Author / Tank
This year, Warner Bros. grossed 249 million yuan in Chinese mainland, just 12 million more than the last Sony Pictures.
In terms of the number of new films, this year Warner only has a new film from "Tom and Jerry" at the beginning of the year. Fortunately, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was re-screened from April to May, which also made Warner Bros. not the bottom of this year's cumulative box office performance.
Last December, Warner Bros. announced an operation that shocked all of Hollywood: All 17 of its 2021 North American films will land on HBO max simultaneously. This also means that on the day these movies are released in North American theaters, they will also be online streaming, and the theater window period will be completely invalidated. This was devastating for warner films' box office impact in Chinese mainland, and if the film could not get an early or synchronized North American schedule, its mainland box office would also suffer a huge loss.
At the beginning of February this year, "Tom and Jerry" was scheduled for February 26, as the first new film in Hollywood this year, the film not only successfully released in China and the United States, but also enjoyed the Lantern Festival schedule, although the word-of-mouth performance was not good, but the box office of 100 million+ was basically in line with expectations. But as everyone knows, this has also become the only new film of Warner Bros. this year, and after that, not only the R-rated "Mortal Kombat", "X Contingent: Full Assembled" or the family audience's "In the Highlands", "Slam Dunk in the Air: A New Legend", "Remembrance puzzle", "King Richard" have not been introduced. "The Matrix 4", which was previously rumored to be released a week earlier in North America, was eventually postponed until January next year.
However, looking at the List of Warner films in 2022, it definitely belongs to the big year. In addition to "The Matrix 4", which has been confirmed to be scheduled for January 14 next year, there will be 5 super British blockbusters to be screened next year, "New Batman", "Black Adam", "The Flash" all have a box office strength of 500 million +, and "Aquaman 2" at the end of next year also has 1 billion + and "Spider-Man: Homeless" "Jurassic World 3" to compete with the absolute strength of next year's import film TOP3, if these super British movies can get the opportunity to introduce, Warner next year to hit the Hollywood box office cumulative top 2 is not difficult.
In addition, since the opening of Universal Studios Beijing, the popularity of the magical world has continued to increase, and the popularity of the trailer of "Fantastic Beasts: The Mystery of Dumbledore" has also exceeded expectations, which also makes the performance of the film's mainland market worth looking forward to. In addition, "Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Back to Hogwarts", which will be launched on HBO Max on January 1 next year, also has a greater hope of streaming media introduction at present, and it also has a greater blessing effect on the popularity of the magical world.