC box office performance of IPM3. The higher the film's box office goes, the higher ROI that fund produces on paper, eventually attracting more investors for him. Some criticize that Shi is running a Ponzi scheme by lining up box office with P2P. But I am not here to judge that part.

 

 

 

Now that he has this big spotlight on him, and the zealous anti-corruption drive by Xi Jinping, is he already out of the country?

 

It should be good for the long term development for Chinese movie industry when such practices are exposed. I would not be surprised if they find a way to arrest him. 

Edited March 7, 2016 by sgchn40

[A Marvel Fanboy]

5 minutes ago, sgchn40 said:

 

 

Now that he has this big spotlight on him, and the zealous anti-corruption drive by Xi Jinping, is he already out of the country?

 

It should be good for the long term development for Chinese movie industry when such practices are exposed. I would not be surprised if they find a way to arrest him. 

IMO it's just a matter of time for folks like him to be investigated, especially if China's P2P Bubble (or in the worst case, the financial Bubble as a whole——which would only be caused by the real estate subprime debt) breaks.

[Lihongkim]

17 minutes ago, Bluebomb said:

There really is no need to manipulate its box office when it will make more than twice or triple its budget from China alone without fudging.

 

Please don't associate the fudging of Ip Man 3's box office to wishing death to the franchise or the quality of the film. The Ip Man franchise is a highly respectable series in which many Chinese love the films. Yes, this is a black eye on Ip Man 3 but it should not be used as a target for the Ip Man franchise. The writers/director/actors did nothing wrong and the quality of their work should be respected.

I think no one love Chinese martial art more than C-netizens. I don't consider myself as Chinese but carry Chinese blood, I'm definitely a big fan of Ip Man series. I'm so happy that so many non-Chinese become fan of this series too. I just can't control myself why they have to fake its BO while it's already a big successful movie. I think the movie is getting negative effects. "It's a good movie. Does it perform well in BO? No one want to mention about the fake thing". 

[sgchn40]

1 hour ago, firedeep said:

IMO it's just a matter of time for folks like him to be investigated, especially if China's P2P Bubble (or in the worst case, the financial Bubble as a whole——which would only be caused by the real estate subprime debt) breaks.

 

It is really mind boggling that Shenzhen property prices can rise 50% in a year...

[A Marvel Fanboy]

The housing prices in central ereas (by 'central', means within Si Huan of Beijing, and Inner Ring Road of Shang Hai) of Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing is already higher than that of New York, Tokyo and other big cities in the world. European cities are too small to compare except London and Paris.

 

Nanjing, Hanzhou, Suzhou and many other second-tier cities are already following the sharp leap of Shenzhen and Shanghai in housing prices ...

 

[Fake]

2 hours ago, firedeep said:

Guys, ZOO is looking at a 35M Monday ! barely down 50% when the normal drrop should be 80%.

 

35/50/30/27/40/100/90, it is shaping up to be a 370m week, even going by conservative projection.

Could go closer to 40M!!!!

 

Will it get an extension??

[Lihongkim]

Rumor : Monster Hunt 2 will start shooting this summer. Could be Summer 2017 release? 

Edited March 7, 2016 by Lihongkim

[POTUS 2020]

Zoo slowing down now, not going to play as strong at night. Should be close to 36m.

 

Had 14% of shows on friday. 20% yesterday and today.  Will push to 22% tomorrow and 25% on Wed.  Will probably pass IP3s daily soon.  

Edited March 7, 2016 by No Prisoners

[a2k]

5 hours ago, firedeep said:

Guys, ZOO is looking at a 35M Monday ! barely down 50% when the normal drrop should be 80%.

 

35/50/30/27/40/100/90, it is shaping up to be a 370m week, even going by conservative projection.

 

So 1b looks likely, right?

[druv10]

On maoyan, it's over 36M sub 50% drop from Sunday which already increased 16%+ from Saturday. 

[druv10]

Monday estimates

IP3 46.5M 517M

Zootopia 35.3M 190M

Mermaid 8.4M 3302M

Edited March 7, 2016 by druv10

[jiangsen]

Monday Estimates

Ip Man 3: ￥46.5M/￥517M (-62%)

Zootopia: ￥35.3M/￥190M (-51%)

The Mermaid: ￥8.4M/￥3.302B

[AlexBennettCai]

Do you guys like the message boards on imdb?  What's the differece?

[druv10]

Presales are almost 11M for tomorrow, up about 4.5M from Monday. 45-50M is likely for Tuesday for Zootopia.

[Olive]

25 minutes ago, druv10 said:

Presales are almost 11M for tomorrow, up about 4.5M from Monday. 45-50M is likely for Tuesday for Zootopia.

60-70M

[druv10]

1 minute ago, Olive said:

60-70M

Why the big bump? It can't only be WOM which is crazy good.

[Olive]

4 minutes ago, druv10 said:

Why the big bump? It can't only be WOM which is crazy good.

Women's day!

[druv10]

7 minutes ago, Olive said:

Women's day!

So what kind of drop for Wednesday then? Will it stay above Monday?

[Olive]

31 minutes ago, druv10 said:

So what kind of drop for Wednesday then? Will it stay above Monday?

40-45% drop from Tuesday

[bangbingchan]

4 hours ago, a2knet said:

 

So 1b looks likely, right?

1b is locked imo.

Wed is possible 70M+

the highest day on the 5th Day

I really don't know how crazy number it will hit

Edited March 7, 2016 by bangbingchan