hopefully mtime.com is right. That should be enough for inception to beat tdk os.

Aftershock (唐山大地震) has become the highest grossing Chinese film of all time with a box office total of RMB532 million ($78.5 million).

The figure, published by Chinese state media on Monday, means that Aftershock has overtaken Founding of A Republic (建國大業), the all-star propaganda movie that scored RMB420 million ($62 million) last year. Aftershock achieved its record in just 18 days since its release on 22 July 2010.

It also means that director Feng Xiaogang (馮小剛) has successfully achieved his target of making the first Chinese film to score RMB500 million ($73.8 million) in theatres.

http://www.filmbiz.asia

1. Aftershock（唐山大地震）- 180m ($26.55m), New, 52,293, 4,668,049, 180m ($26.55m)
1. Aftershock（唐山大地震）- 234m ($34.54m), +30.0%, 89,254, 6,268,416, 414m ($61.1m)
Aftershock (唐山大地震) has become the highest grossing Chinese film of all time with a box office total of RMB532 million ($78.5 million).

So, 234m yuan for the full second week, and 118m yuan for the full third week, that's about -50%. Are $100 million still possible?

Hmm, it might get pushed there...

8/2 - 8/8:

1. Aftershock（唐山大地震）- 120m ($17.72m) -48.7% 68,022 3,218,020 534m ($78.82m)
2. City Under Siege（全城戒备）- 31m ($4.58m) New 16,267 960,942 31m ($4.58m)
3. Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec（阿黛拉的非凡冒险）- 28m ($4.14m) New 20,138 938,652 28m ($4.14m)
4. OceanWorld 3D（深海探奇）- 9.9m ($1.46m) +62.3% 9,411 239,825 16.0m ($2.36m)
5. My Belle Boss（我的美女老板）- 6.1m ($0.90m) +27.1% 10,302 208,120 10.9m ($1.61m)
6. Seven Arhat（七小罗汉）- 6.0m ($0.89m) -38.8% 6,532 313,499 20.3m ($3.00m)
7. The Haunting Lover（等着你回来）- 3.1m ($0.46m) -38.0% 5,807 108,924 8.1m ($1.20m)
8. Di Yi Shu Ji（第一书记）- 2.8m ($0.41m) -12.5% 722 111,910 6.8m ($1.00m)
9. Knight & Day（危情谍战）- 2.3m ($0.34m) -67.1% 3,143 69,908 90.9m ($13.41m)
10. Toy Story 3（玩具总动员3）- 1.5m ($0.22m) -50.0% 2,359 66,137 110.9m ($16.34m)

It's going to be very close for $100m. As Lecter said, I think it'll get pushed there.

I'm surprised Adele is doing so well. Is there any special reason why? I didn't know Besson was so popular there.

Xiayun, Do you know if Avatar SE will be released in China.

It doesn't look like it will be re-released in China.

Japan/China not part of Avatar Day date re-release

Well, Japan is getting the re-release so i dunno how up to date that info is.

Japan's getting a re-release but it's not on the August 26 weekend which was the point of the article. The article goes on to state that it will be re-released in Japan on October 16.

I see.

Yeah, Besson is sort of popular, and the marketing was supposedly pretty good.

Entertainment venues were all shut down on Sunday for a day of condolence for the flood victims, affecting the weekly total quite a bit. Look like Aftershock was down by more than 50%, although it's essentially 6-day vs. 7-day. With Chinese Valentine's Day on Monday, the business will rebound this week, so it could still reach $100m. It's basically a 50-50 proposition at this point.

8/9 - 8/15:

1. Aftershock（唐山大地震）- 60m ($8.84m), -50.0%, 40,542, 1,631,214, 594m ($87.66m)
2. City Under Siege（全城戒备）- 39m ($5.75m), +25.8%, 32,681, 1,251,203, 70m ($10.33m)
3. Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec（阿黛拉的非凡冒险）- 17.5m ($2.58m), -37.5%, 16,866, 588,631, 45.5m ($6.72m)
4. Love In Disguise（恋爱通告）- 17m ($2.51m), New, 12,242, 549,983, 17m ($2.51m)
5. Curse of the Deserted（荒村公寓）- 6.2m ($0.91m), New, 4,553, 203,212, 6.2m ($0.91m)
6. OceanWorld 3D（深海探奇）- 4.7m ($0.69m), -52.5%, 5,475, 115,111, 20.7m ($3.05m)
7. The Emerald And The Pearl（翡翠明珠）- 3.4m ($0.50m), New, 3,544, 109,571, 3.4m ($0.50m)
8. Seven Arhat（七小罗汉）- 2.8m ($0.41m), -53.3%, 3,204, 89,285, 23.1m ($3.41m)

Any number of Shrek's release?

Looks like Aftershock will pass $100m.

Unconfirmed opening day figure said 13m yuan, which would be really good even though it was a holiday. Could be a 60m+ opening week.

Thanks,Xia

Hmm, yeah, Aftershock is passing $100 million.

From Boxofficemojo Forums(courtesy of Efialtes76):

Inception will open in China on September 21,facing a competition with 4 local films at the boxoffice:

September 16:The Love of Hawthorn Tree by Zhang Yimou

September 21:Legend of the fist:the Return of Chen Sen with Andrew Lau

September 28:Reign of Assassins by John Woo

September 29:Detective Dee and The Mistery of The Phantom Flame by Tsui Hark.

That's incorrect as far as I know. It's still scheduled to be released on Sep 2nd.

If the opening day is any indication, The Expendables is having a huge weekend.

Apparently Shrek made $8.1 million over the weekend!

Over the week(August 16-22)

Look like a 70m yuan ($10.3m) weekend for The Expendables. If that holds with actual, 200m yuan is almost certain considering it's a traditional 3-day start.