Daily Box Office (September 28th 2024)
The market hits ¥56.3M/$8.0M which is up +66% from yesterday and down -29% versus last week.
Transformers: One adds $2.57M on Saturday taking its total to $7.18M. Weekend now looking around $5M and $8M including the pre-screenigs.
Province map of the day:
Transformers dominates across the country.
In Metropolitan cities:
Transformers: One wins Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Beijing, Chengdu Chongqing and Shanghai
City tiers:
The Wild Robot climbs to 3rd in T1.
Tier 1: Transformers:One>Like A Rolling Stone>The Wild Robot
Tier 2: Transformers:One>Like A Rolling Stone>Stand By Me
Tier 3: Transformers:One>Stand By Me>Like A Rolling Stone
Tier 4: Transformers:One>Stand By Me>Like A Rolling Stone
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transformers: One | $2.57M | +82% | 105518 | 0.44M | $7.18M | $25M-$27M | |
| 2 | Like A Rolling Stone | $0.93M | +43% | -39% | 53869 | 0.16M | $14.86M | $17M-$18M |
| 3 | Stand By Me | $0.89M | +65% | -66% | 55742 | 0.16M | $32.61M | $34M-$36M |
| 4 | The Wild Robot | $0.52M | +225% | -65% | 23239 | 0.09M | $4.89M | $5M-$6M |
| 5 | Go For Broke | $0.43M | +54% | -36% | 19689 | 0.07M | $64.73M | $66M-$67M |
| 7 | A Frozen Rage | $0.38M | +36% | -65% | 32004 | 0.07M | $12.96M | $13M-$14M |
| 6 | Alien: Romulus | $0.38M | -31% | -21% | 17226 | 0.06M | $109.45M | $111M-$113M |
*YD=Yesterday, LW=Last Week,
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
A colorfull map for tomorrow's work Sunday.
https://i.imgur.com/A4jIOvl.png
Alien: Romulus
Alien can't back up its great Friday. Its still a good day and just -21% down from last week. However $110M will have to wait a few more days.
Audience Figures:
WoM figures: Maoyan: 8.9 , Taopiaopiao: 9.1 , Douban: 7.5
Gender Split(M-W): 61-39
Age Split: Under 20: 3.0%, 20-24: 24.0%, 25-29: 28.5%, 30-34: 18.8%, 35-39: 13.0%, Over 40: 12.6%
City Tiers: T1: 24.0%, T2: 52.2%, T3: 13.0%, T4: 10.8%
Most Popular Province: Guangdong: 13.8%
Most Popular City: Shanghai: 10.6%
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: 83.4%, IMAX: 13.3%, Rest: 3.3%
Language split: English Version: 99.0%, Mandarin: 1.0%
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixth Week | $0.20M | $0.48M | $0.36M | $0.21M | $0.23M | $0.20M | $0.30M | $108.52M |
| Seventh Week | $0.55M | $0.38M | / | / | / | / | / | $109.45M |
| %± LW | +175% | -21% | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Scheduled showings update for Alien: Romulus for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 17221 | $158k | $0.73M-$1.00M |
| Sunday | 16687 | $47k | $0.17M-$0.24M |
| Monday | 6516 | $10k | $0.10M-$0.14M |
Other stuff:
The next Holywood movie to release will be Joker 2 on October 16th followed by Venom 3 on October 23rd.
National Day(October 1st)
With National Day rapidly approaching on October 1st it will kickstart a week long Holiday period and arguably the 3rd most lucrative period for Cinema after the Spring Festival and The Summer season.
10 movies will enter the ring. 11 if you count Transformers: One which releases a few days earlier on the 27th.
There's a bit of everything here. Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, War, Comedy, Musical. And while its not the most heavy hitter filled schedule it should still somewhat revive the market thats currently on the floor.
Alongside most of the movies also released new trailers. Among them 749 which released its first actual trailer today. 6 days before its release.
Opening Day Pre-sales
749 Bureau continues to lead the pre-sales but it is not projected to be the winner when the day comes around. That goes to The Volunteers 2 which is projected to top National Day itself witha $14-15M opening day.
| Days till release | Tiger Wolf Rabbit | 749 Bureau | The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death | High Forces | The Hutong Cowboy | Panda Plan | Give You Candy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | $931k/31174 | $641k/22244 | $397k/32270 | $91k/14895 | $48k/5666 | $46k/7083 | $32k/11934 |
| 5 | $1.44M/43157 | $1.26M/29988 | $828k/38836 | $208k/17354 | $101k/7192 | $149k/9968 | $86k/12907 |
| 4 | $1.78M/47730 | $1.59M/38136 | $1.29M/49986 | $308k/21060 | $129k/8882 | $229k/11384 | $152k/14854 |
| 3 | $2.16M/56884 | $2.19M/50289 | $1.79M/64451 | $420k/27889 | $191k/12276 | $332k/18177 | $187k/19438 |
| 2 | $2.60M/66466 | $2.86M/63232 | $2.29M/80422 | $588k/35368 | $237k/15870 | $495k/26337 | $251k/24304 |
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| National Day Projection | $9.3-9.7M | $9.1-10.4M | $14.2-14.8M | $3.0-4.5M | $1.1-1.9M | $2.9-3.0M | $1.9-2.2M |
*Gross/Screenings
Release Schedule:
A table including upcoming movies in the next month alongside trailers linked in the name of the movie, Want To See data from both Maoyan and Taopiaopiao alongside the Gender split and genre.
Remember Want To See is not pre-sales. Its just an anticipation metric. A checkbox of sorts saying your interested in an upcoming movie.
Not all movies are included since a lot are just too small to be worth covering.
National Day Lineup:
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Forces | 313k | +3k | 78k | +1k | 38/62 | Action/Disaster | 30.09 | $29-92M |
| The Volunteers Part 2 | 271k | +9k | 218k | +9k | 47/53 | History/War | 30.09 | $100-142M |
| Give You A Candy | 115k | +1k | 38k | +1k | 33/67 | Drama/Family | 30.09 | $48-85M |
| 749 | 319k | +16k | 414k | +9k | 21/79 | Science Fiction/Adventure | 01.10 | $38-64M |
| Tiger Wolf Rabbit | 250k | +7k | 202k | +7k | 21/79 | Drama/Crime | 01.10 | $57-102M |
| Panda Plan | 124k | +4k | 32k | +2k | 45/55 | Comedy/Action | 01.10 | $12-40M |
| A Tapestry of a Legendary Land | 67k | +2k | 115k | +4k | 23/77 | Drama/Musical | 01.10 | $4-9M |
| The Hutong Cowboy | 26k | +1k | 31k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Comedy | 01.10 | $12-42M |
October:
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joker: Folie à Deux | 35k | +4k | 30k | +4k | 58/42 | Thriller/Musical | 16.10 | |
| Venom: The Last Dance | 318k | +7k | 142k | +4k | 55/45 | Action/Science Fiction | 23.10 | $71-95M |
| The Unseen Sister | 177k | +2k | 141k | +2k | 85/15 | Drama/Suspense | 26.10 | $17-27M |
Harry Potter Marathon:
Harry Potter Re-Run Marathon has been announced. Starting October 11th there is gonna be a new movie releasing every week all the way till late November with Hallows P2.
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 208k | +10k | 240k | +7k | 24/76 | Fantasy/Adventure | 11.10 | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 56k | +6k | 32k | +3k | 26/74 | Fantasy/Adventure | 18.10 | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 53k | +5k | 28k | +3k | 29/71 | Fantasy/Adventure | 25.10 | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 46k | +4k | 24k | +2k | 26/74 | Fantasy/Adventure | 01.11 | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 43k | +4k | 22k | +2k | 27/73 | Fantasy/Adventure | 08.11 | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 18k | +3k | 22k | +2k | 26/74 | Fantasy/Adventure | 15.11 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | 38k | +3k | 22k | +2k | 26/74 | Fantasy/Adventure | 22.11 | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | 39k | +4k | 25k | +2k | 26/74 | Fantasy/Adventure | 29.11 |
by Firefox72
4 Comments
Weak numbers
Has it got a chance surviving the Chinese box office during and/or after national day? Cus if not, then it was supremely stupid of paramount to release it at this date
as far as I can see the Chinese don’t like professor Snape
I saw those numbers first hand as I came out of another rewatch of the Wild Robot in China. These two weeks so far have been pretty bland, but at least Transformers One did in fact contribute and pull in a lot higher numbers than TWR did last weekend, already surpassing TWR’s total tally.