“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” completely fizzled in its second weekend in China, setting it on track to become the least successful installment of the franchise by far in the world’s second largest film market.
By Monday, “Skywalker” ranked seventh at the box office behind a pack of local Chinese action films and dramas. After opening with the weakest debut of any recent “Star Wars” films in the country, it made just $2 million in its second weekend and accounted for less than 3% of China’s total screenings.
Since last week, online ticketing platform Maoyan has lowered its prediction for the lifetime gross for “The Rise of Skywalker” down to just $19.7 million, far below the $126 million grossed by “The Force Awakens” in 2015, the $69.4 million for “Rogue One” in 2016 and the $42.6 million for “The Last Jedi” in 2017.
Instead, historical martial arts film “Ip Man 4: The Finale” continued to lead...
By Monday, “Skywalker” ranked seventh at the box office behind a pack of local Chinese action films and dramas. After opening with the weakest debut of any recent “Star Wars” films in the country, it made just $2 million in its second weekend and accounted for less than 3% of China’s total screenings.
Since last week, online ticketing platform Maoyan has lowered its prediction for the lifetime gross for “The Rise of Skywalker” down to just $19.7 million, far below the $126 million grossed by “The Force Awakens” in 2015, the $69.4 million for “Rogue One” in 2016 and the $42.6 million for “The Last Jedi” in 2017.
Instead, historical martial arts film “Ip Man 4: The Finale” continued to lead...
- 12/30/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Martial arts spectacular “Ip Man 4: The Finale” was the no-contest winner at the Chinese box office over the weekend. “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” while doing great business in the rest of the world, limped into third spot in China.
The Wilson Yip-directed historical action film “Ip Man 4” sees Donnie Yen as the eponymous kung fu teacher, and mentor to Bruce Lee, journeying to the U.S. where his pupil has upset the local order by opening a school devoted to the Wing Chun branch of the sport. In addition to being the supposed closing element of the hit franchise, the film is an excuse to pitch Yen against Western brawler Scott Adkins.
“Ip Man 4” dealt knockout blows every day from Friday through Sunday, accumulating some $43 million according to provisional data from local sources. That was roughly 45% of the nationwide box office total.
In second place was...
The Wilson Yip-directed historical action film “Ip Man 4” sees Donnie Yen as the eponymous kung fu teacher, and mentor to Bruce Lee, journeying to the U.S. where his pupil has upset the local order by opening a school devoted to the Wing Chun branch of the sport. In addition to being the supposed closing element of the hit franchise, the film is an excuse to pitch Yen against Western brawler Scott Adkins.
“Ip Man 4” dealt knockout blows every day from Friday through Sunday, accumulating some $43 million according to provisional data from local sources. That was roughly 45% of the nationwide box office total.
In second place was...
- 12/22/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
To international audiences more accustomed to the relative restraint of China’s arthouse exports, “Only Cloud Knows,” a slab of toothcrackingly sentimental mooncake from regular national box-office conqueror Feng Xiaogang, might come as a bit of a surprise. This episodic, determinedly winsome love story, told in honeyed flashback, follows a grieving husband as he journeys to the places of significance to his beloved, dead wife across their adoptive New Zealand homeland.
The locations are stunning, the actors attractive and Feng — initially a comedy director, though he’s branched out in recent years to historical epics like “Back to 1942” and dramas like 2017’s record-breaking “Youth” — did not get where he is without learning a thing or two about playing an audience’s responses. So while your rational mind is rebelling against its more shameless manipulations, your hands may well be scrabbling through your bag for tissues, napkins, store receipts, candy...
The locations are stunning, the actors attractive and Feng — initially a comedy director, though he’s branched out in recent years to historical epics like “Back to 1942” and dramas like 2017’s record-breaking “Youth” — did not get where he is without learning a thing or two about playing an audience’s responses. So while your rational mind is rebelling against its more shameless manipulations, your hands may well be scrabbling through your bag for tissues, napkins, store receipts, candy...
- 12/22/2019
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
After so much hype beforehand, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has certainly not arrived to the level of acclaim and celebration that fans – or Lucasfilm – were hoping for. There’ve been some very harsh reviews, with the movie earning the second lowest Rotten Tomatoes rating of the entire franchise, and what’s more, while we’ve yet to get the figures for its Us opening, Episode IX has resolutely flopped over in China.
According to Variety, Rise of Skywalker has raked up just $2.2 million in the region so far, opening to fourth place behind three Chinese movies at the box office. As per online ticketing agency Maoyan, J.J. Abrams’ closer to the Skywalker saga is looking set to gross a paltry $18 million across its entire run in China, which would make it comfortably the worst-performing entry of the sequel trilogy at the Chinese box office.
The Force Awakens...
According to Variety, Rise of Skywalker has raked up just $2.2 million in the region so far, opening to fourth place behind three Chinese movies at the box office. As per online ticketing agency Maoyan, J.J. Abrams’ closer to the Skywalker saga is looking set to gross a paltry $18 million across its entire run in China, which would make it comfortably the worst-performing entry of the sequel trilogy at the Chinese box office.
The Force Awakens...
- 12/20/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Updated: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is expected to be the biggest film of the weekend globally, with an estimated opening weekend of $170 million to $200 million in North America alone. But in China, it’s on course to be the weakest-performing installment of the new batch of “Star Wars” films.
On Friday, in its first official sessions in Chinese theaters, the film was barely crawling. By 8.00 p.m. local time, “The Rise of Skywalker” had earned just $2.2 million (RMB15.4 million), according to multiple data tracking services. It stood in fourth place behind three Chinese titles.
Topping the chart with a comfortable 46% market share is the new release Donnie Yen-starring martial arts actioner “Ip Man 4: The Finale” with $10.3 million (RMB72.0 million).
Second place belongs to holdover crime thriller “Sheep Without A Shepherd,” ahead of new release “Only Cloud Knows,” a whimsical New Zealand-set romance from the acclaimed, but tarnished Feng Xiaogang,...
On Friday, in its first official sessions in Chinese theaters, the film was barely crawling. By 8.00 p.m. local time, “The Rise of Skywalker” had earned just $2.2 million (RMB15.4 million), according to multiple data tracking services. It stood in fourth place behind three Chinese titles.
Topping the chart with a comfortable 46% market share is the new release Donnie Yen-starring martial arts actioner “Ip Man 4: The Finale” with $10.3 million (RMB72.0 million).
Second place belongs to holdover crime thriller “Sheep Without A Shepherd,” ahead of new release “Only Cloud Knows,” a whimsical New Zealand-set romance from the acclaimed, but tarnished Feng Xiaogang,...
- 12/20/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
After a lackluster start, China's movie box office has hit an all-time high in 2019.
Total ticket sales in the country pushed past the 2018 total of Rmb 60.7 billion ($8.67 billion) on Dec. 13, data from local ticket giant Maoyan reveals. Several upcoming major releases — including Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Feng Xiaogang's romantic drama Only Cloud Knows — will push China's 2019 total deeper into the record books.
Beijing's film regulators are likely breathing a sigh of relief. As recently as mid-July, China's box office was experiencing its ...
Total ticket sales in the country pushed past the 2018 total of Rmb 60.7 billion ($8.67 billion) on Dec. 13, data from local ticket giant Maoyan reveals. Several upcoming major releases — including Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Feng Xiaogang's romantic drama Only Cloud Knows — will push China's 2019 total deeper into the record books.
Beijing's film regulators are likely breathing a sigh of relief. As recently as mid-July, China's box office was experiencing its ...
- 12/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a lackluster start, China's movie box office has hit an all-time high in 2019.
Total ticket sales in the country pushed past the 2018 total of Rmb 60.7 billion ($8.67 billion) on Dec. 13, data from local ticket giant Maoyan reveals. Several upcoming major releases — including Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Feng Xiaogang's romantic drama Only Cloud Knows — will push China's 2019 total deeper into the record books.
Beijing's film regulators are likely breathing a sigh of relief. As recently as mid-July, China's box office was experiencing its ...
Total ticket sales in the country pushed past the 2018 total of Rmb 60.7 billion ($8.67 billion) on Dec. 13, data from local ticket giant Maoyan reveals. Several upcoming major releases — including Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Feng Xiaogang's romantic drama Only Cloud Knows — will push China's 2019 total deeper into the record books.
Beijing's film regulators are likely breathing a sigh of relief. As recently as mid-July, China's box office was experiencing its ...
- 12/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Chinese-made films “Sheep Without A Shepherd,” “Skyfire” and “Gone With the Light” dominated weekend takings at the mainland Chinese box office. Hollywood’s holdovers were consigned to the lesser rankings.
“Shepherd” is a remake of 2013 Indian thriller “Drishyam” and tells the story of a man trying to cover up for his daughter’s killing of a police officer’s son. It stars Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen, and was directed by Malaysia’s Sam Quah.
Directed by the U.K.’s Simon West, “Skyfire” is an action film about holidaymakers caught up in a volcanic eruption while on a tropical island.
“Skyfire,” which premiered at the recent film festival in Hainan (which markets itself as China’s tropical island), opened commercially on Thursday. It topped the rankings with an opening day take of $4.25 million.
“Shepherd” took the more conventional route with a Friday opening, and held the top spot from Friday to Sunday,...
“Shepherd” is a remake of 2013 Indian thriller “Drishyam” and tells the story of a man trying to cover up for his daughter’s killing of a police officer’s son. It stars Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo and Joan Chen, and was directed by Malaysia’s Sam Quah.
Directed by the U.K.’s Simon West, “Skyfire” is an action film about holidaymakers caught up in a volcanic eruption while on a tropical island.
“Skyfire,” which premiered at the recent film festival in Hainan (which markets itself as China’s tropical island), opened commercially on Thursday. It topped the rankings with an opening day take of $4.25 million.
“Shepherd” took the more conventional route with a Friday opening, and held the top spot from Friday to Sunday,...
- 12/16/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Beijing-based company is launching sales on its latest title Almost A Comedy, scheduled for release on December 20.
Chinese production company Fun Age Pictures, which has produced local hits such as Hello Mr Billionaire, Never Say Die and Goodbye Mr Loser, has stepped into international sales at the inaugural H!Market of the 2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival.
The Beijing-based company is launching sales on its latest title Almost A Comedy, which reunites the co-directors of Fun Age’s Mr Donkey, Zhou Shen and Liu Lu, with their actress in that film, Ren Suxi, whose credits also include A Cool Fish.
Chinese production company Fun Age Pictures, which has produced local hits such as Hello Mr Billionaire, Never Say Die and Goodbye Mr Loser, has stepped into international sales at the inaugural H!Market of the 2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival.
The Beijing-based company is launching sales on its latest title Almost A Comedy, which reunites the co-directors of Fun Age’s Mr Donkey, Zhou Shen and Liu Lu, with their actress in that film, Ren Suxi, whose credits also include A Cool Fish.
- 12/4/2019
- by 1100978¦Silvia Wong¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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