Daily Box Office (May 6th 2026)

The market hits ¥38.7M/$5.68M. Down -61% from yesterday and up +118% from last week.

Mortal Kombat II opening day pre-sales hit $60k for Friday. Projected a $0.35-0.51M opening day into what should be a $1.5M-ish opening weekend. With Saturday being a work day the odds are stacked against it from the start. Lets see if it can make an impression and do better than projected.

Dear You drops just -26% from yesterday. The only sub -50% drop in the top 10 showcasing the 9.7 scores on Maoyan and Tao aswell as the impressive 9.0 on Douban doing work. Total projections rise to ¥200M/$30M

One thing to note is that were less than a month from Childrens day on June 1st and there's not really been any movies announced for the date yet. Especialy Animated movies. Doraemon used to be a staple for this day but with the temporary ban on Japanese imports it remains to be seen what animated movie will fill that gap.

Province map of the day:

https://i.imgur.com/KnYyF1h.png

Vanishing Point continues to dominate.

In Metropolitan cities:

Dear You wins Guangzhou and Shenzhen

Vanishing Point wins Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuhan and Nanjing

City tiers:

Dear You climbs to 3rd in T4.

Tier 1: Cold War 1994>Vanishing Point>Dear You

Tier 2: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Dear You

Tier 3: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Dear You

Tier 4: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Dear You

New releases marked in bold

Pre-Sales map for tomorrow

https://i.imgur.com/FFm0C0Z.png

Vanishing Point dominates pre-sales for Thursday.

IMAX Screenings distribution

Cold War 1994 dominates IMAX screenings today and will continue to do so going forward–

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point continues to lead adding ¥15.7M/$2.31M on the first post Holiday day.

Total gross hits ¥280.5M/$41.15M

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $40.51M , Rest: $0.49M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 8.9 , Douban: 7.6(-0.1)

Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:

Cold War 1994

Cold War 1994 adds ¥8.96M/$1.32M on the first day after the Holidays.

Cold War 1994 vs Cold War 2/1

https://i.imgur.com/Saf1SJQ.png

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $27.45M , IMAX: $2.66M , Rest: $0.55M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 7.2

Scheduled showings update for Cold War 1994 for the next few days:

The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2 remains 4th today after adding ¥2.59M/$0.38M. A decent first post Holidays day.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 vs Thunderbolts:

Actually made slightly more than Thunderbolts(¥2.53M) did on its first post Holidays day last year.

https://i.imgur.com/VuesJyA.png

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $10.31M , IMAX: $0.65M , Rest: $0.32M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 6.6

Scheduled showings update for The Devil Wears Prada 2 for the next few days:

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