MONDAY UPDATE, in writing after Sunday, 9:43 a.m. Post: To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteer Army’s entry into the Korean War, the Middle Kingdom published the epic The Sacrifice this weekend. Locally titled Jin Gang Chuan grossed an estimated $ 53 million on his three-day arc. While this isn’t a record start for the year, the actioner could do well for the next several weeks, with no major new releases right now.
The victim has a strong pedigree – it is co-staged by The Eight Hundred’s Guan Hu, The Wandering Earths Frant Gwo and Brotherhood Of Blades’ Lu Yang and Wolf Warrior stars Wu Jing. The start was a little lower than expected given all the talent. It carries a 9.4 on the Maoyan ticketing platform and a 6.7 on Douban.
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Before we dive deeper into China, we need to take a look at this Japan and phenomenon Demon Slayer The film: Mugen Train, which last weekend broke all-time records on the market with a three-day arc of $ 44 million. Toho said Japan’s sales are now 10.75 billion yen ($ 102.5 million) through Sunday after an estimated $ 29 million second weekend – nothing short of remarkable.
In IMAX, Toho and Aniplex’s anime adaptation grossed $ 2.04 million from 38 screens, an average of $ 54,000 per screen and a drop of only 9% from last weekend’s high bar. On its second Sunday of release, Demon Slayer set a new IMAX record for the largest single checkout day of the format on the market, posting $ 832,000 from 38 IMAX screens. This beats the record of last Sunday’s photo staged by Haruo Sotozaki ($ 812,000), an unprecedented achievement in the second session.
Additionally, the 2nd IMAX weekend score for Demon Slayer is 6% above the opening weekend of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and 59% above the debut of local hit Weathering With You. Total IMAX revenue after 10 days is $ 5.7 million.
Demon Slayer has a runway ahead of him and a public holiday in early November in Japan, so this will continue to be observed. Funimation will be released domestically early next year.
The news from Japan, as well as the continued strong performance of Chinese titles, comes at a time when European majors are trying to curb a new wave of COVID-19. France has imposed a curfew in a huge part of the country, while Italy will close the cinemas again from tomorrow and Spain has declared a new state of alarm.
As for The Sacrifice, the effects-driven image filmed during the war China dubbed the “War on US Aggression” has all the hallmarks of a hit, but is expected to end at $ 226 million, Maoyan said. That would bring it closer to Jiang Ziya: Legend Of Deification than to the heights of other patriotic imagery, My People, My Homeland ($ 388 million by Sunday), or The Eight Hundred ($ 463 million by Sunday).
On IMAX this weekend, The Sacrifice grossed $ 3.2 million from 672 screens. This is 6% of the entire weekend and on just over 1% of the screens that the movie is playing on. As of this weekend, IMAX has now hit a new October box office record in China, despite capacity restrictions of 75% across the country and six remaining days a month.
Later, Warner Bros’ Tenet grossed $ 289 million for $ 341.4 million worldwide at the international box office. The total overseas share was -37%. IMAX’s share of the gross is 11% or $ 32.7 million. Brazil opens this week with another 18 markets to come.
Despite the near-nationwide curfew at 9 p.m. in France, DreamWorks Animation / Universal’s Trolls World Tour has had a solid run in the market where the family title has been less affected by the lack of evening shows. We’re in full swing here for the school holidays and the movie came in second this weekend at an estimated $ 2.3 million, an 82% increase from the last frame of the debut session. Revenue to date is USD 5.4 million after 10 days. It is expected to have a lifespan of $ 8.8 million to $ 11 million over the long term.
Greenland from STX, debuted at number 1 in Germany and South Africa. The entire weekend costs USD 1.94 million at 2,161 locations, which corresponds to an estimated international turnover of USD 33.6 million. Germany won the Gerard Butler star for $ 949,000 (including preview) in 517 locations. That’s 7% before Angel Has Fallen, just like London Has Fallen, and 46% before Olympus Has Fallen. In South Africa, the $ 68,000 debut since theaters reopened in the region is the top.
And Voltage Pictures reports that After We Collided had a $ 1 million weekend in 36 markets, including a # 1 start in Iceland. The total international amount on the YA picture is $ 47.5 million.
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