Daily Box Office (May 8th 2026)
The market hits ¥35.0M/$5.01M. Up +3% from yesterday and down -78% from last week.
Mortal Kombat II opens with a rather unspectacular $0.35M. Weekend projections drop to just $1.4-1.5M. Total projections drop to $4-5M
Dear You goes from strenght to strenght with another +14% today compared to yesterday and an insane +22% from last weeks Labor Day. Again the only movie in the top 10 to increase. Douban score rises from an already insane 9.0 to 9.1. 2nd weekend now projected at ¥50M-58M/$7.3M-8.5M and the movie has a good chance to be on top on Sunday. Total projections climb to over ¥300M+/$44M+.
The performance is even more impressive when you consider the movie is primarly in the Teochew dialect that is only really used in 1 region.
Province map of the day:
https://i.imgur.com/p7MqaAv.png
Vanishing Point continues to dominate but is denied a cleen sweep by Dear You
In Metropolitan cities:
Dear You wins Guangzhou and Shenzhen
Vanishing Point wins Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuhan and Nanjing
City tiers:
Vanishing Point climbs to 2nd in T1.
Tier 1: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994
Tier 2: Vanishing Point>Cold War 1994>Dear You
Tier 3: Vanishing Point>Dear You>Cold War 1994
Tier 4: Vanishing Point>Dear You>Cold War 1994
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanishing Point | $1.75M | -7% | -73% | 102285 | 0.35M | $44.78M | $74M-$76M |
| 2 | Dear You | $1.19M | +14% | +22% | 41898 | 0.24M | $12.13M | $44M-$45M |
| 3 | Cold War 1994 | $0.99M | -11% | -88% | 74587 | 0.18M | $32.93M | $51M-$52M |
| 4 | Mortal Kombat II | $0.35M | 20828 | 0.06M | $0.35M | $4M-$5M | ||
| 5 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $0.31M | -6% | -87% | 24954 | 0.05M | $11.93M | $16M-$18M |
| 6 | Being Towards Death | $0.14M | -30% | -93% | 32278 | 0.03M | $9.50M | $11M-$13M |
| 7 | Once a Thief | $0.07M | -10% | 9740 | 0.01M | $1.40M | $2M-$3M | |
| 8 | Michael | $0.07M | -12% | -86% | 6393 | 0.01M | $9.29M | $10M-$11M |
| 9 | Qingtong&Kuihua | $0.06M | -31% | 2559 | 0.01M | $0.10M | $0.5M | |
| 10 | The Caged Butterfly | $0.05M | -2% | -83% | 13190 | 0.01M | $15.79M | $16M-$17M |
| 11 | Project Hail Mary | $0.02M | -7% | -80% | 1687 | 0.01M | $40.55M | $40M-$41M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/pIkvocY.png
Vanishing Point dominates pre-sales for Saturday.
IMAX Screenings distribution
Cold War 1994 dominates IMAX screenings today and will fend of Mortal Kombat II tomorrow.
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 1786 | 1730 | -56 |
| 2 | Mortal Kombat II | 946 | 1493 | +547 |
| 3 | Michael | 312 | 272 | -40 |
| 4 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 252 | 223 | -29 |
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point continues to lead adding ¥11.9M/$1.75M. Due to the workday tomorrow movies on Friday don't really see increases.
Total gross hits exceeds ¥300M
Weekend projections lowered to $8-8.5M(-66%)
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $44.26M , Rest: $0.54M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 8.9 , Douban: 7.6
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $6.37M | $8.40M | $9.46M | $9.09M | $5.55M | $2.31M | $1.88M | $43.03M |
| Second Week | $1.75M | $44.78M | ||||||
| %± LW | -73% |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 102920 | $200k | $1.81M-$1.94M |
| Saturday | 107078 | $410k | $2.66M-$2.77M |
| Sunday | 91485 | $181k | $3.70M-$3.99M |
Cold War 1994
Cold War 1994 adds ¥6.76M/$0.99M today. Drops below $1M for the first time after just 8 days.
Weekend projections drop to $4.3-5.0M(-78%)
Cold War 1994 vs Cold War 2/1
https://i.imgur.com/mtE2MwJ.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $29.34M , IMAX: $2.80M , Rest: $0.58M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 7.2
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $8.21M | $6.96M | $6.01M | $5.03M | $3.30M | $1.32M | $1.11M | $31.94M |
| Second Week | $0.99M | $32.93M | ||||||
| %± LW | -88% |
Scheduled showings update for Cold War 1994 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 75370 | $83k | $1.04M-$1.09M |
| Saturday | 55427 | $33k | $1.36M-$1.45M |
| Sunday | 36707 | $18k | $1.94M-$2.54M |
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 drops to 5th today after adding ¥2.10M/$0.31M.
Weekend projections downgraded to $1.2-1.6M(-77%)
The Devil Wears Prada 2 vs Thunderbolts:
https://i.imgur.com/wkP7ZZS.png
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $10.93M , IMAX: $0.67M , Rest: $0.32M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: 9.5 , Douban: 6.6
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Week | $2.40M | $2.46M | $1.98M | $1.68M | $1.47M | $0.92M | $0.38M | $11.29M |
| Second Week | $0.33M | $0.31M | $11.93M | |||||
| %± LW | -86% |
Scheduled showings update for The Devil Wears Prada 2 for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 25799 | $59k | $0.32M-$0.35M |
| Saturday | 17547 | $23k | $0.40M-$0.42M |
| Sunday | 10899 | $12k | $0.56M-$0.87M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Battle | 37k | +1k | 52k | +1k | 20/80 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Be Yourself | 30k | +2k | 23k | +1k | 31/69 | Romance/Comedy | 20.05 | |
| Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu | 26k | +1k | 37k | +3k | 63/37 | Actiiom/Sci-Fi | 20.05 | $5M |
| All The Good Eyes | 29k | +1k | 15k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 |
by Firefox72
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LOL they really put up a poster because the review went up 0.1 point.
Looks like MK II is not popular in SK too. My friend told me yesterday, that movie will be available there only for a week. But maybe I heard him wrong.
I saw a tweet saying Michael’s theater run will be extended by another month and once I saw that tweet I knew people in the comments and quotes gonna throw out unrealistic numbers for it. One tweet said they expect 500-600 million from China for the movie lol
Really thought mk2 was gonna be a hit in china. With all the action and chinese characters. Guess i was wrong. Seems only expats in china are watching these hollywood movies.
This trend does not bode well for spidey and doomsday.
These numbers are super depressing for a Friday, they look like summer numbers from the pandemic lol.