Daily Box Office (May 2nd 2026 – Labor Day Holiday Day 2)
The market hits ¥170.0M/$24.90M. Up +4% from yesterday and up +252% from last week.
The Horror movie The Caged Butterfly has surpassed the ¥100M mark today. It has become only the 4th Domestic Horror movie to surpass this mark in history and only the 2nd one after 2020 only behind its predescesor from 2024.
Province map of the day:
https://i.imgur.com/R0Pp2Y0.png
Vanishing Point takes over the map and pretty much dominates.
In Metropolitan cities:
Cold War 1994 wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Wuhan and Nanjing
Vanishing Point wins Chongqing, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Suzhou
City tiers:
Vanishing Point climbs to 1st in T2 and T3 and 2nd in T1.
Tier 1: Cold War 1994>Vanishing Point>The Devil Wears Prada 2
Tier 2: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>The Devil Wears Prada 2
Tier 3: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Dear You
Tier 4: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Being Towards Death
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanishing Point | $8.40M | +32% | 99769 | 1.60M | $14.77M | $74M-$84M | |
| 2 | Cold War 1994 | $6.96M | -15% | 120069 | 1.20M | $15.17M | $63M-$66M | |
| 3 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $1.98M | -19% | 42634 | 0.33M | $6.84M | $15M-$19M | |
| 4 | Being Towards Death | $1.74M | -18% | 55494 | 0.35M | $5.48M | $14M-$15M | |
| 5 | No one is closer than we | $1.15M | +9% | 11214 | 0.16M | $2.21M | $5M-$7M | |
| 6 | Dear You | $1.11M | +14% | 10034 | 0.23M | $4.61M | $12M-$14M | |
| 7 | Michael | $0.70M | +38% | -63% | 24483 | 0.11M | $7.86M | $10M-$11M |
| 8 | GG BOND: RACE THROUGH TIME | $0.68M | -10% | 33853 | 0.14M | $1.44M | $3M-$6M | |
| 9 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.42M | +36% | -40% | 19202 | 0.09M | $14.80M | $17M-$19M |
| 10 | Super Mario Galaxy Movie | $0.39M | +70% | -30% | 8174 | 0.07M | $19.54M | $21M-$23M |
| 11 | Hoppers | $0.29M | +124% | +17% | 5382 | 0.05M | $24.92M | $25M-$27M |
| 12 | Project Hail Mary | $0.21M | +75% | -65% | 2144 | 0.03M | $39.93M | $40M-$41M |
| 13 | All The Good Eyes(Pre-Scr) | $0.12M | -30% | 6111 | 0.02M | $0.35M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/iv2GIet.png
Vanishing Point dominates pre-sales for the 3rd 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 gain them back.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 3558 | 3381 | -177 |
| 2 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 560 | 517 | -43 |
| 3 | Michael | 516 | 542 | +26 |
| 4 | Project Hail Mary | 134 | 229 | +95 |
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994 adds ¥47.5M/$6.96M on the 2nd day of the May/Labor Day holiday. Crosses ¥100M/$14.6M today.
Weekend still aiming for $21-22M
Cold War 1994 vs Cold War 2/1
https://i.imgur.com/xZQljxm.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $13.55M , IMAX: $1.23M , Rest: $0.29M
WoM figures:
Opens with a strong 9.6 on Taopiaopiao
Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 7.2
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $8.21M | $6.96M | $15.17M |
Scheduled showings update for Cold War 1994 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 122032 | $1.06M | $6.93M-$7.20M |
| Sunday | 109630 | $764k | $6.06M-$6.13M |
| Monday | 89646 | $127k | $5.50M-$5.70M |
Vanishing Point
Well that happened a day sooner as expected. And by quite a big distance no less as Vanishing Point rides the strong reception to the top with a fantastic ¥57.5M/$8.40M 2nd day of the Holidays.
Could increase again tomorrow.
Weekend will now be aiming for $23-24M
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $14.57M , Rest: $0.14M
WoM figures:
After a pretty strong 9.5 on Maoyan and 7.7 on Douban it interestingly opens with a pretty lackluster 9.0 on Taopiaopiao.
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 9.0 , Douban: 7.7
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $6.37M | $8.40M | $14.77M |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 95748 | $1.07M | $6.41M-$6.79M |
| Sunday | 110412 | $1.29M | $8.87M-$9.25M |
| Monday | 89581 | $221k | $8.44M-$9.07M |
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 remains 3rd but the trend is not exactly positive as it grossed ¥13.5M/$1.98M today compared to Thunderbolts which grossed ¥17M/$2.36M on the same day last year.
4 day Holiday opening weekend projections drop to $8-9M
The Debvil Wears Prada 2 vs Thunderbolts:
https://i.imgur.com/UctZUiz.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $6.11M , IMAX: $0.48M , Rest: $0.23M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 6.6
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $2.40M | $2.46M | $1.98M | $6.84M |
Scheduled showings update for The Devil Wears Prada 2 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 43467 | $490k | $2.21M-$2.25M |
| Sunday | 36702 | $395k | $1.68M-$1.75M |
| Monday | 29528 | $74k | $1.51M-$1.57M |
Michael
Michael grossed ¥4.80M/$0.70M on Saturday. Not quite as strong as projected. Weekend projections downgraded back to $1.6-1.7M(-65%)
Now would be a decent ammount below Bohemian Rhapsody's 2nd weekend of ¥16.3M/$2.42M
Michael vs Bohemian Rhapsody:
https://i.imgur.com/DpeqdI1.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $5.35M , IMAX: $1.87M , Rest: $0.59M
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 | $0.70M | $7.86M | |||||
| %± LW | -67% |
Scheduled showings update for Michael for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 24042 | $211k | $0.82M-$0.83M |
| Sunday | 100578 | $135k | $0.47M-$0.48M |
| Monday | 7840 | $28k | $0.40M-$0.42M |
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 | 27k | +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 | 20k | +1k | 31/69 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 17k | +3k | 24k | +3k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 20.05 | $5M |
| All The Good Eyes | 25k | +1k | 13k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 |
by Firefox72
5 Comments
Damn, I didn‘t expect Hoppers to perform better than Super Mario Galaxy.
The douban score for Prada… yikes.
Looks like this year only handful of foreign movies will be profitable and maybe zero or one breakout.
Since Michael and TDWP2 will be doing meh numbers what will be the next BIG Hollywood release? And by big I mean over 40 million dollars. Spider-Man I’d assume?