Daily Box Office (February 4th 2026)
The market hits ¥28.1M/$4.05M which is up +4% from yesterday and down -5% from last week.
Project Hail Mary has been approved for a release.
The play Intel Alia from Suzie Miller and starring Rosamund Pike has also been confirmed. This will mark the 2nd project from her that will get a theathrical release after Prima Facie which released last year and made almost $5M
Province map of the day:
Zootopia 2 continues to mostly dominate.
In Metropolitan cities:
Busted Water Pipes wins Wuhan, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Suzhou
Zootopia 2 wins Chengdu, Chongqing and Guangzhou
The Shining wins Beijing
Avatar 3 wins Shenzhen
Mercy wins Shanghai
City tiers:
Zootopia 2 climbs to 1st in T1. Mercy back into the top 3 in T1.
Tier 1: Zootopia 2The Shining>Mercy
Tier 2: Zootopia 2>Busted Water Pipes>Avatar 3: Fire & Ash
Tier 3: Zootopia 2>Busted Water Pipes>The Fire Raven
Tier 4: Zootopia 2>The Fire Raven>Busted Water Pipes
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zootopia 2 | $0.82M | +7% | +25% | 60774 | 0.15M | $633.65M | $641M-$649M |
| 2 | Busted Water Pipes | $0.53M | +4% | -20% | 50343 | 0.10M | $11.28M | $17M-$18M |
| 3 | The Fire Raven | $0.48M | +6% | -17% | 39810 | 0.09M | $63.96M | $68M-$70M |
| 4 | Return to Silent Hill | $0.44M | +17% | -37% | 45280 | 0.08M | $15.75M | $19M-$21M |
| 5 | Avatar 3: Fire & Ash | $0.44M | +9% | +10% | 21358 | 0.06M | $164.84M | $170M-$172M |
| 6 | The Shining | $0.29M | -6% | 16772 | 0.05M | $3.48M | $6M-$7M | |
| 7 | Mercy | $0.18M | +1% | -56% | 16824 | 0.03M | $6.44M | $8M-$9M |
| 8 | Take Off | $0.18M | +1% | -36% | 17120 | 0.04M | $9.25M | $10M-$12M |
| 9 | Shelter | $0.16M | -8% | 29691 | 0.03M | $2.39M | $4M-$5M | |
| 10 | Fight Against Evil 3 | $0.12M | -6% | 19966 | 0.03M | $1.68M | $2M-$3M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/I6O547E.png
Zootopia 2 mostly dominates pre-sales for Thursday
IMAX Screenings distribution
The Shining is the widest IMAX release today and will remain so tomorrow.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shining | 1282 | 1267 | -15 |
| 2 | Avatar 3: Fire & Ash | 1060 | 1064 | +4 |
| 3 | Mercy | 264 | 263 | -1 |
| 4 | Zootopia | 54 | 50 | -4 |
Return To Silent Hill
Return To Silent Hill re-overtakes Avatar 3 today after increasing +17% from yesterday. By far the biggest increase in the top 10. Seems well on course for a potential $20M+ in China now.
Pre-sales for tomorrow are up +80% but i would not expect such an increase.
Early 3rd weekend projections raised to $1.7-2.1M(-11%). Fascinating stuff.
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $15.75M
WoM figures: Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: , Douban: 4.5
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $3.98M | $3.60M | $1.87M | $0.82M | $0.71M | $0.70M | $0.67M | $12.35M |
| Second Week | $0.64M | $0.87M | $0.68M | $0.39M | $0.38M | $0.44M | $15.75M | |
| %± LW | -84% | -76% | -64% | -52% | -46% | -37% | / | / |
Scheduled showings update for Return To Silent Hill for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 45112 | $50k | $0.38M-$0.42M |
| Thursday | 45215 | $92k | $0.44M-$0.48M |
| Friday | 26624 | $10k | $0.49M-$0.53M |
Avatar 3: Fire & Ash
Avatar 3 continued to increase with $0.44M. 9% up from yesterday and 10% up from last week.
Over the weekend it will cross 24M admissions and overtake Creation of The Gods Part II(24.08M) to become the 8th most attended movie of 2025.
Early weekend projections remain around $1.9-2.4M
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $113.29M , IMAX: $39.80M , Rest: $11.70M
WoM figures: Maoyan: 9.3, Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 7.6
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sixth Week | $0.54M | $1.12M | $0.96M | $0.33M | $0.36M | $0.40M | $0.41M | $161.48M |
| Seventh Week | $0.45M | $0.90M | $0.79M | $0.38M | $0.40M | $0.44M | $164.84M | |
| %± LW | -16% | -20% | -18% | +15% | +12% | +10% | / | / |
Scheduled showings update for Avatar 3 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 21352 | $76k | $0.42M-$0.46M |
| Thursday | 21544 | $64k | $0.40M-$0.41M |
| Friday | 14433 | $27k | $0.45M-$0.50M |
Zootopia 2
Zootopia 2 grossed another strong ¥5.69M/$0.82M today. Continues to increase day by day. Today being up 7% from yesterday and up +25% from last week.
Pre-sales for tomorrow basicaly flat from today so it should be another at least ¥5.2M/$0.75M+ day
The projections for the weekend have widened to $4.0-5.0M. Even the low end would still be enough for the best 11th weekend of all time.
Zootopia 2 vs Detective Chinatown 3 and Full River Red
Zootopia 2 hits ¥4.471B as it continues on its quest to become the 8th and then 7th highest grossing movie of all time in China.
It needs another ¥52M/$7.5M to surpass DC3 and another ¥79M/$10.5M to surpass Full River Red. The gap to Full River Red could be halved by Sunday.
https://i.imgur.com/9Tcb41i.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $581.00M , IMAX: $33.00M , Rest: $11.50M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.7 , Douban: 8.4
| # | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenth Week | $0.66M | $0.71M | $0.90M | $1.76M | $1.53M | $0.76M | $0.77M | $632.83M |
| Eleventh Week | $0.82M | $633.65M | ||||||
| %± LW | +25% | / |
Scheduled showings update for Zootopia 2 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 60281 | $97k | $0.75M-$0.78M |
| Thursday | 61687 | $97k | $0.76M-$0.81M |
| Friday | 41770 | $14k | $0.91M-$1.07M |
Other stuff:
The next Holywood release is La La Land re-release on Valentines Day. Followed by The Bride, Wuthering Heights and GOAT in March.
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.
Early February
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La La Land Re-release | 164k | +3k | 149k | +1k | 30/70 | Musical | 14.02 |
Spring Festival 2026 Lineup:
With 20 days to go the Spring Festival lineup is now complete barring any suprise late addition.
6 movies will enter the ring this year.
Pegasus 3 will be heading into the Spring Festival as the headline movie and the big favorite. The sequel to Pegasus 2 which made $400M+ in the Spring Festival 2 years ago with returning director Han Han and returning lead Shen Teng will look to repeat if not improve on the success of the 2nd part.
Director Zhang Yimou returns to the Holiday season after his successful Article 20($340M) in 2024 and Full River Red($670M+) in 2023 with Silent Awakening. A National Security-Themed movie. While unlikely to challenge for the victory this movie has a decent shot at taking 2nd place.
The Boonie Bears franchise as has been the case for the last 12 years returns to the Spring Festival with Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector. The new entry in the $1B+ franchise will look to improve on last years $118M and push the franchise back closer if not over the $200M mark it surpassed in 2024 and 2023.
Blades of the Guardians starring Wu Jing and Jet Li meanwhile will try to revive the popularity of the martial arts genre and aim to improve upon the result and especialy reception of last years Condor Heroes which failed to break $100M. This and Boonie Bears will in all likelyhood fight for 3rd place.
Per Aspera Ad Astra as the only Sci-Fi blockbuster will try to make itself stand out with cool visuals and a unique theme. However its very likely this ends up being the cannon fodder of the lineup.
And lastly Panda Plan 2 or as its officialy called Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe. I don't see this doing partiuraly well either but it could tempt in some families.
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegasus 3 | 723k | +26k | 550k | +41k | 40/60 | Drama/Comedy/Sports | 17.02 | $460-547M |
| Panda Plan 2 | 288k | +6k | 86k | +5k | 33/67 | Comedy/Action | 17.02 | $71-87M |
| Silent Awakening | 231k | +13k | 698k | +43k | 21/79 | Crime/Espionage | 17.02 | $158-313M |
| Blades of the Guardians | 171k | +7k | 492k | +22k | 42/58 | Action/Martial Arts | 17.02 | $129-244M |
| Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector | 170k | +10k | 162k | +11k | 37/63 | Animation/Fantasy | 17.02 | $194-230M |
| Per Aspera Ad Astra | 80k | +2k | 150k | +4k | 25/75 | Fantasy/Sci-Fi | 17.02 | $43-86M |
| Return To The Wolves Re-Release | 53k | +10k | 69k | +7k | 30/70 | Documentary | 19.02 |
by Firefox72
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This is remarkable, right? Late legs don’t happen often in China, and if I heard correctly somewhere else, the only other movie that outgrosses Zootopia 2 at this point in the run is Ne Zha 2.
It beat Endgame?
> Project Hail Mary approved for release.
Looking forward to seeing how it performs in China; hope it does gangbusters. For comparison, these are the grosses for similar sci-fi films:
* *Gravity* (2013) – $70m
* *Interstellar* (2014) – $140m
* *The Martian* (2015) – $94m
Phenomenal stability!
645M-660M final.
1. wknd: 271.7M
2. wknd: 430.3M (+158.6M)
3. wknd: 502.5M (+72.2M)
4. wknd: 539.1M (+36.6M)
5. wknd: 560.9M (+21.8M)
6. wknd: 601.3M (+40.4M)
7. wknd: 610.6M (+9.3M)
8. wknd: 619.2M (+8.6M)
9. wknd: 624.6M (+5.4M)
10. wknd: 631.2M (+6.6M)
Close to 640M on Sunday.
Highest grossing Hollywood Animation in a single market:
1. Inside Out 2 (PIXAR/DISNEY) – 652.9M (US/Canada)
2. Zootopia 2 (DISNEY) – 633.6M+ (China)
3. Incredibles 2 (PIXAR/DISNEY) – 608.5M (US/Canada)
4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (ILLUMINATION) – 574.9M (US/Canada)
5. The Lion King (2019) (DISNEY)- 543.6M (US/Canada)
6. Finding Dory (PIXAR/DISNEY)- 486.2M (US/Canada)
7. Frozen II (DISNEY) – 477.3M (US/Canada)
8. Moana 2 (DISNEY) – 460.4M (US/Canada)
9. Shrek 2 (DREAMWORKS) – 444.9M (US/Canada)
10. Toy Story 4 (PIXAR/DISNEY)- 434.0M (US/Canada)
Looks like this friday will potential a 1 million + day and SAT and SUN will probably above 2 million. No have wonder this heights of box office from Zootopia 2 in China.