Daily Box Office (May 7th 2026)
The market hits ¥34.1M/$5.01M. Down -12% from yesterday and down -18% from last week.
Mortal Kombat II opening day pre-sales hit a final $99k for tomorrow. Projected a $0.37-0.48M opening day into a $1.7M-2M opening weekend. Total projections start at $5-6M
Dear You continues to impress increasing +10% today compared to yesterday. The only movie in the top 10 to increase. Total projections now at ¥200M+/$30M+. 2nd weekend projected at ¥37M/$5.4M
One thing to note is that were less than a month from Childrens day on June 1st and there's not really been any movies announced for the date yet. Especialy Animated movies. Doraemon used to be a staple for this day but with the temporary ban on Japanese imports it remains to be seen what animated movie will fill that gap.
Province map of the day:
https://i.imgur.com/p7MqaAv.png
Vanishing Point continues to dominate but is denied a cleen sweep by Dear You
In Metropolitan cities:
Dear You wins Guangzhou and Shenzhen
Vanishing Point wins Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuhan and Nanjing
City tiers:
Dear You climbs to 1st in T1 and 2nd in T3-T4.
Tier 1: Dear You>Cold War 1994>Vanishing Point
Tier 2: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Dear You
Tier 3: Vanishing Point>Dear You>Cold War 1994
Tier 4: Vanishing Point>Dear You>Cold War 1994
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanishing Point | $1.88M | -19% | 104527 | 0.37M | $43.03M | $76M-$78M | |
| 2 | Cold War 1994 | $1.11M | -16% | 79715 | 0.21M | $31.94M | $52M-$54M | |
| 3 | Dear You | $1.04M | +10% | +89% | 36317 | 0.21M | $10.94M | $31M-$33M |
| 4 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $0.33M | -13% | -86% | 29058 | 0.06M | $11.62M | $16M-$18M |
| 5 | Being Towards Death | $0.20M | -16% | 37677 | 0.04M | $9.36M | $11M-$13M | |
| 6 | Once a Thief | $0.08M | -18% | 11524 | 0.02M | $1.33M | $2M-$3M | |
| 7 | Michael | $0.08M | -20% | -85% | 7857 | 0.01M | $9.22M | $10M-$11M |
| 8 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.05M | -13% | -87% | 14267 | 0.01M | $15.74M | $16M-$17M |
| 9 | No one is closer than we | $0.03M | -31% | 5645 | 0.01M | $5.91M | $6M-$7M | |
| 10 | Project Hail Mary | $0.03M | -6% | -86% | 1947 | 0.01M | $40.53M | $40M-$41M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/pIkvocY.png
Vanishing Point dominates pre-sales for Friday.
IMAX Screenings distribution
Cold War 1994 dominates IMAX screenings today and will continue to do so going forward even with Mortal Kombat II releasing.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 2285 | 1791 | -494 |
| 2 | Michael | 449 | 319 | -130 |
| 3 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 401 | 373 | -28 |
| 4 | Project Hail Mary | 162 | 116 | -46 |
| 4 | Mortal Kombat II | 40 | 939 | +899 |
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point continues to lead adding ¥12.7M/$1.88M. Not really holding as well post the holidays as expected.
Total gross hits ¥293.2M/$43.03M and will cross ¥300M tomorrow.
The weekend that will be impacted by the work Saturday projected at $8-10M(-63%)
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $42.33M , Rest: $0.52M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 8.9 , Douban: 7.6
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $6.37M | $8.40M | $9.46M | $9.09M | $5.55M | $2.31M | $1.88M | $43.03M |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 104845 | $171k | $2.03M-$2.21M |
| Friday | 102920 | $200k | $1.81M-$1.94M |
| Saturday | 78669 | $112k | $2.79M-$2.81M |
| Sunday | 53249 | $86k | $3.90M-$4.77M |
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994 adds ¥7.56M/$1.11M today. Might get competition for 2nd from Dear You really soon.
Weekend projected at $4.5-5.5M(-76%)
Cold War 1994 vs Cold War 2/1
https://i.imgur.com/SNnTwWI.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $28.44M , IMAX: $2.75M , Rest: $0.57M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 7.2
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $8.21M | $6.96M | $6.01M | $5.03M | $3.30M | $1.32M | $1.11M | $31.94M |
Scheduled showings update for Cold War 1994 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 80651 | $75k | $1.15M-$1.21M |
| Friday | 75370 | $83k | $1.04M-$1.09M |
| Saturday | 55427 | $33k | $1.38M-$1.53M |
| Sunday | 36707 | $18k | $2.04M-$2.94M |
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 remains 4th today after adding ¥2.25M/$0.33M.
Weekend should be $1.4-1.8M(-74%)
The Devil Wears Prada 2 vs Thunderbolts:
Again made slightly more today than Thunderbolts(¥2.11M) did on its second post Holidays day last year.
https://i.imgur.com/pFUNmgC.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $10.63M , IMAX: $0.66M , Rest: $0.32M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 6.6
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $2.40M | $2.46M | $1.98M | $1.68M | $1.47M | $0.92M | $0.38M | $11.29M |
| Second Week | $0.33M | $11.62M | ||||||
| %± LW | -86% |
Scheduled showings update for The Devil Wears Prada 2 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 29640 | $50k | $0.32M-$0.40M |
| Friday | 25799 | $59k | $0.32M-$0.35M |
| Saturday | 17547 | $23k | $0.41M-$0.48M |
| Sunday | 10899 | $12k | $0.66M-$0.96M |
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
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Battle | 36k | +1k | 52k | +1k | 20/80 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Be Yourself | 28k | +3k | 23k | +1k | 31/69 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 25k | +2k | 34k | +1k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 20.05 | $5M |
| All The Good Eyes | 29k | +1k | 15k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 |
by Firefox72
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it’s genuinely fascinating how all or nothing business seems to be in china, even for the local movies. every few years there will be one movie flexing how big the market is and then dozens just doing 3% of it
May is gonna be barren for this market huh except for Dear You over performing.