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    In China Project Hail Mary grossed $0.92M/$11.30M on Thursday. 2nd weekend projections skyrocket to $6.7-7.2M(-3%). Blades of the Guardians in 2nd adds $0.61M(+7%)/$204.22M while Hoppers in 4th adds $0.42M/$11.75M. Projected a $4-4.2M(-57%) 2nd weekend. Super Mario Galaxy pre-sales start.


    Daily Box Office(March 26th 2026)

    The market hits ¥23.5M/$3.40M. Down -13% from yesterday and up +10% from last week.

    Province map of the day:

    https://i.imgur.com/fS8Z3BZ.png

    Project Hail Mary and Pegasus 3 mostly dominate on Thursday

    In Metropolitan cities:

    Project Hail Mary wins Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Suzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Nanjing and Hangzhou,

    City tiers:

    Pegasus 3 climbs to 3rd in T2.

    Tier 1: Project Hail Mary>Hoppers>Pegasus 3

    Tier 2: Project Hail Mary>Blades of the Guardians>Pegasus 3

    Tier 3: Blades of the Guardians>Project Hail Mary>Pegasus 3

    Tier 4: Pegasus 3>Blades of the Guardians>Project Hail Mary

    # Movie Gross %YD %LW Screenings Admisions(Today) Total Gross Projected Total Gross
    1 Project Hail Mary $0.92M -11% 48866 0.14M $11.31M $24M-$27M
    2 Blades of The Guardians $0.61M -22% +7% 44695 0.09M $204.22M $207M-$208M
    3 Pegasus 3 $0.51M -7% -45% 69125 0.09M $626.21M $632M-$636M
    4 Hoppers $0.42M -16% 63273 0.07M $11.75M $18M-$21M
    5 Sillent Awakenings $0.29M +3% -47% 39428 0.05M $193.23M $196M-$197M
    6 It's OK(Previews) $0.17M -4% 11277 0.03M $0.62M $5M-$6M
    7 Wuthering Heights $0.14M -2% -53% 12559 0.02M $4.21M $5M-$6M
    8 Night King $0.09M -9% -52% 8347 0.02M $31.45M $32M-$33M

    New releases marked in bold

    Pre-Sales map for tomorrow

    https://i.imgur.com/gAD39UG.png

    Project Hail Mary mostly dominates pre-sales for Thursday.

    IMAX Screenings distribution

    Project Hail Mary dominates IMAX today will continue to dominate them through the weekend.

    Movie IMAX Screeninsgs Today IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow Change
    1 Project Hail Mary 2757 3082 +325
    2 Hoppers 250 175 -75
    3 Pegasus 3 42 19 -23

    Hoppers

    Hoppers grossed ¥2.90M/$0.42M on Thursday.

    2nd weekend projections narrow to $4.0-4.2M(-57%)

    Hoppers vs some other animated movies of recent years

    https://i.imgur.com/8WeQcEC.png

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $10.91M , IMAX: $0.48M , Rest: $0.32M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.4 , Douban: 7.7

    # FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU Total
    First Week $2.06M $4.36M $3.20M $0.67M $0.53M $0.50M $0.42M $11.75M

    Scheduled showings update for Hoppers for the next few days:

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 63925 $56k $0.45M-$0.49M
    Friday 64582 $138k $0.75M-$0.86M
    Saturday 53119 $128k $1.75M-$1.76M
    Sunday 34541 $35k $1.53M-$1.58M

    Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary caps off its first week with ¥6.32M/$0.92M on Thursday. Drops below $1M for the first time.

    2nd weekend projections skyrocket to $6.7-7.2M(-3%). Safe to say that if this comes to pass it would be an unreal hold.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $7.12M , IMAX: $3.64M , Rest: $0.45M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.3 , Douban: 8.5

    # FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU Total
    First Week $1.29M $3.15M $2.74M $1.10M $1.08M $1.03M $0.92M $11.31M

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

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 49108 $153k $0.92M-$0.95M
    Friday 50972 $309k $1.44M-$1.46M
    Saturday 43513 $351k $3.08M-$3.21M
    Sunday 27556 $115k $2.24M-$2.53M

    Pegasus 3

    Pegasus 3 grossed ¥3.55M/$0.51M on Thursday.

    Projected a $3-3.3M(-46%) 6th weekend.

    Admissions wise Pegasus 3 hits 92.2M tickets sold. Over the weekend it will surpass The Mermaid at 92.5M and start chassing No More Bets at 92.95M and finaly Operation Red Sea at 92.99M before it potentialy crosses 93M admissions sold to become the 9th attended movie of all time.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $576.80M , IMAX: $31.93M , Rest: $12.17M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 7.2

    # TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON Total
    Fifth Week $1.13M $1.03M $0.93M $1.22M $2.75M $1.87M $0.64M $624.55M
    Sixth Week $0.60M $0.55M $0.51M $626.21M
    %± LW -47% -47% -45%

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

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 69592 $30k $0.52M-$0.54M
    Friday 69273 $50k $0.68M-$0.70M
    Saturday 43663 $31k $1.34M-$1.54M
    Sunday 28071 $6k $1.04M-$1.08M

    Blades of the Guardians

    Blades of the Guardians grossed ¥4.19M/$0.61M on Thursday. Continues to benefit from gross corrections.

    Projected a $1.7M-1.8M(-41%) 6th weekend.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $195.21M , IMAX: $6.43M , Rest: $1.59M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 7.5

    # TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON Total
    Fifth Week $0.68M $0.64M $0.57M $0.66M $1.33M $0.96M $0.44M $201.98M
    Sixth Week $0.85M $0.78M $0.61M $204.22M
    %± LW +25% +22% +7%

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

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 44878 $259k $0.69M-$0.79M
    Friday 44548 $71k $0.43M-$0.44M
    Saturday 25320 $165k $0.72M-$0.77M
    Sunday 16376 $91k $0.57M-$0.60M

    Other stuff:

    The next Holywood release is Mario on April 3rd.

    Super Mario Opening Day Pre-Sales

    Mario pre-sales have begun today. Unlike the first movie which opened on a Holiday Wednesday this one opens on the Friday while the Holiday is on the Monday instead. Which means the weekend will likely be more backloaded.

    Days till release Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Minecraft Inside Out 2 Hoppers
    7 $7.5k/20317 $46k/9022 $118k/18286 $13k/10139 /
    6 $70k/11223 $187k/20616 $25k/12948 $25k/15417
    5 $101k/13146 $288k/22169 $42k/15205 $55k/21433
    4 $153k/16547 $409k/23989 $65k/17987 $90k/25767
    3 $234k/20670 $571k/32741 $104k/24579 $149k/32701
    2 $347k/23740 $795k/48382 $167k/34281 $231k/45576
    1 $624k/39769 $1.15M/71398 $282k/59326 $363k/70176
    0 $1.75M/61559 $2.41M/83945 $678k/80153 $674k/91319

    *Gross/Screenings

    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
    No Other Love 15k +1k 37k +1k 39/62 Romance/Crime 28.03 $4M
    Where the River Flows 11k +1k 7k +1k 37/63 Drama/Crime 28.03

    April:

    Movie Maoyan WTS Daily Increase Taopiaopiao WTS Daily Increase M/W % Genre Release Date 3rd party media projections
    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 125k +1k 68k +1k 38/62 Fantasy/Animation 03.04 $23-38M
    Now I Meet Her 41k +1k 67k +1k 38/62 Drama/Comedy 03.04 $5-8M
    Its Ok 25k +2k 24k +1k 19/81 Drama 03.04 $7-11M
    Game of Identity 210k +2k 68k +1k 23/77 Suspense/Crime 04.04 $7-15M
    Sunshine Women's Choir 9k +2k 9k +1k 22/77 Drama 04.04
    Devil Wears Prada 2 31k +2k 37k +6k 26/74 Drama/Comedy 30.04

    by Firefox72

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    4. dinopigs1 on

      Hopefully it manages to get close to a 1/3rd of the Martian, which finished its run with 95m. It looks very unlikely that it hits 31m, but a great performance nonetheless.

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