China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Olive]

So this should be the min TDKR can make when it gets released there

Yeah, I think it can match MI4 number here, the hype is quite insane.

[redfirebird2008]

So this should be the min TDKR can make when it gets released there

Not necessarily. Inception was based on a more universal concept (dreams). I'd say TDKR should get at least $50m in China if they release it. Beyond that, who knows.

[Tower]

I might have asked this before, but is THG releasing here?

It was released a while ago, I think it made about 30M off the top of my head.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

What kind of potential does TDKR have there? I know TDK was a huge bootleg success there. But without a box office number to back it up, there is no way to know how many will show up for TDKR. Either way, I'll just be happy if it gets released there so the fans can see it the right way instead of bootlegs.

I think 100M is possible if all goes right.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It was released a while ago, I think it made about 30M off the top of my head.

Yes.

[redfirebird2008]

I think 100M is possible if all goes right.

That would be stunning.

[vc2002]

I think TDKR will do Inception's numbers in China.

[John Marston]

Didn't MI4 make 100m in China? So that shows a 2D film can make 100m

[redfirebird2008]

Didn't MI4 make 100m in China? So that shows a 2D film can make 100m

Yes, $101m. That one is pretty shocking considering MI3's performance.

[Olive]

Yes, $101m. That one is pretty shocking considering MI3's performance.

Tom cruise is one of the most famous stars in China!EDIT: So is Will Smith. Edited July 30, 2012 by Invincible Olive

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Didn't MI4 make 100m in China? So that shows a 2D film can make 100m

107M$ to be exactly. It is the biggest 2D release so far.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Tom cruise is one of the most famous stars in China!

EDIT: So is Will Smith.

Of course he is. And one of the biggest box office draw.

TC, WS, Depp, Cage are the biggest stars here.

[Cedarpoint1111]

Cage... Really?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Cage... Really?

Of course. Everyone knows him, and when a movie stars Cage it will definitely get a release here. Strange, right ?Hollywood stars with most movie released in China:1. Nicolas Cage 142. Samuel L. Jackson 113. Christopher Lee / Jason Stanson 104. Jean Reno / Paul Bettany / Helena Bonham Carter 95. Tom Cruise ... and others 8

[Cedarpoint1111]

Very odd indeed.

[lab276]

What's the total admissions for his movies though? He might have just been in lots of movies that didn't do exceptionally well.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Official estimates:IA4 119M yuan $18.89M; a little underperformed ...Lorax 5.2M yuan $0.82M; so bombed ... worst Hollywood revenue-shared opening in years and that is with 70 IMAX theaters.Had IA4 IMAX, it would do 15M yuan ($2.5M) more last weekend.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

What's the total admissions for his movies though? He might have just been in lots of movies that didn't do exceptionally well.

His films tend to do between 50M yuan and 100M yuan.During 2005 and 2011, 10 of his movies got released in China (almost two one year ...). And these movies grossed more than 400M yuan combined. Most of the 10 are buy-out movies at a price of $0.35~50M. So his movies are quite profitable for local distributors.As for total admissions Cage got in China theaters, I would say more than 40M.But actually, many people begun to watch Cage's movies as early as in the middle 1990s. In 1996, The Rock (47.7M yuan, 10M+ admissions) even did more than TC's MI (45.1M yuan, 10M+ admissions) here. Outside the theaters, Many movie fans had wacthed his 1990s classics via VCDs before 2000. Nicolas Cage is a household name in China.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Edited July 30, 2012 by firedeep

[iceroll]

Hollywood Actors (As Major Role) With Biggest Total Gross in China: Rank Name Number of movie released Total Gross (M/yuan) Total admissions (M) 1 Sam Worthington 6 1871.39 39 2 Shia LaBeouf 4 1871.82 51 3 Leonardo DiCaprio 3 1823.91 54 4 Jeremy Renner 4 1255.13 32 5 Daniel Radcliffe / Rupert Grint 8 1140.92 37 6 Robert Downey Jr. 5 1124.21 31 7 Tom Cruise 8 1029.41 42 8 Johnny Depp 8 1015.27 27 9 Tom Hiddleston 3 791.15 22 10 Will Smith 8 734.3 27 11 Chris Hemsworth 3 732.35 19 12 Chris Evans 3 702.6 18 13 Taylor Kitsch 2 657.72 20 14 Christian Bale 2 629.3 16 15 Nicolas Cage 14 586.86 33

Wow Worthington tops the list with basically all the legwork from Avatar (with a little assist from CoTT/WoTT).