In
#China’s
#BoxOffice, after local
#SpringFestival releases holding the #1 since
#ChineseNewYear, Hollywood is ready for a comeback with
#Pixar animation
#HOPPERS & sci-fi
#ProjectHailMary fighting for the #1
On final pre-sales day
#HOPPERS finished with strong $1.3M total (vs
#Elio’s $279k,
#TheRiseOfGru $1.1M,
#TheSuperMarioBrosMovie’s $1.7M) for the MAR 20-22 period ahead of its FRI debut over 92k screenings.
Meanwhile the sci-fi starring
#RyanGosling finished its pre-sales period with a $1.2M total (vs
#Barbie’s $800k,
#Matrix4 $732k,
#KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes’ $1M,
#WakandaForever’s 1.1M,
#TheBatman’s $1.8M) for the same MAR 20-22 period, despite a limited release over just 24k screenings.
Pre-sales breakdown:
#HOPPERS
$695k MAR 20 FRI Opening Day
$470k MAR 21 SAT
$114k MAR 22 SUN
#ProjectHailMary
$495k MAR 20 FRI Opening Day
$510k MAR 21 SAT
$174k MAR 22 SUN
#HOPPERS could be dreaming of a 10M-15M 3-day opening weekend, what would beat
#InsideOut2 as the biggest debut for a
#Pixar film Post-Covid.
#ProjectHailMary in a normal world would be aiming for the same, but limited number of screenings should keep it in the single digits, with a 6M-9M 3-day opening in the cards, what would be above
#SUPERMAN &
#TheFantasticFourFirstSteps’ debuts last year, and potentially on par with
#Barbie, which also opened in limited screenings back in 2023.