China Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine- July 26

[Bob Violence]

Firestorm is dicey—director with almost no experience, for one thing—but the marketing makes it look like some kind of crazy explosion porn. My hunch is there'll be 15-20 minutes of that and 100 minutes of dull nonsense around it, but I'll give it a shot. As for Personal Tailor I'm fine with most Feng Xiaogang comedies (it's when he tries other genres that I think he usually goes wrong) and a lot of Wang Shuo's work as a screenwriter. I'm also curious if Personal Tailor will be a light fluffy thing or the near-deliberate fuck you to expectations that their last work together was (If You Are the One 2, which was no great film but a pretty bold one when placed alongside the tonally opposite first film).

Edited December 3, 2013 by Bob Violence

[A Marvel Fanboy]

I dont know but I never think there is such thing as good or bad when it comes to comedies but only funny or not. Personal Tailor probably will be the biggest blockbuster of this winter yet it looks so bad for a foreigner. That is how culture difference works I suppose. Feng Xiaogang is one of the biggest directors in China, but unlike Zhang Yimou, he is nobody outside China. And the star of (Personal Tailor and most other Feng Xiaogang comedies)You Ge has always been a household liked actor. Ge You won best actor at Cannes Film Festival 1994 for his role in Zhang Yimou's To Live. As an actor he is just so funny that whenever and whatever he speaks, people laugh, which is similar to his guestor-star Fan Wei in Personal Tailor. Both have long been as famous as an actor can be in China.

 

 

Many audience still dont know, Personal Tailor is sort of a sequel to Feng Xiaofang's 1997 classic The Dream Factory, which is the first ever New Year movie in PRC.

 

According to report, Personal Tailor got 80 million RMB product inputs, by far the most sponsorship fee a film gets in 2013. The movie is already profitable for Huayi brothers before release due to the heavy product inputs and lower production budget. That shows the draw power for Feng Xiaogang and Ge You. Look at the trade marks on the poster. So many ads. Lol where is your dignity, Feng ?

 

In total, the whole film product input market in 2013 is estimated around 1B RMB. 2012 was 600m yuan, 2011 just 320m.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Weekly 48 box office (11.25~12.1):

 

1. Gravity ----------- 140m ----- 360m

2. White Storm ----- 79m ----- 79m

3. Catching Fire ----- 68m ----- 148m

4. Epic --------------- 22.4m ----- 22.4m

5. Control------------- 20m ----- 41.7m

6. Thor 2 ------------ 13m ----- 337m

7. Escape Plan ----- 10.9m ----- 250m

8. RED 2 --------------- 2.8m ----- 55m

 

Entgroup numbers. 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

November 2013 box office was 1.54B, up 36% from 2012. Draw 44 million audience through 2.6 million shows.

 

Thor 2 was the monthly champion with 337m yuan, following closely be Gravity with 334m. EP 250m, CF 137m.

 

Biggest local film in November was The White Storm (52m), which just got 2 days in the month. As expected, November was absolutely dominated by imported releases, which was of course at the cost of no major foreign release in much more prosperous December.

 

By Dec 1, YTD box office was up to 19.4B RMB. Without another Lost in Thailand, I expect this December to stay flat with last one.

 

Total screens in the country now has reached nearly 17700. Yearly average attendance rate was only 15%.

[Olive]

Monday #s refinedTWS--------------14.6m------------94.0M

Gravity-----------7.7M---------------368mCF----------------3.8m --------------152mEpic--------------1.0m---------------24.5mTDW ---------------------------------340mEP-------------------------------------252m 

No Man Land midnights 500k yuan.

[Alex Bennett]

Any chance Gravity gets close to $80M?

The chance is slim as two major locals open this week and one of them is in 3D.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Tuesday EST.

 

NML--------------  21.5m-------------- NEWTWS--------------12.5m------------107M

Gravity-----------6.5M---------------376mCF----------------2.5m --------------155mEpic--------------0.7m---------------24.3m

 

Very good opening for NML. Movie like this will play for strong legs through new year holiday. Opening cant say much. Currently 9.2/10 rating on Douban. Probably will be the best received theatrical released local film of the year.

[fmpro]

Can Gravity limp to 500 mill??

[Ocho]

Does anyone know if "Frozen" will be released in China next year? I believe that Disney gets six a year.......

[Olive]

Does anyone know if "Frozen" will be released in China next year? I believe that Disney gets six a year.......

Very unlikely.

[HalloFromGermany]

Is today the last day for Escape Plan in China?

[Bob Violence]

Yep, it's done.

[HalloFromGermany]

It had a great run in China!

What is the final number?

[ecstasy]

so Algren is banned already? LOL

[fmpro]

so Algren is banned already? LOL

 

Its Algren. He can´t help it

[Olive]

Good news is that he won't come back.

[Olive]

Wednesday EST.

 

NML--------------  20.0m-------------- 42m

TWS--------------11.0m------------118M

Gravity-----------6.0M---------------383m

CF----------------2.0m --------------157m

Epic--------------0.5m---------------24.8m

Thor 2--------------------------------341m

EP ended its run at 253M.

[HalloFromGermany]

 

EP ended its run at 253M.

 

So $41.3 million.

Thank you, China!

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Despicable Me 2 ----- January 10

[Olive]

Thursday EST.

 

NML--------------  17m-------------- 59m

TWS--------------11.0m------------129M

Gravity-----------5.0M---------------388m

CF----------------2.0m --------------159m

Epic--------------0.5m---------------25.3m

Thor 2--------------------------------341m