It actually was released and made $44m back then (which I think was best all-time?).

The original release make 360m yuan in China back when very few films could even break 100m yuan total and held the record for 12 years before other movies could finally catch up due to the screen expansion and market explosion. The 18m admission number is still third all-time behind Avatar and TF3. And the movie is beloved; in China's popular douban site, it has an 8.9 average with 271,233 votes.

Well, Titanic pulled off impressive feats in pretty much every market. So should we expect a huge gross?

Seeing as re-releases never did particularly well internationally i'll rather stay conservative with my expectations. (if you can call like $400m WW conservative)

I don't see Asia contributing big bucks to the re-release. Just going on past data from The Lion King and other re-releases, I don't think Titanic will offer anything different that will force people to go watch it again.

Yes in the comparatively smaller markets Titanic might not be big, but I think China and Japan will be the exceptions for Titanic's re-release.

The Lion King only grossed 2.6m in South Korea. Beauty and the Beast only made $222,000 in Japan.

Why would the Titanic re-release be any different in China and Japan?

Dreamworks looks for loophole to scoop Chinese viewers

China says ‘Ni Hao, Hollywood!’

That is huge! Once the studio in Shanghai is completed (which should be pretty quick), watch out everywhere else. Kung Fu Panda 3...200 million in China? You know the government will promote the heck out of this once it happens.

The only question is if this becomes a domino effect. Will other Hollywood companies, even studios hope to get in on the action? Interesting times ahead.

Because Titanic did $201mio in Japan and $44mio in China in 1998!

So? Beauty and the Beast made $222,000 with its 3D re-release in Japan. And with disappointing grosses in other Asian territories for 3D re-releases so far this year, I fail to see why or how Japan will suddenly explode with this 3D re-release when it has already displayed disappointing results for other 3D re-releases.

China I can kinda understand since people will want to see it on the big screen for the 1st time now that they have the money but it's still not going to make an outrageous sum. More like 20-25 million IMO.

Do we even know how successful TLK and B&TB where in Asia upon initial release?

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/reactio ... agreement/ - this agreement turns China into de-facto the most important foreign market. I didn't expect them to remove the barriers, because it wil automatically hit local production. I don't know how China will push its movies domestically with so much competition from US pics...

I could see $100m for Titanic re-release in China.

That is a great news (US-China aggrement), does 50% more means we will see 30 movies from 20 movies now?

Ok, so they mention that US studios get more % share revenues from this deal. Interesting.

Some more facts coming to light

- Will be called Oriental Dreamworks. The 3 Chinese companies (China Media Capital and Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Alliance Investment) own 55% of the company while Dreamworks gets 45%.

- 330 million initial investment

- Will start operations later this year

- First release from this new joint venture to come in 2016

Data for the past couple of weeks:

1/30 - 2/5
1. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol（碟中谍4）- 241m ($38.22m) +138.1% 113,378 6,911,385 342.2m ($54.2m)
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows（大侦探福尔摩斯2：诡影游戏）- 22.3m ($3.54m) -67.2% 22,307 668,064 174.3m ($27.59m)
3. The Viral Factor（逆战）- 17.6m ($2.79m) -68.3% 20,571 534,467 120.2m ($19m)
4. All's Well, Ends Well 2012（八星报喜2012）- 14.8m ($2.35m) -68.4% 19,353 462,355 75.6m ($11.96m)
5. Life Without Principle（夺命金）- 14m ($2.22m) New 19,137 435,052 14m ($2.22m)
6. Perfect Two（新天生一对）- 13.6m ($2.16m) -56.1% 20,505 431,746 44.6m ($7.05m)
7. Mission Incredible: Adventures On The Dragon's Trail（喜羊羊与灰太狼之开心闯龙年）- 12.5m ($1.98m) -66.2% 22,938 425,459 160.5m ($25.39m)
8. Fan Ju Ye Feng Kuang（饭局也疯狂）- 10.8m ($1.71m) -61.2% 13,310 345,489 38.6m ($5.1m)
9. The Great Magician（大魔术师）- 9.6m ($1.52m) -76.3% 11,968 287,856 169.3m ($26.78m)
10. The Monkey King 3D（大闹天宫3D）- 5.1m ($0.81m) -63.0% 6,411 151,605 47.6m ($7.53m)

2/6 - 2/12
1. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol（碟中谍4）- 134.5m ($21.36m) -44.2% 91,106 3,878,316 476.7m ($75.56m)
2. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island（地心历险记2）- 95m ($15.09m) New 38,687 2,244,801 95m ($15.09m)
3. I Do（我愿意）- 19.7m ($3.13m) New 19,796 585,612 19.7m ($3.13m)
4. Romancing in Thin Air（高海拔之恋Ⅱ）- 11.6m ($1.84m) New 20,147 349,812 11.6m ($1.84m)
5. Life Without Principle（夺命金）- 10.5m ($1.67m) -25.0% 22,176 337,186 24.5m ($3.89m)
6. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows（大侦探福尔摩斯2：诡影游戏）- 10.2m ($1.62m) -54.3% 13,942 305,297 184.5m ($29.21m)
7. The Viral Factor（逆战）- 6.7m ($1.06m) -61.9% 11,736 206,090 126.9m ($20.06m)
8. Perfect Two（新天生一对）- 4.6m ($0.73m) -66.2% 10,183 148,867 49.2m ($7.78m)
9. Fan Ju Ye Feng Kuang（饭局也疯狂）- 4.4m ($0.70m) -59.3% 7,416 140,485 43m ($5.8m)
10. All's Well, Ends Well 2012（八星报喜2012）- 4m ($0.64m) -73.0% 8,114 125,865 79.6m ($12.6m)

China Opens Up Market to U.S. Movies

So 34 movies annually. That's great since we know that in the past, the studios were trying to push for 30 movies quota. Now, there's 34.

Once Transformers 4 comes out, studio gets to keep >50m. That's fantastic.

Man, is M:I4 gonna break $100m?

Could have a shot, especially with Valentine's Day helping this week's gross as well. The holds the past couple of weeks have been amazing and far better than any other holdovers.

02/13 - 02/19

1. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island（地心历险记2）- 145m ($23.01m) +52.6% 80,923 3,327,977 240m ($38.1m)
2. Love（爱）- 92m ($14.60m) New 62,366 2,542,138 92m ($14.6m)
3. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol（碟中谍4）- 80.4m ($12.76m) -40.2% 54,439 2,178,861 557.1m ($88.32m)
4. I Do（我愿意）- 41m ($6.51m) +108.1% 48,530 1,153,954 60.7m ($9.64m)
5. Killer Elite（铁血精英）- 15m ($2.38m) New 19,004 476,190 15m ($2.38m)
6. Truth or Brave（真心话大冒险）- 11.8m ($1.87m) New 16,964 369,211 11.8m ($1.87m)
7. Romancing in Thin Air（高海拔之恋Ⅱ）- 7.5m ($1.19m) -35.3% 17,055 203,915 19.1m ($3.03m)
8. Ye Dian Gui Tan（夜店诡谈）- 3.4m ($0.54m) +11.1% 8,482 101,796 6.46m ($1.03m)
9. The Burma Conspiracy（豪门生死恋）- 1.36m ($0.22m) +172.0% 5,910 41,781 1.86m ($0.30m)
10. The Floating Shadow（浮出水面的影子）- 1.18m ($0.19m) New 4,590 38,524 1.18m ($0.19m)

M:I4 is closing in on $100m.

Wow can't believe MI4's run. It is already at $88m over a $12m+ week, unless it really tumbles down next week $100m is almost certain.

Looks like Dark Knight Rises is going to be imported, possibly same day too.

Titanic will be released on 4/10, the exact date of 100-year anniversary.

The data for the past few weeks:

02/20 - 02/26
1. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island（地心历险记2）- 67m ($10.64m) -53.8% 60,528 1,645,383 307m ($48.74m)
2. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol（碟中谍4）- 44.5m ($7.07m) -44.7% 44,350 1,279,838 601.6m ($95.39m)
3. Happy Feet Two（快乐大脚2）- 34m ($5.40m) New 43,845 915,948 34m ($5.40m)
4. Love（爱）- 32m ($5.08m) -65.2% 42,048 944,788 124m ($19.68m)
5. I Do（我愿意）- 14.5m ($2.30m) -64.6% 29,570 446,703 75.2m ($11.94m)
6. Killer Elite（铁血精英）- 14.3m ($2.27m) -4.7% 28,194 448,979 29.3m ($4.65m)
7. Tales of Two Cities（双城计中计）- 11.5m ($1.19m) New 18,075 371,807 11.5m ($1.19m)
8. The King's Speech（国王的演讲）- 4.5m ($0.71m) New 10,716 137,028 4.5m ($0.71m)
9. New Dragon Gate（新龙门客栈）- 4.3m ($0.68m) New 10,430 136,899 4.3m ($0.68m)
10. Truth or Brave（真心话大冒险）- 2.4m ($0.38m) -79.7% 7,175 84,536 14.2m ($2.25m)

02/27 - 03/04
1. War Horse（战马）- 56m ($8.89m) New 56,199 1,709,923 56m ($8.89m)
2. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island（地心历险记2）- 39m ($6.19m) -41.8% 43,262 962,013 346m ($54.93m)
3. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol（碟中谍4）- 24m ($3.81m) -46.1% 28,622 683,371 625.6m ($99.2m)
4. Conan the Barbarian（王者之剑）- 19.7m ($3.13m) New 23,456 517,467 19.7m ($3.13m)
5. Happy Feet Two（快乐大脚2）- 14m ($2.22m) -58.8% 25,187 382,827 48m ($7.62m)
6. Love（爱）- 10.3m ($1.64m) -67.8% 18,221 296,573 134.3m ($21.32m)
7. Tales of Two Cities（双城计中计）- 9.4m ($1.49m) -18.3% 27,851 311,258 20.9m ($2.68m)
8. Feng Kuang De Chun Zei（疯狂的蠢贼）- 8.5m ($1.35m) New 16,808 278,962 8.5m ($1.35m)
9. Turning Point 2（变节：潜罪犯）- 7.2m ($1.14m) New 12,599 223,533 7.2m ($1.14m)
10. I Do（我愿意）- 5.2m ($0.83m) -64.1% 13,660 165,922 80.4m ($12.77m)

03/05 - 03/11
1. War Horse（战马）- 37m ($5.86m) -33.9% 42,996 1,120,872 93m ($14.75m)
2. A Simple Life（桃姐）- 33m ($5.23m) New 32,809 1,057,014 33m ($5.23m)
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island（地心历险记2）- 21.8m ($3.46m) -44.1% 24,424 531,837 367.8m ($58.39m)
4. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D（非常小特工）- 18.8m ($2.98m) New 24,745 524,846 18.8m ($2.98m)
5. Conan the Barbarian（王者之剑）- 17.4m ($2.76m) -11.7% 25,849 474,243 37.1m ($5.89m)
6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol（碟中谍4）- 14.4m ($2.28m) -40.0% 16,535 395,930 640m ($101.48m)
7. The Second Woman（情谜）- 12.9m ($2.04m) New 21,055 408,486 12.9m ($2.04m)
8. À bout portant（单刀直入）- 5.2m ($0.82m) New 10,496 164,661 5.2m ($0.82m)
9. Turning Point 2（变节：潜罪犯）- 4.9m ($0.78m) -31.9% 15,353 157,860 12.1m ($1.92m)
10. Feng Kuang De Chun Zei（疯狂的蠢贼）- 4.7m ($0.74m) -44.7% 15,046 162,124 13.2m ($2.09m)

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