“A Place Called Silence,” a remake of a crime thriller that debuted at the Busan film festival in 2022, kicked off its commercial career in mainland China with a $50 million theatrical debut.
The new film is directed by the same filmmaker, Sam Quah, but with a different cast from his 2022 effort. It earned RMB290 million ($40.9 million) between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. It was given an early start on Wednesday and over its full-five day opening run amassed $52.8 million.
The film is structured as a thriller about a masked killer targeting the students of a girls’ high school.
Quah previously directed “Sheep Without a Shepherd,” an official remake of India’s “Drishyam,” which previously opened on top of the Chinese box office in late 2019.
Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” climbed up a couple of places, into second position. It earned $6.9 million in its third week...
The new film is directed by the same filmmaker, Sam Quah, but with a different cast from his 2022 effort. It earned RMB290 million ($40.9 million) between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. It was given an early start on Wednesday and over its full-five day opening run amassed $52.8 million.
The film is structured as a thriller about a masked killer targeting the students of a girls’ high school.
Quah previously directed “Sheep Without a Shepherd,” an official remake of India’s “Drishyam,” which previously opened on top of the Chinese box office in late 2019.
Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” climbed up a couple of places, into second position. It earned $6.9 million in its third week...
- 7/8/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
China’s box office totalled $3.4bn (Rmb 23.9bn) in the first six months of 2024, down 9% year-on-year despite a strong start at Chinese New Year, according to consultancy Artisan Gateway.
Ticket sales from the first half of the year were also the lowest since 2016, according to additional figures from Maoyan Research Institute, a subsidiary of service provider Maoyan Entertainment. This excludes 2020 and 2022 when cinemas were closed for lengthy periods due to the Covid pandemic.
Artisan Gateway highlighted that cinema admissions dipped 8.9% year-on-year to 550 million, while the average ticket price stands at just over $6 (RMB43.4), which has remained relatively stable for the last three years.
Ticket sales from the first half of the year were also the lowest since 2016, according to additional figures from Maoyan Research Institute, a subsidiary of service provider Maoyan Entertainment. This excludes 2020 and 2022 when cinemas were closed for lengthy periods due to the Covid pandemic.
Artisan Gateway highlighted that cinema admissions dipped 8.9% year-on-year to 550 million, while the average ticket price stands at just over $6 (RMB43.4), which has remained relatively stable for the last three years.
- 7/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
The question of when the summer box office season is going to kick into high gear remains unanswered in mainland China – just as it had until recently in plenty of other markets.
Over the latest weekend, Chinese-produced feelgood movie “Moments We Shared” headed the box office chart for a second weekend, but with a significantly weaker performance.
It earned $14.1 million (RMB100 million) between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. That compared with $19.9 million a week earlier, when it only played for two days, instead of the usual three. After nine days in cinemas, it has a cumulative of $50.6 million.
The weekend’s highest opener was “Customs Frontline,” a clumsy action-thriller from Hong Kong’s Herman Yau and starring Nicholas Tse and martial arts ace Brahim Chab (aka Brahim Achabbakhe). It earned $10.4 million in its opening three days.
“A Quiet Place: Day One” was a close third.
Over the latest weekend, Chinese-produced feelgood movie “Moments We Shared” headed the box office chart for a second weekend, but with a significantly weaker performance.
It earned $14.1 million (RMB100 million) between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. That compared with $19.9 million a week earlier, when it only played for two days, instead of the usual three. After nine days in cinemas, it has a cumulative of $50.6 million.
The weekend’s highest opener was “Customs Frontline,” a clumsy action-thriller from Hong Kong’s Herman Yau and starring Nicholas Tse and martial arts ace Brahim Chab (aka Brahim Achabbakhe). It earned $10.4 million in its opening three days.
“A Quiet Place: Day One” was a close third.
- 7/1/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Worldwide box office June 21-23 Rank Film (distributor)3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) $264.4m $724.3m $164.4m $369.2m 45 2. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) $42.8m $289.1m $24.1m $142.2m 67 3. Moments We Shared (various) $19m $19m $19m $19m 1 4. The Bikeriders (Universal) $13.9m $13.9m $3.9m $3.9m 50 5. Despicable Me 4 (Universal) $9.3m $9.3m $9.3m $9.3m 4 6. The Garfield Movie (Sony) $7.3m $230.6m $3.7m $145.5m 62 7. Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (Disney) $5.6m $385.1m $2m $220.8m 54 8. If (Paramount) $4.1m $181.3m $1.4m $74.7m 60 9. Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now (various) $3.9m $5m $2.4m $2.4m 50 10. Fuiriosa: A Mad Max Saga...
- 6/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Feelgood local movie “Moments We Shared” ran off to a dominant win at the mainland China box office, despite releasing only on Saturday.
If ever there was need of further evidence of Hollywood’s diminished power with Chinese audiences, this weekend provided it. “Moments’” win came at the expense of two U.S. films – Pixar animation “Inside Out 2” and action franchise “Bad Boys 4” – that have performed well in other markets.
“Inside Out 2” got a head start and opened conventionally on Friday with a decent $2.32 million that temporarily put it in first place. Its Saturday total increased to $4.3 million and retreated slightly to $3.44 million on Sunday for a weekend total of $10.3 million. Imax reported that $1.1 million of that total came from its screens in China.
Nevertheless, the animated U.S. title was swept away by the Saturday-released “Moments.” It topped the chart on both Saturday and Sunday and earned $19.4 million over two days.
If ever there was need of further evidence of Hollywood’s diminished power with Chinese audiences, this weekend provided it. “Moments’” win came at the expense of two U.S. films – Pixar animation “Inside Out 2” and action franchise “Bad Boys 4” – that have performed well in other markets.
“Inside Out 2” got a head start and opened conventionally on Friday with a decent $2.32 million that temporarily put it in first place. Its Saturday total increased to $4.3 million and retreated slightly to $3.44 million on Sunday for a weekend total of $10.3 million. Imax reported that $1.1 million of that total came from its screens in China.
Nevertheless, the animated U.S. title was swept away by the Saturday-released “Moments.” It topped the chart on both Saturday and Sunday and earned $19.4 million over two days.
- 6/24/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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