因為疫情原因，今年全球電影市場如墜深淵，極度不景氣。中國在基本控制住疫情後重新開放電影院，而《八佰》則成為了目前為止全世界今年首映期間票房最高的電影，也引起了福布斯的注意，將八佰與刺蝟索尼克和絕地戰警等比較，並認為八佰有望超越絕地戰警成為今年票房冠軍。
Box Office: China’s ‘Eight Hundred’ Nabs Biggest Opening Weekend Of 2020中國電影《八佰》開映首週末票房2020年全球最高China’s blockbuster war epic The Eight Hundred grossed another $33 million on Sunday to bring its opening “weekend” (counting $30 million in Mon-Thurs previews) to a boffo $116.63 million. That makes it the first movie to gross over $100 million in any territory since Sonic the Hedgehog ($146 million domestic) in mid-February. And since it’s only $33 million away from Sonic’s North American total, it’ll pass that flick’s territory-specific milestone today or tomorrow to be just the second-biggest single-territory grosser of the year behind Bad Boys For Life’s $204 million domestic cume.
中國戰爭大片《八佰》在上週日拿下了3300美元票房後，這部賣座影片“首週末”票房達到了1.17億美元（包含週一到週四的3000萬美元試映收入）。這也使其成為自今年2月中旬《刺蝟索尼克》（美國國內票房1.46億美元）後全球首個超過1億美元票房的電影。目前它距離《刺蝟索尼克》北美總票房僅有3300萬美元距離，預計今明兩天便可超過索尼克，成為繼《絕地戰警：極速追擊》（美國國內總票房2.04億美元）之後2020年單一市場票房第二高的影片。
Oh, and it earned 6.3% of that figure ($6.7 million) in IMAX despite IMAX accounting for 1% of available theaters. Yes, that’s technically the year’s biggest Fri-Sun opening weekend, with $83 million ($20 million on Friday, $29 million on Saturday and $33 million on Sunday) over the traditional weekend, besting the $62.5 million Fri-Sun debut of Bad Boys For Life (of a $73 million Fri-Mon launch) in North America back in mid-January.
其中6.3%的營收（約670萬美元）是由IMAX巨幕貢獻的，而IMAX巨幕僅佔到總院線影廳的1%數量。技術上來說，它還是今年開映首週末（週五-週日）票房最高的影片，總票房達到8300萬美元（週五2000萬，週六2900萬，週日3300萬），超過了《絕地戰警：極速追擊》一月中旬在北美開映時首週末6250萬的票房（加上週一的資料後也只有7300萬美元）。
If you want to count the $30 million-worth of previews, then, yeah, I guess The Eight Hundred scored the first $100 million-plus launch of the year, but either way it’s a milestone for 2020. And since it’s just above Sonic the Hedgehog’s $116 million global launch in February, The Eight Hundred has notched the year’s biggest global debut. Presuming it remotely legs out, and even a mere 2x “long weekend-to-final” multiplier gives it $232 million in China alone, it has a chance of being the biggest single-territory grosser of 2020.
如果算上試映期的3000萬美元票房，我猜《八佰》是今年全球第一個首映期間達到1億+美元的，無論怎麼算在2020年也算是里程碑了。考慮到它票房已經超過了刺蝟索尼克，八佰已經成為今年全球首映期間票房最高的影片。這個賣座態勢只需要再稍微延續一段時間，哪怕只再多一個首週末的戰績，也能達到2.32億美元，有機會成為今年全球單一市場的票房冠軍。
Tenet is expected to earn around $115 million in China and it will possibly struggle to top $200 million domestic without California and New York (at least initially) in play. Mulan is heading to PVOD in America and elsewhere and at this point Great Wall/Kung Fu Panda 3-level grosses in China (around $155 million) could be a pipe dream. Save for other Chinese biggies (Detective Chinatown 3, etc.) yet to be released, only single-territory competition left are, being optimistic, Woman 1984, Black Widow, No Time to Die and Soul in North America if they open as planned.
諾蘭新作《信條》預計中國票房在1.15億美元左右，而在美國（初期不包括加州和紐約）票房估計最多能到2億美元。《木蘭》在美國和其它市場將採取線上付費點播方式，這個時間段在中國市場想達到《長城》或《功夫熊貓3》（約1.55億美元）水準的票房可以說是白日做夢了。除此之外，還有其它中國大片（如唐探3等）還在等待上線。如果線下院線可以按計劃開放的話，即便樂觀估計，《神奇女俠1984》、《黑寡婦》、《007：無暇赴死》和皮克斯動畫電影《Soul》也只能在北美市場競爭了。
Word of mouth for Guan Hu’s $80 million, shot-entirely-on-IMAX Japanese-Sino action drama is pretty damn positive among paying moviegoers. Having seen the film, it’s pretty terrific. The 147-minute action drama, about 400 Chinese soldiers defending a key warehouse from invading Japanese forces, was supposed to open last summer but was pulled at the last minute allegedly due to political considerations. Nonetheless, the first new biggie is pulling in very big business even with capacity limitations (now at 50% max capacity) and related challenges.
這部電影投資8000萬美元全程，全程IMAX拍攝。影片反應了日本侵華戰爭，由管虎執導，在付費的電影觀眾中口碑非常好。看過這部電影后，我覺得影片非常棒。這部147分鐘的動作電影描述了約400名中國士兵在一處重要的倉庫裡抵抗日本軍隊入侵的故事。影片原計劃去年夏天上映，不過據稱因為某些考慮被臨時推遲。不過不管怎麼說，這部新上映的大片在商業上還是成功了的，尤其是考慮到影院上座率限制（不超過最大容量的50%）以及其它種種挑戰。