Daily Box Office (May 1st 2026 – Labor Day Holiday Day 1)
The market hits ¥163.4M/$23.93M. Up +292% from yesterday and up +533% from last week.
Province map of the day:
https://i.imgur.com/p5eEwWh.png
Cold War 1994 and Vanishing Point dominates on Labor Day.
In Metropolitan cities:
Cold War 1994 wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Suzhou
City tiers:
Cold War 1994 tops T1-T3. Vanishing Point wins T4.
Tier 1: Cold War 1994>The Devil Wears Prada 2>Vanishing Point
Tier 2: Cold War 1994>Vanishing Point>The Devil Wears Prada 2
Tier 3: Cold War 1994>Vanishing Point>Being Towards Death
Tier 4: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Being Towards Death
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | $8.21M | 141418 | 1.50M | $8.21M | $68M-$75M | ||
| 2 | Vanishing Point | $6.37M | 95944 | 1.20M | $6.37M | $46M-$52M | ||
| 3 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $2.46M | +3% | 58003 | 0.41M | $4.86M | $16M-$20M | |
| 4 | Being Towards Death | $2.13M | 76222 | 0.42M | $3.74M | $14M-$20M | ||
| 6 | No one is closer than we | $1.06M | 9519 | 0.12M | $1.06M | $4M-$6M | ||
| 5 | Dear You | $0.98M | +78% | 7644 | 0.20M | $3.50M | $10M-$12M | |
| 7 | GG BOND: RACE THROUGH TIME | $0.76M | 38659 | 0.16M | $0.76M | $3M-$6M | ||
| 8 | Michael | $0.51M | -5% | -67% | 6816 | 0.08M | $7.16M | $11M-$12M |
| 9 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.31M | -24% | +2% | 8766 | 0.07M | $14.38M | $17M-$19M |
| 10 | Super Mario Galaxy Movie | $0.23M | +54% | +92% | 4352 | 0.04M | $19.15M | $21M-$23M |
| 11 | All The Good Eyes(Pre-Scr) | $0.17M | 9634 | 0.03M | $0.23M | |||
| 12 | Hoppers | $0.13M | +12% | +320% | 2760 | 0.02M | $24.63M | $25M-$28M |
| 13 | Project Hail Mary | $0.12M | -45% | -45% | 905 | 0.02M | $39.72M | $40M-$41M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/CpUKmlu.png
Cold War 1944 and Vanishing Point dominate pre-sales for the 2nd day of the Holidays.
IMAX Screenings distribution
Cold War 1994 dominates IMAX screenings today and will continue to do so going forward. The Devil Wears Prada 2 continues to bleed screenings as Michael and PHM get some back.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 3695 | 3598 | -97 |
| 2 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 733 | 528 | -205 |
| 3 | Michael | 308 | 494 | +186 |
| 4 | Project Hail Mary | 59 | 123 | +64 |
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994 opens with ¥55.9M/$8.21M on May/Labor Day. A solid opening day but below Cold War 2 which opened with ¥100M in 2016.
Weekend aiming for $21-22M
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $7.31M , IMAX: $0.61M , Rest: $0.15M
WoM figures:
Opens with an ok 7.2 on Douban.
Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: , Douban: 7.2
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $8.21M | $8.21M |
Scheduled showings update for Cold War 1994 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 141418 | $2.09M | $8.50M-$8.80M |
| Saturday | 122032 | $1.06M | $6.93M-$7.20M |
| Sunday | 97000 | $215k | $6.23M-$6.55M |
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point handinly beats projections opening with a strong ¥43.5M/$6.37M opening day. Might even increase tomorrow on the 2nd day of the Holidays.
Weekend will be aiming for $18-20M
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $6.30M , Rest: $0.07M
WoM figures:
Opens with a strong 9.5 on Maoyan and a good 7.7 on Douban.
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: , Douban: 7.7
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $6.37M | $6.37M |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 95944 | 1.36M | $4.40M-$5.10M |
| Saturday | 95748 | $1.07M | $6.41M-$6.79M |
| Sunday | 74244 | $205k | $5.90M-$6.59M |
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 drops to 3rd today after grossing ¥16.8M/$2.46M on Labor Day. Unlike Thunderbolts last year it actually increase a bit from its Labor Day Eve opening day. However Thunderbolts still made slightly more at ¥16.9M
4 day Holiday opening weekend projections remain at $9-10M
The Debvil Wears Prada 2 vs Thunderbolts:
https://i.imgur.com/Vn3re6K.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $4.29M , IMAX: $0.39M , Rest: $0.18M
WoM figures:
Holds the 9.5 across both Maoyan and Taopiaopiao. Opens with a meh 6.6 score on Douban.
I chuckled at this Douban review
The impact of AI depicted in the movie is likely real, because the movie itself appears to be generated by AI. WAP
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 6.6
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $2.40M | $2.46M | $4.86M |
Scheduled showings update for The Devil Wears Prada 2 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 57683 | $621k | $2.67M-$2.70M |
| Saturday | 43467 | $490k | $2.21M-$2.25M |
| Sunday | 31343 | $95k | $1.99M-$2.04M |
Michael
Michael grossed ¥3.52M/$0.51M on Friday. -67% from its opening Friday and slightly below projections however the full weekend projections have actually increased to $2-2.2M(-56%)
Slightly below Bohemian Rhapsody's 2nd weekend of ¥16.3/M$2.42M
Michael vs Bohemian Rhapsody:
https://i.imgur.com/fXp33Wl.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $4.77M , IMAX: $1.79M , Rest: $0.55M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 9.4 , Douban: 7.5
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $1.56M | $1.91M | $1.32M | $0.47M | $0.43M | $0.42M | $0.54M | $6.65M |
| Second Week | $0.51M | $7.16M | ||||||
| %± LW | -67% |
Scheduled showings update for Michael for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 6563 | $157k | $0.53M-$0.65M |
| Saturday | 24042 | $211k | $0.82M-$0.83M |
| Sunday | 8238 | $33k | $0.73M-$0.82M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortal Kombat II | 26k | +1k | 14k | +1k | 75/25 | Action/Fantasy | 08.05 | |
| Love Battle | 35k | +1k | 50k | +1k | 20/80 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Be Yourself | 21k | +1k | 19k | +1k | 31/69 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 14k | +3k | 21k | +4k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 20.05 | $5M |
| All The Good Eyes | 24k | +1k | 13k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 |
by Firefox72
4 Comments
Hoppers is still alive 💪 Didn’t expect it lol
With that many screenings that’s a pretty meh 1st day for Cold War.
Prada already outdoing Michael which came out a week back.
