China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Where did you get that number? According to Entgroup, FF6 midnight is 2.21M from 1834 theaters. There are still 1200+ theaters missing.

It reports 2.3M from 2200. It probably went up to 2.4M when all reported.

 

Remember, not every theater does midnight.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It looks 50M OD including midnight number.

Lets play safe ... not MoS OD again. 

[Olive]

can't see lessthan45m for ff6

[John Marston]

Can Fast 6 make 60m $ here?

[Alex Bennett]

Can Fast 6 make 60m $ here?

Pretty much locked....but next week it'll be cut in half by PR.

[Bishop54]

What are we looking at for a realistic OW and total box-office for PR in China?

[Alex Bennett]

What are we looking at for a realistic OW and total box-office for PR in China?

I will tell you about it next weekend, dude 

[zackzack]

Why can't Hollywood globally "day and date" their movies like MATRIX RELOADED?

Solve the cam-piracy problem.

[Bishop54]

I will tell you about it next weekend, dude 

Yeah I know it's a week early, just wanted an educated guess, that's all.

[Kalel009Shel]

Pretty much locked....but next week it'll be cut in half by PR.

Hi earthdeep how about our MOS... Can it hit 60+Mil ?

[Bob Violence]

Why can't Hollywood globally "day and date" their movies like MATRIX RELOADED?

Solve the cam-piracy problem.

 

A minor point, but the problem with FF6 wasn't cam piracy. I've argued before that cam piracy doesn't make a big difference at the Chinese box office and I still believe that. The problem with FF6 was that a high-quality HD version leaked from Russia a few weeks ago and Chinese-subtitled copies were circulating almost immediately. If it were just cam copies I don't think there'd be an issue.

 

As for the day-and-date issue, Hollywood doesn't control release dates in China, the government does. FF6 lost one release date (the weekend of June 8th) to protect the local film Switch, and it lost a second release date (June 20th) because that ended up going to Man of Steel instead, which was almost definitely connected to the Legendary-China Film Group deal announced at the end of May. (CFG is a state-owned company that has a legal monopoly on film imports in China and is officially responsible for setting their release dates, though the final call is up to the Film Bureau.) Either one of those dates would've been much better than July 26. It's not like Universal asked for FF6 to be released in China two months after the rest of the world. Note The Matrix Reloaded also opened in China in late July, or about two months after its release in the U.S. and most other markets--only Revolutions managed to get a day-and-date release.

Edited July 27, 2013 by Bob Violence

[efialtes76]

Hi earthdeep how about our MOS... Can it hit 60+Mil ?

MoS finished with $63m.

[Michael Seng Wah]

Hi earthdeep how about our MOS... Can it hit 60+Mil ?

MoS has ended its journey in China with 63+mil................... lol

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Yeah I know it's a week early, just wanted an educated guess, that's all.

I would guess 150M 5-days $24M 320M $51M Total at the moment.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

All right, so after relatively weak Friday matinee shows and good night shows, it turned to be a solid Friday overally for FF6.

 

Early numbers indicates Friday could be 50M. $8M.

 

that's not bad, especially after all the delays and piracy.

[Kalel009Shel]

MoS has ended its journey in China with 63+mil................... lol

Lol Micheal. Loving it... Wonder how much Wolverine will make in China ?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Polylove have got it close. With 48.5M yuan OD, the 3-days opening could go as high as 180M $29M. Now let's see how that compares to other releases:

 

 

Among all 2013 ODs to date, it would rank:

 

1. IM3 ---- 121M ---- Wednesday/Holiday

2. JTTW ---- 81M ---- Sunday/Holiday

3. Tiny Times ---- 77M ---- Thursday/Workday/Summer

4. The Switch ---- 50M ---- Sunday/Weekend/Pre-holiday

5. FF6 ---- 48.5M ---- Friday/Workday/Summer

6. So Young ---- 47M ---- Thursday/Workday

7. MoS ---- 36M ---- Thursday/Workday

8. Hobbit ---- 35M ---- Friday/Workday

 

48.5M also ranks FF6 #13 biggest OD all time and #8 biggest OD for foreign releases.

 

Among all 2013 OWs to date, it would rank:

 

1. IM3 ---- 400M ---- 5 days

2. Tiny Times ---- 264M ---- 4 days

3. Skyfall ---- 215M ---- 7 days

4. GIJ2 ---- 209M ---- 9 days

5. FF6 ---- 180M ---- 3 days

6. Grandmasters ---- 162M ---- 6 days

7. Star Trek ---- 160M ---- 6 days

8. MoS ---- 160M ---- 4 days

 

180M also ranks FF6 #17 biggest OW of all time and #10 biggest OW for all foreign releases

 

 

Among top Friday-Openers to date, it would rank:

 

1. FF6 (2013)  ---- 180M ---- 7.26 ---- ?

2. MIB3 (2012) ---- 157M ---- 5.25 ---- 520M Finish

3. Ice Age 4 (2012) ---- 152M ---- 7.27 ---- 450M Finish

4. POTC4 (2011) ---- 145M ---- 5.20 ---- 476M Finish

5. Hobbit (2013) ---- 115M ---- 2.22 ---- 315M Finish

 

 

Among top July releases to date, it would rank:

 

1. TF3 (2011)  ---- 401M ---- 4-days, 7.21 ---- 1100M

2. FF6 (2011)  ---- 401M ---- 4-days, 7.21 ---- 1100M

3. Aftershock (2010) ---- 4-days, 180M ---- 7.22 ---- 673M Finish

4. Ice Age 4 (2012) ---- 3-days, 152M ---- 7.27 ---- 450M Finish

5. Red Cliff Part 1 (2008) ---- 4-days, 108M ---- 7.10 ---- 321M Finish

6. TF (2007) ---- 6-days, 97M ---- 7.3 ---- 283M Finish

 

 

Among top Universal releases to date, it would rank:

 

1. FF6 (2013)  ---- 180M ---- 7.26 ---- ?

2. Battleship (2012) ---- 122M ---- 4.18 ---- 306M Finish

3. Bourne Legacy (2012) ---- 88M ---- 10.25 ---- 212M Finish

4. Fast Five (2011) ---- 67M ---- 5.12 ---- 257M Finish

5. Mummy 3 (2008) ---- 60M ---- 9.2 ---- 109M Finish

 

Highlighted:

 

FF6 scores 2nd biggest OD of the year for foreign/Hollywood releases, one of the top ODs of the year overally and 8th biggest OD for a foreign/Hollywood release in history, 5th biggest opening week of the year, 2nd best opening of all July releases in history, biggest 3-days opening ever, and biggest opening for a Universal release ever.

 

It is also 160%+ bigger than the opening of FF5.

Edited July 27, 2013 by firedeep

[tilko]

770-780 WW for F6

[Alex Bennett]

Yeah I know it's a week early, just wanted an educated guess, that's all.

what the hell man!!!!! you're saying i'm undereducated? 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

what the hell man!!!!! you're saying i'm undereducated? 

Eh ... you missunderstood him ... "educated guess" means "relatively reliable guess" or so.