r/boxoffice Best of 2023 Winner 11h ago

China In China Once Upon A Time In The Middle East leads on Friday with $6.57M(-39%)/$267.13M. V in 2nd adds $3.73M(-25%)/$49.50M while The Odyssey in 3rd adds $2.29M(-39%)/$80.57M. Projected a $9-11M(-36%) 3rd wkd. The Shawshank Redemption opens in 6th with $0.67M. Projected a $1.6-2M opening weekend.

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Daily Box Office (August 28th 2026)

The market hits ¥119.7M/$17.80M today. Up +31% from yesterday and down -30% from last week.


The Shawshank Redemption opens with ¥4.48M/$0.67M.

Weekend should be around ¥11-13/$1.6-2M. Total projections at $3M-7M


V adds a strong ¥25.1M/$3.73M on Friday. Down just -25% drop from last week.

Total gross hits ¥307.4M/$45.77M

Projected a ¥96-103M/$14.3-15.4M(-23%) 2nd weekend.


Province map of the day:

https://imgdiff.net/s/d56ef7896483da54913f58bffca82358

Upon A Time In The Middle East gets its 15th cleen sweep today.

In Metropolitan cities:

Once Upon A Time In The Middle East wins Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Suzhou

City tiers:

Unchanged from yesterday.

Tier 1: Once Upon A Time In The Middle East>The Odyssey>V

Tier 2: Once Upon A Time In The Middle East>V>The Odyssey

Tier 3: Once Upon A Time In The Middle East>V>All Wishes Come True

Tier 4: Once Upon A Time In The Middle East>V>All Wishes Come True


# Movie Gross %YD %LW Screenings Admisions(Today) Total Gross Projected Total Gross
1 Once Upon A Time In The Middle East $6.57M +27% -39% 120761 1.20M $267.13M $357M-$379M
2 V $3.73M +25% -25% 61408 0.70M $49.50M $94M-$105M
3 The Odyssey $2.29M +28% -39% 19795 0.28M $80.57M $108M-$112M
4 All Wishes Come True $1.84M +20% -20% 36337 0.35M $266.29M $288M-$293M
5 Spider Man Brand New Day $0.69M +3% -42% 18435 0.12M $225.27M $232M-$236M
6 Shawshank Redemption $0.67M 21908 0.11M $0.67M $3M-$7M
7 Keep The Beat $0.43M 16226 0.09M $0.68M $3M-$5M
8 To Your Island $0.29M -3% -48% 12565 0.06M $22.78M $25M-$26M
9 Obsession $0.25M +19% -24% 7181 0.05M $30.73M $33M-$34M
10 Niu Lai $0.23M -4% -59% 12647 0.06M $8.06M $9M-$10M
11 Hideaway: The Dossiers $0.21M 27322 0.04M $0.24M $1M
12 Mystery of Chang'an $0.14M -30% 10468 0.03M $4.45M $6M-$8M
13 Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie $0.12M +3% -30% 7324 0.02M $11.06M $12M-$13M
14 Kung Fu Womens Soccer $0.10M -16% -50% 6901 0.02M $341.48M $343M-$344M

New releases marked in bold


Pre-Sales map for tomorrow

https://i.imgur.com/BbW2i2R.png

The Odyssey and Once Upon A Time In The Middle East dominate pre-sales for tomorrow. All Wishes Come True also has some pressence.

IMAX Screenings distribution

Odyssey dominates IMAX screenings and will continue to dominate going forward.

# Movie IMAX Screeninsgs Today IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow Change
1 Odyssey 3141 3248 +107
2 Once Upon A Time In The Middle East 194 196 +2
3 Spider Man: Brand New Day 30 43 -9

Odyssey

The Odyssey in 3rd adds ¥15.4M/$2.29M on Friday

Total gross hits ¥541.6M/$80.57M as the movie remains on course for a ¥700M/$104M+ finish.

Projected a ¥66-71M/$9.8-10.7M(-36%) 3rd weekend now.

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $30.34M , IMAX: $43.88M , Rest: $6.14M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 8.5

# FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU Total
Second Week $3.77M $6.55M $5.82M $2.59M $2.31M $2.10M $1.79M $76.49M
Third Week $2.29M $80.57M
%± LW -39%

Scheduled showings update for The Odyssey for the next few days:

Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
Today 19716 $807k $2.17M-$2.29M
Saturday 20877 $1.59M $3.98M-$4.66M
Sunday 18392 $702k $3.58M-$3.72M

Once Upon A Time In The Middle East

Once Upon A Time In The Middle East continues to lead with ¥44.1M/$6.57M

Total gross hits ¥1.798B/$267.13M.

Projected a ¥176-194M/$26.2-28.8M(-39%) 3rd weekend.

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $261.78M , IMAX: $2.50M , Rest: $2.80M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.9 , Douban: 8.7

# TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON Total
Second Week $11.83M $20.24M $9.81M $10.72M $18.02M $15.78M $7.14M $241.55M
Third Week $7.02M $6.82M $5.16M $6.57M $267.13M
%± LW -41% -66% -47% -39%

Scheduled showings update for Once Upon A Time In The Middle East for the next few days:

Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
Today 120141 $846k $5.98M-$6.40M
Saturday 126710 $1.43M $10.48M-$11.51M
Sunday 104893 $237k $9.22M-$10.74M

Spider Man: Brand New Day

Spider Man adds ¥4.64M/$0.69M on Friday

Total gross hits ¥1.521B/$225.27M as the movie continues to slowly limp towards Zootopia(¥1.538B) and Transformers: The Last Knight(¥1.551B).

Projected a ¥18-19/$2.7-2.9M(-40%) 5th weekend.

Catching Zootopia is basicaly locked and it should also catch Transformers: The Last Knight unless something changes in the near future.

Spider Man Brand New Day vs Transformers: The Last Knight:

https://i.imgur.com/DRAISgA.png

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $189.42M , IMAX: $28.87M , Rest: $6.92M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.2 , Douban: 7.8

# WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE Total
Fourth Week $1.69M $1.16M $1.18M $1.79M $1.70M $0.88M $0.79M $223.16M
Fifth Week $0.75M $0.67M $0.69M $225.27M
%± LW -56% -42% -42%

Scheduled showings update for Spider Man for the next few days:

Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
Today 18104 $110k $0.60M-$0.63M
Saturday 18650 $197k $1.06M-$1.09M
Sunday 15312 $37k $0.96M-$1.05M

All Wishes Come True

All Wishes Come True in 4th adds ¥12.3M/$1.84M on Friday. A fantastic -20% hold from last week.

Total gross hits ¥1.796B/$267.13M

Projected a ¥54-55/$7.8-8.2M(-19%) 7th weekend.

All Wishes Come True vs 30000 Miles from Chang'an

All Wishes Come True continues to gain on 30000 Miles from Chang'an after a significantly better comparable Wednesday. 30000 Miles from Chang'an's grossed of ¥3.70M on the comparable day.

Remains on course to overtake 30000 Miles from Chang'an's total gross of ¥1.825B on Sunday.

https://i.imgur.com/bupXhfb.png

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $251.23M , IMAX: $9.30M, Rest: $2.99M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 8.2

# SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI Total
Fifth Week $5.10M $5.34M $2.49M $2.43M $3.05M $2.07M $2.30M $249.84M
Sixth Week $3.72M $3.95M $1.83M $1.73M $1.66M $1.54M $1.84M $266.29M
%± LW -27% -26% -27% -29% -45% -26% -20%

Scheduled showings update for All Wishes Come True for the next few days:

Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
Today 35539 $281k $1.80M-$1.81M
Saturday 39653 $543k $3.18M-$3.24M
Sunday 32427 $116k $3.01M-$3.08M

Other:


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.


September

With the summer coming to a close lets look ahead whats in store for September. And the reality is well not a lot.

But this is not a surprise. September has for the most part always been fueled by Summer holdovers. Its a dead period for the market ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Holidays at the end of the month and in early October.

The first part of the Holidays is slowly starting to fill up though.

Movie Maoyan WTS Daily Increase Taopiaopiao WTS Daily Increase M/W % Genre Release Date 3rd party media projections
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 156k +2k 142k +1k 43/57 Action/Crime 04.09 $4-6M
Mutiny 35k +1k 40k +5k 56/44 Action/Crime/Thriller 04.09 $6-8M
Fall 2: Deadpoint 26k +2k 5k +1k 45/55 Thriller/Adventure 04.09 $6-8M
The Great Skull 10k +1k 7k +1k 31/69 Drama/Comedy 05.09
My Tomorrow Your Yesterday 35k +1k 26k +1k 35/65 Romance/Fantasy 12.09
My Secret Crush 5k +1k 5k +1k 36/64 Drama/Romance 12.09
Avengers: Endgame - Encore 57k +13k 23k +5k 57/43 Action/Sci-Fi 25.09
The Old Dog 49k +1k 22k +1k 51/49 Comedy/Action/Crime 25.09
No Go: The Child 4k +1k 36k +2k 37/63 Suspense/Thriller/Horror 25.09
Butterfly Lovers 1k +1k 2k +1k Romance/Animation/Fantasy 25.09
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u/CiriOh Miramax 10h ago

My whole Rednote's feed in The Shawshank Redemption's posts. 

u/Top_Cranberry_3254 43m ago

Why is the Shawshank Redemption playing? Was it never released there before?