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What's the most a movie has made in China?

 

[duckroll]

She would be a baby

Never stopped them before.

 

[BronsonLee]

Fucking lol at duck pulling out his Slayven tech

What's the most a movie has made in China?

Is it Furious 7? I think it is. If not that, then one of their local movies.

 

[kswiston]

Fucking lol at duck pulling out his Slayven tech



Is it Furious 7? I think it is. If not that, then one of their local movies.

It's Furious 7 in USD. Technically Monster Hunt ended just above Furious 7 this past summer in local (2.438B vs 2.427B RMB) , but the Yuan has dipped a bit against the USD, so Furious 7 "wins" $391M to $385M.

Which is fine, because China cheated its way to that first place position.

 

[R-User!]

I remember being at a sneak screening and a dude posted up about a row back on the aisle (at least he was on the aisle) and busted open a Safeway rotisserie chicken.

A whole fucking supermarket deli rotisserie chicken.

Greasy as hell. I could HEAR IT.

Crinkly ass Subway bags and wrappers happened to me once not to many rows/seats away..... I could hear it too :/

 

[Angel_DvA]

Star Wars the Force Awakens is now the most successful Star Wars movie ever in France with almost 9m tickets sold, the previous one was TPM with 7.3 million of tickets sold ( 7,9m with the re-release of the movie in 3D ) and it won't stop here.

( The French aren't counting what the movie make in money but about how much it sold tickets )

http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18649496.html

 

[kswiston]

Star Wars the Force Awakens is now the most successful Star Wars movie ever in France with almost 9m tickets sold, the previous one was TPM with 7.3 million of tickets sold ( 7,9m with the re-release of the movie in 3D ) and it won't stop here.

( The French aren't counting what the movie make in money but about how much it sold tickets )

http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18649496.html

Looks like it will still miss France's all time top 10 list:

1.Titanic 21,774,181
2.Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 20,489,303
3.The Intouchables 19,490,688
4.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 18,319,651
5.La Grande Vadrouille 17,267,607
6.Gone with the Wind 16,719,236
7.Once Upon a Time in the West 14,862,764
8.Avatar 14,775,990
9.The Jungle Book 14,695,741
10.One Hundred and One Dalmatians 14,660,594

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I am really enjoying seeing Once Upon a Time in the West on the same list as Snow White and The Jungle Book.

That's fucking crazy, France. You guys are okay.

 

[kswiston]

I am really enjoying seeing Once Upon a Time in the West on the same list as Snow White and The Jungle Book.

That's fucking crazy, France. You guys are okay.

France really loves animated films:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_highest-grossing_films_in_France

 

[Angel_DvA]

Looks like it will still miss France's all time top 10 list:

1.Titanic 21,774,181
2.Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 20,489,303
3.The Intouchables 19,490,688
4.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 18,319,651
5.La Grande Vadrouille 17,267,607
6.Gone with the Wind 16,719,236
7.Once Upon a Time in the West 14,862,764
8.Avatar 14,775,990
9.The Jungle Book 14,695,741
10.One Hundred and One Dalmatians 14,660,594

Yeah sure but like I said on the other thread, TPM almost killed Star Wars there, SW7 being the most successful Star Wars ever is an accomplishment in some way,

~9m numbers are from Sunday ( missing Monday and Tuesday numbers ) and the movie is still on theater for the next couple of weeks, we'll se how it goes from there, it can maybe enter in the top 20/10.

 

[kswiston]

Tying into recent discussions about inflation and admissions, one thing that I think is often glossed over is the fact that Canada is included in the domestic box office tallies. Here's the top 10 films in the Canadian box office the week that Star Wars launched:

$34.27M Canadian was sitting at around $24.65M USD that week. When Avatar launched that same amount would have been worth $32.6M USD, $8M isn't a ton, but it basically means that Star Wars: TFA missed a $250M first weekend and $150M second weekend because the Canadian dollar sucks.

 

[greatestjediever]

Looks like it's holding at 8m for Tuesday from early estimates. Actually thought it was gonna drop. Solid hold.

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/t...th-alltime-ww/?do=findComment&comment=2342062

 

[rjinaz]

Looks like it's holding at 8m for Tuesday from early estimates. Actually thought it was gonna drop. Solid hold.

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/t...th-alltime-ww/?do=findComment&comment=2342062

So close to passing Avatar today. Curse you Men's Rights Group!

 

[Bobby Roberts]

$34.27M Canadian was sitting at around $24.65M USD that week. When Avatar launched that same amount would have been worth $32.6M USD, $8M isn't a ton, but it basically means that Star Wars: TFA missed a $250M first weekend and $150M second weekend because the Canadian dollar sucks.

 

[Syf]

it basically means that Star Wars: TFA missed a $250M first weekend and $150M second weekend because the Canadian dollar sucks.

Thanks Harper

 

[BronsonLee]

I told you all Canada was the anchor!

 

[vinnygambini]

Bronson pls

 

[kswiston]

So China had 1.26B movie ticket sales in 2015. Domestic box office estimate was 1.33B tickets sold for the year. Take out Canada from that domestic total, and China is probably already the world leader for movie attendance.

 

[Butts-a-plenty]

So China had 1.26B movie ticket sales in 2015. Domestic box office estimate was 1.33B tickets sold for the year. Take out Canada from that domestic total, and China is probably already the world leader for movie attendance.

What are the Bollywood figures like?

Bollywood is classified as the biggest movie industry in the world in terms of amount of people employed and number of films produced.[8] In just 2011 alone, over 3.5 billion tickets were sold across the globe, which in comparison, 900,000 tickets more than Hollywood.[9] Also in comparison, Bollywood makes approximately 1041 films yearly, as opposed to less than 500 films made by Hollywood yearly.[9]

Wiki

 

[Bobby Roberts]

So China had 1.26B movie ticket sales in 2015. Domestic box office estimate was 1.33B tickets sold for the year. Take out Canada from that domestic total, and China is probably already the world leader for movie attendance.

Well, the choice is clear.

We must annex Canada.

 

[kswiston]

What are the Bollywood figures like?

I was wondering if India would be higher, but their total box office in that year was only $1.8B and I had no idea what a ticket costs there. I guess it's hard to compete with a country where the average ticket is less than a dollar.

 

[3N16MA]

Canada doing its best to help Cameron. That Cameron and Dion combo propelled Titanic.

Missed The Hateful Eight as my cousin felt ill so that is rescheduled for Wednesday. Thought about buying a cheap ticket to watch TFA in 2D. I passed as seeing it twice is enough and the theater was most likely infested with fried chicken eating Walmart shoppers.

 

[kswiston]

Canada doing its best to help Cameron. That Cameron and Dion combo propelled Titanic.

Titanic grossed $68M USD in Canada and the dollar was as shitty in 1998 as it is now.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Titanic grossed $68M USD in Canada and the dollar was as shitty in 1998 as it is now.

He meant because Celine Dion is Canadian.

 

[kswiston]

He meant because Celine Dion is Canadian.

I know. Canada went crazy for Titanic. I can't find what Avatar made here, but Titanic might still be #1. TFA won't hit $68M USD in Canada unless legs are significantly better than they are in the US.

 

[Calm waterfall]

I can´t believe that point break cost 105 million to produce. The WB had a shitty year. Also damn them for massacring Pan.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I know. Canada went crazy for Titanic. I can't find what Avatar made here, but Titanic might still be #1. TFA won't hit $68M USD in Canada unless legs are significantly better than they are in the US.

Hah, right, easy to forget 68 million is huge BO for Canada.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Hah, right, easy to forget 68 million is huge BO for Canada.

Never underestimate Canadian BO

 

[Slayven]

Never stopped them before.

Fucking lol at duck pulling out his Slayven tech



Is it Furious 7? I think it is. If not that, then one of their local movies.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Universal need to make that Chinese Fast & Furious remake and have TyreseVin Diesel cameo at the end.

Plenty of cool Chinese cars to choose from.

 

[flintstryker]

Looks like it will still miss France's all time top 10 list:

1.Titanic 21,774,181
2.Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 20,489,303
3.The Intouchables 19,490,688
4.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 18,319,651
5.La Grande Vadrouille 17,267,607
6.Gone with the Wind 16,719,236
7.Once Upon a Time in the West 14,862,764
8.Avatar 14,775,990
9.The Jungle Book 14,695,741
10.One Hundred and One Dalmatians 14,660,594

Once Upon A Time in the West? I'm impress France!

 

[Eidan]

Looks like it will still miss France's all time top 10 list:

1.Titanic 21,774,181
2.Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 20,489,303
3.The Intouchables 19,490,688
4.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 18,319,651
5.La Grande Vadrouille 17,267,607
6.Gone with the Wind 16,719,236
7.Once Upon a Time in the West 14,862,764
8.Avatar 14,775,990
9.The Jungle Book 14,695,741
10.One Hundred and One Dalmatians 14,660,594

Are these grosses or admissions?

 

[kswiston]

Are these grosses or admissions?

Admissions

 

[Abounder]

Force is strong with France. Love that they aren't deterred by goddamn terrorists

 

[BronsonLee]

Bronson pls

I only speak truth.

Spoiler

and jealousy. I wanna visit Canada!

Well, the choice is clear.

We must annex Canada.

Now this idea I can get behind. Dibs on Tabris's place!

Gonna go see Star Wars again. Use an AMC ticket on another movie since Disney don't take em, and just mosey on in.

 

[Ganhyun]

Well, the choice is clear.

We must annex Canada.

That would be 10 new states at once (assuming all of Canada's provinces and territories become states), so no complaining about not being able to have an even number of stars on the flag.

 

[BronsonLee]

That would be 10 new states at once (assuming all of Canada's provinces and territories become states), so no complaining about not being able to have an even number of stars on the flag.

Canada just becomes a state

Fuck your other things, in AMERICA we do things differently, goddamnit!

 

[Ganhyun]

Canada just becomes a state

Fuck your other things, in AMERICA we do things differently, goddamnit!

I live in Atlanta, lol.

 

[kswiston]

Canada just becomes a state

Fuck your other things, in AMERICA we do things differently, goddamnit!

Na, Texas would get size envy

 

[BronsonLee]

I live in Atlanta, lol.

TRAITORStormtrooper.gif

Na, Texas would get size envy

Everything's Bigger In...Canada?

 

[True Savior]

$34.27M Canadian was sitting at around $24.65M USD that week. When Avatar launched that same amount would have been worth $32.6M USD, $8M isn't a ton, but it basically means that Star Wars: TFA missed a $250M first weekend and $150M second weekend because the Canadian dollar sucks.

This is unacceptable. It's so fucking illogical the way box office is presented that makes me legitimately angry.

Dumbness shouldn't be accepted at such a large scale.

 

[Boogie]

He meant because Celine Dion is Canadian.

Umm, as is Cameron.

 

[numble]

Updated for today:

Here are comparisons of China presales from a specific pre-order site, Gewara. Obviously it only represents a small percentage of sales, but it seems they like to use it for tracking purposes. It is not a good predictor, as you can see, but it can still be fun to follow:

My sources for the numbers of the other movies are here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=191025740&postcount=2670

Minions (final gross - $68,490,000)
02.09.2015 Beijing time 00:10 -- Minions - 673 (8 days before premier)
03.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 1033
04.09.2015 Beijing time 00:10 -- Minions - 1972
07.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 4457
08.09.2015 Beijing time 01:30 -- Minions - 6780
09.09.2015 Beijing time 00:50 -- Minions - 11187
10.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 16382
11.09.2015 Beijing time 00:30 -- Minions - 30320
12.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 57328 (Premier)

Jurassic World (final gross - $228,740,000)
06.06.2015 Beijing time 00:20 -- JW - 6889 (4 days before premier)
07.06.2015 Beijing time 18:20 -- JW - 10027
08.06.2015 Beijing time 00:05 -- JW - 31073
09.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 73115
10.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 184599 (Premier)

Furious 7 (final gross - $390,910,000)
2015-04-01 10:45 - 15 (11 days before premier)
2015-04-02 08:39 -139
2015-04-03 07:57 - 856
2015-04-04 08:11 - 4,166
2015-04-05 08:03 - 9,352
2015-04-06 18:11 - 22,717
2015-04-07 18:40 - 81,588 (5 days before premier)
2015-04-08 07:25 -101,494 (4 days before premier)
2015-04-09 00:58 -141,564 (3 days before premier)
2015-04-10 00:45 -193,250
2015-04-11 23:36 - 472,900
2015-04-12 (Premier)

Age of Ultron (final gross - $240,110,000)
05-05 22:20 62,441 (6 days before premier)
05-06 16:20 74,056 (5 days before premier)
05-07 13:20 106,817 (4 days before premier)
05-08 23:00 170,455 (3 days before premier)
05-09 14:00 201,098
05-10 22:31 250,953
05-11 (Premier)

TFA:
http://www.gewara.com/movie/224406330
12-30 5,936 (10 days before premier)
12-31 6 pm 10,629 (9 days before premier)
01-01 9 pm 21,252 (8 days before premier)
01-02 10:30 pm 28,715 (7 days before premier)
01-03 9:30 pm 38,139 (6 days before premier)
01-04 5 pm 46,761 (5 days before premier)
01-05 10:30 pm 71,486 (4 days before premier)
01-06 11:30 pm 102,993 (3 days before premier)

 

[Eidan]

So I'm checking the UK all time list, and see that TFA has already surpassed Avatar, in pounds, but in USD it's still around $20 million behind. It's kind of why I've never cared that much about worldwide gross. I prefer looking at the grosses of each region (in local currency) to get a better idea of what films are resonating with the people there.

 

[LevelNth]

So I'm checking the UK all time list, and see that TFA has already surpassed Avatar, in pounds, but in USD it's still around $20 million behind. It's kind of why I've never cared that much about worldwide gross. I prefer looking at the grosses of each region to get a better idea of what films are resonating with the people there.

Is it just me or does this example (along with I'm sure at least a few others that would be similar) not pretty much completely invalidate the concept of consistent and comparable worldwide grosses?

Currency fluctuations when examining 10+ different types over even just a couple years can be absolutely massive, so in the end aren't the gross dollar tallies borderline arbitrary?

 

[MIMIC]

Looks like it will still miss France's all time top 10 list:

1.Titanic 21,774,181
2.Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis 20,489,303
3.The Intouchables 19,490,688
4.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 18,319,651
5.La Grande Vadrouille 17,267,607
6.Gone with the Wind 16,719,236
7.Once Upon a Time in the West 14,862,764
8.Avatar 14,775,990
9.The Jungle Book 14,695,741
10.One Hundred and One Dalmatians 14,660,594

That's a pretty interesting list.

 

[Interfectum]

Today is the day right? SW concurs US.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Currency fluctuations when examining 10+ different types over even just a couple years can be absolutely massive, so in the end aren't the gross dollar tallies borderline arbitrary?

This is the game that we play

 

[cacildo]

Updated for today:

Here are comparisons of China presales from a specific pre-order site, Gewara. Obviously it only represents a small percentage of sales, but it seems they like to use it for tracking purposes. It is not a good predictor, as you can see, but it can still be fun to follow:

My sources for the numbers of the other movies are here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=191025740&postcount=2670

Minions (final gross - $68,490,000)
02.09.2015 Beijing time 00:10 -- Minions - 673 (8 days before premier)
03.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 1033
04.09.2015 Beijing time 00:10 -- Minions - 1972
07.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 4457
08.09.2015 Beijing time 01:30 -- Minions - 6780
09.09.2015 Beijing time 00:50 -- Minions - 11187
10.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 16382
11.09.2015 Beijing time 00:30 -- Minions - 30320
12.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 57328 (Premier)

Jurassic World (final gross - $228,740,000)
06.06.2015 Beijing time 00:20 -- JW - 6889 (4 days before premier)
07.06.2015 Beijing time 18:20 -- JW - 10027
08.06.2015 Beijing time 00:05 -- JW - 31073
09.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 73115
10.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 184599 (Premier)

Furious 7 (final gross - $390,910,000)
2015-04-01 10:45 - 15 (11 days before premier)
2015-04-02 08:39 -139
2015-04-03 07:57 - 856
2015-04-04 08:11 - 4,166
2015-04-05 08:03 - 9,352
2015-04-06 18:11 - 22,717
2015-04-07 18:40 - 81,588 (5 days before premier)
2015-04-08 07:25 -101,494 (4 days before premier)
2015-04-09 00:58 -141,564 (3 days before premier)
2015-04-10 00:45 -193,250
2015-04-11 23:36 - 472,900
2015-04-12 (Premier)

Age of Ultron (final gross - $240,110,000)
05-05 22:20 62,441 (6 days before premier)
05-06 16:20 74,056 (5 days before premier)
05-07 13:20 106,817 (4 days before premier)
05-08 23:00 170,455 (3 days before premier)
05-09 14:00 201,098
05-10 22:31 250,953
05-11 (Premier)

TFA:
http://www.gewara.com/movie/224406330
12-30 5,936 (10 days before premier)
12-31 6 pm 10,629 (9 days before premier)
01-01 9 pm 21,252 (8 days before premier)
01-02 10:30 pm 28,715 (7 days before premier)
01-03 9:30 pm 38,139 (6 days before premier)
01-04 5 pm 46,761 (5 days before premier)
01-05 10:30 pm 71,486 (4 days before premier)
01-06 11:30 pm 102,993 (3 days before premier)

It seems the chinese pre-orders usually "explode" between 2 days before the premiere and in the exact day. Lets see how it goes in the next few days. Im really curious

 

[BronsonLee]

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