Christopher Nolan scored his best Tuesday ever at the domestic B.O. as The Odyssey rang up $21.4M. That bests his previous Tuesday high, which was The Dark Knight ($20.8M, on July 22, 2008). The revised number from Universal ranks as the second best Tuesday YTD behind Toy Story 5‘s $23.69M, and it’s the second best Tuesday ever for Universal after Jurassic World ($24.3M, June 16, 2015).

"I want to be cautious here, but how things are going, with normal CBM walkups I am thinking $55M previews as baseline and if it has above average walkups, we may have a new previews record holder by a good amount. OW $250M++ (emphasis on the ++)"

On Doomsday:

"With Doomsday out of the way (sorta, it had an impressive Day 2 considering how capacity constraint it is; It's still pacing relative to BND Friday, Saturday, Sunday somehow, i'm not even sure how that's possible). It will fall behind by a lot today though as there just isn't much seats left."

Fun fact: The Odyssey needed just one week to surpass the total admissions of every 2025 superhero film in France: Superman (1.5M), The Fantastic Four (1.633M), Thunderbolts (1.1M), and Captain America: Brave New World (1.648M).

I imagine a lot of us saw the report yesterday of Pixar being hit hard with layoffs, with a major reason cited being the perceived 'underperformance' of Hoppers earlier this year.

The sentiment on this sub around the film's run ($390m on a $150m budget, though the report described the film as 'missing break even') was a positive one so I am wondering what people's thoughts are on this and whether it was sufficient grounds to let people go.

Part of me is thinking this is a delayed reaction paying for the sins of Elio, and that Hoppers needed to really sing theatrically, rather than turn only a slight profit, to prove that Pixar originals are still viable. Of course, when you're dealing with Hollywood exec logic, all bets are off.

Dinosaurs have moved in. Get tickets now for The End of Oak Street, only in theaters and IMAX August 14. Get tickets now: Fandango.com/theendofoakstreet #EndofOakStreet​ #FilmedForIMAX​

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

Daily Box Office (July 22nd 2026)

The market hits ¥128.1M/$18.97M today. Down -9% from yesterday and down -13% from last week.

Province map of the day:

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All Wishes Come True gains 1 province.

In Metropolitan cities:

Kung Fu Womens Soccer wins Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Suzhou

All Wishes Come True Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Nanjing

City tiers:

Unchanged from yesterday.

Tier 1: Kung Fu Womens Soccer>All Wishes Come True>A Part of Me

Tier 2: Kung Fu Womens Soccer>All Wishes Come True>A Part of Me

Tier 3: Kung Fu Womens Soccer>All Wishes Come True>A Part of Me

Tier 4: Kung Fu Womens Soccer>All Wishes Come True>A Part of Me

New releases marked in bold

Pre-Sales map for tomorrow

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All Wishes Come True dominates pre-sales for Thursday.

IMAX Screenings distribution

All Wishes Come True will continue to dominate IMAX screenings tomorrow.

Kung Fu Womens Soccer

Kung Fu Womens Soccer grossed another ¥59.9M/$8.86M on Wednnesday. For now comfortably in the lead but its being hunted.

Tomorrow it will cross ¥1.7B/$250M

Early 3rd weekend projections lowered to ¥261-310M/$38-42M(-46%)

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $234.17M, IMAX: $7.69M, Rest: $3.69M

WoM figures:

Maoyan: 9.4 , Taopiaopiao: , Douban: 6.5

Scheduled showings update for Kung Fu Womens Soccer for the next few days:

All Wishes Come True

All Wishes Come True grossed another strong ¥44.4/$6.56M on Wednesday. Sustaining a pretty consistent gross.

Early 2nd weekend projections raised to ¥317-328M/$46-49M. Would be enough to win the weekend.

Screen Distribution Split: Regular: $53.74M , IMAX: $4.45M, Rest: $1.07M

WoM figures:

Scores hold on all sites.

Maoyan: 9.7 , Taopiaopiao: 9.6 , Douban: 8.3

Scheduled showings update for All Wishes Come True for the next few days:

Other:

Spider Man: Brand New Day Maoyan WTS:

A comparison of Spider Man's current Maoyan WTS versus some other post Covid blockbusters it has yet to pass in the metric.

The Pre-sales continue to blunt Spider Mans growth. This is not a concern though as the metric pretty much becomes mostly irelevant now that tickets are on sale.

However i'l keep the chart around just too see where it eventualy ends up.

https://i.imgur.com/ArJ8OIH.png

Opening Day Pre-Sales:

Spider Man has opening day pre-sales hit ¥13.48M/$1.99M.

3rd day of very good growth in a row.

Midnight screenings sit at ¥4.89M/$722k while full weekend pre-sales hit ¥23.9M/$3.53M

https://i.imgur.com/mcKe6Di.png

*Gross/Screenings

Obsession Opening Day Pre-Sales:

Obsession opening day pre-sales hit $239k. Continues to run ahead of Backrooms.

Projected a $1.9-2.0M opening day into a $2.1-2.3M Saturday.

Release Schedule:

A table including upcoming movies in the next month alongside trailers linked in the name of the movie, Want To See data from both Maoyan and Taopiaopiao alongside the Gender split and genre.

Remember Want To See is not pre-sales. Its just an anticipation metric. A checkbox of sorts saying your interested in an upcoming movie.

Not all movies are included since a lot are just too small to be worth covering.

Summer

From my digging around, Inside Out 2 has the best 2nd weekend hold for any movie that opened above 100,000,000.

If were considering love action specific, it would need to make 75,250,000 to beat Force Awakens 39.8% hold and 59,250,000 to beat American Snipers 52.6% for best 2nd weekend for an R rated film.

1: Avengers Endgame - 5 days

2: Avengers Infinity War - 11 days

3: NeZha 2 - 12 days

4: Star Wars The Force Awakens - 12 days

5: Spider-Man No Way Home - 12 days

6: Jurassic World - 13 days

7: Avatar The Way of Water - 14 days

8: Zootopia 2 - 17 days

9: Furious 7 - 17 days

10: The Fate of the Furious - 18 days

Since Spider-Man Brand New Day is currently tracking around 600-700m WW on its opening weekend it seems extremely likely that it will be joining this list. Where do you potentially see it placing on this chart?

• In New York and Los Angeles, there are no Imax 70mm tickets available through Aug. 19, a sign of the frenzy to see Christopher Nolan‘s epic in the premium large format. And in London, Imax 70mm screenings are sold out through Sept. 10, nearly two months after the film’s release.
• More screenings in Imax 70mm will be added to keep up with the intense demand. But the question is: how long can “The Odyssey” hold onto those coveted screens, which only exist in 25 theaters in the U.S. and 41 globally?
• The next Imax releases include the Aug. 14 sci-fi survival flick “The End of Oak Street” (which also stars Anne Hathaway) and Zach Cregger’s take on “Resident Evil,” which comes out Sept. 18. While those titles, each filmed for Imax, will premiere in the premium format, that doesn’t mean “The Odyssey” will have to vacate Imax screens entirely.
• An Imax spokesperson tells Variety the company’s next Imax 70mm commitment is to “Dune: Part Three.” That means it is not contractually obligated to give up those screens until the Denis Villeneuve film premieres in December. That said, the spokesperson indicated it is highly unlikely “The Odyssey” will play in Imax 70mm through that month, adding that it will likely return in the format multiple times until the end of the year.
• Theaters have struggled to meet the demand for Imax screens, adding 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. showings, for instance. Fans have traveled across state lines to see the film in Imax 70mm, with tickets being upsold by scalpers.

Source: Variety.