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[ting72]

Hi guys, I love to keep update with hk box office but all the talk of new records being broken are always going to happen with inflation. So if we look at admissions, surely that would be much harder to break because generally, more people watched films in the cinema 30 years ago. For instance, the private eyes is estimated to have had 1.7 million admissions and Aces Go Places would be estimated at over 2 million admissions. At today's ticket prices, I think you would agree that these movies would be hard to beat.

[Bluebomb]

Hi guys, I love to keep update with hk box office but all the talk of new records being broken are always going to happen with inflation. So if we look at admissions, surely that would be much harder to break because generally, more people watched films in the cinema 30 years ago. For instance, the private eyes is estimated to have had 1.7 million admissions and Aces Go Places would be estimated at over 2 million admissions. At today's ticket prices, I think you would agree that these movies would be hard to beat.

Yes, nothing will come close to the admissions of the past. But back then, HK had more theaters and screens and lower ticket prices. Avengers 2 will likely have the biggest admissions in the past 5 years or so on Saturday.

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Actuals have come in and Avengers 2 has a new opening day record according to a reliable blogger.

Thursday actual: Between $1,224,057 and $1,262,712 US ($9,500,000 - $9,800,000 HKD)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had an opening day of $1,233,114 so we just need full actuals to confirm it.

[Fullbuster]

 

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Actuals have come in and Avengers 2 has a new opening day record according to a reliable blogger.

Thursday actual: Between $1,224,057 and $1,262,712 US ($9,500,000 - $9,800,000 HKD)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had an opening day of $1,233,114 so we just need full actuals to confirm it.

 

OMG that's wonderful for this great movie      

I can't wait to see it passing TA1

[Olive]

9.61M HK$ OD for AOU!

New OD record, TASM2 opened with 9.56M but on a holiday.

[Bluebomb]

	Top 11 Opening Days
Rank	Movie	US Gross	HK Gross
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D	$1,238,230	$9,610,000
2	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$1,233,114	$9,560,768
3	Spider-Man 3	$974,580	$7,556,265
4	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$973,956	$7,550,000
5	Pirates of the Caribbean 3	$869,176	$6,800,000
6	Iron Man 3	$851,192	$6,614,837
7	Harry Potter 7-2	$821,324	$6,368,018
8	The Avengers	$779,647	$6,044,881
9	Transformers 3	$741,998	$5,752,975
10	The Dark Knight Rises	$666,307	$5,166,114
11	Monsters University	$648,969	$5,031,687

Inflation wins. Awesome opening day.

Can it hit 2m on Saturday?

[Olive]

$2M would be magnificent! 

So possible 50M HKD OW?

[Bluebomb]

$2M would be magnificent! 

So possible 50M HKD OW?

I think it could even gross 7m if it has an extraordinary Saturday/Sunday.

 

Updated Avengers 2 opening day total. It now includes the full HKD amount unrounded.

 

	Top 11 Opening Days
Rank	Movie	US Gross	HK Gross
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D	$1,242,606	$9,611,044
2	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$1,233,114	$9,560,768
3	Spider-Man 3	$974,580	$7,556,265
4	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$973,956	$7,550,000
5	Pirates of the Caribbean 3	$869,176	$6,800,000
6	Iron Man 3	$851,192	$6,614,837
7	Harry Potter 7-2	$821,324	$6,368,018
8	The Avengers	$779,647	$6,044,881
9	Transformers 3	$741,998	$5,752,975
10	The Dark Knight Rises	$666,307	$5,166,114
11	Monsters University	$648,969	$5,031,687

	Friday				April 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron	--	74,471	--	+3.5%
2	Fast & Furious 7	--	3,655	--	+33.0%
3	Little Big Master	--	1,737	--	+29.7%
4	Two Thumbs Up	--	746	--	+30.0%
5	Wild Tales	--	635	--	+54.9%
6	Insanity	--	393	--	+18.7%
7	Child 44	--	343	--	+58.1%
8	Kabukicho Love Hotel	--	300	--	+18.6%
9	The New Girlfriend	--	230	--	+31.4%
10	The Lazarus Effect	--	146	--	--

	Daily admissions (OW)
	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D	71,961	74,471			146,432
Transformers: Age of Extinction	60,235	60,427	93,033	94,573	308,268
The Amazing Spider-Man 2	89,743	40,390	61,738	59,582	251,453
The Avengers	67,741	76,410	149,832	130,495	424,478
Iron Man 3	76,778	80,693	136,469	138,031	431,971
The Amazing Spider-Man		64,471	78,763	89,389	232,623
Harry Potter 7-2	101,532	87,419	127,827	127,392	444,170
Gap (from Transformers: Age of Extinction)	11,726	25,770	-67,263	-161,836
Gap (from The Amazing Spider-Man 2)	-17,782	16,299	-45,439	-179,492
Gap (from Iron Man 3)	-4,817	-11,039	-147,508	-285,539
Gap (from The Avengers)	4,220	2,281	-147,551	-278,046
Gap (from Harry Potter 7-2)	-29,571	-42,519	-170,346	-297,738

Avengers 2 is falling behind Iron Man 3 in admissions and will most likely finish behind The Avengers in admissions but it will set records up and down this weekend in gross.

 

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			April 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron	--	93,056	--	--

Wow. It has already amassed 1.5m in pre-sales alone. Even if it comes in below Iron Man 3's Saturday admissions, it will still be over 2m in gross. 6.5m OW seems to be a lock given the high ratio from admissions:gross. 7m OW might happen if it has a magnificent weekend.

 

	Opening	Saturday	3D showings
	Pirates 4	Toy Story 3	Transformers 3	Harry Potter 7-2	The Avengers	Iron Man 3	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D
Pacific Place	21	28	28	22	27	27	22	22	29
Total	21	28	28	22	27	27	22	22	29
Palace APM	25	23	32	27	34	30	19	24	33
Total	25	28	35	34	37	34	28	29	37
Tsuen Wan	18	22	20	18	24	22	20	19	26
Total	18	22	22	21	24	25	22	21	26
Palace IFC	21	24	24	21	23	25	18	15	26
Total	21	24	24	21	23	25	18	15	26
Festival Walk	N/A	N/A	26	26	32	32	23	26	38
Total	N/A	N/A	33	32	32	36	29	27	38
The One	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	34	33	29	30	36
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	33	34	35	33	31	37
The Grand Cinema	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	33	30	46
Total	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40	37	39	34	53

Holy shit. The Grand is going all out showing it 53 times in 1 day. Amazing stuff.

[Olive]

uh, Friday AOU just stayed flat. 2-day total 19.3M local($2.49M)

[Bluebomb]

Avengers 2 Friday actual - $1,253,590
Avengers 2 2-day total: $2,496,196

	Daily admissions (OW)
	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Avengers: Age of Ultron	71,961	74,471	125,880		272,312
Transformers: Age of Extinction	60,235	60,427	93,033	94,573	308,268
The Amazing Spider-Man 2	89,743	40,390	61,738	59,582	251,453
The Avengers	67,741	76,410	149,832	130,495	424,478
Iron Man 3	76,778	80,693	136,469	138,031	431,971
The Amazing Spider-Man		64,471	78,763	89,389	232,623
Harry Potter 7-2	101,532	87,419	127,827	127,392	444,170
Gap (from Transformers: Age of Extinction)	11,726	25,770	58,617	-35,956
Gap (from The Amazing Spider-Man 2)	-17,782	16,299	80,441	-179,492
Gap (from Iron Man 3)	-4,817	-11,039	-21,628	-159,659
Gap (from The Avengers)	4,220	2,281	-21,671	-152,166
Gap (from Harry Potter 7-2)	-29,571	-42,519	-44,466	-171,858

So it has fallen behind The Avengers now but I don't think Marvel really cares about that.

	Saturday				April 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron	--	125,880	--	+69.0%

Does not beat Iron Man 3 admissions but still a massive number.
Saturday estimate: 2.09m

	Weekend Projections			April 24
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$6,625,000	--	$6,625,000
2	Fast & Furious 7	$165,000	-80.6%	$7,325,000
3	Little Big Master	$85,000	-76.3%	$5,700,000
4	Two Thumbs Up	$31,000	-85.1%	$1,555,000
5	Wild Tales	$27,000	-53.3%	$138,800

It did not come close to the opening day admissions but it did not have to as Avengers: Age of Ultron soared to a record breaking 1.23m on opening day. Friday inched up 1% while Saturday will be the biggest day of all time ever with it breaking the 2m mark in 1 day. Avengers 2 crushed all other superhero/big blockbuster OW's near it with it besting its nearest competitor, Transformers 4, by over 1m. As a result, it pummeled the 2 big holdovers Fast & Furious 7 & Little Big Master down over 75% this weekend.

Fast & Furious 7 has lifted the series into blockbuster territory in HK. Once regarded as a bit player for a week, Fast & Furious 7 has achieved massive success here, up 1191% over Fast and Furious. Though Avengers 2 has crumbled its legs, its total up to this point has made up for it. The Fast & Furious series has always been lapped by the Southeast Asia countries but this has finally made its mark as a tentpole release. This should be able to muscle its way toward 7.6m before leaving theaters.

Surprise hit of the spring, Little Big Master, continued its impressive run by passing 5.5m this week. 6m looks out of reach but it has shown to be quite resilient the past few weeks, garnering great word of mouth and capturing the hearts of many.

 

[druv10]

Bluebomb, how high do you see TA2 reaching with 6.5M+ OW?

[Fullbuster]

$6.5m OW??? In HK?? But it's huge!!! I can't believe, the movie is really incredible as expected, glad to see that

[Olive]

After 3 days, TA2 made 35.2M HKD, +40% over IM3 and +48% over TA1.

[Bluebomb]

Bluebomb, how high do you see TA2 reaching with 6.5M+ OW?

18-18.5m. WOM does not seem to be as good as other superhero movies.

[KATCH-2D2]

18-18.5m. WOM does not seem to be as good as other superhero movies.

Don't tell me this has worse WOM than TASM2 or I'd throw up....

 

I'm amazed how IM3 could get away with good WOM. Did people have lower standard for SH movies back then?

[Lordmandeep]

Its odd IM3 had good WOM overseas, in NA it was blah. 

[Bluebomb]

Don't tell me this has worse WOM than TASM2 or I'd throw up....

 

I'm amazed how IM3 could get away with good WOM. Did people have lower standard for SH movies back then?

Slightly better than TASM 2.

 

 

 

	Daily admissions (OW)
	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Avengers: Age of Ultron	71,961	74,471	125,880	123,538	395,850
Transformers: Age of Extinction	60,235	60,427	93,033	94,573	308,268
The Amazing Spider-Man 2	89,743	40,390	61,738	59,582	251,453
The Avengers	67,741	76,410	149,832	130,495	424,478
Iron Man 3	76,778	80,693	136,469	138,031	431,971
The Amazing Spider-Man		64,471	78,763	89,389	232,623
Harry Potter 7-2	101,532	87,419	127,827	127,392	444,170
Gap (from Transformers: Age of Extinction)	11,726	25,770	58,617	87,582
Gap (from The Amazing Spider-Man 2)	-17,782	16,299	80,441	144,397
Gap (from Iron Man 3)	-4,817	-11,039	-21,628	-36,121
Gap (from The Avengers)	4,220	2,281	-21,671	-28,628
Gap (from Harry Potter 7-2)	-29,571	-42,519	-44,466	-48,320

	Sunday				April 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron	--	123,538	--	-1.9%

	Weekend Estimates			April 23
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$6,525,000	--	$6,525,000
2	Fast & Furious 7	$165,000	-80.6%	$7,325,000
3	Little Big Master	$85,000	-76.3%	$5,700,000
4	Two Thumbs Up	$31,000	-85.1%	$1,555,000
5	Wild Tales	$27,000	-53.3%	$138,800

Avengers 2 got 3 records that matters the most this weekend: Biggest OD of all time, Biggest single day of all time (Saturday) and biggest OW of all time. Impressive.

Next weekend, local movie Helios will be released but since the May 1 holiday falls on a Friday, I see another 3m weekend coming for Avengers 2 bringing its total to around 12.5m.

[ting72]

That's just personal opinion. IM3 was pretty well received. Much better than IM2. TASM2 was so well received though.

[Neo]

6.5M? Didn't boxoffice.com report 6.4M? Tomorrow actuals?

[Olive]

Thursday, AOU 6.25m/70.42m  HKD($805K/9.08M)

Will cross 100M HKD($12.9m) on Sunday

[Sam]

What's the current record for total gross?