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Yeah, sad Begin Again didn't do that much

Yeah, sucks for the people behind it. What hurt it more was the leak was a good copy quality wise, if this was a cam-rip, it wouldn't be that much of a big deal. And course only people part of the post-production has access to that.

Last year there were MU, DM2, Turbo, Smurfs, Planes this summer we only had Dragon 2 and Planes 2. I think BoL chose a good date, I think it would have flopped as well if it was released in summer

Here in the Philippines, EX3 is not doing that well compared to the previous 2 movies and I'm sure the leak is a big part of it, pirated dvds are everywhere and of course there;s torrent. On the bus going to work, they were playing a bootleg copy of EX3. I think the international performance will be greatly affected by the leak even more

The large kid appeal of GOTG and Turtles is making up for the under performance of the animated movies this summer

But there's probably a stigma especially for the younger demo that why would they watch in on the screen if they can get it for free

The leak probably hurt Expendables 3 somewhat aside from the usual franchise path of diminishing returns

Nice one August. Hope it continues to deliver after a lackluster July

Late but gonna post it anyway “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY” ROCKETS TO 4-DAY GROSS OF P104-M TO CLAIM NO.1 via press release MANILA, August 4, 2014 – The heroic misfits of the universe took the Philippine box-office by storm as Marvel's “Guardians of the Galaxy” opened at No. 1 nationwide with an otherworldly gross of P104-M in just four days (July 31 to Aug. 3). This was announced today by a spokesman of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International which distributed the film. Capitalizing on solid reviews and positive word-of-mouth, "Guardians" built on its P15.94-M opening day gross July 31 to achieve the sixth-biggest opening of the year, making it ahead of recent blockbusters “Godzilla” and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.” The space adventure of quirky, unique heroes including Drax (played by Filipino-American Dave Bautista) also now holds the record for all-time fifth-biggest opening weekend for a Disney/Marvel title in the country. In the U.S., the Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures release set a new August opening record with an estimated $94 million. The previous August record of $69 million was held by Universal Pictures' “The Bourne Ultimatum” back in 2007, which itself beat “Rush Hour 2's” $67.4 million from 2001. There have not been a lot of big movies that opened in the first weekend of August in a number of years and "Guardians" perfectly capitalized on Marvel and Disney's solid record with moviegoers to set what may be an unbeatable August opening record. Back in the Philippines, SM Mall of Asia generated the biggest opening receipts with P5.30-M, followed by SM North EDSA with P5.22-M and SM Megamall, P4.90-M. In the Top Ten with outstanding sales are Glorietta 4 (P3.47-M), Trinoma (P3.46-M), SM Cebu (P3.11-M), Power Plant (P2.81-M), SM Aura (P2.63-M), Greenhills Promenade (P2.58-M) and Greenbelt 3 (P2.47-M). Eastwood (P2.37-M) claimed the 11th rank, followed by Shang Cineplex (P2.13-M), Alabang Town Center (P2.08-M), SM Southmall (P1.99-M), Ayala Cebu (P1.83-M), Newport City (P1.80-M), Gateway (P1.69-M), Bonifacio High Street (P1.44-M), Fisher Mall (P1.37-M) and SM Clark (P1.30-M). From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team--the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits--Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon; Groot, a tree-like humanoid; the deadly and enigmatic Gamora; and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand--with the galaxy's fate in the balance. Marvel's “Guardians of the Galaxy,” which first appeared in comic books in MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #18 (Jan. 1969), stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, featuring Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Nova Prime Rael and Benicio del Toro as The Collector. James Gunn is the director of the film with Kevin Feige producing, and Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Alan Fine and Stan Lee serve as executive producers. The film is written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman. Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" is now showing in Philippine theatres. In addition to "Guardians of the Galaxy," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on May 1, 2015; "Ant-Man" on July 17, 2015; and the untitled "Captain America 3" on May 6, 2016.

TASM 2 will win the year. Guardians of the Galaxy did really well, Marvel movies rule here too! She's Dating a Gangster did good too, 3rd highest local movie this year, the one-two punch of Bride for Rent and Starting Over Again looks like it's going to be hard to beat And Step Up All In did fine too for a low-budgeted release

Rank Movie Title Distributor Gross Release 1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony $10,211,056 4/30 2 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $9,960,703 6/25 3 Starting Over Again Star Cin. $9,096,712 2/12 4 Maleficent Disney $8,119,469 5/28 5 Bride for Rent Star Cin. $7,348,239 1/15 6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Disney $7,048,065 3/26 7 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox $7,027,854 5/21 8 She's Dating the Gangster Star Cin. $5,837,612 7/16 9 Godzilla (2014) WB $3,573,572 5/15 10 300: Rise of An Empire WB $3,312,297 3/6 11 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $3,284,116 6/11 12 Maybe This Time Star Cin. $3,075,008 5/28 13 The Fault in our Stars Fox $2,954,935 6/5 14 Da Possessed Star Cin. $2,807,915 4/19 15 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fox $2,702,937 7/9 16 Diary ng panget n/a $2,687,398 4/2 17 Rio 2 Fox $2,574,406 4/9 18 Guardians of the Galaxy Disney $2,366,868 7/31 19 Robocop (2014) Sony $2,188,074 2/5 20 Hercules (2014) PPI $2,007,456 7/23 21 47 Ronin UIP $1,896,291 1/8 22 Edge of Tomorrow WB $1,747,969 6/5 23 Divergent n/a $1,644,662 3/20 24 22 Jump Street Sony $1,329,226 6/18 25 The Lego Movie WB $1,161,725 2/6 26 Step Up All In n/a $1,128,753 7/16 27 Deliver Us From Evil Sony $917,281 7/2 28 Non-Stop n/a $874,795 2/19 29 Need for Speed Disney $814,037 3/12 30 Noah PPI $771,751 6/11 31 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox $674,389 3/6 32 So It's You n/a $605,209 5/7 33 Heaven is for Real Sony $553,112 4/19 34 Transcendence n/a $538,986 4/19 35 The Other Woman (2014) Fox $515,643 5/7 36 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit UIP $508,336 1/15 37 The Legend of Hercules n/a $497,893 1/8 38 Son of God n/a $493,743 4/2 39 Trophy Wife n/a $460,106 7/30 40 Pompeii n/a $384,658 2/19 41 ABNKKBSNPLAko?! The Movie n/a $384,007 2/19 42 I, Frankenstein n/a $381,108 1/22 43 Walking with Dinosaurs Fox $356,463 1/8 44 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Fox $332,648 1/22 45 Blended WB $302,840 6/11 46 Lone Survivor Disney $264,241 1/8 47 Begin Again n/a $234,391 7/9 48 Third Eye n/a $229,531 2/26 49 Devil's Due Fox $221,116 3/19 50 The Wolf of Wall Street n/a $213,469 1/15 51 Winter's Tale WB $191,189 2/13 52 Sabotage (2014) n/a $189,987 4/2 53 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones UIP $183,503 1/29 54 The Monuments Men Fox $165,096 2/12 55 Oculus n/a $151,576 5/14 56 Brick Mansions n/a $148,911 5/7 57 Police Story 2013 n/a $134,805 1/22 58 The Book Thief Fox $116,506 2/19 59 Vampire Academy n/a $111,782 2/12 60 Homefront n/a $97,849 2/19 61 Open Grave n/a $81,370 3/5 62 Haunt (2014) n/a $81,232 4/9 63 12 Years a Slave n/a $78,871 3/5 64 American Hustle n/a $77,893 2/5 65 3 Days to Kill n/a $76,157 2/21 66 When the Lights Went Out n/a $75,505 7/9 67 Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission n/a $70,338 4/19 68 The Grand Budapest Hotel Fox $67,200 4/19 69 Endless Love (2014) UIP $59,537 2/12 70 The Love Punch n/a $56,185 4/19 71 Kuro shitsuji (Black Butler) WB $55,324 7/23 72 Empire State n/a $55,272 3/19 73 Las Vegas (2014) n/a $52,653 5/7 74 Devil's Knot n/a $52,133 3/12 75 Hunter x Hunter n/a $49,507 4/19 76 7500 n/a $49,326 6/11 77 Saving Mr. Banks Disney $49,254 2/26 78 The Quiet Ones n/a $43,312 5/28 79 Haunter n/a $40,547 2/5 80 Grudge Match WB $39,942 1/15 81 Ninja: Shadow of a Tear n/a $38,147 2/26 82 Tee 3 (3 A.M.) n/a $37,784 7/16 83 Chef n/a $36,772 7/2 84 The Raid 2 n/a $36,553 6/18 85 Make Your Move n/a $35,203 3/12 86 The Rover n/a $33,951 7/3 87 Tarzan (2013) n/a $33,056 1/15 88 Pee Mak Prakanong Star Cin. $31,971 6/4 89 In the Blood n/a $28,596 6/18 90 Amy (2014) n/a $28,232 5/14 91 The Nut Job n/a $27,544 1/22 92 Her (2013) n/a $26,948 2/26 93 Jersey Boys WB $26,169 7/16 94 Third Person n/a $25,116 6/18 95 Earth to Echo n/a $24,426 7/9 96 Muppets Most Wanted Disney $23,887 3/19 97 Overtime n/a $22,995 7/2 98 Enemy n/a $22,731 7/30 99 The Right Kind of Wrong n/a $22,141 2/5 100 Straight A's n/a $17,756 3/19

Philippines Box Office July 30–August 3, 2014 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N Guardians of the Galaxy Disney $2,366,868 - 239 - $9,903 $2,366,868 1 2 1 She's Dating the Gangster Star Cin. $514,880 -67.4% 80 -78 $6,436 $5,837,612 3 3 N Trophy Wife n/a $460,106 - 80 - $5,751 $460,106 1 4 2 Hercules (2014) PPI $353,502 -71.3% 163 -40 $2,169 $2,007,456 2 5 3 Step Up All In n/a $159,759 -45.2% 40 -20 $3,994 $1,128,753 3 6 4 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fox $43,080 -78.1% 39 -28 $1,105 $2,702,937 4 7 N Enemy n/a $22,731 - 40 - $568 $22,731 1 8 6 Kuro shitsuji (Black Butler) WB $9,471 -44.0% 22 -13 $431 $55,324 2 9 5 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $3,667 -89.2% 3 -10 $1,222 $9,960,703 6

Congrats to GOTG! Fun movie and glad it's making box office noise!

Excellent for Lucy, good for Hercules. A good weekend for a change

There was also torrid activity from niche and limited newcomers. Hindi Kick bowed well with a $1.1 million tally while the Tamil Alludu Seenu proved disappointing at $86,200 from 86 engagements. Filipino comedy She’s Dating the Gangster grossed an impressive $222,000 at 48 venues and South Korean thriller The Divine Move had a good start of $46,700 at 11 screens. http://moviecitynews.com/2014/07/the-weekend-report-98/

There was also torrid activity from niche and limited newcomers. Hindi Kick bowed well with a $1.1 million tally while the Tamil Alludu Seenu proved disappointing at $86,200 from 86 engagements. Filipino comedy She’s Dating the Gangster grossed an impressive $222,000 at 48 venues and South Korean thriller The Divine Move had a good start of $46,700 at 11 screens. http://moviecitynews.com/2014/07/the-weekend-report-98/

^ yeah looks like it, Transformers 4 had poor legs

Go Apes! 22 Jump Street is one of the few impressive box office performance this summer Looks like Tammy can end with 90M, still below Melissa's two box office hits last year but good thing budget is just 20M so it is still profitable. Dragon 2 not in the top 10 estimates

Shaping up to be a good weekend, hopefully it continues

Rank Movie Title Distributor Gross Release 1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony $10,211,056 4/30 2 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $9,868,510 6/25 3 Starting Over Again Star Cin. $9,096,712 2/12 4 Maleficent Disney $8,119,469 5/28 5 Bride for Rent Star Cin. $7,348,239 1/15 6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Disney $7,048,065 3/26 7 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox $7,027,854 5/21 8 Godzilla (2014) WB $3,573,572 5/15 9 300: Rise of An Empire WB $3,312,297 3/6 10 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $3,284,116 6/11 11 Maybe This Time Star Cin. $3,075,008 5/28 12 The Fault in our Stars Fox $2,954,935 6/5 13 Da Possessed Star Cin. $2,807,915 4/19 14 Diary ng panget n/a $2,687,398 4/2 15 She's Dating the Gangster Star Cin. $2,643,070 7/16 16 Rio 2 Fox $2,574,406 4/9 17 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fox $2,264,824 7/9 18 Robocop (2014) Sony $2,188,074 2/5 19 47 Ronin UIP $1,896,291 1/8 20 Edge of Tomorrow WB $1,747,969 6/5 21 Divergent n/a $1,644,662 3/20 22 22 Jump Street Sony $1,329,226 6/18 23 The Lego Movie WB $1,161,725 2/6 24 Deliver Us From Evil Sony $917,281 7/2 25 Non-Stop n/a $874,795 2/19 26 Need for Speed Disney $814,037 3/12 27 Noah PPI $771,751 6/11 28 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox $674,389 3/6 29 So It's You n/a $605,209 5/7 30 Heaven is for Real Sony $553,112 4/19 31 Step Up All In n/a $544,427 7/16 32 Transcendence n/a $538,986 4/19 33 The Other Woman (2014) Fox $515,643 5/7 34 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit UIP $508,336 1/15 35 The Legend of Hercules n/a $497,893 1/8 36 Son of God n/a $493,743 4/2 37 Pompeii n/a $384,658 2/19 38 ABNKKBSNPLAko?! The Movie n/a $384,007 2/19 39 I, Frankenstein n/a $381,108 1/22 40 Walking with Dinosaurs Fox $356,463 1/8 41 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Fox $332,648 1/22 42 Blended WB $302,840 6/11 43 Lone Survivor Disney $264,241 1/8 44 Begin Again n/a $234,391 7/9 45 Third Eye n/a $229,531 2/26 46 Devil's Due Fox $221,116 3/19 47 The Wolf of Wall Street n/a $213,469 1/15 48 Winter's Tale WB $191,189 2/13 49 Sabotage (2014) n/a $189,987 4/2 50 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones UIP $183,503 1/29

Philippines Box Office July 16–20, 2014 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N She's Dating the Gangster Star Cin. $2,643,070 - 225 - $11,747 $2,643,070 1 2 1 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fox $733,186 -43.5% 136 -93 $5,391 $2,264,824 2 3 N Step Up All In n/a $544,427 - 80 - $6,805 $544,427 1 4 2 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $234,449 -65.2% 73 -79 $3,212 $9,868,510 4 5 5 Begin Again n/a $57,458 +77.8% 40 -10 $1,436 $234,391 2 6 3 Deliver Us From Evil Sony $40,178 -75.8% 9 -54 $4,464 $917,281 3 7 N Tee 3 (3 A.M.) n/a $37,784 - 52 - $727 $37,784 1 8 N Jersey Boys WB $18,479 - 12 - $1,540 $18,479 1 9 7 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $10,254 -57.6% 5 -5 $2,051 $3,284,116 6 10 8 22 Jump Street Sony $1,191 -94.9% 1 -9 $1,191 $1,329,226 5

Philippines Box Office July 9–13, 2014 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Fox $1,297,558 - 229 - $5,666 $1,297,558 1 2 1 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $674,006 -68.0% 152 -126 $4,434 $9,524,704 3 3 2 Deliver Us From Evil Sony $166,165 -69.9% 63 -63 $2,638 $837,736 2 4 N When the Lights Went Out n/a $75,505 - 55 - $1,373 $75,505 1 5 N Begin Again n/a $32,323 - 50 - $646 $32,323 1 6 N Earth to Echo n/a $24,426 - 45 - $543 $24,426 1 7 4 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $24,197 -72.8% 10 -22 $2,420 $3,269,427 5 8 3 22 Jump Street Sony $23,508 -81.5% 10 -28 $2,351 $1,322,207 4 9 6 Chef n/a $16,070 -22.4% n/a -40 n/a $36,772 2 10 7 The Fault in our Stars Fox $3,556 -80.2% 1 -8 $3,556 $2,954,935 6 11 - Overtime n/a $3,398 - n/a - n/a $22,995 2 12 10 Maleficent

Happy for DOTPOTA Planes 2 will now likely end below the first movie. After Dragon 2 disappointed, not a surprise anymore

Rank Movie Title Distributor Gross Release 1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony $10,211,056 4/30 2 Starting Over Again Star Cin. $9,096,712 2/12 3 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $8,590,413 6/25 4 Maleficent Disney $8,117,359 5/28 5 Bride for Rent Star Cin. $7,348,239 1/15 6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Disney $7,048,065 3/26 7 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox $7,027,854 5/21 8 Godzilla (2014) WB $3,573,572 5/15 9 300: Rise of An Empire WB $3,312,297 3/6 10 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $3,229,487 6/11 11 Maybe This Time Star Cin. $3,075,008 5/28 12 The Fault in our Stars Fox $2,947,301 6/5 13 Da Possessed Star Cin. $2,807,915 4/19 14 Diary ng panget n/a $2,687,398 4/2 15 Rio 2 Fox $2,574,406 4/9 16 Robocop (2014) Sony $2,188,074 2/5 17 47 Ronin UIP $1,896,291 1/8 18 Edge of Tomorrow WB $1,747,969 6/5 19 Divergent n/a $1,644,662 3/20 20 22 Jump Street Sony $1,271,247 6/18 21 The Lego Movie WB $1,161,725 2/6 22 Non-Stop n/a $874,795 2/19 23 Need for Speed Disney $814,037 3/12 24 Noah PPI $771,751 6/11 25 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox $674,389 3/6 26 So It's You n/a $605,209 5/7 27 Heaven is for Real Sony $553,112 4/19 28 Deliver Us From Evil Sony $552,639 7/2 29 Transcendence n/a $538,986 4/19 30 The Other Woman (2014) Fox $515,643 5/7 31 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit UIP $508,336 1/15 32 The Legend of Hercules n/a $497,893 1/8 33 Son of God n/a $493,743 4/2 34 Pompeii n/a $384,658 2/19 35 ABNKKBSNPLAko?! The Movie n/a $384,007 2/19 36 I, Frankenstein n/a $381,108 1/22 37 Walking with Dinosaurs Fox $356,463 1/8 38 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Fox $332,648 1/22 39 Blended WB $302,840 6/11 40 Lone Survivor Disney $264,241 1/8 41 Third Eye n/a $229,531 2/26 42 Devil's Due Fox $221,116 3/19 43 The Wolf of Wall Street n/a $213,469 1/15 44 Winter's Tale WB $191,189 2/13 45 Sabotage (2014) n/a $189,987 4/2 46 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones UIP $183,503 1/29 47 The Monuments Men Fox $165,096 2/12 48 Oculus n/a $151,576 5/14 49 Brick Mansions n/a $148,911 5/7 50 Police Story 2013 n/a $134,805 1/22

Philippines Box Office July 2–6, 2014 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 1 Transformers: Age of Extinction PPI $2,107,824 -63.2% 278 -311 $7,582 $8,590,413 2 2 N Deliver Us From Evil Sony $552,639 - 126 - $4,386 $552,639 1 3 2 22 Jump Street Sony $127,360 -27.8% 38 -11 $3,352 $1,271,247 3 4 3 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Fox $88,989 +80.0% 32 +12 $2,781 $3,229,487 4 5 N The Rover n/a $33,951 - 55 - $617 $33,951 1 6 N Chef n/a $20,702 - 40 - $518 $20,702 1 7 6 The Fault in our Stars Fox $17,935 +22.5% 9 +1 $1,993 $2,947,301 5 8 - In the Blood n/a $8,051 - n/a - n/a $28,596 3 9 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony $4,546 - 1 - $4,546 $10,211,056 10 10 - Maleficent Disney $2,463 - 3 - $821 $8,117,359 6 11 10 Noah PPI $874 +30.3% 2 - $437 $771,751 4