China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Inceptionzq]

34 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

On the other day, Gavin mentioned $10B /1.3B admissions for Avatar 2 at it's forum.

Pretty sure that was a joke

[charlie Jatinder]

Venom 2 banned. No Way Home Jan 14.

[KP1025]

I had a bad feeling about Venom 2 since almost 2 months passed without news of a release date. It's a shame since earlier this year, most believed it had $300+ million potential in China. Reading a bit deeper, it appears there is some controversy about a derogatory remark Tom Hardy used in an interview back in 2012. I wonder why it is only blowing up now though.

 

EDIT: Source https://inf.news/en/entertainment/fe138790bb8278fd5f8d0fbff5b25df7.html

Edited November 23, 2021 by KP1025

[lorddemaxus]

Matrix Resurrections got approval for this year release. Really hoping it gets the weekend before US here.

[Issac Newton]

Venom 2 is not officially banned. It just do not have a release window before January 2022. (Which in turn might cancel theatrical release in Mainland China.)

Spoiler

Anti-Venom fans &International media might be enjoying because they considered Venom as a garbage film.

 

On the Other hand, NWH is delayed by five weeks from Worldwide premiere. Piracy finally got a great film to do business costing millions. (Especially for Mainland Chinese audience). I hopefully expect a better than FFH but Chinese New Year is near and may not get extended theatrical release.

Edited November 23, 2021 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

I noticed late. Mainland China 2021 is a finally /officially a non MCU Year!!!! No MCU Films were released in China this year.

[peludo]

53 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Venom 2 is not officially banned. It just do not have a release window before January 2022. (Which in turn might cancel theatrical release in Mainland China.)

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Anti-Venom fans &International media might be enjoying because they considered Venom as a garbage film.

 

On the Other hand, NWH is delayed by five weeks from Worldwide premiere. Piracy finally got a great film to do business costing millions. (Especially for Mainland Chinese audience). I hopefully expect a better than FFH but Chinese New Year is near and may not get extended theatrical release.

Agreed. NWH, being released on Jan 14th, it will only have 17 days until CNY arrives and it will lose 99.99% of screens. Add the delay with the WW release and you can forget huge business for it in China.

[Issac Newton]

Matrix Resurrection likely to get December 17 as release date in Mainland China.

 

NWH is now really no way home will do $250M-$300M or maybe just $200M in 17 days.

[Issac Newton]

The Battle At Lake Changjin silently topped EnData all-time charts. &No one noticed 👀

 

Per EnDATA:

The Battle At Lake Changjin : ¥5,688,858,600

Wolf Warrior 2 : ¥5,688,740,600

[xieh tie]

 

The film will hit theaters around summer 2022 or October for the National Holiday.

Wuming is the third work of Bona Pictures "China Victory Trilogy" after Chinese Doctor and The Battle at Lake Changjin

[charlie Jatinder]

2 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

The Battle At Lake Changjin silently topped EnData all-time charts. &No one noticed 👀

 

Per EnDATA:

The Battle At Lake Changjin : ¥5,688,858,600

Wolf Warrior 2 : ¥5,688,740,600

because it doesn't matter what EnData says.

[charlie Jatinder]

2 hours ago, peludo said:

Agreed. NWH, being released on Jan 14th, it will only have 17 days until CNY arrives and it will lose 99.99% of screens. Add the delay with the WW release and you can forget huge business for it in China.

17 days are enough. FFH did 94% of its business in 17 days.

[XXR vs XXR]

That release date for NWH will probably knock 1/3rd of its box office off in China compared to a same week release as domestic. 

[charlie Jatinder]

Having watched Venom 2 now, there is literally nothing in the film that can lead to banning. And technically it isn't banned, just that China isn't gonna allow it to release before February and release post that seems unlikely or what's even point with HD prints out today.

 

That makes me wonder if NWH will release, sorta of surprised considering how China Film Board is behaving like a baby.

[AJG]

2 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Having watched Venom 2 now, there is literally nothing in the film that can lead to banning. And technically it isn't banned, just that China isn't gonna allow it to release before February and release post that seems unlikely or what's even point with HD prints out today.

 

That makes me wonder if NWH will release, sorta of surprised considering how China Film Board is behaving like a baby.

A friend of mine that used to operate in China theorised the government have a stance against fan-driven properties rather than having an anti MCU position. Apparently they’ve taken action against Celebrities, K-pop stars, TV talent shows, and he thinks Superheroes have fallen under that remit.

[honeycookiez]

They have never made any official banning statement about SC and Eternals either. They just simply don't let it get screened. We can only speculate that these 2 got "banned" because of SC's controversial origin, Simu's online drama, and Chloe Zhao's relationship with CCP. I get why they "banned" Venom 2, Eddie and Venom is a gay couple in every universe, they also had a symbiote child in the comic.

[john2000]

18 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Having watched Venom 2 now, there is literally nothing in the film that can lead to banning. And technically it isn't banned, just that China isn't gonna allow it to release before February and release post that seems unlikely or what's even point with HD prints out today.

 

That makes me wonder if NWH will release, sorta of surprised considering how China Film Board is behaving like a baby.

Could be, hopefully not though

[peludo]

43 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

17 days are enough. FFH did 94% of its business in 17 days.

Yes, you are right. I had doubts about if the behaviour of the market is as usual 15 days before the biggest period of the year. I thought people could save some money for CNY releases, but it seems that does not happen. I have been searching for relevant HLW films released a so short time before CNY. I have found these:

 

2014: Despicable me 2: 324m (released 21 days before CNY)

2015: Hobbit 3: 765m (28)

2016: Kung Fu Panda 3: 1b (16)

2017: Rogue One: 477m (21)

2017: Passengers: 315m (14)

2018: The maze runner 3: 315m (21)

2019: Bumblebee: 1.15b (32)

 

 All of them are figures that we can asume as normal for this titles. So, in this case, just piracy (5 weeks is a long time) could hurt NWH.

[charlie Jatinder]

4 minutes ago, peludo said:

I thought people could save some money for CNY releases,

It generally happen for casual local films but CBMs have a dedicated fanbase who will watch the movie no matter what.

[charlie Jatinder]

9 minutes ago, peludo said:

2018: The maze runner 3: 315m (21)

Secret Superstar Indian film, did 725M, 28 days before. Was doing 14M daily numbers before CNY took it apart. Opening day was 41M.

Edited November 23, 2021 by charlie Jatinder