Daily Box Office (May 20th 2026)
The market hits ¥179.0M/$26.33M today. Up +186% from yesterday and up +340% from last week. Boosted by 520 Day acting as the unofficial Valentines Day.
Province map of the day:
https://imgdiff.net/s/7fabe6e253f2b821b20273dea2445bc4
Dear You cleen sweeps for a 8th day running.
In Metropolitan cities:
Dear You wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Nanjing
City tiers:
Be Yourself opens 2nd in every tier.
Tier 1: Dear You>Be Yourself>Crossing A Dawn
Tier 2: Dear You>Be Yourself>Vanishing Point
Tier 3: Dear You>Be Yourself>Vanishing Point
Tier 4: Dear You>Be Yourself>Vanishing Point
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear You | $14.12M | +83% | +257% | 164782 | 2.80M | $104.79M | $235M-$237M |
| 2 | Be Yourself | $8.99M | 97994 | 1.60M | $8.99M | $15M-$16M | ||
| 3 | Vanishing Point | $1.22M | +88% | +30% | 34028 | 0.24M | $63.61M | $75M-$79M |
| 4 | Crossing A Dawn(Pre-Scr) | $1.00M | 49240 | 0.19M | $1.00M | |||
| 5 | Cold War 1994 | $0.31M | +11% | -36% | 14483 | 0.05M | $41.44M | $45M-$46M |
| 6 | All The Good Eyes(Pre-Scr) | $0.15M | 7024 | 0.03M | $0.75M | |||
| 7 | Midnight Ghost | $0.10M | 7207 | 0.02M | $0.10M | $1M | ||
| 8 | The Sheep Detective | $0.07M | -20% | 6674 | 0.01M | $1.84M | $2M-$4M | |
| 9 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $0.07M | -8% | -55% | 3276 | 0.01M | $14.48M | $15M-$16M |
| 10 | Mortal Kombat II | $0.03M | -14% | -72% | 2171 | 0.01M | $2.47M | $2M-$3M |
| 11 | Michael | $0.03M | +13% | -25% | 1079 | 0.01M | $10.07M | $10M-$11M |
| 12 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.03M | +11% | -7% | 3556 | 0.01M | $16.34M | $16M-$17M |
| 13 | Jaws | $0.02M | -1% | 1054 | 0.01M | $0.53M | $1M | |
| 14 | A Man and A Woman | $0.02M | -60% | 4027 | 0.01M | $0.49M | $1M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/652brmC.png
Dear You dominates pre-sales for Thursday
IMAX Screenings distribution
Cold War 1994 will ontinue leading the IMAX screenings. Mandalorian & Grogu will get a decent chunk of screenings for its midnight screenings tomorrow.
On Friday Mandalorian & Grogu will dominate the IMAX screenings with 3.5k+
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 1445 | 1186 | -259 |
| 2 | Mortal Kombat II | 596 | 604 | +8 |
| 3 | Jaws | 479 | 441 | -38 |
| 4 | Michael | 334 | 321 | -13 |
| 5 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 258 | 210 | -48 |
| 5 | Mandalorian & Grogu | 0 | 279 | +279 |
Dear You
Dear You scores another fantastic ¥96M/$14.12M today. Not quite ¥100M but still amazing. Boosted by the 520 Day which acts as an unofficial Valentines Day.
Total gross passes ¥700M/$100M.
Early 4th weekend projections at ¥259-278M/$38-41M(-4%)
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $90.67M
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 | $7.71M | $17.47M | $16.26M | $7.79M | $7.74M | $14.12M | $104.79M |
| %± LW | +315% | +548% | +545% | +206% | +259% | +150% | +257% | / |
Scheduled showings update for Dear You for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 163372 | $2.40M | $14.68M-$15.26M |
| Thursday | 173239 | $1.00M | $7.06M-$7.72M |
| Friday | 130716 | $413k | $8.77M-$8.82M |
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point drops to 3rd today but also benefits greatly from the boost with ¥8.29M/$1.22M. Back above $1M for the day.
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $62.60M, Rest: $0.81M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 8.9 , Douban: 7.4
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Week | $1.75M | $2.80M | $3.70M | $1.16M | $1.03M | $0.94M | $0.83M | $55.24M |
| Third Week | $1.17M | $2.71M | $1.86M | $0.66M | $0.65M | $1.22M | $63.61M | |
| %± LW | -33% | -3% | -50% | -43% | -37% | +30% | / |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 35314 | $137k | $0.95M-$1.24M |
| Thursday | 41772 | $55k | $0.66M-$0.75M |
| Friday | 19822 | $11k | $0.70M-$0.81M |
Other:
Star Wars: Mandalorian&Grogu Opening Day Pre-Sales
No real beating around the bush. These pre-sales are just plainly bad at this point.
Opening day projections remain at $1.3-1.5M. Weekend would probably come to around $4.5-5.5M out of that if it holds.
| Days till release | Star Wars: Mandalorian&Grogu | Star Wars Episode 9 | Star Wars: Solo | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Fantastic Four | Superman |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | / | $8k/2183 | / | / | / | $22k/16811 |
| 7 | $11k/7362 | $64k/7614 | $3k/844 | $8k/2229 | $2k/2677 | $34k/20362 |
| 6 | $34k/11945 | $158k/17095 | $15k/5255 | $58k/25865 | $15k/6992 | $47k/22921 |
| 5 | $53k/14928 | $190k/18498 | $62k/10400 | $119k/33312 | $39k/9088 | $57k/24252 |
| 4 | $72k/17784 | $220k/19856 | $100k/13757 | $178k/38107 | $65k/11095 | $69k/25899 |
| 3 | $109k/23118 | $296k/22045 | $170k/23562 | $248k/42532 | $113k/14695 | $90k/28749 |
| 2 | $159k/32763 | $365k/26573 | $258k/34339 | $347k/51432 | $178k/19592 | $123k/36460 |
| 1 | $226k/50567 | $551k/38351 | $417k/51441 | $482k/76051 | $303k/35148 | $209k/53727 |
| 0 | $866k/49675 | $772k/77294 | $796k/90311 | $611k/45327 | $446k/66422 |
*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
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 44k | +2k | 95k | +2k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 22.05 | $5-9M |
| Crossing A Dawn | 29k | +2k | 52k | +7k | 29/71 | Drama/Comedy/Romance | 22.05 | $3-6M |
| All The Good Eyes | 39k | +1k | 18k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 | $6M |
| Memento | 18k | +1k | 36k | +1k | 57/43 | Crime/Drama | 29.05 | $5M |
| The Housemaid | 7k | +1k | 2k | +1k | 28/72 | Thriller/Drama | 29.05 | |
| Master Zhong | 6k | +1k | 8k | +1k | 37/63 | Fantasy/Animation | 30.05 | $1-2M |
Summer
Do note that the vast majority of the local summer lineup including all the likely heavy hitters has not been announced yet. There are rumors. Even interviews confirmations of what might come but no real official announcements yet.
The 2026 China Film Fair and 29th National Film Promotion Conference will be held in Xiamen from the 20th to the 23rd of May and should see a decent ammount of detail about the upcoming summer lineup.
As for Holywood most of the June lineup as well as Minions&Monsters on July 1st is already announced. The most notable miss from June so far is Disclosure Day but that should be coming as well.
For July Moana 2, Odyssey and Spider Man which is already rumored to have passed review will be announced in due time as will be Paw Patrol 3 for August.
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters of the Universe | 4k | +1k | 13k | +1k | 72/28 | Action/Sci-Fi | 05.06 | |
| Toy Story 5 | 52k | +2k | 86k | +2k | 38/62 | Animation/Comedy | 19.06 | |
| Operation Black-Ops | 30k | +1k | 27k | +1k | 38/62 | Action/War/Crime | 19.06 | |
| Invictus | 18k | +1k | 26k | +1k | 20/80 | Romance/Crime | 19.06 | |
| Crossing | 31k | +1k | 56k | +1k | 54/46 | History/war | 26.06 | |
| Supergirl | 9k | +1k | 20k | +1k | 65/35 | Action/Sci-Fi | 26.06 | |
| Minions&Monsters | 91k | +2k | 30k | +1k | 37/63 | Comedy/Animation | 03.07 | |
| Three Kingdoms: The Beginning | 15k | +1k | 62k | +2k | 49/51 | History/Animation | 10.07 | |
| Da Sheng Rises | 2k | +1k | 7k | +1k | 56/44 | Fantasy/Animation | 10.07 |
by Firefox72
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A bit over half of Solo is insane