China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[Bluebomb]

That's so sad. RIP to all the victims.

[POLYLOVE]

 The director of American drama PrisonBreak is going to direct the movie Ghost Blows Out The Light. This movie will be a big hit next year. I like the novel sooooooo much!

Edited June 8, 2013 by POLYLOVE

[POLYLOVE]

I think there will be more and more American directors hired by local studios to make Chinese language movies in the future.

 

We don't lack money, actors and market is also big enough. All we need is good director.

Edited June 8, 2013 by POLYLOVE

[POLYLOVE]

We will have two Ghost Blows Out The Light movies next year? 

[Alex Bennett]

Damn!   There are no seats left for 4k version of Lawrence of Arabia in Shanghai Film Festival....I've already ordered  tickets of R-rated movies such as Nicole Kidman's Stoker and this mexican movie called Ventanas Al Mar because the poster looks like a porno     ...I'm glad I could see an R-rated movie in Chinese cinema...

[Olive]

Damn!   There are no seats left for 4k version of Lawrence of Arabia in Shanghai Film Festival....I've already ordered  tickets of R-rated movies such as Nicole Kidman's Stoker and this mexican movie called Ventanas Al Mar because the poster looks like a porno     ...I'm glad I could see an R-rated movie in Chinese cinema...

Why not see Pi and Inception?

[Alex Bennett]

Why not see Pi and Inception?

Already seen them both in IMAX

[Bob Violence]

Damn!   There are no seats left for 4k version of Lawrence of Arabia in Shanghai Film Festival....I've already ordered  tickets of R-rated movies such as Nicole Kidman's Stoker and this mexican movie called Ventanas Al Mar because the poster looks like a porno     ...I'm glad I could see an R-rated movie in Chinese cinema...

 

I don't know about those movies specifically, but films at the SIFF are still occasionally cut. There were a lot of complaints when they screened a censored version of Black Swan a couple of years back. Maybe they learned a lesson, but I think if they had a choice between a cut version of Stoker and not screening Stoker at all, they'd choose the cut version.

 

There are actually some Chinese movies that got R ratings in the U.S. Kung Fu Hustle got an R even though they submitted the cut mainland version instead of the original HK cut. Red Cliff, Curse of the Golden Flower, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, City of Life and Death, The Flowers of War, Sacrifice, and both of the Ip Man movies all got Rs as well. Some of those I understand, but an R for Kung Fu Hustle is kind of ridiculous...

Edited June 9, 2013 by Bob Violence

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Weekly Box Office 23 (6.3~6.9, 2013):

 

1. STID 81M $13M ------ 240M $38.5M

2. ADIC 53M $8.5M ------ 480M $77M

2. Switch 48M $7.7M ------ 48M $7.7M ------ NEW

2. Colombiana 13.5M $2.16M ------ 480M $2.16M ------ NEW

 

Croods closed with 394M $63.2M, IM3 closed with 753M $120M.

 

Pretty average drops for STID, should finish just around $50M with holiday boost this week.

 

Third biggest OD for Switch for a local film.

 

Good performance for Colombiana as a buyout movie that delayed for two years.

[POLYLOVE]

LOL, Switch got the worst WOM since Bring the Happiness Home this year. Today is the first day of holidays. But Switch almost stays flat with yesterday (OD). Bad WOM is working.....

[POLYLOVE]

STID looks a 80%+ jump from yesterday. Very good.

Edited June 10, 2013 by POLYLOVE

[A Marvel Fanboy]

STID looks a 80%+ jump from yesterday. Very good.

Was hoping a 50% Sunday jump and then 100% Monday jump ... too many screenings cut.

[POLYLOVE]

Tuesday:

 

Switch: 44M -6% cume 141M $23M

STID: 18M +20% cume 273M $44M

 

Switch keeps dropping. It's interesting to see how much negative WOM impacts on its BO. Theorically it could make 500M+ with 49M OD.

[POLYLOVE]

The power of WOM is really huge.

 

Also it's a good news for MOS. People are waiting for it to save the market.

[Olive]

I think MOS will make at least $60M!

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Tuesday:

 

Switch: 44M -6% cume 141M $23M

STID: 18M +20% cume 273M $44M

 

Switch keeps dropping. It's interesting to see how much negative WOM impacts on its BO. Theorically it could make 500M+ with 49M OD.

SY also dropped on its first Tuesday ... 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

 

official Chinese theatrical poster

[A Marvel Fanboy]

 

 

Like other so-called fourth-tier Chinese cities, Panjin is experiencing a box-office boom. Theaters there are selling nearly as many tickets in a month as they previously were in an entire year. It’s part of a growing trend that has smaller cities gaining momentum. According to figures from EntGroup Consulting and reported by China Daily, annual box-office revenues in the city near the Liaoning province jumped to $4.17M in 2012 from $432,000 the year prior. It also now has 40 screens compared to 19 in 2011. As of May 12, box office revenues in China for 2013 were up 39% with domestic pictures repping 63% of the total. Small and medium-sized cities were the major driving forces for those local films. EntGroup has said that in 2012, 284 third- and fourth-tier cities accounted for 34% ticket sales. That’s expected to jump to 42% by the end of 2015.

[Bluebomb]

 

official Chinese theatrical poster

No 2D? Is it like that for blockbuster movies?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

No 2D? Is it like that for blockbuster movies?

No 2D, it is always like this.