According to EBOT, mainland boxoffice gross in the second week (Jan.12-18, 2015) totaled $71million, declining 13% from the previous week, also down 4% y-o-y. Moviegoers this week totaled 12.69million, a drop of 15% than the week 1.
The Chinese remake of a South Korean boxoffice winner, “Miss Granny” has risen to the peak in its second week’s showing to the young moviegoers, adding $19.34million into $39.48million total gross. Ahead of screening at home, “Seventh Son” hit Chinese market, cumed $16.08million in three days, becoming the strongest contender to “Miss Granny” of the week. In the third place, Hollywood adventure-comedy sequel “Night at the Museum 3” added another $11.34million into a modest $42.45million total gross in 15 days’ screening. In the second week, the weekly growth of epic film “The Taking of Tiger Mountain” and Wong Kar Wai’s re-released “The Grandmaster 3D” were trending down with $11.34million and $7.94million, respectively.
Another film returned to the market was “Kungfu Hustle”, which took the sixth place in opening days with $2.83million. Behind it, “The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan” earned $2.28million in three day. As for the competitor launching on the same day, “Lotus Code” was ranked No. 8 by gaining $580,000 less than its closest outrunner. Homegrown animated flick, “One Thousand Bad Jokes” took 1.7% of market share last week, winning $1.19miilion on 234531 moviegoers. The imported sci-fi “Predestination” accounted for 1% market share with $700,000.
EBOT statistics shows that "Seventh Son" gained $2.12million from giant screens in the first three days’ screening, and 70% of the total revenue were from IMAX screens. In the second week (Jan. 12-18, 2014), “Night at the Museum 3”’s IMAX showings cashed in over $700,000, also a roughly 70% share out of giant screen boxoffice total revenue. The proportion shrank distinctly in term of the Chinese films or China-Hong Kong co-productions. “The Grandmaster 3D” preferred other giant screens, such as DMAX, which made totally $387,409 a week.
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