China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[Pypa94]

Meh who cares? ;p

[Pypa94]

Still better than Johnny predict

[A Marvel Fanboy]

 

Nobody discuss about Running Man which opened today and took $11M?

 

You mean an 88 minutes long big screen TV show that cost just 5 million yuan to make, nabbing a pathetic 3.1/10 on douban but could ultimately earn as much as 500m yuan at the box office ... man, this drives real Chinese filmmakers mad.

[alee7915]

   

You mean an 88 minutes long big screen TV show that cost just 5 million yuan to make, nabbing a pathetic 3.1/10 on douban but could ultimately earn as much as 500m yuan at the box office ... man, this drives real Chinese filmmakers mad.

 

I'm going to make some changes of the title of this thread since running man opened today.  lol...

[Lihongkim]

Friday estimates

Running Man 68m($10.9M) OD

BOFA 31M/481M($77.1M)

BONNIE BEARS 21.7M/26.6M($4.3M)

Unbroken 5.0m($800k)

Miss Granny 2.0M/352M($56.4M)

Unbroken less than $1M OD, bomb.

Huge OD for Running Man, adapt from reality TV show. Its Sat showtime 36.54% while TH3 drop to 19%, Boonie Beers2 17.85% & new opener Pleasant Goat7 12.59%.

Other adaptation of reality TV show next month ( CNY) Dad,where are we going? 2 will do huge box office with it low budget. Dad 1 do 695M on CNY last year.

[Pypa94]

It all seems very bad for BOTFA so many new movies :/ 100M $ will be good for now

[grim22]

Aamir Khan’s PK to receive China wide release

 

http://www.screendaily.com/screenasia/aamir-khans-pk-to-receive-china-wide-release/5082474.article?blocktitle=INTERNATIONAL-BOX-OFFICE-NEWS&contentID=40079

 

I wish we got it too

 

 

That's good. It is already the highest grossing Hindi film of all time, so anything it makes in China is a bonus. Russia used to get a lot of Hindi movies back in the Soviet Era, Raj Kapoor even made references to Russia and shot movies in Russia (of course, this is back when the Indian political system was the stupid Socialistic Republic system). Wonder why Bollywood stopped tapping into Russia as an audience.

[Rsyu]

Following the success of Miss Granny in China, two more Korean films Architecture 101 and Cyrano Agency are being planned to get a remake in a joint collaboration effort between studios of the two countries. I really loved Architecture 101, it's one of my favourite film of the romance/comedy genre so I hope they do a good job with the remake. 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

The Miss Granny remake was a good movie, it was a bit overlong, the ending felt weak but overall movie was quite enjoyable and got some very successful changes from the original Korean script. It also marks:

1.) Director Chen Zhengdao builds his career even further as a qualified young filmmaker.

2.) Actress Yang Zishan's career break-up performance. Could be one of the next A-lister.

3). The 90s generation young stars like Lu Han can already put butts into theaters.

4). The "one script, two movies" strategy worked and looks to be a popular co-producing trend between SK and China.

Many talents from South Korea are already seeking opportunities in China. In fact, hitting adaptations of reality TV show like Dad and Running Man in some way could be seen as byproducts of Korean pop culture in China.

Filmmakers around the world could find their opportunities in the biggest film market soon-to-be but it looks (only) those from Greater China, Korea and America will be the most successful.

Edited January 31, 2015 by firedeep

[Olive]

Friday actuals

 

Running Man 77.8m($12.4M) OD

BOFA 33M/483M($77.4M)

BONNIE BEARS 27M/32M($5.1M)

Unbroken 4.5m($710k)

Miss Granny 2.2M/352M($56.5M)

 

Everything was under-estimated except unbroken.

[picores]

Hobbit 3 looks to finish around Apes total, maybe a bit less. Yes?

[nVIDIADriver]

Update for BoFA Thu. 28.17M(-11.5%) Fri. 32.99M(+17.1%)

[Lihongkim]

Friday actuals

Running Man 77.8m($12.4M) OD

BOFA 33M/483M($77.4M)

BONNIE BEARS 27M/32M($5.1M)

Unbroken 4.5m($710k)

Miss Granny 2.2M/352M($56.5M)

Everything was under-estimated except unbroken.

Running Man OD is big over expect. Its OW should be around 40M+. Its 2nd week still get benefit from Sat bc MJ1 open on Sun.

[Asyulus]

Hobbit 3 looks to finish around Apes total, maybe a bit less. Yes?

It will make even more than Apes

[Olive]

Saturday estimates

 

Running Man -  88M/Cume: 167m($26.7M) 

BoFA - 50M/Cume: 533M($85.3M)

Bonnie Bears 2 -  41M/Cume: 73M($11.7M)

Pleasant Goat 7 - 18.7m($3M)

Unbroken - 5m/Cume:9.5m ($1.5m)

Miss Granny - 2.0M/Cume: 354M($56.85M)

[Asyulus]

Is the hobbit number good?

[alee7915]

Is the hobbit number good?

 of course...  

[juni78ukr]

Around $39 mln OW for Running Man

$20 mln 2nd weekend for Hobbit

92.5 mln total

[Rsyu]

I'm surprised that Running man and Dad are getting released in theatres. They were variety TV shows in Korea. 

[Olive]

I'm surprised that Running man and Dad are getting released in theatres. They were variety TV shows in Korea. 

THE edition shown in theaters are the same as ones on TV.