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    In China Project Hail Mary grossed a fantastic $1.53M(+19%)/$12.84M on Friday. A +19% increase from its opening day last week. 2nd weekend projections rise to $7.4-8.1M(+8%). Hoppers in 2nd adds $0.83M(-59%)/$12.58M. Projected a $4.6-4.8M(-51%) 2nd weekend. Michael confirmed for April 24th.


    Daily Box Office(March 27th 2026)

    The market hits ¥34.4M/$4.97M. Up +46% from yesterday and down -28% from last week.

    Michael has been confirmed for a April 24th release date.

    Da Sheng Rises the first of a few Wukong/Monkey King projects in development has just been announced for for a July 10th release. The first prime weekend of the Summer. The movie comes from the production team behind 2015's Monkey King: Hero is Back which shattered animated records at the time. However not helmed by the same director. That director is currently working on his own Monkey King movie.

    Province map of the day:

    https://i.imgur.com/019zuyl.png

    Project Hail Mary and Pegasus 3 mostly dominate on Friday
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    In Metropolitan cities:

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

    City tiers:

    Hoppers climbs to 2nd in T2-T3. 3rd in T4.

    Tier 1: Project Hail Mary>Hoppers>Pegasus 3

    Tier 2: Project Hail Mary>Hoppers>Pegasus 3

    Tier 3: Project Hail Mary>Hoppers>Pegasus 3

    Tier 4: Pegasus 3>Project Hail Mary>Hoppers

    # Movie Gross %YD %LW Screenings Admisions(Today) Total Gross Projected Total Gross
    1 Project Hail Mary $1.53M +66% +19% 50930 0.24M $12.84M $25M-$30M
    2 Hoppers $0.83M +97% -59% 64444 0.15M $12.58M $18M-$22M
    3 Pegasus 3 $0.71M +40% -42% 68988 0.12M $626.92M $632M-$636M
    4 Blades of The Guardians $0.44M -28% -33% 44404 0.07M $204.66M $208M-$210M
    5 Sillent Awakenings $0.39M +35% -40% 38830 0.07M $193.62M $196M-$197M
    6 It's OK(Previews) $0.32M +89% 12733 0.07M $0.94M $5M-$6M
    7 Wuthering Heights $0.18M +29% -33% 12068 0.03M $4.39M $5M-$6M
    8 Night King $0.11M +23% -39% 7960 0.02M $31.56M $32M-$33M
    9 Sunshine Women's Choir(Previews) $0.09M 7951 0.02M $0.09M

    New releases marked in bold

    Pre-Sales map for tomorrow

    https://i.imgur.com/kpG792M.png

    Project Hail Mary mostly dominates pre-sales for Saturday

    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 3086 3405 +319
    2 Hoppers 174 222 +48
    3 Pegasus 3 20 22 +2

    Hoppers

    Hoppers a solid ¥5.74M/$0.83M on Friday

    2nd weekend projections increase to $4.6-4.8M(-51%)

    Hoppers vs some other animated movies of recent years

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

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $11.70M , IMAX: $0.49M , Rest: $0.33M

    WoM figures:

    Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.4 , Douban: 7.6(-0.1)

    # 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
    Second Week $0.83M $12.58M
    %± LW -59%

    Scheduled showings update for Hoppers for the next few days:

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 64582 $138k $0.75M-$0.86M
    Saturday 67752 $433k $2.13M-$2.16M
    Sunday 55979 $95k $1.72M-$1.73M

    Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary grossed a fantastic ¥10.59M/$1.53M on Friday. A 19% increase from its opening day last week.

    2nd weekend projections increase further to $7.4-8.1M(+8%). Incredible.

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $8.14M , IMAX: $4.06M , Rest: $0.51M

    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
    Second Week $1.53M $12.84M
    %± LW +19%

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

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 50972 $309k $1.44M-$1.46M
    Saturday 53212 $897k $3.46M-$3.65M
    Sunday 44050 $240k $2.42M-$2.93M

    Pegasus 3

    Pegasus 3 grossed ¥4.90M/$0.71M on Friday.

    Weekend projections slightly up to $3.1-3.4M(-44%).

    Admissions wise Pegasus 3 hits 92.33M tickets sold. Tomorrow 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: $577.47M , 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 $0.71M $626.92M
    %± LW -47% -47% -45% -42%

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

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 69273 $50k $0.68M-$0.70M
    Saturday 59686 $153k $1.39M-$1.56M
    Sunday 47648 $22k $1.06M-$1.10M

    Blades of the Guardians

    Blades of the Guardians grossed ¥3.06M/$0.44M on Friday.

    Weekend projections increase to $2.0M-2.8M(-20%).

    Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $195.65M , 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 $0.44M $204.66M
    %± LW +25% +22% +7% -33%

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

    Day Number of Showings Presales Projection
    Today 44548 $71k $0.43M-$0.44M
    Saturday 34523 222k $0.91M-$1.34M
    Sunday 28383 $108k $0.71M-$1.05M

    Other stuff:

    The next Holywood release is Mario on April 3rd followed by Devil Wears Prada 2 on the 30th.

    Super Mario Opening Day Pre-Sales

    Mario Galaxy has a decent 2nd day of pre-sales as it surpasses Hoppers and Inside Out 2 at the same point.

    Expectedly still lagging behind the first movie due to its Holiday boosted opening day while Super Mario Galaxy will get the Holiday on its 4th day on Monday instead.

    Days till release Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Minecraft Inside Out 2 Hoppers
    7 $7.5k/20317 $46k/9022 $118k/18286 $13k/10139 /
    6 $31k/28640 $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.

    April:

    Movie Maoyan WTS Daily Increase Taopiaopiao WTS Daily Increase M/W % Genre Release Date 3rd party media projections
    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie 127k +2k 70k +2k 38/62 Fantasy/Animation 03.04 $23-38M
    Now I Meet Her 42k +1k 69k +2k 38/62 Drama/Comedy 03.04 $5-8M
    Its Ok 29k +4k 27k +3k 19/81 Drama 03.04 $7-11M
    Game of Identity 211k +1k 69k +1k 23/77 Suspense/Crime 04.04 $7-15M
    Sunshine Women's Choir 10k +1k 9k +1k 22/77 Drama 04.04
    Michael 52k +2k 37k +1k 59/41 Biograpy/Drama 24.04
    Devil Wears Prada 2 34k +3k 43k +6k 26/74 Drama/Comedy 30.04

    by Firefox72

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