China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[thedast]

On 3/8/2022 at 4:49 PM, Issac Newton said:

Just started 45 mins ago, please let T-5 get complete 🙂

How's this looking?

[Issac Newton]

39 minutes ago, thedast said:

How's this looking?

Previews:

M1 : ¥4.39M

M2 : ¥1.40M

 

Actual Opening

D1 : ¥5.40M

D2 : ¥0.87M

D3 : ¥0.62M

 

Total pre-sales : ¥13.8M

[Arian1010]

6 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

That wasn't a thought in the air. Nevertheless, I didn't even mention the government. I am clarifying that imported works are still find some ways to enter the Chinese Markets. At least, I am appreciating the fact that studios aren't giving up to entertain the crowd. Do not just phrase out the wrong idea!!

 

Don't listen to Twitter trolls or China/CCP haters, no studio wants to give up on China market, even the almighty papa Feige who some assumed that he's very righteous and benevolence yadayada doesn't want to give up either

[porginchina]

One possible source of box office danger for Uncharted and The Batman is that China's grappling with a fresh wave of COVID-19 cases. In Shanghai where I'm based, the March 2022 case tally is higher than the case tally at the beginning of the pandemic; granted, all the cases have been reported as either showing minor symptoms or no symptoms at all, and the vast majority of recent cases are people who were already quarantined due to being close contacts. Still, people are spooked. Life is kinda normal, but some entertainment businesses have shut down for the time being (including movie theaters in Xuhui and Jing'an, two of the city's more central districts).

 

Other cities have been hit fairly bad as well, including tier two Qingdao and Jilin in the northeast, tier two Hangzhou a brief bullet train ride from Shanghai, and tier one Shenzhen across the border from Hong Kong. One common strategy to curbing infections is shutting things down, with full lockdown being a distressingly popular strategy in many cities that aren't Shanghai.

[xieh tie]

 

[YSLDC]

China has ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases

https://www.wsiltv.com/coronavirus/china-locks-down-city-of-9-million-amid-new-spike-in-cases/article_4cb28685-0146-58e1-adc6-ca7a88450d57.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_WSILNews

[TigerPaw]

Presales started for The Batman in China… 1 week before opening. Can’t remember the last time a Hollywood film had 1 week of presales.

 

Warner Bros is really genius at China distribution compared to other studios. Now let’s hope the COVID situation does not continue to worsen.

[Gavin Feng]

shanghai is also in danger.

[RJ55]

1 hour ago, TigerPaw said:

Presales started for The Batman in China… 1 week before opening. Can’t remember the last time a Hollywood film had 1 week of presales.

 

Warner Bros is really genius at China distribution compared to other studios. Now let’s hope the COVID situation does not continue to worsen.

Where to see the presale number ? I can't see it in maoyan.

[Issac Newton]

1 minute ago, RJ55 said:

Where to see the presale number ? I can't see it in maoyan.

ys.endata.cn/BoxOffice/Movie

[TigerPaw]

58 minutes ago, RJ55 said:

Where to see the presale number ? I can't see it in maoyan.

Maoyan has it, it is not huge though.

 

Remember to change the date to next Friday, not this Friday.

[BruiseCruise]

 

[porginchina]

2 hours ago, Gavin Feng said:

shanghai is also in danger.

Shanghai movie theaters are now temporarily closed due to the surge in COVID-19 cases (along with other entertainment venues like KTV, museums, etc.)… Shanghai Disneyland remains open, though.

[interiorgatordecorator]

There was also an increase in covid cases in early january but no one said anything about closing cinemas back then, what's different this time around?

Edited March 11, 2022 by interiorgatordecorator

[Fox20]

On 3/9/2022 at 8:17 PM, Arian1010 said:

 

Don't listen to Twitter trolls or China/CCP haters, no studio wants to give up on China market, even the almighty papa Feige who some assumed that he's very righteous and benevolence yadayada doesn't want to give up either

This is the same man that forced Pelmmuter out for not allowing them to do Black Panther and Cap Marvel.

 

More delusional are people thinking that he will take Shang Chi out or something to please China.

Edited March 11, 2022 by Fox20

[Gavin Feng]

Theaters in part areas of Shanghai, Shenzhen are closing down at this point. Not a good news for The Batman.

[Mau]

20 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

Theaters in part areas of Shanghai, Shenzhen are closing down at this point. Not a good news for The Batman.

Are Beijing theatets open? 

[Gavin Feng]

1 hour ago, Mau said:

Are Beijing theatets open? 

yes. I think Beijing will be safe. Otherwise my first big screen experience of 2022 is gonna be pushed back.

[porginchina]

10 hours ago, interiorgatordecorator said:

There was also an increase in covid cases in early january but no one said anything about closing cinemas back then, what's different this time around?

More cases, basically. Way more cases. Closing cinemas is part of the standard dynamic zero-COVID handbook, but we normally don't talk about the impact too much as the cities affected aren't the super important cities. This outbreak is comparatively much more widespread and includes notable first-tier cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen, as opposed to the more typical mix of tier-two cities (Qingdao's been hit a few times, including this current flare-up, Hangzhou's had a few flare-ups).

 

From a Shanghai perspective (as I'm Shanghai-based), March 2022 is setting records for COVID-19 cases (yesterday's reported tally was 5 symptomatic cases and 78 asymptomatic… might not seem like much in a city of ~25 million, but comparatively huge). Right now the priority is to completely squash the spread of the virus. Travel in and out of Shanghai is being restricted via the magic of the 行程吗 (travel health code), many entertainment venues are shut (hence the lack of cinemas), school has gone remote, tons of offices have switched to work from home. The city's making progress, but until the new cases trickle down to zero, life will be dicey. And even after new cases are shut down, it'll likely be another two weeks before things return to normal.

 

So… from a box office perspective, maybe The Batman will play in Shanghai, maybe not, it's unclear at this point in time.

Edited March 12, 2022 by porginchina

[newbie BO buff]

On 3/1/2022 at 12:18 AM, Olive said:

February down 15.6% from last year, admissions -19.5%

 

 

Is this like an overall industry slump or just some movies failing?