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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11224 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: China Box Office
Ant-man is at 8.8 currently
And well, for me it would be hard to talk about any correlation based on math, but naturally a better received/ reviewed film has usually better legs.
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Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:51 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
This is the poster for Hong Kong. Is it going for scary? because I want to laugh when I look at it.
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Fri Sep 07, 2018 5:59 am |
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36923
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Re: China Box Office
Yeah that's a BAD poster.
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Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:58 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:57 pm |
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nghtvsn
Extraordinary
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:13 pm Posts: 11015 Location: Warren Theatre Oklahoma
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Re: China Box Office
Strange posters for predator if that’s what that is
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Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:17 am |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
Yes, it's Chinese posters for The Predator. They've gone for that whole localization thing, and it may work, but for me it looks like a complete fail. Then again, China doesn't have the association and relationship with Predator or Alien like the west does. It's new to them.
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Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:22 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
Jamie Foxx looks like Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn on this poster.
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Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:22 am |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11224 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: China Box Office
It looks nothing like Robin Hood, good for it that it's getting a China release it will need every overseas gross it can get.
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Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:53 am |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
I don't know. It looks more like Robin Hood than some of its US posters. But it isn't a great poster. A bit meh for me. Weird considering Chinese prefer white faces that they chose to hide the white man's face but show the black one.
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Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:33 am |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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Re: China Box Office
Yeah, I don't expect it to do that well here. $50m should be no problem, but anything more I'm also really not sure.
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Sat Oct 27, 2018 10:24 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
Funny that Escape Plan 2: Hades has grossed more than Smallfoot and The Spy Who Dumped Me combined.
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Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:58 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
Comes out in Taiwan on 30th November.
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Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:19 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
The Predator hasn't done all that well here, but then hopefully nobody expected it to. It has made $14 million in two days. Opening weekend should be just above $20 million.
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Sun Oct 28, 2018 3:44 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
The Hurricane Heist overtook Nutcracker and the Four Realms on Monday and Tuesday after N4R won the weekend. I am surprised that Hurricane Heist even got released here, though I suppose it is the type of shoddy film that you'd expect could find an audience. Still, it's not cleared $10m yet. This really is the box office doldrums. Venom opens Friday and perhaps it will pick up.
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Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:24 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
Venom made a whopping $31m first day, and it has a 9.4 on dianping. Could defy usual superhero crap and go above $130m total. Let's see how the rest of the weekend unfolds.
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Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:12 am |
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lilmac
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Re: China Box Office
Carnage movie is practically guaranteed
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Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:46 am |
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lilmac
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Re: China Box Office
why do you all know so much china stuff?
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Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:47 pm |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
I don't, but if you think I do then it's because I've lived in China for 6 years.
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Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:59 pm |
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Algren
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Re: China Box Office
Venom had a $44m second day. Total now at $78m.
It looks like it will overtake the total grosses of most superhero films within 3 days.
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Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:02 pm |
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Algren
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Re: China Box Office
Venom's total so far is $110m.
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Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:40 pm |
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nghtvsn
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Re: China Box Office
So why did venom become a smash ? I can’t imagine the Chinese are all that familiar with venom vs other superheroes so what was it’s secret if any.
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Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:22 am |
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Algren
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Re: China Box Office
Was talking about this with stuffp earlier, and I really don't know why it hit the ground running. The Chinese market is often so hard to read. Spider-Man movies have never done gangbusters here. I think Venom being the first big Hollywood movie in a while is a factor, and that there were tons of showtimes (like, every half-an-hour on the weekend), but in terms of the subject matter I really have no idea. There are some nice Chinese-only movie posters for it, but I can't imagine that made much of a difference. Who knows. Perhaps Venom is a very popular comic here in China. But I just can't see that being the case. Or maybe there is no logic to follow here. Maybe it just looked cool and action-packed and with a bit of humour (which is a MUST for Chinese audiences), so everyone rushed out to see it? ... as only China can do.
We know its legs won't be huge. It's not going to be a Wolf Warriors 2. It might end with $220 million. Still a monumental success, but coming from a $108m opening, that's shit legs.
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Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:00 am |
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Algren
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Re: China Box Office
So I just saw Venom. I thought I would check out what all the fuss was about, and no wonder it's doing well. It's from Tencent Pictures. When you have every person in China to market to through WeChat, no wonder awareness is high. Only a small percentage of people actually had to attend to make the $108m.
Other than that, and what attributed to its 9.4 score, is the mix of action and comedy. As I said before, Chinese love that shit. It's the perfect film for them in that way. Not to mention Hardy pretty much acting like a dude with learning difficulties throughout the film. The voice as well as that weird limp makes him look simple.
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Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:42 am |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67066
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Re: China Box Office
Grindelwald couldn't unseat Venom. Ouch.
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Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:43 pm |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
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Re: China Box Office
Algren wrote: So I just saw Venom. I thought I would check out what all the fuss was about, and no wonder it's doing well. It's from Tencent Pictures. When you have every person in China to market to through WeChat, no wonder awareness is high. Only a small percentage of people actually had to attend to make the $108m.
Other than that, and what attributed to its 9.4 score, is the mix of action and comedy. As I said before, Chinese love that shit. It's the perfect film for them in that way. Not to mention Hardy pretty much acting like a dude with learning difficulties throughout the film. The voice as well as that weird limp makes him look simple. And I think with it's Chinese speaking crash-site in Malaysia, and the Chinese shop keeper adding to the moviegoers here having something extra to feel familiar with.
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Mon Nov 19, 2018 4:23 am |
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