China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[charlie Jatinder]

Feels like this place is going to get some activity 

[keysersoze123]

Dafuq. Ist time since COVID that a movie did this. 1st Monday > opening day.

[Olive]

This weekend will have several big new releases(3 local +1 Thai) and re-issue of a One Piece movie.

But Alien R should have 20% of total showings of the market, will be disappointed if it not increase from OW.

Summer break still has 10 day left.

[titanic2187]

3 hours ago, keysersoze123 said:

Dafuq. Ist time since COVID that a movie did this. 1st Monday > opening day.

I think Barbie achieved this too. 1st Monday > OD.

[Mojoguy]

With Romulus looking to be a huge hit in China, the country continues so unpredictable in what Hollywood films they embrace. If China helps Romulus get a sequel then that would be fantastic.

[xieh tie]

 

[solaris]

Genuine question - can someone explain to me:

 

- Why Romulus is breaking out so much in China?

- Why it's legs are projected to be so strong after just the opening weekend (I've seen $100m being discussed as a potential total), when my understanding is that the Chinese market is usually the opposite of leggy (particularly for Hollywood releases)

 

Thanks!

[keysersoze123]

9 hours ago, solaris said:

Genuine question - can someone explain to me:

 

- Why Romulus is breaking out so much in China?

- Why it's legs are projected to be so strong after just the opening weekend (I've seen $100m being discussed as a potential total), when my understanding is that the Chinese market is usually the opposite of leggy (particularly for Hollywood releases)

 

Thanks!

I will let @Olive or @Gavin Feng answer 1st question. 

 

But China has 2 kinds of run. Movies that have 2x or even less legs if WOM is meh or worse. But we have had breakouts where movies have done 10x+ legs of OW. It used to be common pre COVID for big breakouts. Zootopia was one and there was many movies. Even Aquaman/Venom had a leggy run in China. 

[Flip]

I’m just guessing, but it might be because a lot of horror movies don’t get released in China, so Romulus might be tapping into the desire for more horror/monster movies

[seduh7]

amazing performancy by Alien : Romulus, I love how China can surprise. I expect it to make at least $100 there, with big chances of China becoming the biggest market for Alien

[xieh tie]

 

[titanic2187]

21 hours ago, Flip said:

I’m just guessing, but it might be because a lot of horror movies don’t get released in China, so Romulus might be tapping into the desire for more horror/monster movies

My thought here too. Probably the absence of supernatural horror made the "horrified" experience a novelty factor. 

 

Anyway, the movie seem slowing down a bit as the weekdays goes by, down another 18% from yesterday.

[Issac Newton]

Lahn Mah will probably test how powerful Chinese WOM can works. The Thai Title has extreme strong WOM growth in any market just after release. Hong Kong/Taiwan might speaks different but Singapore is promising that Mainland China should work!

 

Currently, going with ¥11.5M OD Forecast / ¥111M Final Forecast per Maoyan! Let's see! Fingers Crossed!

[Issac Newton]

¥10.9M OD incl. Previews. Not much changes in Final Forecast upto ¥107M

[1Robert1]

 

[1Robert1]

In my opinion 120-130 mln prediction for Alien were too optimistic, still great achievement. 

[Issac Newton]

Joker 2 ✅

[xieh tie]

 

[titanic2187]

11.64 billion of summer box office is the worst in 10 years outside of those 3 covid years. And it is quite a surprising downturn as there was no strike happened here in China.  

 

2013：5.9 billion

2014：9.1 billion

2015：12.5 billion

2016： 12 billion

2017：16.4 billion

2018：17.4 billion

2019：17.6 billion

2020：3.6 billion

2021：7.4 billion

2022：9.14 billion

2023：20.6 billion

 

 

 

 

 

[Gavin Feng]

17 hours ago, titanic2187 said:

11.64 billion of summer box office is the worst in 10 years outside of those 3 covid years. And it is quite a surprising downturn as there was no strike happened here in China.  

 

2013：5.9 billion

2014：9.1 billion

2015：12.5 billion

2016： 12 billion

2017：16.4 billion

2018：17.4 billion

2019：17.6 billion

2020：3.6 billion

2021：7.4 billion

2022：9.14 billion

2023：20.6 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

I shared your post on local social media. People responded it by saying "we as audience instead of workers went on strike"