Daily Box Office (May 21st 2026)
The market hits ¥70.2M/$10.32M today. Down -61% from yesterday and up +66% from last week.
The Boy Who Counted Cars a Sci-Fi Romance movie confirmed for June 26th.
Province map of the day:
https://imgdiff.net/s/7fabe6e253f2b821b20273dea2445bc4
Dear You cleen sweeps for a 9th day running.
In Metropolitan cities:
Dear You wins Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Nanjing
City tiers:
Vanishing Point climbs back to 2nd in T1-T2.
Tier 1: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Be Yourself
Tier 2: Dear You>Vanishing Point>Be Yourself
Tier 3: Dear You>Be Yourself>Vanishing Point
Tier 4: Dear You>Be Yourself>Vanishing Point
| # | Movie | Gross | %YD | %LW | Screenings | Admisions(Today) | Total Gross | Projected Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear You | $7.95M | -44% | +84% | 174732 | 1.60M | $112.74M | $250M-$260M |
| 2 | Be Yourself | $0.80M | -91% | 76063 | 0.15M | $9.79M | $13M-$14M | |
| 3 | Vanishing Point | $0.69M | -43% | -17% | 41903 | 0.14M | $64.30M | $75M-$78M |
| 4 | Crossing A Dawn(Pre-Scr) | $0.26M | -74% | 25001 | 0.05M | $1.26M | $3M-$6M | |
| 5 | Cold War 1994 | $0.20M | -35% | -53% | 18737 | 0.04M | $41.64M | $44M-$45M |
| 6 | The Sheep Detective | $0.07M | -11% | 8683 | 0.01M | $1.91M | $2M-$4M | |
| 7 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $0.06M | -10% | -57% | 4525 | 0.01M | $14.54M | $15M-$16M |
| 8 | The Mandalorian & Grogu(Midnight-Scr) | $0.03M | 635 | 0.01M | $0.03M | $10M-$13M | ||
| 9 | Midnight Ghost | $0.03M | -70% | 4140 | 0.01M | $0.13M | ||
| 10 | Mortal Kombat II | $0.03M | -13% | -66% | 3052 | 0.01M | $2.50M | $2M-$3M |
| 11 | Michael | $0.03M | -8% | -35% | 1445 | 0.01M | $10.10M | $10M-$11M |
New releases marked in bold
Pre-Sales map for tomorrow
https://i.imgur.com/652brmC.png
Dear You dominates pre-sales for Friday
IMAX Screenings distribution
Cold War 1994 will ontinue leading the IMAX screenings. Mandalorian & Grogu will get a decent chunk of screenings for its midnight screenings tomorrow.
On Friday Mandalorian & Grogu will dominate the IMAX screenings with 3.5k+
| Movie | IMAX Screeninsgs Today | IMAX Screeninsgs Tomorrow | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold War 1994 | 1445 | 1186 | -259 |
| 2 | Mortal Kombat II | 596 | 604 | +8 |
| 3 | Jaws | 479 | 441 | -38 |
| 4 | Michael | 334 | 321 | -13 |
| 5 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | 258 | 210 | -48 |
| 5 | Mandalorian & Grogu | 0 | 279 | +279 |
Dear You
Dear You grossed ¥54.1M/$7.95M today. Expectedly drops from the boosted day yesterday. However more importantly Thursday is up from Tuesday, Monday and even last Friday.
4th weekend projections rise to ¥304-350M/$44-52M(+17%). Which almost unbelievably would be the 2nd best 4th weekend of all time. Behind Ne Zha 2(¥1.10B) and ahead of Ne Zha(¥290M). And as a fun tidbit if it actually reaches that high end and does $51M+ it would also beat out the 4th weekend record in North America currently held by Avatar 1($50.3M)
It really is just a fairy tale run. This movie has a $2M budget for crying out loud and stars pretty much a cast of newcomes. Its also almost exclusively in a specific region dialect.
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $112.74M
WoM figures:
The fantastic scores hold.
Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.7 , Douban: 9.1
| # | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Week | $4.32M | $7.71M | $17.47M | $16.26M | $7.79M | $7.74M | $14.12M | $104.79M |
| Fourth Week | $7.95M | $112.74M | ||||||
| %± LW | +84% |
Scheduled showings update for Dear You for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 173239 | $1.00M | $7.06M-$7.72M |
| Friday | 175741 | $1.50M | $10.35M-$10.76M |
| Saturday | 162068 | $994k | $19.11M-$21.75M |
| Sunday | 114851 | $234k | $15.29M-$18.81M |
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point in 3rd adds ¥4.73M/$0.69M.
Projected a $3.3-3.6M(-39%) 4th weekend.
Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $63.29M, Rest: $0.81M
WoM figures:
Maoyan: 9.5 , Taopiaopiao: 8.9 , Douban: 7.4
| # | FRI | SAT | SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Week | $1.75M | $2.80M | $3.70M | $1.16M | $1.03M | $0.94M | $0.83M | $55.24M |
| Third Week | $1.17M | $2.71M | $1.86M | $0.66M | $0.65M | $1.22M | $0.69M | $64.30M |
| %± LW | -33% | -3% | -50% | -43% | -37% | +30% | -17% | / |
Scheduled showings update for Vanishing Point for the next few days:
| Day | Number of Showings | Presales | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 41772 | $55k | $0.66M-$0.75M |
| Friday | 32248 | $56k | $0.69M-$0.78M |
| Saturday | 21489 | $40k | $1.51M-$1.60M |
| Sunday | 14372 | $7k | $1.15M-$1.20M |
Other:
Star Wars: Mandalorian&Grogu Opening Day Pre-Sales
An unremarkable finish to the pre-sales.
Opening day projections settle at $1.5M-ish into a $5-6M opening weekend. I mean i guess it could be worse all things considered. However China is definitely not gonna be a market that turns around this movies fortunes.
| Days till release | Star Wars: Mandalorian&Grogu | Star Wars Episode 9 | Star Wars: Solo | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Fantastic Four | Superman |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | / | $8k/2183 | / | / | / | $22k/16811 |
| 7 | $11k/7362 | $64k/7614 | $3k/844 | $8k/2229 | $2k/2677 | $34k/20362 |
| 6 | $34k/11945 | $158k/17095 | $15k/5255 | $58k/25865 | $15k/6992 | $47k/22921 |
| 5 | $53k/14928 | $190k/18498 | $62k/10400 | $119k/33312 | $39k/9088 | $57k/24252 |
| 4 | $72k/17784 | $220k/19856 | $100k/13757 | $178k/38107 | $65k/11095 | $69k/25899 |
| 3 | $109k/23118 | $296k/22045 | $170k/23562 | $248k/42532 | $113k/14695 | $90k/28749 |
| 2 | $159k/32763 | $365k/26573 | $258k/34339 | $347k/51432 | $178k/19592 | $123k/36460 |
| 1 | $226k/50567 | $551k/38351 | $417k/51441 | $482k/76051 | $303k/35148 | $209k/53727 |
| 0 | $388k/64964 | $866k/49675 | $772k/77294 | $796k/90311 | $611k/45327 | $446k/66422 |
*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
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All The Good Eyes | 40k | +1k | 18k | +1k | 34/66 | Drama/Romance/Crime | 23.05 | $6M |
| Memento | 19k | +1k | 37k | +1k | 57/43 | Crime/Drama | 29.05 | $5M |
| The Housemaid | 8k | +1k | 2k | +1k | 28/72 | Thriller/Drama | 29.05 | |
| Master Zhong | 6k | +1k | 8k | +1k | 37/63 | Fantasy/Animation | 30.05 | $1-2M |
Summer
Do note that the vast majority of the local summer lineup including all the likely heavy hitters has not been announced yet. There are rumors. Even interviews confirmations of what might come but no real official announcements yet.
The 2026 China Film Fair and 29th National Film Promotion Conference will be held in Xiamen from the 20th to the 23rd of May and should see a decent ammount of detail about the upcoming summer lineup.
As for Holywood most of the June lineup as well as Minions&Monsters on July 1st is already announced. The most notable miss from June so far is Disclosure Day but that should be coming as well.
For July Moana 2, Odyssey and Spider Man which is already rumored to have passed review will be announced in due time as will be Paw Patrol 3 for August.
| Movie | Maoyan WTS | Daily Increase | Taopiaopiao WTS | Daily Increase | M/W % | Genre | Release Date | 3rd party media projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters of the Universe | 4k | +1k | 14k | +1k | 72/28 | Action/Sci-Fi | 05.06 | |
| Toy Story 5 | 54k | +2k | 87k | +1k | 38/62 | Animation/Comedy | 19.06 | |
| Operation Black-Ops | 30k | +1k | 27k | +1k | 38/62 | Action/War/Crime | 19.06 | |
| Invictus | 18k | +1k | 27k | +1k | 20/80 | Romance/Crime | 19.06 | |
| The Boy Who Counted Cars | 89k | +4k | 337k | +5k | 18/82 | Romance/Sci-Fi | 26.06 | |
| Crossing | 31k | +1k | 57k | +1k | 54/46 | History/war | 26.06 | |
| Supergirl | 10k | +1k | 20k | +1k | 65/35 | Action/Sci-Fi | 26.06 | |
| Minions&Monsters | 92k | +1k | 31k | +1k | 37/63 | Comedy/Animation | 03.07 | |
| Three Kingdoms: The Beginning | 15k | +1k | 63k | +1k | 49/51 | History/Animation | 10.07 | |
| Da Sheng Rises | 2k | +1k | 7k | +1k | 56/44 | Fantasy/Animation | 10.07 |
by Firefox72
4 Comments
How did other SW movies fare in China
The final total will probably end up closer to its projected opening weekend for Mando
Im glad china has moved away from the 2010s trend of loving hollywood. I am glad for any nation developing a stronger film culture and economy, and glad that hollywood films increasingly wont try to appeal to every nationality under the sun.
Is the June 26th movie the only one announced so far from the film festival?