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    In China Hoppers opens with $2.06M on Friday. Weekend projections downgraded to $8-9M. Project Hail Mary opens 2nd with $1.29M. Weekend projections also lowered to $6-7M. Pegasus 3 in 3rd adds $1.22M(-47%)/$619.29M and is aiming for a $6M 5th weekend. Marty Supreme flops with just $0.05M in 11th


    Daily Box Office(March 20th 2026)

    The market hits ¥47.8M/$6.93M. Up +123% from yesterday and up +3% from last week.

    Wuthering Heights drops a strong -10% from last week.

    Peng Hu released a new trailer today. The movie is aiming for a summer release.

    Province map of the day:

    https://i.imgur.com/6mtYcNk.png

    Hoppers mostly dominates on its opening day.

    In Metropolitan cities:

    Pegasus 3 wins Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Wuhan

    Silent Awakenings wins Beijing

    Wuthering Heights wins Shanghai

    City tiers:

    Hoppers tops every tier. Project Hail Mary opens 2nd in T2 and 3rd in T3.

    Tier 1: Hoppers>Project Hail Mary>Pegasus 3

    Tier 2: Hoppers>Project Hail Mary>Pegasus 3

    Tier 3: Hoppers>Pegasus 3>Project Hail Mary

    Tier 4: Hoppers>Pegasus 3>Blades of the Guardians

    # Movie Gross %YD %LW Screenings Admisions(Today) Total Gross Projected Total Gross
    1 Hoppers $2.06M 92651 0.35M $2.06M $13M-$17M
    2 Project Hail Mary $1.29M 23696 0.20M $1.29M $12M-$15M
    3 Pegasus 3 $1.22M +31% -47% 82151 0.20M $619.29M $634M-$637M
    4 Blades of The Guardians $0.66M +16% -48% 50882 0.11M $199.25M $207M-$211M
    5 Sillent Awakenings $0.65M +18% -44% 44205 0.11M $190.45M $197M-$199M
    6 Wuthering Heights $0.27M -10% -10% 11574 0.04M $2.81M $5-$6M
    7 Night King $0.18M -5% -40% 9589 0.03M $30.52M $32M-$33M
    8 Boonie Bears: THP $0.10M +100% -58% 12700 0.02M $150.83M $153M-$154M
    9 Panda Plan 2 $0.09M -17% -30% 10675 0.02M $40.71M $42M-$43M
    10 GOAT $0.06M -6% 10946 0.01M $3.68M $4M-$5M
    11 Marty Supreme $0.05M 5728 0.01M $0.05M $0.5M-$1M

    New releases marked in bold

    Pre-Sales map for tomorrow

    https://i.imgur.com/x3ZNk4u.png

    Hoppers dominates pre-sales for tomorrow.

    IMAX Screenings distribution

    Hoppers dominates IMAX screenings today but its a short lived time on the throne as Project Hail Mary will surpass is tomorrow and then some.

    Movie IMAX Screeninsgs Today IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow Change
    1 Hoppers 2184 1260 -924
    2 Project Hail Mary 1171 2623 +1452
    3 Pegasus 3 349 97 -252
    4 Blades of The Guardians 75 37 -38

    Hoppers

    Hoppers grossed a solid ¥14.2M/$2.06M on its opening day. Not quite as strong as projected.

    Weekend projections slashed considerably to $8.4-8.9M

    Reception does appear to be strong so we'l see if it can help.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $1.84M , IMAX: $0.13M , Rest: $0.06M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: , Douban:

    # FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU Total
    First Week $2.06M $2.06M

    Scheduled showings update for Hoppers for the next few days:

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 92651 $674k $2.66M-$2.80M
    Saturday 103421 $1.03M $3.65M-$3.84M
    Sunday 81804 $223k $2.68M-$2.97M

    Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary with its late evening start grossed ¥8.9M/$1.29M on its opening day. Also not quite as strong as projected.

    Weekend projections slashed considerably to $6.4-7.1M

    Reception for this also appears pretty good.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $0.79M , IMAX: $0.43M , Rest: $0.04M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: , Douban:

    # FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU Total
    First Week $1.29M $1.29M

    Scheduled showings update for Project Hail Mary for the next few days:

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 23696 $476k $1.50M-$1.60M
    Saturday 62742 $945k $2.97M-$3.36M
    Sunday 43956 $304k $2.13M-$2.43M

    Pegasus 3

    Pegasus 3 grossed ¥8.4M/$1.22M on Friday.

    Weekend projections inreased to $5.9-6.1M(-47%)

    Admissions wise Pegasus 3 surpasses 91M tickets sold hitting 91.04M tickets sold. Pegasus realisticaly has 2.2-2.4M. By Sunday it will be pushing to surpass Full Rivel Red at 91.8M. After that it has The Mermaid at 92.5M, No More Bets at 92.95M and finnaly Operation Red Sea at 92.99M to chase down become the 9th attended movie of all time.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $570.16M , IMAX: $31.91M , Rest: $12.14M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 7.2

    # TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON Total
    Fourth Week $1.93M $1.74M $1.62M $2.29M $5.24M $3.73M $1.22M $614.98M
    Fifth Week $1.13M $1.03M $0.93M $618.07M
    %± LW -41% -41% -42%

    Scheduled showings update for Pegasus 3 for the next few days:

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 82745 $95k $1.16M-$1.19M
    Saturday 78853 $283k $2.75M-$2.80M
    Sunday 62637 $41k $1.95M-$2.11M

    Blades of the Guardians

    Blades of the Guardians grossed ¥4.54M/$0.66M on Friday. Tomorrow it will cross $200M

    5th weekend is projected at $3.0-3.4M(-45%)

    Blades of the Guardians vs Legend of The Condor Heroes:

    Blades of The Guardians total gross hits ¥1.374B. The ultimate goal here is to double the gross of Legend of The Condor Heroes for which Blades will need ¥1.378B. A goal it should reach tomorrow on the way towards a ¥1.4B+ finish.

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

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $190.60M , IMAX: $6.42M , Rest: $1.58M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 7.5

    # TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON Total
    Fourth Week $1.08M $1.02M $0.93M $1.27M $2.65M $2.05M $0.72M $196.70M
    Fifth Week $0.68M $0.64M $0.57M $0.66M $199.25M
    %± LW -37% -37% -39% -48%

    Scheduled showings update for Blades of the Guardians for the next few days:

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 51181 $51k $0.69M-$0.71M
    Saturday 47590 $143k $1.32M-$1.50M
    Sunday 37574 $25k $1.03M-$1.22M

    Other stuff:

    The next Holywood releases are Hoppers, Project Hail Mary and Marty Supreme on March 20th. Followed by Mario in early Aprill.

    Here's how Mario Galaxy Maoyan WTS numbers compare to the first movie.

    Mario:

    https://i.imgur.com/XLv0PjV.png

    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.

    March:

    Movie Maoyan WTS Daily Increase Taopiaopiao WTS Daily Increase M/W % Genre Release Date 3rd party media projections
    Where the River Flows 8k +1k 3k +1k 37/63 Drama/Crime 28.03
    No Other Love 8k +1k 32k +1k 39/62 Romance/Crime 28.03 $4M

    April:

    Movie Maoyan WTS Daily Increase Taopiaopiao WTS Daily Increase M/W % Genre Release Date 3rd party media projections
    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 113k +2k 52k +3k 38/62 Fantasy/Animation 03.04 $23-38M
    Now I Meet Her 32k +2k 55k +3k 38/62 Drama/Comedy 03.04 $5-8M
    Its Ok 13k +2k 14k +1k 19/81 Drama 03.04 $7-11M
    Game of Identity 202k +1k 62k +1k 23/77 Suspense/Crime 04.04 $7-15M
    Sunshine Women's Choir 2k +1k 2k +1k 22/77 Drama 04.04

    by Firefox72

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    3. leechee57 on

      Project Hail Mary will definitely catch up, my rednote feed is already full of its good reviews

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