Daily Box Office (May 14th 2026)
The market hits ¥41.9M/$6.17M today. Up +3% from yesterday and up +23% from last week.
The Housemaid has been confirmed for a release on May 29th.
Masters of the Universe confirmed for a release on June 5th.
Jaws is projected a $150k-ish opening day tomorrow into a $400-500k opening weekend.
Province map of the day:
https://imgdiff.net/s/8a369f58ae454aaa081ac062eceb8e08
Dear You cleen sweeps for the 2nd time.
In Metropolitan cities:
Dear You wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Nanjing
City tiers:
Unchanged from yesterday.
Tier 1: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994
Tier 2: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994
Tier 3: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994
Tier 4: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear You | $4.32M | +9% | +315% | 110614 | 0.87M | $33.70M | $148M-$157M |
| 2 | Vanishing Point | $0.83M | -12% | -56% | 82522 | 0.16M | $55.24M | $73M-$76M |
| 3 | Cold War 1994 | $0.43M | -12% | -61% | 53929 | 0.08M | $38.32M | $46M-$49M |
| 4 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $0.14M | -13% | -57% | 16996 | 0.03M | $13.66M | $16M-$17M |
| 5 | Mortal Kombat II | $0.09M | -17% | 16182 | 0.02M | $1.88M | $3M-$4M | |
| 6 | Being Towards Death | $0.06M | -16% | -71% | 19516 | 0.01M | $10.24M | $11M-$12M |
| 7 | Michael | $0.04M | -8% | -50% | 4148 | 0.01M | $9.75M | $10M-$11M |
| 8 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.03M | -1% | -38% | 10843 | 0.01M | $16.11M | $16M-$17M |
| 9 | Once a Thief | $0.03M | -5% | -60% | 5809 | 0.01M | $1.74M | $2M-$3M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/652brmC.png
Dear You dominates pre-sales for Friday
IMAX Screenings distribution
Cold War 1994 dominates IMAX screenings today and will continue to lead tomorrow but Jaws will get close on its release day.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 1373 | 1227 | -146 |
| 2 | Mortal Kombat II | 963 | 655 | -308 |
| 3 | Michael | 273 | 219 | -54 |
| 4 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 195 | 126 | -69 |
| 5 | Jaws | 49 | 1006 | +957 |
Dear You
Dear You cannot be stoped as it grossed another ¥29.3M/$4.32M on Thursday. Another +9% increase from yesterday and up +315% from last week.
3rd weekend projected at ¥210-255M/$30-38M(+270%)
Total projections climb to ¥1B+
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $33.70M
WoM figures:
The fantastic scores hold.
Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.7 , Douban: 9.1
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Week | $1.04M | $1.19M | $2.72M | $5.32M | $2.17M | $3.09M | $3.95M | $29.38M |
| Third Week | $4.32M | $33.70M | ||||||
| %± LW | +315% | / |
Scheduled showings update for Dear You for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 107204 | $515k | $3.78M-$3.96M |
| Friday | 125479 | $1.16M | $6.31M-$8.20M |
| Saturday | 115739 | $807k | $13.94M-$16.36M |
| Sunday | 84968 | $221k | $10.69M-$13.12M |
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point in 2nd adds ¥5.61M/$0.83M on Thursday.
3rd weekend projected at $4.9-5.9M(-35%)
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $54.48M, Rest: $0.68M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 8.9 , Douban: 7.4
| # | 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 |
| Second Week | $1.75M | $2.80M | $3.70M | $1.16M | $1.03M | $0.94M | $0.83M | $55.24M |
| %± LW | -73% | -67% | -61% | -87% | -81% | -60% | -56% |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 84114 | $55k | $0.83M-$0.85M |
| Friday | 80365 | $114k | $1.15M-$1.33M |
| Saturday | 53730 | $98k | $2.10M-$2.52M |
| Sunday | 36632 | $19k | $1.66M-$2.01M |
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 remains after grossing $0.14M
3rd weekend projected at $0.68-0.89M(-42%)
The Devil Wears Prada 2 vs Thunderbolts:
Continues to trail Thunderbolts and will likely fail to match its gross.
https://i.imgur.com/Zj11OKb.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $12.41M , IMAX: $0.71M , Rest: $0.35M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 6.6
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Week | $0.33M | $0.31M | $0.47M | $0.59M | $0.19M | $0.18M | $0.16M | $13.52M |
| Third Week | $0.14M | $13.66M | ||||||
| %± LW | -57% | / |
Scheduled showings update for The Devil Wears Prada 2 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 17441 | $19k | $0.14M-$0.15M |
| Friday | 15524 | $31k | $0.19M-$0.21M |
| Saturday | 4753 | $14k | $0.27M-$0.39M |
| Sunday | 3942 | $4k | $0.22M-$0.29M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sheep Detective | 19k | +1k | 38k | +1k | 25/75 | Comedy/Action | 16.05 | $2-7M |
| Be Yourself | 52k | +5k | 30k | +1k | 31/69 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | $6-7M |
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 34k | +1k | 88k | +1k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 22.05 | $5-9M |
| Crossing A Dawn | 22k | +1k | 36k | +4k | 29/71 | Drama/Comedy/Romance | 22.05 | $3-6M |
| All The Good Eyes | 34k | +1k | 16k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 | $6M |
| Memento | 15k | +1k | 30k | +2k | 57/43 | Crime/Drama | 29.05 | $5M |
| The Housemaid | 2k | +1k | 1k | +1k | 28/72 | Thriller/Drama | 29.05 | |
| Master Zhong | 3k | +1k | 3k | +1k | 37/63 | Fantasy/Animation | 30.05 | $1-2M |
by Firefox72
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I’m genuinely curious, are movies not big in Canada?