Daily Box Office(October 18th 2025)
The market hits ¥75.0M/$10.53M which is up +101% from yesterday and up +41% from last week.
One Battle After Another drops to 5th with $0.98M. Aiming for a $2.4M opening weekend.
Zootopia 2 breaks 500k on Maoyans WTS anticipation metric. 10th animated movie to break this mark and ofc 1st from Holywood.
Province map of the day:
Row To Win dominates pre-sales for Sunday.
In Metropolitan cities:
The Volunteers: Peace at Last wins Chongqing
Row to Win wins Wuhan and Suzhou
Tron: Ares wins Guangzhou, Chengdu and Nanjing
One Battle After Another wins Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou
City tiers:
One Battle After Another and Tron remain strong in T1 but can't make the same impact elsewhere.
Tier 1: One Battle After Another> Tron: Ares>Row to Win
Tier 2: Row to Win>The Volunteers: Peace at Last>Tron: Ares
Tier 3: Row to Win>The Volunteers: Peace at Last>A Writer's Odyssey II
Tier 4: Row to Win>The Volunteers: Peace at Last>731
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Row to Win | $1.94M | +134% | +64% | 45445 | 0.39M | $43.72M | $53M-$59M |
| 2 | The Volunteers: Peace at Last | $1.49M | +42% | -18% | 54588 | 0.30M | $79.53M | $85M-$89M |
| 3 | Tron: Ares | $1.21M | +59% | 53358 | 0.20M | $1.97M | $5M-$6M | |
| 4 | A Writer's Odyssey II | $1.08M | +157% | -1% | 36250 | 0.21M | $49.38M | $54M-$55M |
| 5 | One Battle After Another | $0.98M | +47% | 37777 | 0.16M | $1.65M | $4M-$5M | |
| 6 | Sound of Silence | $0.96M | +140% | -4% | 31862 | 0.19M | $31.41M | $34M-$37M |
| 7 | 731(Evil unbound) | $0.84M | +121% | +1% | 31082 | 0.19M | $267.49M | $270M-$271M |
| 8 | The Return of The Lame Hero | $0.38M | +124% | -22% | 15580 | 0.08M | $10.72M | $12M-$13M |
| 9 | Sons of the Neon Night | $0.19M | +74% | -46% | 9051 | 0.03M | $12.52M | $13M-$14M |
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/ntzA1cO.png
Row to Win dominates a part of the country with the rest being a scrap.
IMAX Screenings distribution
Tron will remain by far the widest IMAX release tomorrow but will lose a bit of them with One Battle After Another still taking most of the remaining.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tron: Ares | 2816 | 2541 | -275 |
| 2 | One Battle after Another | 1130 | 1179 | +49 |
| 3 | The Volunteers 3 | 97 | 133 | +36 |
| 4 | A Writers Odyssey II | 44 | 94 | +50 |
| 5 | F1: The Movie | 30 | 44 | +14 |
Tron: Ares
Tron Ares does about as well as projected on Saturday. Which ultimately means its headed for a sub $3M weekend. Rough.
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $1.36M , IMAX: $0.52M, Rest: $0.09M
WoM figures:
The Douban score opening at 6.1 is far from ideal as well. Thats pretty much negative reception.
Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: , Douban: 6.1
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $0.76M | $1.21M | $1.97M |
Scheduled showings update for Tron: Ares at Last for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 55628 | $233k | $1.10M-$1.30M |
| Sunday | 45643 | $135k | $0.80M-$0.85M |
| Monday | 23601 | $4k | $0.22M-$0.25M |
The Volunteers: Peace at Last
The Volunteers: Peace at Last drops to 2nd today as Row To Win jumps over it.
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $74.08M , IMAX: $3.31M, Rest: $1.76M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 7.3
| # | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Week | $5.89M | $3.31M | $1.01M | $1.02M | $1.81M | $2.08M | $0.75M | $74.81M |
| Third Week | $0.69M | $0.75M | $0.74M | $1.05M | $1.49M | $79.53M | ||
| %± LW | -88% | -77% | -27% | +3% | -18% | / | / | / |
Scheduled showings update for The Volunteers: Peace at Last for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 54944 | $155k | $1.47M-$1.63M |
| Sunday | 55825 | $107k | $1.11M-$1.23M |
| Monday | 27425 | $27k | $0.40M-$0.49M |
Other stuff:
The next Holywood release is Predator: Badlands sometimes in November.
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.
October/November
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Typhoon | 81k | +1k | 32k | +1k | 27/73 | Drama | 25.10 | $4-7M |
| Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing | 34k | +3k | 24k | +1k | 53/47 | Anime | 25.10 | |
| Her Turn | 79k | +3k | 9k | +1k | 29/71 | Crime/Suspense | 31.10 | $5-11M |
| Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers | 49k | +3k | 101k | +8k | 40/60 | Animation | 01.11 | |
| The Sun Rises On Us All | 21k | +1k | 17k | +1k | 27/73 | Drama | 07.11 | $3-5M |
| Resurrection | 201k | +1k | 299k | +2k | 20/80 | Drama/Sci-Fi | 22.11 | $28-42M |
| Zootopia 2 | 516k | +24k | 677k | +17k | 33/67 | Animation | 26.11 | $84-168M |
| Predator: Badlands | 7k | +3k | 8k | +3k | 77/23 | Action | November – TBD |
December
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avatar 3:Fire & Ash | 215k | +5k | 169k | +5k | 50/50 | Sci-Fi/Action | 19.12 | $200M |
| A Cool Fish 3 | 74k | +1k | 117k | +1k | 35/65 | Comedy/Crime | 31.12 | |
| The Fire Raven | 47k | +1k | 3k | +1k | 37/63 | Suspense/Crime | 31.12 | |
| Escape From The Outland | 6k | +1k | 6k | +1k | 53/47 | Drama/Action/War | 31.12 |
by Firefox72
4 Comments
Firefox-Why does WTS score is not increasing for Avatar 3 and when will it’s market campaign will begin in China?
Zootopia is going to make some bank!
OBAA’s Douban rating is around an 8.1, so reception seems quite positive, even if it’s not going to make all that much over there. Would be fascinating if like other OS regions like Korea so far, it ultimately makes more than Tron in the long run.
How’s the WOM so far for OBAA in China?