That $4. 8. 1. M gross set records for a 2. D film and far outpaced Skyfall. Because the Chinese government controls so many variables including release dates and keeps 7. That’s not really true. It is not an accident how strongly Spectre finished its opening weekend, even though the series has traditionally underperformed in the world’s No. CSC Government Solutions LLC + SRA International. CSRA was formed through the combination of the North American Public Sector business of CSC and SRA International. CSRA delivers a broad range of innovative. Skyfall finished with a China gross of $5. M. The efforts included screen time for Daniel Craig with Alibaba founder Jack Ma that reached over 5. M viewers; digital partnerships; and a key upcoming installment of a hugely popular talk show that will be devoted to Spectre – and conveniently air the same day as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 enters the market to try to sling an arrow Bond’s way. China is a crowded market where massive grosses are not always automatic; and less so recently as I wrote last week. And with that smaller cut going to the studios, it’s worth it to make sure you’re front and center — especially as local movies have been gaining more traction. Sony is not entirely rewriting the playbook here, but it is a strong example of how to boost potential to great effect. More and more studios are bringing talent to China, while DMG Entertainment has had success with its promotional efforts from staging a massive Iron Man 3 event inside a sacred temple in 2. Johnny Depp to town for a Transcendence primetime special and having him play guitar for about 1,0. Although that movie tanked everywhere else, it made more than 5. China with $2. 0M+. Disney, in a move to boost Star Wars awareness ahead of The Force Awakens, recently placed 5. Stormtroopers on the Great Wall — those photos might have been visible from space. ![]() Dubai-based distributor Gulf Film has secured Middle East theatrical distribution rights to 'Spectre' and plans to release the upcoming 24th James. Gulf Film Secures Theatrical Rights To. P& A is still smaller scale- wise than a lot of markets, and flying talent to Beijing for promotional tours is an efficient way to get a massive boost. Last week, Craig and co- star L. Seydoux and Broccoli made a strategic visit to the Apple Store with a Q& A streamed to more than 2. M people. And, there were visits to shows with some of the biggest ratings in China, including The Best talk show, which led into an airing of Quantum Of Solace. Despite Skyfall’s underperformance in China, it ended up having a life after theatrical. Sony and MGM made sure that the Craig Bonds were available online. ComingSoon.net is a property of CraveOnline Media, LLC, an Evolve Media, LLC company. Release Dates; Just Added; Board view; List view; Calendar. Sep; Oct; Nov; Dec; 2017; Jan; Feb. 007 – two Brits in Rome Auto Trader UAE. The latest vlog from the set of Spectre focuses on a car chase in Rome between the Aston Martin. SPECTRE is set for global release on 6th November and we will definitely be. A deal was recently struck with Tencent, China’s biggest social- networks and online- games company, to distribute the 0. Spectre. Once Chinese audiences see the films, it’s a lot easier to entice them. Promotion on Spectre started early. That’s not always a slam- dunk given the vagaries of the Chinese market where the powers that be typically don’t inform studios of their release dates until about 3. But Sony took the bet and pushed out materials over a wide period including video blogs from the production. Behind the scenes we’re leading the industry. We are Spectra, the experts in hosting and entertainment, providing our clients with solutions and services that amplify the customer experience. We pride ourselves on our.Doing that push early may be a leap of faith, but going for it paid off. Chinese moviegoers are voracious in their appetite for news which they largely consume online. That makes digital, mobile, online ticketing and word of mouth hugely important. Online is so important, in fact, that the majority of the studios do not buy TV advertising which can be inefficient and overly expensive. Sony also smartly partnered with local singing star Jane Zhang who is doing a Chinese version of this year’s Bond theme, “Writings On The Wall.” She’s got millions of social media followers. Chinese audiences want to be part of the pop culture outside PROC gates and that means seeking out talent with big followings who are also invited to premieres. In the case of the Jack Ma showcase for Singles’ Day, he got 0. Spectre got a big platform. A major contributor to Spectre’s opening box office was this pre- release week publicity. It made it an event whereas Bond movies are generally events elsewhere but traditionally not so much in the Middle Kingdom. The tremendous boost that Bond got this week doesn’t mean it works for every movie. But on big titles that have potential to resonate, it’s increasingly important that the studios embrace China. And yet, this is a market that moves fast — witness this summer’s all- time box office record set by Furious 7 which was supplanted a few months later by a local film. What’s working one day might not the next. Bond is nevertheless expected to have sturdy legs here despite the circling Mockingjay. All figures for films below have been updated to reflect actuals (compiled by Deadline’s Kinsey Lowe). PREVIOUS UPDATE, SUNDAY, 2: 5. PM PT: International esimates are in for what’s been a slow frame for pretty much everyone but James Bond — and Salman Khan. Disney didn’t even report figures given its current films have wound up their international runs ahead of The Good Dinosaur later this month — and some movie that features droids and light sabers next month. France, suffer a massive terrorist attack which bit into box office for all movies. Bond’s $1. 53. 3. M was propelled by openings in 1. China. There, a savvy marketing campaign got the locals so mobilized that Spectre. This was also the debut session for Bollywood megastar Salman Khan’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo from Fox International Productions, and boy did it pay off. Oh, and the answer to “What is a weekend?” has been answered by Maggie Smith’s latest. Studio titles are broken down below with more to come; hit refresh for latest. Related. Mr. Bond Bashes Three Wide Releases As . The romance drama grossed an incredible $3. M from 4,7. 53 screens in seven markets after opening at the beginning of the Diwali holiday frame. In India, it smashed the record for the biggest Bollywood opening of all time, taking $2. M over the four- day weekend. That puts the movie in the coveted 1. M) club which it joined after just three days. The UK was also a record with the biggest opening weekend of all time for a Bollywood title earning $1. M. In the U. S., the FSS is $2. M in 2. 86 cinemas. The cume since Thursday is $2. M. This is the 4th biggest Bollywood opening of all- time in North America and the largest ever for distributor FIP. There’s more on this Bollywood phenom in my separate story, here. THE LADY IN THE VANMy English mother- in- law asked me the other day if I’d seen this film. I couldn’t provide too much intel, but this movie is clearly striking a chord. The UK start this weekend was a big $3. M from 5. 40 screens. The opening is 5. Philomena and just above Smith- starrers Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Quartet. SPC has it in the States. Related. Specialty Box Office: . That’s 3. 0% up on last week and largely down to the addition of China, Korea and Australia. In total, Spectre added 1. One of those was France of which Sony is being respectful and not reporting grosses given the atrocities that happened in Paris this weekend. The terror attacks resulted in cinemas being shuttered on Saturday. Prior to that, a local box office reporting service said that Spectre broke the all- time record for an opening day in France on Wednesday with more than 8. K tickets sold. We will look more closely at France’s grosses at a more appropriate time. In the meanwhile, let’s look at how 0. M+. On 3. 1,3. 02 screens in 9. Spectre is currently No. SPRI’s 6. 3 territories. The international cume is $4. M, after only 3 weeks. Holdovers have been strong here while new markets this frame added $8. M, 7. 5% ahead of Skyfall at current exchange rates. China, as I reported here, brought the biggest opening weekend of all time with $4. M from 1. 4,7. 00. That was 1. 98% ahead of Skyfall and was aided by a boots- on- the- ground marketing campaign. An extra smart move after Skyfall had a run- in with the censors back in 2. Other major openers included Australia with $8. M (including previews) from 6. Skyfall. Korea opened to $8. M (including previews) for the weekend from 1,1. Skyfall; New Zealand bowed with $1. M (including previews) from 1. Bond 2. 3. In holds, the UK, where the film is now the 3rd highest grosser of all time, dropped just 3. M from 2,1. 00 screens. The cume there is $1. M. Germany slipped 2. M for its 2nd weekend. The local cume to date has reached $3. M. Here are the other major SPRI cumes: Italy ($1. M); Russia ($1. 0. M); the Netherlands ($1. M); Mexico ($8. 3. M, surpassing the lifetime total of Skyfall by 7%); Brazil ($5. M); and Spain ($5. M). As for the markets where MGM has the film, Denmark has made Spectre the highest- grossing film of the year at a $1. M cume. That’s 2. Skyfall in local currency. Sweden has a similar boast with 0. M. Same for Norway at $7. M; and Finland ($6. M). Poland’s cume is now $6. M (4. 3% ahead of Skyfall in local currency); the UAE has a total $4. M (2. 0% ahead of Skyfall locally; and Portugal is up 1. Skyfall with $1. 7. M. Spectre also smashed records in China for IMAX. With $4. 6. M on 2. November release and nearly four times as much as Skyfall’s debut weekend of $1. M in 2. 01. 2. IMAX screens occupied five of the top 1. No. The overseas total for the weekend is $9. M on 4. 83 IMAX screens. The total worldwide is now just under $4. M. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2. After crossing $4. M globally last week, HT2 continues to perform. Halloween is long gone, but this picture, which along with Spectre will be one of Sony’s biggest hits this year, added $9. M this weekend from 1. The international cume has now reached $2. M. Major market cumes include the UK at $2. M; Mexico with $2. M amd Venezuela at $1. M. Also China with $1. M and Russia with $1. M and Germany with $1. M. Oz and Korea are still to come. THE MARTIANRidley Scott’s latest continues to cultivate box office wherever it lands. A $5. 8 weekend from 3,4. M. This film, from Fox, is on track to best all of Scott’s overseas performances. Despite the tragic events in Paris and a day when movie theaters were shut, the territory drew $1. M for an $1. 8. 2. M cume. Other key cumes after several weeks of play are the UK at $3. M, Korea at $3. 3. M and Germany at $1. M. China releases November 2. Japan goes later in February. PANTaking its cume to $8. M, Warner Bros’ Pan grossed an estimated $3. M over the weekend from over 3,2.
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