China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Asyulus]

"three little pigs and the magic lamp"

4.5m

lolz

[Jaybee]

Saturday Estimates

1). Hollywood Adventure ￥62M/cume: 118M($19M)

2). Jurassic World￥40.7M/cume: 1222M($196.8M)

3). SPL2 ￥27.3M/cume: 433M($69.7M)

4). San Andreas, ￥6.9M/ cume: ￥610M ($98.2M)

5). Insurgent ￥4.4M/cume: 94.3M($15.2m)

6) ******

7) Begin Again ￥1.62M/cume: 2.45M($0.4m)

SA is 98.2 or 98.4? Its different in posts. I know its a very small difference but i am little curious as it will be a close call for the disaster flick to reach the magical mark $100 during the end of its run! Edited June 27, 2015 by Jaybee

[Olive]

SA is 98.2 or 98.4? Its different in posts. I know its a very small difference but i am little curious as it will be a close call for the disaster flick to reach the magical mark $100 during the end of its run!

exchange rates change every day

[seduh]

today JW is suprassing the $200 mark, amazing feat for the dinos!

[Jaybee]

exchange rates change every day

hope its $100m for SA by wednesday! Edited June 27, 2015 by Jaybee

[zackzack]

today JW is suprassing the $200 mark, amazing feat for the dinos!

 

Will JW go for that $250M finish line?

[Bishop54]

Will JW go for that $250M finish line?

No, probably $215Mish.

[Asyulus]

Will JW go for that $250M finish line?

Nah.

$215 is a good target.

[POTUS 2020]

Early sun est

 

HA 45m7.3m not a great hold after a lousy sat bump. WOM not good. 160m weekend, Doubtful it will get to 450m/$75m. going to hurt july

JW 36m nice hold, nice weekend. $203m. 220m total possible

SA  6m/1m $99,2m total. 100m will happen tues or wed

They already started increasing showtimes for SA and JW, decreasing HA

[Olive]

Can't see HA cross 400M yuan now.

[Fantaboy]

 Sunday Estimates

1). Hollywood Adventure ￥50.3M/cume: 168M($27M)

2). Jurassic World￥36.7M/cume: 1258M($202.5M)

3). SPL2 ￥26.2M/cume: 459M($73.9M)

4). San Andreas, ￥7.2M/ cume: ￥617M ($99.3M)

5). 3 PIGS ￥5M/cume: 12.1M($1.9m)

6) Insurgent ￥4M/cume: 98.2M($15.8m)

7) Begin Again ￥1.8M/cume: 4.25M($684k)

 

 Monday Showtimes

1). Hollywood Adventure 33.63%

2). Jurassic World 18.61%

3). SPL2 17.52%

4). San Andreas 4.18%

5) Insurgent 3.9%

....

10) Begin Again 2.04%

Edited June 28, 2015 by Fantaboy

[Asyulus]

JW passing $200m, yay.

[seduh]

congrats to JW for making it to $200. It will finish at $215-220

[Asyulus]

JW will end at around $220m.

SA might stop at $101m.

[Jaybee]

No updates today!?

[jiangsen]

Monday Estimates

1). Hollywood Adventure ￥25.5M/cume: 193M($31.1M)

2). Jurassic World￥15.6M/cume: 1274M($205M)

3). SPL2 ￥11.6M/cume: 471M($75.8M)

4). San Andreas, ￥3.5M/ cume: ￥620M ($99.9M)

5). Insurgent￥1.9M/cume: ￥100M($16.1m)

6). Begin Again ￥1.1M/cume: ￥5.4M($0.87m)

[jiangsen]

China Box Office Weekend Actuals: Disappointing 'Hollywood Adventures' Leads Sluggish Weekend; 'Jurassic World' Crosses $200 Million

 

Jonathan Papish @ChinaBoxOffice

 

Producer Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 3-6) and three of China's biggest movie stars couldn't save a tepid domestic box office as Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) opened to an underwhelming $27 million this weekend from ~150,000 screenings. Co-financed by Lin's Perfect Storm Entertainment, Bruno Wu's Seven Stars Media Group, and Beijing Enlight Pictures, Hollywood Adventures had been predicted to easily make back its estimated budget of $30 million, but very poor word of mouth slowed the film down right out of the gate. Users from China's top three film rating aggregators, Mtime, Weibo, and Douban, gave Hollywood scores of 5.5, 6.8, and 4.9 respectively with many complaining about the film's clichéd plot and awkward humor. 

 

The disappointing opening led an overall sluggish week at China's box office with Monday-Sunday receipts totaling just ￥750 million ($121 million), a 16% slide from the corresponding frame last year. SARFT (The State Administration of Radio, Film and TV) had hoped to start off its domestic protection month with a bang, but it will have to wait and see if next week's crop of local fare can kickstart the engine.

 

In second place this weekend, Universal's Jurassic World fell 60% from last weekend, earning $15.7 million from ~75,000 screenings. The global blockbuster has earned $202.3 million from China and became the third Hollywood movie in three months to top $200 million after Furious 7 in April and Avengers: Age of Ultron in May.

 

SPLII (杀破狼2) continued its strong run this weekend with $11.2 million from ~75,000 screenings, giving the HK/China coproduction an 11-day total of $73.9 million. Chinese media outlets have started calling the action flick this season's "dark horse" (黑马), a moniker last given to Wolf Warriors which also starred action star Jacky Wu and grossed $84 million.

 

Two Hollywood holdovers round out the top 5 this weekend with San Andreas jumping up a spot from last weekend to grab $2.8 million from ~14,000 screenings. The disaster film dropped just 29% and will cross the century mark on Monday or Tuesday, a milestone that seemed out of reach a few weeks ago. Conversely, The Divergent Series: Insurgent tumbled 80%, grossing $1.8 million from ~16,000 showtimes. However, its $15.8 million 10-day total has surpassed the first installment and indicates a growing audience for American YA films in China.

 

The rest of this weekend's top ten can be found below with data from China's EntGroup.

Edited June 29, 2015 by jiangsen

[jiangsen]

Weekly Chinese Box Office Preview: Familiar Directors Look To Heat Up Chinese Cinemas

 

 

Jonathan Papish @ChinaBoxOffice

 

Bowing to an underwhelming $27 million last weekend, Hollywood Adventures (横冲直撞好莱坞) failed to live up to its lofty expectations and couldn't attract Chinese moviegoers unimpressed with its premise and humor. This weekend seven new domestic and one new imported film will try to heat up what has been a tepid start to the summer movie season, with two in particular capable of breaking out.

 

Fifth Generation director Chen Kaige (陈凯歌), best known to Western audiences for his Academy Award nominated Farewell My Concubine, brings an adaptation of the best-selling martial arts novel Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山) to cinemas on Friday. Monk follows innocent Daoist priest He Anxia (played by comedic actor Wang Baoqiang) as he heads down the mountain to escape a famine that has struck his temple. The film boasts an impressive cast in Aaron Kwok (The Detective), Chang Chen (Helios), Lin Chi-ling (Red Cliff), and Fan Wei (If You Are The One), and should play well to wuxia fans and middle-aged crowds.

 

Monk was originally set to be released during February's Chinese New Year period, but was sidelined due to SARFT's ban on films and tv shows featuring actors who had used drugs or solicited prostitution. Actor Jaycee Chan, son of martial arts star Jackie Chan, was arrested last August on possession of marijuana, but director Chen petitioned the government for months saying it would be impossible to edit out Chan from the movie or reshoot his scenes with another actor.

 

According to EntGroup's EFMT Index, Monk Comes Down the Mountain has the highest levels of awareness and intent to purchase out of this week's new releases. Barring a complete disaster, we see Monk easily surpassing Chen Kaige's previous best Sacrifice which earned $28.6 million in December 2010.

 

The second film this weekend with breakout potential is director Derek Yee's I Am Somebody (我是路人甲). Yee takes viewers to the booming eastern city of Hengdian -- "China's Hollywood" and home to the largest outdoor film studio in the world. Young aspiring actors and actresses migrate to Hengdian by the thousands and I Am Somebody follows one such actor Wan Guopeng as he tries to catch his big break. Yee recruited actual Hengdian extras for the main roles and adjusted the screenplay as he shot allowing the amateurs to ad-lib for more natural dialogue.

 

I Am Somebody could also benefit from several high-profile celebrity endorsements. After seeing a preview screening in Hong Kong, Tony Leung praised the film's realism and saw similarities between Wan Guopeng's dreams and his own aspirations to become an actor thirty years prior. Actress Shu Qi (If You Are The One) also wrote a glowing review and was reminded of her own experiences leaving Taiwan for Hong Kong with nothing but $500 and the desire to act. In a country where the slogan "The Chinese Dream" is plastered across cities nationwide, we think the theme of "following your dreams" will find a receptive audience especially among younger crowds. 

 

Weekend predictions: Monk Comes Down The Mountain - $27M, I Am Somebody - $20M, Hollywood Adventures - $11M, Jurassic World - $6M

 

Other films opening this weekend are: Good People (USA), Love Simply 简单爱 (China), Chang Chen Ghost Stories 张震讲故事之鬼迷心窍 (China), Silently Love 默守那份情 (China), The Autobots 汽车人总动员(China), and New Journey to the West: Truth or Dare 西游新专2-真心话大冒险 (China).

Edited June 30, 2015 by jiangsen

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[Mockingjay Raphael]

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