China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[Rudolf]

Is Boxoffice.com the last site to back Sony in their Looper-did-better-in-China-than-DOM-proof-us-wrong!-thingee?

[jerem4502]

there are estimates for Taken 2 ?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Is Boxoffice.com the last site to back Sony in their Looper-did-better-in-China-than-DOM-proof-us-wrong!-thingee?

Shawn's insist. He said hard and direct proof is needed ...

[A Marvel Fanboy]

there are estimates for Taken 2 ?

Opening tomorrow.

[Fake]

It is like Shawn..... always so skeptical.

[Bob Violence]

I don't know how TE2 got a China release. It sure as hell wasn't because it was partly set in China because the Chinese Censors cut the part that gives credit to "Hubei Province". Must have been for Yu Nan and Jet Li, but there must be another reason. It was part-filmed in Hong Kong, but again, China wouldn't care about that. Must be financial that I am not aware of.

The first one did over $30 million in China. That didn't smash records, but it was just enough to put it in that year's top 10, and China was its second-biggest market behind the U.S. There's a reason the producers tried to set the sequel up as a full co-production -- which didn't work out, but as firedeep noted, it was still a co-production. Even if it wasn't, China loves franchises as much as anyone else (just look at page one if you don't believe me), and I'm sure it would've come out anyway. If Taken 2 can come out in China with no Chinese production involvement, I see no reason The Expendables 2 couldn't have done the same. Edited October 6, 2012 by Bob Violence

[A Marvel Fanboy]

According to Sarft, every county town will have at least one theater by end of 2015. And 60% of these theaters should have more than one screen. Number of inhabitants of county towns range from 20,000 to 500,000.

[DeeCee]

Variety is still in. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118060324?refCatId=19

[The Toymaker]

Doesn't surprise me, Variety's box office reporting has always been all-over-the-place.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

At least Variety put doubts in their report.

[The Toymaker]

I didn't read it. The screen went black. Stupid Variety and their subscriptions.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Taken 2 delivered midnight of 0.35M yuan.For reference, TE2 midnight 1.57M yuan.Taken did 14M yuan in 2008.

[The Toymaker]

I feel that Taken 2 will just be a generic actioner here in terms of box office. I, for one, will not see it in China. My money's going to Hong Kong.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Taken 2 should do around 100M yuan / $16M, a 600+% increase from Taken.

[John Marston]

Taken 2 delivered midnight of 0.35M yuan.For reference, TE2 midnight 1.57M yuan.Taken did 14M yuan in 2008.

so it's not doing that great

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Some interesting note:Taken 2 is Liam Neeson's FIFTH show up on China's screens this year alone. It is also Neeson's 13th release in China. Neeson now has the second most movies released in China, only after Cage (including two animations) with 14. Neeson will be #1 soon.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

so it's not doing that great

Taken 2 should do around 100M yuan / $16M, a 600+% increase from Taken.

Not to mention, it is a post-holiday release.

[The Toymaker]

Some interesting note:

Taken 2 is Liam Neeson's FIFTH show up on China's screens this year alone. It is also Neeson's 13th release in China. Neeson now has the second most movies released in China, only after Cage (including two animations) with 14. Neeson will be #1 soon.

This year Neeson has been in Wrath of the Titans, Taken 2, Battleship and The Dark Knight Rises. What other Neeson film came out in China?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

This year Neeson has been in Wrath of the Titans, Taken 2, Battleship and The Dark Knight Rises. What other Neeson film came out in China?

The Grey.

[John Marston]

how much did the Grey make in China, I don't think it is part of BOM foreign gross for it