Alex Bennett Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hey guys please any idea about chinese premiere for Lego and Robocop? Thanks I dont think lego will be released. Robocop on feb 28 but no premiere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingdong123 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Boo at China not being here for Frozen. Choosing the minions over Olaf is a crime. Lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) I dont think lego will be released. Robocop on feb 28 but no premiere why?? Sorry to tell Frozen fans that China sucks. I was told by whom have watched it that this is a movie about lesbians. actually the other way around read JGroff's comments Edited February 7, 2014 by Tauriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23IsEverywhere Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I would guess because Legos aren't as big in China as in other countries, and it is already notoriously hard to get a film released there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omni Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It may end up getting a late release date, à la DM2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bennett Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It may end up getting a late release date, à la DM2. Lo siento, Je ne parle pas espagnol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapi Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I dont think lego will be released. Robocop on feb 28 but no premiere Thank you. I guess I'll try to stay optimistic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) edit Edited February 11, 2014 by Olive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 All movies are dropping in the 30-40% range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Watched Frozen twice in a row, both showing are pretty full, but didn't see any kids or family, only adults and teens. Dad and Monkey take all the family demo... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bennett Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 WB give up Lego..They choose to release 300 sequel because it should be more successful here than lego.They don't want to waste a quota. u sure bout 300 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 They submited 300 for censorship instead of Lego, says my source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alee7915 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 FRI estMonkey 47m 667m/$108M ( in 8 days)Dad 31m 505m/$81.5M ( in 8 days)Macau 25m 207m/$33.4M ( in 8 days)FRZ 13.5m 48.1m/$7.8M ( in 3 days) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Decent for Frozen in the end. By Sunday it should cross 85m, which gives it a decent chance at 200m finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Lo siento, Je ne parle pas espagnol It's French, and this is used in English as well. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfantin65 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 It never had a chance.It did if it had the screens and time. It looks like 20m w its limited run. 30-50m wad feasible otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Spring festival Golden week 2014 , 7-day grosses nationwide hit 1.41b yuan, that's a huge 81% increase from last year.⊙_⊙ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLYLOVE Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I really hope the quality of Chinese movies can also increase that much, not just boxoffice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) I don't understand where is the problem in getting "only" 10% of the showings... in the rest of the World Frozen had so much less than that in many countries because there are many movies on the theatres at the same time, and it did huge business... 10% means 1 screen in a 10 screens multiplex or 2 in a 20 screens one. That's the usual. Or am I wrong? I'm going to use this point to go off on a rant that I've been thinking about for awhile. This probably isn't a popular opinion here, but I can't get too upset about the treatment of Hollywood films in China when most non-Hollywood imports would probably kill for 10% of the screenings. Hollywood films are mainstream in China—certain Hollywood stars as big here as they are anywhere, Hollywood is covered by major news outlets, and successful Chinese films are often derivative of Hollywood models (Lost in Thailand, Finding Mr. Right, hell, even The Monkey King is really just a shitty attempt at giving the Hollywood blockbuster treatment to traditional Chinese subject matter). Complaining about China because Frozen isn't getting the same treatment as The Monkey King (or DM2 a month ago) is like complaining about China because Burger King doesn't have better market share than McDonald's and Dico's. Meanwhile the business and regulatory environment in China means there are few (in most cities, no) venues for alternative cinema. There aren't even enough screens in the country to fulfill demand for mainstream films, so who's gonna stick their neck out to build "arthouses"? Of course, if China did have an arthouse circuit, it'd need movies. Chinese "art" films sometimes defy the odds and get distribution—usually of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind, with release patterns that can seem downright random (here in Qingdao, the theater that screened Beijing Flickers wasn't the same theater that screened The Love Songs of Tiedan, which wasn't the same theater that screened Useless, which wasn't the same theater that screened Beloved). But the volume of imports is restricted by the regulators, so distributors naturally gravitate towards safe lowest-common-denominator titles. A lot of the non-Hollywood imports released here are just bald imitations of Hollywood films, like the recent Metro and Niko 2, and even those tend to get buried. If you really want to get your film released in China, you should probably make it in English with Hollywood actors (cf. The Impossible, Upside Down, innumerable EuropaCorp titles). But I don't blame the distributors for their conservatism, because the regulatory environment encourages it, the exhibition sector isn't set up to support "art" films, and when one does manage to slip through (like A Separation), it has to wind its way through the release queue and then disappears as soon as it opens. I think ultimately this will work itself out. Import restrictions will be loosened over the long term; as the number of mainstream cinemas begins to keep pace with demand, theater operators will begin cultivating alternative/niche audiences. I recall firedeep predicting that a proper arthouse circuit will be viable by the end of the decade. I certainly hope so. And I'm not saying any of this to be judgmental—it's just a description. I'm not claiming that China is deliberately suppressing foreign art cinema because theaters in rural Anhui don't show Aleksandr Sokurov movies, but at the same time nobody pretends that imports in China are decided by the market alone, so policy is obviously a factor. The current environment definitely favors Chinese films over Hollywood films, but it also definitely favors Hollywood films over every other kind of foreign cinema, and not only because Hollywood movies are more popular. Edited February 9, 2014 by Bob Violence 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Saturday estMonkey 48m 719mDad 32m 541mMacau 28m 237mFRZ 17m 65.2m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...