China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[The Toymaker]

That is one sexy statistic.

[Bob Violence]

Even the most awful domestic horror films are guaranteed at least a few million bucks, which doesn't sound impressive, but then they obviously put next to no money into their production. A trashy, relatively gory foreign horror film (though I don't think the SARFT certificate identified it as an import -- did it get full co-production status?), in 3D, with decent production values (the shark looks a bit better than your typical Syfy movie and they probably spent more on the set than local horror films do on the entire production)...that's a pretty good bet if released at the right time. And since this is basically a weekend for burnoffs, there's not exactly heavy competition, even if ten new openers looks intimidating on paper.

Edited October 14, 2012 by Bob Violence

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Even the most awful domestic horror films are guaranteed at least a few million bucks, which doesn't sound impressive, but then they obviously put next to no money into their production. A trashy, relatively gory foreign horror film (though I don't think the SARFT certificate identified it as an import -- did it get full co-production status?), in 3D, with decent production values (the shark looks a bit better than your typical Syfy movie and they probably spent more on the set than local horror films do on the entire production)...that's a pretty good bet if released at the right time. And since this is basically a weekend for burnoffs, there's not exactly heavy competition, even if ten new openers looks intimidating on paper.

Bait 3D breakes out due to tsunami, shark and 3D, and horrors rarely get released.dont know if it gets the co-production certification, but the production companies must be very happy about its performance.

[kayumanggi]

Of course. It is expectable.

I hope who did that dies early.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

I hope who did that dies early.

We all hope so ...

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Monday Estimates for 10.8~10.14:#1. Taken (10.7) $8.68m -- mediocre performance#2. Bait 3D (10.12) $7.3m --- break out#5. Looper (9.28) $2.5m --- hefty drop#9. The Expatriate （10.12）$0.96m -- bomb#11. Cold light of day (10.12) $0.73m --- bomb

[The Toymaker]

King of Fighters not doing so well? I see that it's a 2 year-old movie.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

King of Fighters not doing so well? I see that it's a 2 year-old movie.

It is not in the top 12. A total rabbish, deserves a total bomb.

[The Toymaker]

at KoF, Expatriate and TCLoD.

I'm still going to see The Expatriate, though. Got nothing else to see. Bait doesn't interest me.

[StephenN18]

You guys wont believe this:

Bait 3D, Friday close to $2M, Saturday close to $2.7M. OW should be close to $7M; second biggest horror opening EVER.

What's the biggest horror opening Firedeep in China?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

What's the biggest horror opening Firedeep in China?

RE4 in Nov. 2010, 65M (about $10M) yuan via 6 days.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

[The Toymaker]

Impressive for Bait.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

From BO main page:

China Spotlight: Foreign Films Dominate Box Office

http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-10-16-china-spotlight-foreign-films-dominate-box-office

Who wrote this ?

[JCS]

From BO main page:

China Spotlight: Foreign Films Dominate Box Office

http://www.boxoffice...nate-box-office

Who wrote this ?

Shawn I guess?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Anna Karenina flopped here ...

[The Toymaker]

Expected. I saw a HUGE cardboard standee for it at my local cinema. Doesn't look appealing at all. So it made even less than 500k yuan? haha

[The Toymaker]

Total Recall is being released here on Saturday. China might be able to make its overseas gross look somewhat respectable. I'll be seeing it.

[Rudolf]

From BO main page:

China Spotlight: Foreign Films Dominate Box Office

http://www.boxoffice...nate-box-office

Who wrote this ?

iIs Bait 3D now American or Australian?

[The Toymaker]

It's an Australian movie.