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Wkd Box Office 01•01-03•16 - Hate flows through BO as TFA eyes all-time DOM record

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Anth0ny

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shit has increase by 56k in like two hours

avengers increased by 50k over the last 24 hours, and that was from 201k to 250k. Star Wars has jumped from 336k to 392k in two hours O_O
 
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Anth0ny

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kswiston said:
Looks like I was wrong about Star Wars getting much of a boost in presales in its final day before the midnight release. It's 1pm in China and presales are now sitting at 336k on Gewara. Might hit 370k or so by the time the previews start.
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lel

still 8 hours to go and it's sitting at 392k

star wars is coming for furious 7's ass
 
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numble

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Minions (final gross - $68,490,000)
12.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 57328 (Premier)

Jurassic World (final gross - $228,740,000)
09.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 73115 (1 day before premier)
10.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 184599 (Premier)

Furious 7 (final gross - $390,910,000)
2015-04-11 23:36 - 472,900 (24 minutes before premier)
2015-04-12 (Premier)

Age of Ultron (final gross - $240,110,000)
05-10 22:31 250,953 (1.5 hours before premier)
05-11 (Premier)

TFA:
http://www.gewara.com/movie/224406330
1 pm ~336k (10 hours before premier)
2 pm 370,094 (9 hours before premier)
3 pm 405,750 (8 hours before premier)
 
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numble

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Surfinn said:
God I hope those numbers are accurate.
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They are just accurate as to how many tickets are ordered from this site, which is sort of like a Fandango, except the online ticket market is a lot more splintered in China, with a lot of players. Gewara is followed because they show exact tickets sold (from their site/app).

Another site is Maoyan, which shows only total value numbers for tickets bought on their site/app:
http://piaofang.maoyan.com/movie/78536?_v_=yes

There it says there is 7.8 million RMB in value for tickets sold for midnight, 45.5 million RMB in value for tickets sold for Saturday, and 12.5 million for Sunday.

From box office theory, the numbers from Maoyan as of 7 hours ago were:
Midnights:6.22m yuan
Saturday:36.23m yuan
Sunday:9.86m yuan
 
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GhaleonEB

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I'm not sure what would be more entertaining: TFA having an unexpectedly gargantuan opening day, or like, $10m after everyone is up F5'ing the site all night.

Probably a good idea to keep expectations in check despite the late surge.

But what a freaking surge that is, WTF!
 
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numble

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So the main China guy at Box Office Theory says people were hoping for discounts and that's why they didn't buy until the last minute:

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/t...ussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=2345277
Yes, people are waiting until the last minute to buy tickets since Disney don't provide discount tickets unlike most movies do these days.
Presales picked up, over 150M (~25 million) yuan should be no problem.200M yuan (~33 million) still in doubt, but I won't rule it out.
So you see, don't trust my predictions, they are off a lot always.-_-
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Jack The Nipper

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tickets are pretty expensive here. offten see people paying over 10 dollars to see a movie

is it like that in america?

also, atleast I can finally see it...
 
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Snake

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numble said:
TFA:
http://www.gewara.com/movie/224406330
1 pm ~336k (10 hours before premier)
2 pm 370,094 (9 hours before premier)
3 pm 405,750 (8 hours before premier)
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Jack The Nipper

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yeah, finally... it has been a little rough seeing everyone talk about it lol

may wait til monday when things arent so busy on a night or opening week :)

thanks man :)
 
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numble

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Jack The Nipper said:
tickets are pretty expensive here. offten see people paying over 10 dollars to see a movie

is it like that in america?

also, atleast I can finally see it...
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The average price is actually $4-$6 according to this site:
http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2015-04-20

In a big city the walk-up full price ticket is pretty expensive, but a lot of people buy online with discounts, but you'll need to be able to read Chinese. You can also go to the first showing in the morning or on Tuesday for 1/2 price.

Remember that most theaters are assigned seating, so you should buy ahead of time.
 
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ConfusingJazz

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numble said:
The average price is actually $4-$6 according to this site:
http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2015-04-20

In a big city the walk-up full price ticket is pretty expensive, but a lot of people buy online with discounts, but you'll need to be able to read Chinese. You can also go to the first showing in the morning or on Tuesday for 1/2 price.

Remember that most theaters are assigned seating, so you should buy ahead of time.
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IMAX in my town is around 80 RMB ($12), while the regular screen is 40 RMB ($6). Though this is also at a nice theater. I haven't checked the kinda crappy theaters.

I am seeing the IMAX tomorrow.
 
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JeffZero

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To add some American ticket cost numbers, here in Tampa Bay most places start at around $9 and the better showings can climb to $20.
 
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Jack The Nipper

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numble said:
The average price is actually $4-$6 according to this site:
http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2015-04-20

In a big city the walk-up full price ticket is pretty expensive, but a lot of people buy online with discounts, but you'll need to be able to read Chinese. You can also go to the first showing in the morning or on Tuesday for 1/2 price.

Remember that most theaters are assigned seating, so you should buy ahead of time.
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they do assign but yeah you can choose, it sucks sometimes. I always need people to get for me. They typically do buy online. I'll have to see when someone is ready to go with me as well.

In america i dont think i ever chose seeting is that a thing there as well now? ( havent been in america in 3 years)


Thanks for the advice

Shouldn't be a problem to go see it though. Should I try to find imax or a certain cinema for a better visual or sound experience?

Jeff that is right, I have payed more than 150 rmb for two people before. That comes out well over 25 bucks. Too much imo (disney isnt ever about cheap either) so well see how this plays in china.
 
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numble

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Minions (final gross - $68,490,000)
12.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 57328 (Premier)

Jurassic World (final gross - $228,740,000)
09.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 73115 (1 day before premier)
10.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 184599 (Premier)

Furious 7 (final gross - $390,910,000)
2015-04-11 23:36 - 472,900 (24 minutes before premier)
2015-04-12 (Premier)

Age of Ultron (final gross - $240,110,000)
05-10 22:31 250,953 (1.5 hours before premier)
05-11 (Premier)

TFA:
http://www.gewara.com/movie/224406330
1 pm ~336k (11 hours before premier)
2 pm 370,094 (10 hours before premier)
3 pm 405,750 (9 hours before premier)
4 pm 450,775 (8 hours before premier)
5 pm 470,130 (7 hours before premier)
 
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Kuros

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Interesting. Obviously not very scientific but from those Gewara numbers the multiplier range for gross is 0.8 (F7) to 1.2 (JW).
 
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numble

Member
Jack The Nipper said:
In america i dont think i ever chose seeting is that a thing there as well now? ( havent been in america in 3 years)

Shouldn't be a problem to go see it though. Should I try to find imax or a certain cinema for a better visual or sound experience?
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No, there still isn't much assigned seating in US, even if you buy a month in advance.

I've heard quality varies between theaters. Usually, the big chains are better, but the market is still pretty fragmented so the big chains are different in each region, so I wouldn't know what to recommend--I guess IMAX should have consistent quality.
 
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numble

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Minions (final gross - $68,490,000)
12.09.2015 Beijing time 00:01 -- Minions - 57328 (Premier)

Jurassic World (final gross - $228,740,000)
09.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 73115 (1 day before premier)
10.06.2015 Beijing time 00:00 -- JW - 184599 (Premier)

Furious 7 (final gross - $390,910,000)
2015-04-11 23:36 - 472,900 (24 minutes before premier)
2015-04-12 (Premier)

Age of Ultron (final gross - $240,110,000)
05-10 22:31 250,953 (1.5 hours before premier)
05-11 (Premier)

TFA:
http://www.gewara.com/movie/224406330
1 pm ~336k (11 hours before premier)
2 pm 370,094 (10 hours before premier)
3 pm 405,750 (9 hours before premier)
4 pm 450,775 (8 hours before premier)
5 pm 470,130 (7 hours before premier)
6 pm 492,937 (6 hours before premier)
 
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Kuros

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Not wanting to be a complete party pooper but as per boxofficetheory the number of theatres Gawara tracks is continuously going up. So its hard to make a direct comparison between films.
 
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numble

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Kuros said:
Not wanting to be a complete party pooper but as per boxofficetheory the number of theatres Gawara tracks is continuously going up. So its hard to make a direct comparison between films.
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Yes, I think that the presale numbers limit what you can guess about the upside. But it was clear that if it was doing below what those other movies did, that it would very likely do worse than those other movies, which is why many people were talking about presales not looking good.
 
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