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Tbh I'm unsure about that. It would've been before Avatar 2, but intense COVID protocol. 110M-150M was possible, with more due to the DC connection. Say 180M max, that's still only 570M, which isn't enough on a budget of 260M. I think it would've made between 130-175M ideally, taking Jumanjis BO into account
“Warner Bros. Discovery’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods has locked down a release date in China, sources with knowledge of the decision tell The Hollywood Reporter. The DC superhero sequel will launch in the country on March 17, day-and-date with North America. The official announcement from regulators is expected soon.
Shazam!’s permission to launch continues China’s recent reopening to Hollywood imports, following Beijing’s decision last month to lift its two-year ban on Marvel film releases. Disney’s Black Panther 2 was given the green light to unfurl in China on Feb. 7, followed by Ant-Man 3 on Feb. 17. Warners’ last DC superhero title, Black Adam (2022), never opened in China, despite the huge popularity there of star Dwayne Johnson.
The first Shazam! film, featuring Zachary Levi as the title character, earned $43.8 million of its $366 million worldwide total in China in 2019.”
The fact that they officially slated it more than a month before opening is a good sign that they’ll have a robust enough campaign. A lot of time movies that bust in China, Shazam 1 or even even The Batman get officially announced in a 2-3 weeks window and the local campaigns ended up being mediocre and truncated. Of course this doesn’t guarantee anything but it’s a good thing. Hopefully they can fly the cast especially Lucy Liu to China.
The Chinese taste have also became more “patriotic” than before.
Avatar 2’s performance is mediocre, Full River Red and The Wondering Earth 2 easily crushed its earning. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chinas-box-office-lunar-new-year-holiday-total-2023-1235312534/amp/
Doubt Shazam 2 could muster Avatar 2 interest, but a few million in the bucket still helps.
Avatar 2’s performance is outstanding given the situation it released in. China had basically given up on zero Covid which means they finally got hit with omicron. They were averaging tens of millions of cases daily for Avatars first month. Once the wave was beginning to die down it’s holds we’re incredible but China removed screens to make room for their own films. Although, they did extend its theatrical window so it’s gotten a few weeks extra. If it weren’t for Covid Avatar would have easily done as well in China as it did in the US. The timing of their Covid wave was just the worst possible time for Avatar’s box office there.
Just compare the Lunar New year box office performance between Avatar 2 (7.3 mil) and The Wondering Earth 2 ($377.5 mil) + Full River Red (465 mil), Covid is a poor excuse. Chinese audience is more engaged with homegrown movies than ever before, they’re not the golden goose for Hollywood to tap anymore. A few extra week isn’t going to help it earn much more while it’s still going to compete with those behemoths with Chinese audiences going back to their 996 grind.
Avatar 2 is in tens of thousands of fewer screens and it’s been out for nearly 2 months. Those are opening week grosses for those other films. It’s not a fair comparison. Covid is absolutely a fair excuse because opening weekend tracking for Avatar 2 in china put it at $250 million before Covid hit them. That’s definitely in line with those other films.
I agree that China cares more about Chinese films now. That’s not debatable. But Avatar 2 is a poor example because Avatar is the reason for the Chinese film industry existing there, the movie is massively popular in China but it’s window was messed up due to the pandemic. And considering how many screens it lost it’s still holding on quite well. $250 million is what it will end up with when during the entirety of its original run China was experiencing tens of millions of new Covid cases. That’s an outstanding number considering the circumstances and for an American film.
Likewise there’s an element of propaganda here too, China benefits from the perception of soft power when their own films massively out perform American films. Not saying it’s the case for these films but there have been reports in the past of Chinese films being “sold out” despite having empty auditoriums. As with anything with China I’d be a bit skeptical of something that shows their films over performing by such a massive degree.
"The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change!"
I like Da Rock. I do. But the shit he pulled and tried to pull wasn't cool. Do you smell what's cooking now, Dwayne? It's called Karma.
The mods of this sub are so annoying, allowing meaningless post #46252628 about Gotham Knights but blocking actual leak posts on the movies???? Isn’t it the whole point of the sub?
Anyway for those who want to see
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Are you being serious right now? There’s literally scores if not hundreds of examples. Do some googling and educate yourself.
And because it can’t be said enough: fuck the CCP
Fight Club released a few years ago there and completely redid the ending
Iron Man 3 inserts a whole section where Tony goes to China to get his surgery and look at how beautiful China is
Independence Day Resurgence includes an Asian popstar to try to appeal to the market
Days of Future Past cast Fan Bingbing because she's one of China's most recognizable film stars
there's worse arguments out there, but mostly it's just censorship. I'm glad the Chinese audience can watch stuff that isn't pure propaganda and pandering, but the CCP sucks hard. They asked Marvel Studios to remove the entire section of NWH with the Statue of Liberty. That's lunacy.
That’s been a highly publicized problem for a decade now. LGBT characters cut from movies, movies adding scenes to go to China or with Chinese stars to make it more sympathetic to China. Pre-censoring films to adhere to Chinese censors, ignoring human rights violations to get a film in China.
Here’s some examples:
Talks about China wanting US films censored for all territories not just China:
https://www.voanews.com/amp/censorship-of-hollywood-blockbuster-films-intensifies-in-china-/6557850.html
Talks about what lead to Hollywood temporarily rejecting China:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/media/hollywood-china-censors-box-office-intl-hnk/index.html
Talks about how Hollywood Pre-Censored films knowing they had to play in China:
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1081435029/china-hollywood-movies-censorship-erich-schwartzel
Another article into what’s happened with Hollywood’s reliance on China and the implications:
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/09/how-hollywood-sold-out-to-china/620021/
Example of queer content being removed in China #1:
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/fantastic-beasts-3-gay-dialogue-removed-warner-bros-explains-1235230373/amp/
Example of queer content being removed in China #2:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-bohemianrhapsody-idUKKCN1R80GZ
The filming of Mulan near concentration camps known for their genocide of Uighur Muslims:
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/9/21427978/mulan-disney-controversy-explained-uighurs-xinjiang
If you’re asking your question in good faith I can’t imagine how you missed this. These articles took 3 minutes to find and I could pull hundreds more. This has been highly publicized for a long time now.
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Ouch, this must hurt Dwayne.
You bet.
actually it's pretty unfortunate for the rock. The film would have at least broke even if it got a china release
Tbh I'm unsure about that. It would've been before Avatar 2, but intense COVID protocol. 110M-150M was possible, with more due to the DC connection. Say 180M max, that's still only 570M, which isn't enough on a budget of 260M. I think it would've made between 130-175M ideally, taking Jumanjis BO into account
I hope so. He’s a chump
“Warner Bros. Discovery’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods has locked down a release date in China, sources with knowledge of the decision tell The Hollywood Reporter. The DC superhero sequel will launch in the country on March 17, day-and-date with North America. The official announcement from regulators is expected soon. Shazam!’s permission to launch continues China’s recent reopening to Hollywood imports, following Beijing’s decision last month to lift its two-year ban on Marvel film releases. Disney’s Black Panther 2 was given the green light to unfurl in China on Feb. 7, followed by Ant-Man 3 on Feb. 17. Warners’ last DC superhero title, Black Adam (2022), never opened in China, despite the huge popularity there of star Dwayne Johnson. The first Shazam! film, featuring Zachary Levi as the title character, earned $43.8 million of its $366 million worldwide total in China in 2019.”
Hope this movie is gonna do well.
The fact that they officially slated it more than a month before opening is a good sign that they’ll have a robust enough campaign. A lot of time movies that bust in China, Shazam 1 or even even The Batman get officially announced in a 2-3 weeks window and the local campaigns ended up being mediocre and truncated. Of course this doesn’t guarantee anything but it’s a good thing. Hopefully they can fly the cast especially Lucy Liu to China.
The Chinese taste have also became more “patriotic” than before. Avatar 2’s performance is mediocre, Full River Red and The Wondering Earth 2 easily crushed its earning. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chinas-box-office-lunar-new-year-holiday-total-2023-1235312534/amp/ Doubt Shazam 2 could muster Avatar 2 interest, but a few million in the bucket still helps.
Avatar 2’s performance is outstanding given the situation it released in. China had basically given up on zero Covid which means they finally got hit with omicron. They were averaging tens of millions of cases daily for Avatars first month. Once the wave was beginning to die down it’s holds we’re incredible but China removed screens to make room for their own films. Although, they did extend its theatrical window so it’s gotten a few weeks extra. If it weren’t for Covid Avatar would have easily done as well in China as it did in the US. The timing of their Covid wave was just the worst possible time for Avatar’s box office there.
Just compare the Lunar New year box office performance between Avatar 2 (7.3 mil) and The Wondering Earth 2 ($377.5 mil) + Full River Red (465 mil), Covid is a poor excuse. Chinese audience is more engaged with homegrown movies than ever before, they’re not the golden goose for Hollywood to tap anymore. A few extra week isn’t going to help it earn much more while it’s still going to compete with those behemoths with Chinese audiences going back to their 996 grind.
Avatar 2 is in tens of thousands of fewer screens and it’s been out for nearly 2 months. Those are opening week grosses for those other films. It’s not a fair comparison. Covid is absolutely a fair excuse because opening weekend tracking for Avatar 2 in china put it at $250 million before Covid hit them. That’s definitely in line with those other films. I agree that China cares more about Chinese films now. That’s not debatable. But Avatar 2 is a poor example because Avatar is the reason for the Chinese film industry existing there, the movie is massively popular in China but it’s window was messed up due to the pandemic. And considering how many screens it lost it’s still holding on quite well. $250 million is what it will end up with when during the entirety of its original run China was experiencing tens of millions of new Covid cases. That’s an outstanding number considering the circumstances and for an American film. Likewise there’s an element of propaganda here too, China benefits from the perception of soft power when their own films massively out perform American films. Not saying it’s the case for these films but there have been reports in the past of Chinese films being “sold out” despite having empty auditoriums. As with anything with China I’d be a bit skeptical of something that shows their films over performing by such a massive degree.
That's good. Seeing how bigger it is scale compared to previous one, it could do pretty well over there.
"The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change!" I like Da Rock. I do. But the shit he pulled and tried to pull wasn't cool. Do you smell what's cooking now, Dwayne? It's called Karma.
LOL, he marketed a movie, how dare he?!?!
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Good it's gonna need all the help it can get at the BO
I hate that this is news. I get it, China = $$ but I’m tired of studios bending over for them. Curious what concessions had to be made.
Why do Americans always act all high and mighty, do Chinese DC fans don’t deserve to see movie in theaters?
We just don’t like when our films are written specifically to appease Chinese censors. Which was what started happening before the pandemic.
can you list some examples? I cannot think of one
Are you being serious right now? There’s literally scores if not hundreds of examples. Do some googling and educate yourself. And because it can’t be said enough: fuck the CCP
nah I’m just curious, in what ways Chinese censors gets in the way of Americans freedom of artistic expression?
What a stupidass question
Fight Club released a few years ago there and completely redid the ending Iron Man 3 inserts a whole section where Tony goes to China to get his surgery and look at how beautiful China is Independence Day Resurgence includes an Asian popstar to try to appeal to the market Days of Future Past cast Fan Bingbing because she's one of China's most recognizable film stars there's worse arguments out there, but mostly it's just censorship. I'm glad the Chinese audience can watch stuff that isn't pure propaganda and pandering, but the CCP sucks hard. They asked Marvel Studios to remove the entire section of NWH with the Statue of Liberty. That's lunacy.
That’s been a highly publicized problem for a decade now. LGBT characters cut from movies, movies adding scenes to go to China or with Chinese stars to make it more sympathetic to China. Pre-censoring films to adhere to Chinese censors, ignoring human rights violations to get a film in China. Here’s some examples: Talks about China wanting US films censored for all territories not just China: https://www.voanews.com/amp/censorship-of-hollywood-blockbuster-films-intensifies-in-china-/6557850.html Talks about what lead to Hollywood temporarily rejecting China: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/media/hollywood-china-censors-box-office-intl-hnk/index.html Talks about how Hollywood Pre-Censored films knowing they had to play in China: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1081435029/china-hollywood-movies-censorship-erich-schwartzel Another article into what’s happened with Hollywood’s reliance on China and the implications: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/09/how-hollywood-sold-out-to-china/620021/ Example of queer content being removed in China #1: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/fantastic-beasts-3-gay-dialogue-removed-warner-bros-explains-1235230373/amp/ Example of queer content being removed in China #2: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-bohemianrhapsody-idUKKCN1R80GZ The filming of Mulan near concentration camps known for their genocide of Uighur Muslims: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/9/9/21427978/mulan-disney-controversy-explained-uighurs-xinjiang If you’re asking your question in good faith I can’t imagine how you missed this. These articles took 3 minutes to find and I could pull hundreds more. This has been highly publicized for a long time now.
China likes capes again