Name: The Mermaid
Director: Stephen Chow
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2016
Cast: Lin Yun, Deng Chao, Zhang Yuqi, Show Lo, Tsui Hark

Cast & crew

Directed byStephen Chow ScreenplayStephen Chow Produced byIvy Kong Yuk-Yee, Tian Tian, Zhao Haicheng CinematographyChoi Sung-Fai Prod. DesignBruce Yu StarringLin Yun, Deng Chao, Zhang Yuqi, Show Lo, Tsui Hark, Wen Zhang StudioSony Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Feb 19-21 17 $985.1K — 35 $28,144 $985.1K

2 Feb 26-28 22 $702.6K −28.7% 77 $9,125 $2.0M

3 Mar 4-6 25 $376.0K −46.5% 106 $3,547 $2.7M

4 Mar 11-13 33 $160.8K −57.2% 82 $1,960 $3.0M

5 Mar 18-20 49 $56.2K −65.1% 32 $1,756 $3.2M

6 Mar 25-27 55 $26.4K −53.1% 16 $1,647 $3.2M

7 Apr 1-3 72 $5.2K −80.3% 7 $743 $3.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Feb 19 #14 $361.0K — $361.0K 35 $10,315 1

Sat Feb 20 $383.6K +6% $744.6K 35 $10,960 2

Sun Feb 21 $240.4K −37% $985.1K 35 $6,870 3

Mon Feb 22 #13 $89.7K −63% $1.1M 35 $2,564 4

Tue Feb 23 #15 $112.8K +26% $1.2M 35 $3,224 5

Wed Feb 24 $78.5K −30% $1.3M 35 $2,241 6

Thu Feb 25 $80.2K +2% $1.3M 35 $2,290 7

Fri Feb 26 $223.7K +179% −38% $1.6M 77 $2,905 8

Sat Feb 27 $296.1K +32% −23% $1.9M 77 $3,846 9

Sun Feb 28 $182.8K −38% −24% $2.0M 77 $2,373 10

Mon Feb 29 $59.1K −68% −34% $2.1M 77 $768 11

Tue Mar 1 #16 $88.2K +49% −22% $2.2M 77 $1,146 12

Wed Mar 2 $56.5K −36% −28% $2.3M 77 $733 13

Thu Mar 3 $50.0K −11% −38% $2.3M 77 $650 14

Fri Mar 4 $113.6K +127% −49% $2.4M 106 $1,072 15

Sat Mar 5 $158.4K +39% −47% $2.6M 106 $1,494 16

Sun Mar 6 $104.0K −34% −43% $2.7M 106 $981 17

Mon Mar 7 $35.8K −66% −39% $2.7M 106 $338 18

Tue Mar 8 $62.7K +75% −29% $2.8M 106 $592 19

Wed Mar 9 $33.4K −47% −41% $2.8M 106 $315 20

Thu Mar 10 $32.3K −3% −35% $2.8M 106 $305 21

Fri Mar 11 $47.0K +46% −59% $2.9M 82 $574 22

Sat Mar 12 $67.0K +42% −58% $3.0M 82 $816 23

Sun Mar 13 $46.8K −30% −55% $3.0M 82 $570 24

Mon Mar 14 $19.9K −57% −44% $3.0M 82 $242 25

Tue Mar 15 $35.9K +80% −43% $3.1M 82 $437 26

Wed Mar 16 $18.3K −49% −45% $3.1M 82 $223 27

Thu Mar 17 $17.6K −4% −45% $3.1M 82 $215 28

Fri Mar 18 $17.2K −3% −63% $3.1M 32 $537 29

Sat Mar 19 $24.1K +40% −64% $3.1M 32 $753 30

Sun Mar 20 $17.9K −26% −62% $3.2M 32 $560 31

Mon Mar 21 $6.2K −65% −69% $3.2M 32 $194 32

Tue Mar 22 $12.1K +95% −66% $3.2M 32 $379 33

Wed Mar 23 $6.7K −45% −64% $3.2M 32 $208 34

Thu Mar 24 $5.2K −21% −70% $3.2M 32 $164 35

Sun Apr 3 $5.2K — $3.2M 7 $743 45

Cumulative total$3.2M

Feb 19Feb 28Mar 8Mar 16Apr 3

Weekend grossWk 7 · $5.2K

$985.1K

$702.6K

$376.0K

$160.8K

$56.2K

$26.4K

$5.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 106 → 7 −93.4%

35 open7 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −80.3%

−28.7%

W1→2

−46.5%

W2→3

−57.2%

W3→4

−65.1%

W4→5

−53.1%

W5→6

−80.3%

W6→7

Steepest −80.3%Best hold −28.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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