New openers ’Europe Raiders’, ‘Go Brother’ and ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ couldn’t hit the heights.
Holdovers The Island and The Meg fought off new competitors to remain top at the Chinese box office in the week of Aug 13-19, as Europe Raiders, Go Brother and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation didn’t break out in a big way.
Local comedian-turned-director Huang Bo’s The Island kept the lead in its second week with $82.9m for $159.3m after 10 days. It has become the third highest grossing summer release and the 10th highest grossing film overall, both for this year. The offbeat comedy...
Holdovers The Island and The Meg fought off new competitors to remain top at the Chinese box office in the week of Aug 13-19, as Europe Raiders, Go Brother and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation didn’t break out in a big way.
Local comedian-turned-director Huang Bo’s The Island kept the lead in its second week with $82.9m for $159.3m after 10 days. It has become the third highest grossing summer release and the 10th highest grossing film overall, both for this year. The offbeat comedy...
- 8/20/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Update, writethru: There were milestones and action aplenty at the global and international box office this weekend, which were again led by Warner Bros/Gravity Pictures’ The Meg. The prehistoric shark kept moviegoers biting for another $67M in 55 markets to increase the overseas catch to $230.4M and the worldwide haul to $314.1M through Sunday.
But before we dive further in with The Meg, let’s look at some of the other major thresholds crossed this session. Paramount Pictures/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout has topped $300M internationally and $500M globally in its 4th weekend with some great holds. Right now, Tom Cruise’s 6th run as Ethan Hunt is pacing 17% ahead of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation overseas. And that’s with Italy and China still on deck.
Also sailing past a big mile-marker, Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation broke the $400M barrier globally. Helping get there, China this...
But before we dive further in with The Meg, let’s look at some of the other major thresholds crossed this session. Paramount Pictures/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout has topped $300M internationally and $500M globally in its 4th weekend with some great holds. Right now, Tom Cruise’s 6th run as Ethan Hunt is pacing 17% ahead of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation overseas. And that’s with Italy and China still on deck.
Also sailing past a big mile-marker, Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation broke the $400M barrier globally. Helping get there, China this...
- 8/19/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Mission: Impossible – Fallout crosses $300m international. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again hits $200m.
The Meg crossed $300m worldwide and stayed atop the international and global ranks as an estimated $67m from 55 territories propelled the running total to $230.4m and $314.1m worldwide.
Warner Bros Pictures International
The giant shark thriller added $30.5m in China via co-financier Gravity Pictures to rank second and reach $117.2m. It held on to number one in 21 holdover markets led by Mexico on $3.7m for $13.6m, Russia on $2.3m for $10m, and Brazil on $1.5m for $4.5m. It ranks third in the UK after adding $2.8m for $11m.
The Meg crossed $300m worldwide and stayed atop the international and global ranks as an estimated $67m from 55 territories propelled the running total to $230.4m and $314.1m worldwide.
Warner Bros Pictures International
The giant shark thriller added $30.5m in China via co-financier Gravity Pictures to rank second and reach $117.2m. It held on to number one in 21 holdover markets led by Mexico on $3.7m for $13.6m, Russia on $2.3m for $10m, and Brazil on $1.5m for $4.5m. It ranks third in the UK after adding $2.8m for $11m.
- 8/19/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mission: Impossible – Fallout crosses $300m international. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again hits $200m international.
The Meg crossed $300m worldwide and stayed atop the international and global ranks as an estimated $67m from 55 territories propelled the running total to $230.4m and $314.1m worldwide.
Warner Bros Pictures International
The giant shark thriller added $30.5m in China via co-financier Gravity Pictures to rank second and reach $117.2m. It held on to number one in 21 holdover markets led by Mexico on $3.7m for $13.6m, Russia on $2.3m for $10m, and Brazil on $1.5m for $4.5m. It ranks third in the UK after adding $2.8m for $11m.
The Meg crossed $300m worldwide and stayed atop the international and global ranks as an estimated $67m from 55 territories propelled the running total to $230.4m and $314.1m worldwide.
Warner Bros Pictures International
The giant shark thriller added $30.5m in China via co-financier Gravity Pictures to rank second and reach $117.2m. It held on to number one in 21 holdover markets led by Mexico on $3.7m for $13.6m, Russia on $2.3m for $10m, and Brazil on $1.5m for $4.5m. It ranks third in the UK after adding $2.8m for $11m.
- 8/19/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
‘iPartment’ and ‘The Meg’ also scored well.
China’s box office finished a wild week (Aug 6-12) with $282m, including $84m on Friday alone. These figures represented this year’s highest weekly total and the biggest single day box office outside the Chinese New Year period.
The strong performance was mainly driven by three new titles, with local film The Island finally taking the crown after playing musical chairs with iPartment and The Meg in the top three spots.
The Island topped the charts with $76.2m from its first three days. After opening in second on Friday with only half of iPartment’s gross,...
China’s box office finished a wild week (Aug 6-12) with $282m, including $84m on Friday alone. These figures represented this year’s highest weekly total and the biggest single day box office outside the Chinese New Year period.
The strong performance was mainly driven by three new titles, with local film The Island finally taking the crown after playing musical chairs with iPartment and The Meg in the top three spots.
The Island topped the charts with $76.2m from its first three days. After opening in second on Friday with only half of iPartment’s gross,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
It was a riotous weekend at the Chinese box office, with three major films opening head to head while allegations of fraud dogged an early frontrunner.
Local comedy The Island, the directorial debut of Chinese actor Huang Bo, secured the win late in the weekend, totaling $77.1 million. The comedy was followed in second place by TV sitcom adaptation iPartment with $71.2 million; Warner Bros.' giant shark movie The Meg, meanwhile, debuted in third with a robust $50.3 million.
iPartment (also known as Love Apartment) initially appeared set to dominate the frame, opening with a whopping $44.2 million Friday....
Local comedy The Island, the directorial debut of Chinese actor Huang Bo, secured the win late in the weekend, totaling $77.1 million. The comedy was followed in second place by TV sitcom adaptation iPartment with $71.2 million; Warner Bros.' giant shark movie The Meg, meanwhile, debuted in third with a robust $50.3 million.
iPartment (also known as Love Apartment) initially appeared set to dominate the frame, opening with a whopping $44.2 million Friday....
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It was a riotous weekend at the Chinese box office, with three major films opening head to head while allegations of fraud dogged an early frontrunner.
Local comedy The Island, the directorial debut of Chinese actor Huang Bo, secured the win late in the weekend, totaling $77.1 million. The comedy was followed in second place by TV sitcom adaptation iPartment with $71.2 million; Warner Bros.' giant shark movie The Meg, meanwhile, debuted in third with a robust $50.3 million.
iPartment (also known as Love Apartment) initially appeared set to dominate the frame, opening with a whopping $44.2 million Friday....
Local comedy The Island, the directorial debut of Chinese actor Huang Bo, secured the win late in the weekend, totaling $77.1 million. The comedy was followed in second place by TV sitcom adaptation iPartment with $71.2 million; Warner Bros.' giant shark movie The Meg, meanwhile, debuted in third with a robust $50.3 million.
iPartment (also known as Love Apartment) initially appeared set to dominate the frame, opening with a whopping $44.2 million Friday....
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A lucrative but controversial weekend at the Chinese box office saw “The Meg” score $50 million and take third place, coming in well behind local films “iPartment” and “The Island,” which made more than $70 million each.
Granted 125,000 screenings on its opening day, “iPartment,” a takeoff of a popular sitcom, earned $44.2 million on Friday, ahead of comedy “The Island” with $22.1 million from 86,000 screenings, according to data from Ent Group. “Meg” had 74,000 screenings and came in third with $15.5 million. But controversy dogged the Friday outcome, as distributors of “iPartment” were accused of heavily buying their own film’s tickets to create the appearance of success.
On Saturday, “iPartment’s” screen count increased, while “The Meg’s” went down. But “The Island” came up the winner, earning $27.9 million, ahead of “iPartment” with $18.6 million and “The Meg” with $16.6 million.
Sunday was different again. “The Island” and “The Meg” both gained screens and posted their best days,...
Granted 125,000 screenings on its opening day, “iPartment,” a takeoff of a popular sitcom, earned $44.2 million on Friday, ahead of comedy “The Island” with $22.1 million from 86,000 screenings, according to data from Ent Group. “Meg” had 74,000 screenings and came in third with $15.5 million. But controversy dogged the Friday outcome, as distributors of “iPartment” were accused of heavily buying their own film’s tickets to create the appearance of success.
On Saturday, “iPartment’s” screen count increased, while “The Meg’s” went down. But “The Island” came up the winner, earning $27.9 million, ahead of “iPartment” with $18.6 million and “The Meg” with $16.6 million.
Sunday was different again. “The Island” and “The Meg” both gained screens and posted their best days,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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