Daily Box Office (April 25th 2026)
The market hits ¥46.5M/$6.80M. Up +84% from yesterday and down -21% from last week.
Province map of the day:
https://i.imgur.com/PCAJ1f7.png
Michael is denied a cleen sweep on Saturday.
In Metropolitan cities:
Michael wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Suzhou
City tiers:
Project Hail Mary climbs to 2nd in T1 and 3rd in T2.
Tier 1: Michael>Project Hail Mary>Dear You
Tier 2: Michael>It's OK>Project Hail Mary
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 | $1.91M | +31% | 83935 | 0.29M | $3.47M | $8M-$10M | |
| 2 | It's OK | $0.75M | +93% | -41% | 55900 | 0.15M | $26.11M | $27M-$32M |
| 3 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.70M | +126% | -23% | 41072 | 0.14M | $12.59M | $13M-$16M |
| 4 | Project Hail Mary | $0.60M | +174% | -41% | 20785 | 0.10M | $38.47M | $39M-$42M |
| 5 | Super Mario Galaxy Movie | $0.56M | +367% | -41% | 32891 | 0.10M | $18.11M | $20M-$22M |
| 6 | Dear You(Pre-Scr) | $0.36M | +80% | 5819 | 0.07M | $0.56M | ||
| 7 | Pegasus 3 | $0.31M | +139% | -32% | 17893 | 0.05M | $639.37M | $639M-$640M |
| 8 | Hoppers | $0.25M | +400% | -36% | 14137 | 0.05M | $24.07M | $24M-$25M |
| 9 | Now I Met Her | $0.22M | +70% | -51% | 21396 | 0.04M | $10.65M | $11M-$12M |
| 10 | Nobody But You 2 | $0.18M | +30% | -87% | 28978 | 0.03M | $3.30M | $3M-$4M |
| 11 | Organ Child | $0.10M | +25% | -79% | 12928 | 0.02M | $1.45M | $1M-$2M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/IuNuXZI.png
Michael dominates pre-sales for Sunday.
IMAX Screenings distribution
Michael absolutely dominates the IMAX screenings and will continue to do so tomorrow.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3731 | 3776 | +45 |
| 1 | Project Hail Mary | 257 | 221 | -36 |
| 2 | Super Mario Galaxy | 23 | 26 | +3 |
Michael
Michael grossed ¥13M/$1.91M on Saturday. A pretty dissapointing jump from Saturday. Significantly below Bohemian Rhapsody's ¥17.3M/$2.57M first Saturday.
Opening weekend projections further downgraded to $4.7-4.8M. Total projections down to $8-10M
Michael vs Bohemian Rhapsody:
https://i.imgur.com/QLpjIOB.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $2.17M , IMAX: $0.97M , Rest: $0.29M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.6 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban:
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $1.56M | $1.91M | $3.47M |
Scheduled showings update for Michael for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 85521 | $567k | $1.80M-$1.91M |
| Sunday | 78197 | $332k | $1.27M-$1.33M |
| Monday | 39880 | $13k | $0.31M-$0.46M |
Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Mario Galaxy grossed ¥3.85M/$0.56M on its 4rd Saturday.
Above the first movies ¥2.38M/$0.34M 4th Saturday for the first time in a while. Also above the 4th Saturday of Hoppers at ¥3.15/$0.46M
4th weekend projections slightly upgraded to $1.1-1.2M(-43%)
Super Mario Galaxy vs Super Mario Bros:
https://i.imgur.com/jWZ4F9A.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $16.86M , IMAX: $0.70M , 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 | $0.56M | $18.11M | |||||
| %± LW | -50% | -41% |
Scheduled showings update for Super Mario Galaxy Movie for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 32460 | $77k | $0.51M-$0.55M |
| Sunday | 33538 | $70k | $0.45M-$0.53M |
| Monday | 11035 | $1k | $0.06M-$0.07M |
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary in 4th grossed ¥4.10M/$0.60M on Saturday. The loss of the majority of IMAX screenings continues to affect it.
6th weekend projections downgraded to $1.2-1.3M(-48%)
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $25.08M , IMAX: $10.95M , Rest: $2.31M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.2(-0.1) , 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 | $0.60M | $38.47M | |||||
| %± LW | -50% | -41% |
Scheduled showings update for Project Hail Mary for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 20581 | $147k | $0.55M-$0.85M |
| Sunday | 21287 | $88k | $0.39M-$0.44M |
| Monday | 12664 | $3k | $0.12M-$0.13M |
May/Labor Day:
The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues its solid pre-sales as opening day pre-sales reach $178k. Up from the $143k Thundebolts sat at last year for its April 30th Labor Day eve release.
Cold War 1944 continues to lead pre-sales for the local lineup lauching on Labor Day itself on May 1st as its opening day pre-sales cross $500k
| Days till release | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Cold War 1994 | Vanishing Point | Being Towards Death | No one is closer than we |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $17k/618 |
| 5 | $119k/33312 | $504k/61504 | $287k/31672 | $92k/30186 | $50k/2502 |
| 4 | $178k/38107 | ||||
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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 | 166k | +3k | 277k | +3k | 26/74 | Drama/Comedy | 30.04 | $9-41M |
| Cold War 1944 | 72k | +1k | 93k | +1k | 75/25 | Drama/Action/Crime | 01.05 | $60-88M |
| Vanishing Point | 72k | +2k | 32k | +1k | 33/67 | Thriller/Crime | 01.05 | $21-36M |
| Being Toward Death | 22k | +1k | 11k | +1k | 38/62 | Drama | 01.05 | |
| Once a Thief | 29k | +1k | 22k | +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 | 24k | +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 | 8k | +1k | 13k | +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
7 Comments
I didn’t realize that Bohemian Rhapsody did so bad in China.
But the total box office estimates for Michael have always been $8M in China.
Yep fan frontloaded for Michael as expected. The strong audience scores are just fans and it won’t break out beyond them. Happens with a lot of movies but this one was an obvious case you could see coming
One of the few countries that will underperform. Whoop-dee-doo
Told ya.
https://preview.redd.it/yp8d4yau6dxg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12d0fc7aa2f40e7e21825d14e723bf81bf9f1264
Curios to see what the final numbers will be