China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Polaroids]

Does China not have a limit for number of movies releasing on the same day? You'd think they would impose some sort of limit considering they're desperate for another big film to hit it big since the Chinese market is in a slump. I still find it ridiculous that at least 5 major movies are premiering on CNY.

[Fullbuster]

Wow that's quite a shocking development: A growth reaching only 3.7% in LC compared with 48% in 2015? And it even decreased in USD?? With 6.6B in China the US BO should be fine for a while given it's pretty far ahead with 11.4B.

 

Well, at least foreign films grew by 10% so it's fine, I hope for better things next year because I think this counterperformance was probably a blip, nothing more

[Olive]

TUESDAY ESTIMATES
Some Like It Hot - ￥25.5M/242M
Railroad Tigers - ￥15.4M/542M
The Great Wall - ￥10.1M/￥1064M 
See You Tomorrow - ￥5.5M/450M
Hacksaw Ridge - ￥3.3M/￥376M 
Snezhnaya koroleva 2- ￥0.6M/27.7M
BJ3 - ￥0.63M/￥3.35M 

[Mrstickball]

8 hours ago, Fullbuster said:

Wow that's quite a shocking development: A growth reaching only 3.7% in LC compared with 48% in 2015? And it even decreased in USD?? With 6.6B in China the US BO should be fine for a while given it's pretty far ahead with 11.4B.

 

Well, at least foreign films grew by 10% so it's fine, I hope for better things next year because I think this counterperformance was probably a blip, nothing more

 

I think it ultimately depends on the Chinese economy. Movies are a luxury for any person, regardless of nation. So if the economy stagnates (as many economists argue concerning China), then you're going to see some issues with stagnation from time to time.

 

I am sure that we'll see high growth in a year or two, as long as the Chinese economy doesn't collapse.

[terrestrial]

Box Office Mojo ‏@boxofficemojo  4m4 minutes ago

China Weekend #BoxOffice: Railroad Tigers $23.2m; Some Like It Hot $23m; @TheGreatWall $17.9m http://imdb.to/2iwC1cB 

[terrestrial]

Gitesh Pandya ‏@GiteshPandya  2m2 minutes ago

#TheGreatWall has had a stellar holiday run in China w/ big $154M to date which is 24% more than what #StarWars #TheForceAwakens did there.

[Olive]

Not so stellar.

Hero made ￥250M in 2002, accounted more than 25% of that year's total gross. 

TGW needs to make ￥12B to be the equivalent.

[efialtes76]

1 hour ago, Olive said:

Not so stellar.

Hero made ￥250M in 2002, accounted more than 25% of that year's total gross. 

TGW needs to make ￥12B to be the equivalent.

Hero was a MUCH better movie...

[Olive]

WEDNESDAY ESTIMATES
Some Like It Hot - ￥23.2M/265M
Railroad Tigers - ￥11.4M/553M
The Great Wall - ￥9.2M/￥1074M 
See You Tomorrow - ￥4.7M/455M
Hacksaw Ridge - ￥3.15M/￥379M 
Snezhnaya koroleva 2- ￥0.5M/28.2M
BJ3 - ￥0.5M/￥3.85M

[Polaroids]

16 hours ago, Olive said:

Not so stellar.

Hero made ￥250M in 2002, accounted more than 25% of that year's total gross. 

TGW needs to make ￥12B to be the equivalent.

TGW could have been so much more if they had a decent plot and script.

[Polaroids]

Estimated totals for SYT, RT and TGW?

[Olive]

13 minutes ago, Polaroids said:

Estimated totals for SYT, RT and TGW?

SYT: 500-510M

RT : 660-680M

TGW: 1150M

 

[DAJK]

There's actually a version of TGW up on YouTube, but I'd rather wait as what I've heard is that while the film itself isn't great, seeing it in a theatre is the way to go if you're going to see it at all.

[WeneedtotalkaboutKevin]

 I know LEGO movie back in 2014 was banned in China for the political message in the movie. I really hope LEGO Batman movie will not suffer the same fate. It would be great for anyone to share the related news if he/she gets wind of if LEGO Batman movie will be released in China. THANKS !

[A District 3 Engineer]

Guys, I have just seen the trailer for Wu Kong and wow, it blew me away!

[Polaroids]

Trailer for Wu Kong

 

 

Looks like another CGI-fest with a bad actor as lead..

 

By the way thanks for the estimates @Olive

Edited January 5, 2017 by Polaroids

[terrestrial]

China Box Office ‏@ChinaBoxOffice  8m8 minutes ago

HACKSAW RIDGE has received a coveted release extension and will play through the Lunar New Year to February 6.

[TigerPaw]

11 hours ago, A District 3 Engineer said:

Guys, I have just seen the trailer for Wu Kong and wow, it blew me away!

I thought it was rubbish. The taiwanese accent for a Mainland Chinese Hero. Gosh.

Eddie Peng made Wong Fei Hung look like a teenage gangster in 2014, now he is ruining the Monkey King.

Edited January 5, 2017 by TigerPaw

[TigerPaw]

12 hours ago, DAJK said:

There's actually a version of TGW up on YouTube, but I'd rather wait as what I've heard is that while the film itself isn't great, seeing it in a theatre is the way to go if you're going to see it at all.

I heard the opposite, my friends who watched it.. Told me they wasted money, and should have just waited 2 years for it to appear on TV here in Singapore.

[Olive]

THURSDAY ESTIMATES
Some Like It Hot - ￥22.2M/288M
Railroad Tigers - ￥10.9M/564M
The Great Wall - ￥9.6M/￥1084M 
See You Tomorrow - ￥4.7M/460M

Rogue One - ￥3.2M Midnights( FB made 2.5M in November)
Hacksaw Ridge - ￥3.2M/￥382M 
Snezhnaya koroleva 2- ￥0.55M/28.8M