China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30

[xieh tie]

 

[Mojoguy]

Will Shazam 2 be released in China? I thought only Marvel and not DC was banned in China?

[poweranimals]

1 hour ago, Mojoguy said:

Will Shazam 2 be released in China? I thought only Marvel and not DC was banned in China?

I don't think DC is banned but China seems to be looking for any excuse to ban any Hollywood movie.

[Arian1010]

"Ban" is such a harsh word, Marvel films are still shown on Chinese film channels on the mainland which means that the brand is still allowed to be a part of the pop culture of China. There is plenty of evidence of famous individuals and brands getting banned from China, they would be simply deleted from existence. I seriously think Disney needs a new CEO, under Bob Iger's they wouldn't have to face such things.

[Sophia Jane]

2 hours ago, Arian1010 said:

"Ban" is such a harsh word, Marvel films are still shown on Chinese film channels on the mainland which means that the brand is still allowed to be a part of the pop culture of China. There is plenty of evidence of famous individuals and brands getting banned from China, they would be simply deleted from existence. I seriously think Disney needs a new CEO, under Bob Iger's they wouldn't have to face such things.

You got it bro,Marvel is not banned in China,the brand still have strong and powerful influence when you saw 1 years old kids wearing spiderman clothes

[Sophia Jane]

Now we really see how lucky AEG is for released in 2019 April,without any virus restrict and at that time China allowed all HLW film freely showed on screen,everything just changed since 2019

[porginchina]

First foreign movies dated in months (they're all going to flop, probably, but better than nothing…???). Not interpreting this as anything other than a sign that China remains willing to release foreign movies, but any positive sign is better than the absolute barren hellscape of the release calendar here for the past few months.

 

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie— Nov. 19

Detective Conan: Halloween Bride (roughly translating from the Chinese title)— Nov. 19

Blazing Samurai— Nov. 12

Where the Crawdads Sing— Nov. 25

[Issac Newton]

美国批片《猫狗武林》定档11月12日上映，影片由华谊兄弟协助推广。

日本批片《名侦探柯南：万圣节的新娘》定档11月18日上映，影片由华策影业，众合千澄影业协助推广，上狮文化发行。

美国批片《忍者神龟：崛起》定档11月19日上映，影片由华桦传媒协助推广，猫眼影业发行。

俄罗斯批片《杀掉那个魔术师》定档11月19日上映。

索尼分账片《沼泽深处的女孩》定档11月25日上映。

[xieh tie]

 

hot take

[porginchina]

4 hours ago, xieh tie said:

 

hot take

Indeed… having seen Home Coming (albeit without the benefit of English subtitles), the movie's production values are really impressive. For a production entirely shot in China, the North African sequences are incredibly believable.

 

With that said… for all its production design merits, I don't think Hollywood has anything to worry about. At all. Home Coming has some serious flaws. The action scenes are hectic and confusing and the storyline is laughably unbelievable, especially for a movie marketed as being based on a true story (the villain's an admirably over-the-top reject from a crappy Bond ripoff). On the whole, it's kind of like Wolf Warrior 2, except not as fun. And all this is *without* going into the incredibly surreal postcredits scene where the movie lurches from being pretty tonally serious to including a comedically metatextual post-credits scene

Spoiler

featuring a cameo from Wu Jing himself to comment on the similarities/differences between Home Coming and the Wolf Warrior franchise

(how I wish I were making that up and yet I am not).

 

Anyhow, I think that one of the biggest Chinese box office stories in the past two years that most people don't seem to be noticing is how the Chinese audience has quietly rejected many of the more propagandistic movies. The Battle at Lake Changjin II dropped sharply from the original; July 2021's 1921 did so poorly Maoyan turned off the box office projection feature; in the same month, Chinese Doctors made massively less than October 2019's similarly titled Chinese Pilot (from the same creative team) and July 2018's similarly scheduled medical drama Dying to Survive. As far as Home Coming, the movie set a record for screenings during the National Day week and will finish with less than a third the gross of The Battle at Lake Changjin and around half the gross of movies like My People, My Country. Its projected final is well under the goofy comedic vibes of this summer's blockbuster Moon Man as well as the smaller-budgeted, not-at-all-explicitly-patriotic Lighting Up the Stars.

[Macleod]

BLACK ADAM and WAKANDA FOREVER unlikely to be released in China:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-black-adam-china-release-1235260069/

[Issac Newton]

6 minutes ago, Macleod said:

BLACK ADAM and WAKANDA FOREVER unlikely to be released in China:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-black-adam-china-release-1235260069/

Black Adam ban was known back in November 3..

 

Wakanda Forever was not even expected to release since No Way Home blackout 

[AJG]

4 hours ago, Macleod said:

BLACK ADAM and WAKANDA FOREVER unlikely to be released in China:

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-black-adam-china-release-1235260069/

 

Another Article where they use information that originated from this thread

 

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The leading theory for Black Adam’s ban is the presence in the film of Pierce Brosnan as the heroic character Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate. Roughly two years ago, Brosnan posted a 19-year-old photo of his family posing with the Dalai Lama, while offering his congratulations to the spiritual leader on his 85th birthday. 

 

I know Forbes do it, but now it seems like THR do it too. You guys are famous.

[charlie Jatinder]

"Marvel & DC fans in China keep vandalising others film by nitpicking problems like cast once support HK & Taiwan independent or sth like that then inform Film Bereau"

 

So this is what is happening. lol.

[Gavin Feng]

2 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

"Marvel & DC fans in China keep vandalising others film by nitpicking problems like cast once support HK & Taiwan independent or sth like that then inform Film Bereau"

 

So this is what is happening. lol.

 

Someone already said, they're fascist

 

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‘Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore: Adults Loving Superhero Movies Is ‘Infantile’ and Can Be a ‘Precursor to Fascism’

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[LeoC]

5 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

"Marvel & DC fans in China keep vandalising others film by nitpicking problems like cast once support HK & Taiwan independent or sth like that then inform Film Bereau"

 

So this is what is happening. lol.

Marvel & DC fans only sabotage each other. There are also many nationalists out there who think they are doing the righteous thing by tattletaling.

 

And some social media or bloggers do so for views/hits/likes. 

 

[charlie Jatinder]

Yikes. October was Disastrous. Worst ever.

 

Month	2022	2021	% +/-
Jan	¥2,707,944,900	¥3,329,852,800	-18.68%
Feb	¥10,356,941,300	¥12,269,826,100	-15.59%
Mar	¥912,878,500	¥2,503,584,200	-63.54%
Apr	¥566,154,300	¥2,496,937,600	-77.33%
May	¥716,983,400	¥4,865,987,200	-85.27%
Jun	¥1,920,132,200	¥2,102,434,000	-8.67%
Jul	¥3,507,512,900	¥3,227,917,800	8.66%
Aug	¥3,708,158,300	¥2,050,869,900	80.81%
Sept	¥1,269,687,500	¥2,025,992,200	-37.33%
Oct	¥2,139,177,500	¥7,577,792,600	-71.77%
Nov		¥1,873,664,200
Dec		¥2,713,066,900
Total	¥27,805,570,800	¥47,037,925,500	-34.50%

 

2022 35% down from 2021 which was eh year in itself. Diff is -43% without New Year week.

[porginchina]

3 hours ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Yikes. October was Disastrous. Worst ever.

 

Month	2022	2021	% +/-
Jan	¥2,707,944,900	¥3,329,852,800	-18.68%
Feb	¥10,356,941,300	¥12,269,826,100	-15.59%
Mar	¥912,878,500	¥2,503,584,200	-63.54%
Apr	¥566,154,300	¥2,496,937,600	-77.33%
May	¥716,983,400	¥4,865,987,200	-85.27%
Jun	¥1,920,132,200	¥2,102,434,000	-8.67%
Jul	¥3,507,512,900	¥3,227,917,800	8.66%
Aug	¥3,708,158,300	¥2,050,869,900	80.81%
Sept	¥1,269,687,500	¥2,025,992,200	-37.33%
Oct	¥2,139,177,500	¥7,577,792,600	-71.77%
Nov		¥1,873,664,200
Dec		¥2,713,066,900
Total	¥27,805,570,800	¥47,037,925,500	-34.50%

 

2022 35% down from 2021 which was eh year in itself. Diff is -43% without New Year week.

November's on pace to be just as bad!! Currently ¥210 million month-to-date without any noteworthy releases on deck; maybe Detective Conan will do okay next week but the Wikipedia tells me it released April in Japan, meaning piracy will take a toll.

 

One of the huge problems here is a lack of new product— WAY worse than the problems facing the US/Canada. 扫黑行动 (The Tipping Point) just became the first release of any note since National Day kicked off on Sept. 30 (and National Day was historically weak).

 

It's honestly astonishing how awful China's 2022 has been at the box office.

[NCsoft]

China box office right now is just a horror show...

Never would I have imagined just a few years ago when everything was on the up, that we would witness this drastic decline (and to think just last year we still had the highest grosser of all time).

I hope things turn around, even if it's just to an extent.

Edited November 13, 2022 by NCsoft

[Issac Newton]

1 hour ago, porginchina said:

maybe Detective Conan will do okay next week but the Wikipedia tells me it released April in Japan, meaning piracy will take a toll.

You can't make assumptions on Piracy.. Japanese Studio doesn't allow a simultaneous release for any film.. And Conan films are usually released on Nov in China. Last Year was an exceptional because TOHO/STUDIO gave special permission to Distributors to buy theatrical right in advance due to COVID-19 so that they can send it for Release Approval (CFA)

 

It just nearly impossible for any Japanese Film to arrive in any Overseas Countries before 60/90 days after Japanese Premiere.

 

Edited November 13, 2022 by Issac Newton