'Wolf Warrior 2' earns $500m, breaks box office record

[Hamartia Antidote]

Richard Gere, ring a bell? Slaver owner supporter got banned by Hollywood from make film.

LOL! He's not the only Hollywood star to be pro-Tibet and upset China.
Apparently in the early 1990's Richard Gere was a big free-Tibet supporter...however he wasn't the only one to irk China.

You can add in Brad Pitt (1997, "Seven Years In Tibet") , Harrison Ford for pro-Tibet testimonies in the early 1990's (but he was just in the 2nd highest grossing movie OF ALL TIME - 2015 "Force Awakens"), Selena Gomez, Sharon Stone, director Martin Scorsese (for 1997 Tibet movie "Kundun"), and a bunch of others.

Richard Gere still makes movies. At 70 he's not much of a leading man anymore and doesn't have much of an audience anymore.

This film was in US theaters back in May but since he isn't much of a draw anymore (nobody says "oh cool a new Richard Gere movie!!!") it didn't make much money. It even played in AMC theaters. https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/the-dinner-52614

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

LOL! He's not the only Hollywood star to be pro-Tibet and upset China.
Apparently in the early 1990's Richard Gere was a big free-Tibet supporter...however he wasn't the only one to irk China.

You can add in Brad Pitt (1997, "Seven Years In Tibet") , Harrison Ford for pro-Tibet testimonies in the early 1990's (but he was just in the 2nd highest grossing movie OF ALL TIME - 2015 "Force Awakens"), Selena Gomez, Sharon Stone, director Martin Scorsese (for 1997 Tibet movie "Kundun"), and a bunch of others.

Richard Gere still makes movies. At 70 he's not much of a leading man anymore and doesn't have much of an audience anymore.

This film was in US theaters back in May but since he isn't much of a draw anymore (nobody says "oh cool a new Richard Gere movie!!!") it didn't make much money. It even played in AMC theaters. https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/the-dinner-52614

I merely replied to your post #117, Hollywood make movie with China market in mind, they know so well that China can block anything that they consider as bad hence Bollywood will lose over hundred millions audient. Richard Gere is an good example which why Hollywood refused his candidate, if Hollywood didn't have Chinese market in mind, Richard Gere is a well known, high caliber actor why refuse him?

 

[Daniel808]

Box Office: 'Wolf Warrior 2' Cracks 100 All-Time Biggest Grossers List
Scott Mendelson , CONTRIBUTOR

'Wolf Warrior 2'


Wolf Warrior 2 has now earned $685 million after earning $83m over its third Fri-Sun frame in China. That’s a mere drop of 50% from last weekend’s record-crushing $162m Fri-Sun frame and down just 41% from its opening weekend of $141m two weeks ago. Yes, the Chinese action sequel made more money in its second weekend than in its opening weekend. Moreover, that $162m Fri-Sun cume was the biggest non-opening weekend ever, ahead of The Force Awakens’ $149m in Christmas of 2015. Sadly, the $83m third frame was below Force Awakens’ $90m third weekend, so no new records there.

The film has earned $683 million in China after 17 days (including Thursday previews), along with $2m in North America on just 32 screens. So, here’s the gist: The film is now the first non-Hollywood release ever to crack the top-100 list of all-time biggest global box office champions. And with around $680m, it is now in 99th place, between Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation ($682.7m in 2015) and The Hunger Games ($694.7m in 2012). I don’t have Monday numbers at the moment (thanks to time zone magic, today is technically Tuesday in China), but if it hasn’t crossed $700m in China already, it will in a day or two.

Speaking of which, with a relative downturn in that third weekend, which would still be insanely leggy for any other movie of this scale, the film is probably not going to catch the $937 million North American gross of Star Wars: The Force Awakens or the worldwide total of Universal/Comcast Corp.'s Despicable Me 3 ($921m-and-counting) to win the summer. But with $680m+ and counting, it is already the third-biggest single-territory gross in history, behind only the North American totals of Avatar ($760m in 2009/2010) and The Force Awakens ($937m in 2015/2016).


By the way, if you don’t count the online ticketing fees that have only recently been included in the respective Chinese box office, then the film actually sits in fifth place in single-territory grosses, with $644 million, or behind Jurassic World ($652m in 2015), Titanic ($658m in 1997/1998 and then 2012) and the other two aforementioned biggies.

But even with that Roger Maris asterisk, it’s all-but-certain to end up in second place behind Walt Disney’s Star Wars sequel when all is said and done. Heck, it’s entirely possible that it will be the biggest-grossing single-territory earner of 2017, as there is no guarantee that Star Wars: The Last Jedi will reach the $800-$850m final total of Wolf Warrior 2’s China run via its North American sprint. But that’s a conversation for another day.


One fun milestone that the Wu Jing action spectacular has already notched is essentially becoming the biggest “part 1 to part 2” jump for any modern sequel where both films played in somewhat wide release. Wolf Warrior 2 has earned $685 million thus far, which is 7.7x the $89m Chinese total of Wolf Warrior back in 2015. If you look at North American sequel jumps, that’s ahead of the likes of Austin Powers ($54m for International Man of Mystery/$204m for The Spy Who Shagged Me) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($39m/$204m) and The Dark Knight ($205m/$534m).

The only two bigger such jumps were for Boondock Saints ($30,471 in five theaters vs. $10.2m for Boondock Saints II in 524 theaters nine years later) and Robert Rodiguez’s gunslinger series ($2m for El Mariachi on 88 screens vs. $25m for Desperado on 2,027 screens). But as you can see, those franchises began as limited runs and went wide for the sequel. Otherwise, Wolf Warrior 2 has taken the biggest such jump for any wide release film (in North America or elsewhere) that I can find.

So, that’s enough for one update. It is all-but-certain that Wolf Warrior 2 will become the second film in history to earned $800 million in a single territory. So now the only questions are how far it’ll go, how well Wolf Warrior 3 will perform and how the almost inevitable English-language, PG-13 remake will play out.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...-all-time-biggest-grossers-list/#641977d843a4

Congratulations China

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

So now the only questions are how far it’ll go, how well Wolf Warrior 3 will perform and how the almost inevitable English-language, PG-13 remake will play out.

Lol, Hollywood's already fantasizing about castrating Wu Jing and turning him into an Uncle Chan. Ain't happening.

There's no PG-13'ing Wu Jing, beibeh! There's no saving whitey from this

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I merely replied to your post #117, Hollywood make movie with China market in mind, they know so well that China can block anything that they consider as bad hence Bollywood will lose over hundred millions audient. Richard Gere is an good example which why Hollywood refused his candidate, if Hollywood didn't have Chinese market in mind, Richard Gere is a well known, high caliber actor why refuse him?

Name the last movie that Richard Gere was the lead in that made a lot of money. What..almost 30 years ago with 1990 Pretty Woman? Then count all the movies he made after that which made NO money. I suppose China has been an influential big market since 1990...yeah right!

His issue is that he simply isn't profitable anymore...not China.

 

[shadows888]

oh man, looks like this movie hit the right message. look at all the butthurt americans. newsflash: this movie isn't made for you or for your market in mind.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

One more chip added to the rising Chinese Soft Power.

More such movies need to reach global audiance. All linked to promoting OBOR.

Besides entertainment is big business too as a bonus.

 

[Dungeness]

Name the last movie that Richard Gere was the lead in that made a lot of money. What..almost 30 years ago with 1990 Pretty Woman? Then count all the movies he made after that which made NO money. I suppose China has been an influential big market since 1990...yeah right!

His issue is that he simply isn't profitable anymore...not China.

Well, Richard Gere himself did not agree with you though.

Richard Gere says he's been blacklisted in Hollywood because of Free Tibet views
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...ause-of-free-tibet-views-20170419-gvo9ma.html

 

[TaiShang]

One more chip added to the rising Chinese Soft Power.

More such movies need to reach global audiance. All linked to promoting OBOR.

Besides entertainment is big business too as a bonus.

Definitely, it generates an industry cluster by itself, creating jobs. Plus, big money productions encourage further investment and innovation, itself a boost for better and higher-grossing releases.

Wolf Warrior 2 may be a turning point.

 

[Jlaw]

Definitely, it generates an industry cluster by itself, creating jobs. Plus, big money productions encourage further investment and innovation, itself a boost for better and higher-grossing releases.

Wolf Warrior 2 may be a turning point.

I hope so. I'm a little bored of those Kung Fu fantasy based off of novels I have seen remake many times throughout the years. And please no more monkey king movie and movies starting HK actors

 

[bbccdd1470]

I hope so. I'm a little bored of those Kung Fu fantasy based off of novels I have seen remake many times throughout the years. And please no more monkey king movie and movies starting HK actors

True, they keep casting those few HK male actors, and most of them are over 45 years of age. HK film industry is dying, no one want to watch a HK movie that without a big star, even with a big star that doesn't mean it's a good movie. Not to mentions, the theme of HK movie today is only limit to gangster, police and kung fu, and with our small market HK movie is doomed no matter what. HK movie can no longer represent Chinese movie internationally, it is time to pass the ball to China as Taishang said big production encourage further investment and innovation. Hopefully with the rise of film industry in China, Chinese movie can bring more new images to foreigner, beside Kung Fu.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Well, Richard Gere himself did not agree with you though.

Richard Gere says he's been blacklisted in Hollywood because of Free Tibet views
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...ause-of-free-tibet-views-20170419-gvo9ma.html

I already mentioned he was on China's banned list...however his career was over long before that.

Maybe he should realize like Eddie Murphy (another guy whose last hit as the leading man was in 1990) that his days of bringing in the bucks as the lead star in a movie are over (look at the string of Murphy's flops that made no money and made him fall out of favor) and he should concentrate like Murphy on voice acting cartoons.

 

[Tauren Paladin]

It has surpass Avatar's Domestic gross with weekend estimates to become the second-highest grossing film ever in a single market

 

[TaiShang]

True, they keep casting those few HK male actors, and most of them are over 45 years of age. HK film industry is dying, no one want to watch a HK movie that without a big star, even with a big star that doesn't mean it's a good movie. Not to mentions, the theme of HK movie today is only limit to gangster, police and kung fu, and with our small market HK movie is doomed no matter what. HK movie can no longer represent Chinese movie internationally, it is time to pass the ball to China as Taishang said big production encourage further investment and innovation. Hopefully with the rise of film industry in China, Chinese movie can bring more new images to foreigner, beside Kung Fu.

Well said. Mainland can still benefit from the experience and talent of Greater China, but, movie industry needs to move from periphery to the center of Greater China.

New stars, new productions, new mindsets, better screenplays that generate subliminal messages globally to promote the interest of China.

Wolf Warrior 2 may indeed become a benchmark for China movie industry as a trend setter.

 

[patero]

Well said. Mainland can still benefit from the experience and talent of Greater China, but, movie industry needs to move from periphery to the center of Greater China.

New stars, new productions, new mindsets, better screenplays that generate subliminal messages globally to promote the interest of China.

Wolf Warrior 2 may indeed become a benchmark for China movie industry as a trend setter.

Two things on this point: 99.7% of the box office take for WW2 was in China, with only $2.3 million in box office receipts to date from other countries (many of these likely to be Chinese ex-pats). The film may have release dates coming in other countries, but the fact that WW2 is intended almost exclusively for Chinese audiences means it is preaching to the converted. Future productions intended to project Chinese soft power will need to appeal to foreign audiences as well as Chinese audiences, something that has eluded film makers.

Secondly, there was nothing subliminal about the political message in this film. It was rather obvious to the point of being clumsy: 'we are China, we are friend to Africa' followed by the African mob laying down their guns in deference. It comes across as looking rather silly, film makers will need to learn to be more subtle if they expect cynical foreign audiences to buy into the soft power idea.