Daily Box Office (April 24th 2026)
The market hits ¥25M/$3.65M. Up +91% from yesterday and up +15% from last week.
Should be 6th weekend for PHM in the title instead of 4th.
Province map of the day:
https://i.imgur.com/Eql45H5.png
Michael dominates on its opening day.
In Metropolitan cities:
Michael wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Suzhou
City tiers:
Michael tops every tier on its opening day.
Tier 1: Michael>Dear You>Project Hail Mary
Tier 2: Michael>It's OK>The Caged Butterfly
Tier 3: Michael>The Caged Butterfly>It's OK
Tier 4: Michael>The Caged Butterfly>It's OK
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | $1.56M | 79749 | 0.23M | $1.56M | $8M-$11M | ||
| 2 | It's OK | $0.39M | +12% | -43% | 53979 | 0.08M | $25.36M | $27M-$31M |
| 3 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.31M | +30% | -20% | 37725 | 0.06M | $11.89M | $13M-$15M |
| 4 | Project Hail Mary | $0.22M | +10% | -50% | 18530 | 0.04M | $37.87M | $39M-$42M |
| 5 | Dear You(Pre-Scr) | $0.20M | 5147 | 0.04M | $0.56M | |||
| 6 | Nobody But You 2 | $0.14M | -17% | 32627 | 0.03M | $3.12M | $3M-$4M | |
| 7 | Pegasus 3 | $0.13M | +8% | -48% | 17059 | 0.02M | $639.06M | $639M-$640M |
| 8 | Now I Met Her | $0.13M | +11% | -52% | 23297 | 0.03M | $10.43M | $11M-$12M |
| 9 | Super Mario Galaxy Movie | $0.12M | +100% | -50% | 20319 | 0.02M | $17.55M | $19M-$222M |
| 10 | Organ Child | $0.08M | -15% | 15362 | 0.01M | $1.35M | $1M-$2M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/Eql45H5.png
Michael dominates pre-sales for Saturday.
IMAX Screenings distribution
And just like that Project Hail Mary and Mario will lose the vast majority of IMAX screenings tomorrow which will go to Michael which already had a decent ammount for its Midnight screenings today.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Project Hail Mary | 83 | 249 | +166 |
| 2 | Michael | 373 | 3601 | +3228 |
| 2 | Super Mario Galaxy | 9 | 24 | +15 |
Michael
Michael opened with a rather dissapointing ¥10.6M/$1.56M. Below Bohemian Rhapsody's ¥12.6M opening.
Opening weekend projections massively downgraded to $4.7-5M. Total projections down to $8-11M
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $0.92M , IMAX: $0.48M , Rest: $0.12M
WoM figures:
Michael opens with great scores on both Maoyan and Taopiao.
Maoyan: 9.6 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban:
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $1.56M | $1.56M |
Scheduled showings update for Michael for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 79749 | $665k | $1.70M-$2.10M |
| Saturday | 85521 | $567k | $1.80M-$1.91M |
| Sunday | 69679 | $147k | $1.33M-$1.48M |
Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Mario Galaxy grossed ¥0.79M/$0.12M on its 4rd Friday.
Below the first movies ¥0.89M/$0.13M 4th Friday but slightly above the 4th Friday of Hoppers at ¥0.66/$0.09M
4th weekend projections slightly upgraded to $1.0-1.2M(-46%)
Super Mario Galaxy vs Super Mario Bros:
https://i.imgur.com/UQpTQ2m.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $16.31M , IMAX: $0.69M , Rest: $0.48M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.3 , Taopiaopiao: 9.3 , Douban: 7.0
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Week | $0.24M | $0.95M | $0.83M | $0.08M | $0.06M | $0.06M | $0.06M | $17.43M |
| Fourth Week | $0.12M | $17.55M | ||||||
| %± LW | -50% |
Scheduled showings update for Super Mario Galaxy Movie for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 20324 | $16k | $0.10M-$0.12M |
| Saturday | 32460 | $77k | $0.51M-$0.55M |
| Sunday | 25585 | $15k | $0.45M-$0.53M |
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary in 4th grossed ¥1.50M/$0.22M on Friday. The loss of the majority of IMAX screenings definitely affecting it.
6th weekend projections slightly raised to $1.2-1.6M(-38%)
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $24.55M , IMAX: $10.90M , Rest: $2.30M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.3 , Taopiaopiao: 9.2 , Douban: 8.6
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth Week | $0.44M | $1.02M | $0.78M | $0.20M | $0.20M | $0.20M | $0.20M | $37.65M |
| Sixth Week | $0.22M | $37.87M | ||||||
| %± LW | -50% |
Scheduled showings update for Project Hail Mary for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 18655 | $32k | $0.23M-$0.24M |
| Saturday | 20581 | $147k | $0.55M-$0.85M |
| Sunday | 17240 | $31k | $0.43M-$0.55M |
May/Labor Day:
The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues its solid pre-sales as opening day pre-sales exceed $100k reaching $119k
Cold War 1944 continues to lead pre-sales for May 1st Labor Day.
| Days till release | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Cold War 1994 | Vanishing Point | Being Towards Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | / | $68k/35764 | $20k/13736 | $12k/15106 |
| 8 | / | $191k/44903 | $137k/19293 | $52k/19940 |
| 7 | $8k/2229 | $287k/51261 | $189k/23937 | $64k/23680 |
| 6 | $58k/25865 | $381k/56830 | $228k/28028 | $76k/27293 |
| 5 | $119k/33312 | |||
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*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.
May/Labor Day Holidays(30.4-5.5)
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devil Wears Prada 2 | 163k | +2k | 274k | +3k | 26/74 | Drama/Comedy | 30.04 | $9-41M |
| Cold War 1944 | 71k | +2k | 92k | +2k | 75/25 | Drama/Action/Crime | 01.05 | $60-88M |
| Vanishing Point | 70k | +2k | 31k | +1k | 33/67 | Thriller/Crime | 01.05 | $21-36M |
| Being Toward Death | 21k | +1k | 10k | +1k | 38/62 | Drama | 01.05 | |
| Once a Thief | 29k | +2k | 21k | +1k | 47/53 | Drama/Comedy/Action | 03.05 |
May
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortal Kombat II | 23k | +1k | 12k | +1k | 75/25 | Action/Fantasy | 08.05 | |
| Love Battle | 34k | +1k | 48k | +1k | 20/80 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Be Yourself | 18k | +1k | 17k | +1k | 31/69 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 7k | +1k | 12k | +1k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 20.05 | $5M |
| All The Good Eyes | 20k | +1k | 11k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 |
by Firefox72
6 Comments
But-but-but mj is the biggest superstar in the world..the greatest thing since sliced bread..surely the chinese will pack out the theatres.. haha..
I think universal failed massively in promoting the movie in Asia
I’m just watched this in a tier 2 Chinese city, only other audience are two middle aged men
Chinese box-office has been pretty much dead for a whole… Curious when the next movie actually grossing anything will release.
Well despite the previous forecasts I’m still surprised and disappointed, would be nice to understand what went wrong
And how are the reviews compared to other biopics?
China not a big fan of movies about child molesters? Can’t blame them