"Lost in Hong Kong" Hits Big Screens in China: 33 million US dollars for the opening day

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China Box Office: Wide Release Gives ‘Ant-Man’ Weekend Victory | Variety

[Oct19th]
“Ant-Man” comfortably won the weekend at the Chinese box office with an opening score of $42.8 million. Local comedy “Goodbye Mr. Loser” topped the weekly chart with a $46.7 million haul.

The victory for “Ant-Man” is a comfort for Hollywood, which will otherwise suffer an overcrowded release schedule in China through October and November, before being largely shut out of the peak December season.

While the “Ant-Man” franchise may be less known in China than some other Hollywood properties may have been taken as a damper on the movie’s prospects. But it was still given the widest combination of screens in the country, thus making its opening far stronger. “Ant-Man” played an average of 60,000 shows per day over its opening three days. “Loser,” in its third weekend, played some 35,000 sessions.

Figures from Ent Group show “Ant-Man” earning $11.9 million on its Friday (Oct. 16) opening day, followed by $16.8 million on Saturday and $12.9 million on Sunday. “Loser” scored $5.74 million, $9.06 million and $7.35 million respectively.

The $46.7 million by “Loser” over the Oct. 12-18 week put it on top of the weekly chart and pushed its 19 cumulative total to $189 million.

“The Little Prince,” the French-made animation, helped by a strong Chinese voice cast, took third place with $10.9 million in its opening three days.

Previous chart topper, “Lost In Hong Kong” slumped heavily. In its fourth week of release, it dropped to $6.76 million, for a total of $252 million after 24 days.

“Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe” added $5.92 million for a total of $106 million after 19 days. “Saving Mr. Wu” held on to fifth place, but with a diminished score. It added $3.47 million for a total of $30.4 million after 19 days.

Disney’s “Inside Out” added $2.38 million for a deeply disappointing $14.7 million after 13 days.

Local horror-thriller “Campus Mystery” scared up only $840,000 in its opening three days, taking eighth place. Ninth was crime drama “The Coffin in the Mountain” with $670,000 in its first three days. Holdover, “Balala The Fairies – Princess Camellia” took $590,000 for $5.95 million after 18 days.

Could you please share some comments here? This movie just has too many unique Chinese memories in different periods. I'd like to see American's opinions.

Lost in Hong Kong (2015) - Box Office Mojo
[USA] "Domestic Total as of Oct. 18, 2015: $1,302,281"

Unfortunately it didn't open in enough theaters to get a big enough sample of reviews.
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Lost in Hong Kong | Well Go USA Entertainment

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Box office hits and misses: Goosebumps beats The Martian | Digital Trends
"The Martian still managed to bring in $21.5 million over the weekend, raising its total gross so far to an impressive $143 million domestically and $319 million worldwide."

 

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It's said that this film wasnt good at all...

 

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China Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Narrowly Wins Another Week - Hollywood Reporter


Marvel's "mighty" superhero Ant-Man continued to punch above its weight at the Chinese box office, winning a second consecutive week.

The film grossed $19.45 million from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, pushing past the $100 million mark for a China total of $101.47 million after 17 days on release.

The performance makes Ant-Man Marvel's fourth highest-grossing title ever in China, the world's second-largest film market. Only Avengers: Age of Ultron ($240.1 million), Iron Man 3 ($121.2 million), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($115.6 million) have scored higher there. Ant-Man has thus far earned $513.7 million worldwide.

But while Marvel squeaked out the win for the week, local crime drama The Witness easily claimed the weekend, grossing $19.07 million over Ant-Man's $10.69 million from Friday to Sunday, according to Entgroup.

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Box Office: 'Spectre' Spies Huge $80.4 Million Overseas Debut

 

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'007: Spectre' tops China's box office | Shanghai Daily

THE latest James Bond film "Spectre" topped China's box office in the week ending Nov. 15, bringing in 307 million yuan (around US$48 million) in just three days.

"Ex-file 2," a domestic rom-com retained second place taking 109 million yuan in the week, doubling its total sales.

Last week's top spot "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" dropped to third place, earning 52 million yuan over the past seven days.

Newly-released domestic romantic movie "Les Aventures d'Anthony" came in fourth, pulling in 40 million yuan since it hit the screen on Nov. 13.

Adventure film "Everest" stepped down from last week's fourth place, with 24 million yuan in the week to round out the top five.

 

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China Box Office: 'The Martian' Wins Weekend, but 'Point Break' Gathers Pace - Hollywood Reporter

Particularly strong word of mouth among Chinese moviegoers helped the Ridley Scott space epic maintain its edge over a wave of new releases.

In its second week in Chinese cinemas, Ridley Scott's The Martian maintained its grip on the top of the local box office, despite fresh competition from fellow Hollywood imports Point Break and The SpongeBob Movie, along with four new Chinese releases.

The Martian slipped 60 percent in its second weekend, adding $13.7 million for a 12-day cumulative gross of $76.17 million, according to data from EntGroup. The film has been thoroughly embraced by Chinese moviegoers, attracting the highest ratings of any Hollywood import in the latter half of 2015, according to leading review sites Douban and MTime (8.4 and 8.1, respectively; Spectre, which capped out at $84.4 million after its $48 million bow, scored review averages of 6.2 and 6.9, respectively). Chinese story elements and an abiding local love of sci-fi only added to the many fine qualities that have made the movie a global hit, with a worldwide gross of $573 million to date.

After a much-hyped Beijing world premiere last Wednesday — releasing in China a record three weeks ahead of North America — Point Break debuted a step behind The Martian, earning $12.1 million in its first three days, according to studio figures. Co-producers DMG Entertainment and Alcon Entertainment are likely hoping the pic can build on its solid but unexceptional start after Matt Damon and the red planet fade from view. China-based DMG has been heavily promoting the $120 million-budgeted remake's extreme stunts, and Point Break will be the only effects-heavy Hollywood import in Chinese cinemas until January (China's movie regulators impose a blackout on foreign film imports throughout the year-end holiday period, one of the country's busiest moviegoing seasons). The movie won't face any real competition in its category until Chinese fantasy adventure flick Mojin — The Lost Legend opens on Dec. 18.

By Monday, Point Break had already climbed ahead of The Martian, grossing $2.14 million from 27,141 screenings over the space epic's $1.45 million from 19,037 showings.

Debuting in second place for the full week but thirdfor the weekend behind Point Break, Chinese romantic drama Fall in Love Like a Star opened to $11.24 million, pushing its current four-day cume to $15.54 million. Directed by rom-com regular Tony Chan (Bride Wars, Love in Space, Hot Summer Days), the film stars Yi Feng Li as a superstar musician who falls in love with his manager, played by Mi Yang, forcing the heartthrobs to choose between career and true love.

In fourth for the full week, Taiwanese teen romance Our Times added $11.06 million over the past seven days, hitting an 18-day total of $51.98 million. The movie, from first-time writer-director Dorothy Chen, continues to extend its record as the highest-grossing Taiwanese movie of all time in mainland China.

Opening Friday, local comedy sci-fi Impossible, starring A-lister Baoqiang Wang, debuted in fifth with $8.52 million.

The third new Chinese contender, Oh My God, ranked sixth in the weekly charts, grossing $6.25 million. Produced by Zhang Ziyi, the romantic comedy — about a supernatural alien baby that enters the lives of two young couples — has been savaged by online reviewers.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water struggled over its opening six days, earning just $5.21, a desultory contribution from the world's second-biggest film market to the Nickelodeon title's $316 million global gross.

Noir thriller The Vanished Murderer pulled in $4.55 million for eighth place, lifting its cume to $10.88 million over 10 days. The film got a rocky release last month when producer LeTV, an Internet company turned technology maker and production house, announced a special online screening of the movie for owners of the company's flagship Super 3-D television sets — the night before the theatrical premiere. Theater owners were up in arms, saying the stunt was a harmful precedent to set for the nascent Chinese film industry. LeTV eventually relented and canceled the promotional streaming plans.

Contemporary office drama Go Lala Go 2 was the loser of the local rom-com release crunch, opening to $4.15 million for ninth place.

Chinese-Korean comedy action flick Bad Guys Always Die rounded out the bottom of the list, raking in $2.42 million for a $7.35 million 10-day cume.

2015 China Yearly Box Office Results