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98.9 for OHF

Hey, that's a Filipino movie! Our #2 for the year behind Iron Man 3 Lots of Filipinos in that area for sure

I loved MI but Shrek deserved that Oscar, too bad the last 2 installments were not as good as the first two. And another open competition again this year, pretty exciting! A foreign title could sneak in if there's someone that will push it hard or overflowing critical reviews. MU is a lock nominee, I read reviews praising the lighting and other technical aspects so this will definitely be supported by the technical group. And while not as critically acclaimed as other Pixar films the reception is still good. I think The Croods deserves a nomination too. Maybe DM2 will sneak in as well since the box office is too huge to ignore and it got a decent reception. I agree if Frozen will have similar reception and box office to Tangled and WIR it could be the frontrunner

The lion share of the box office still comes from Metro Manila as the provincial theaters are not as many and don't make as much (and they have lower ticket prices as well) so there's really a lot of room to grow for the country. Well Hollywood movies that is because certain local movies explode because they do well on provinces just see It Takes a Man and a Woman, it made that huge amount of money despite lower ticket prices (and no 3D premium) compared to Hollywood movies because of strong performances in the provinces

Is Life of Pi still in theaters or is it finally done? What a great run Will OHF join Gnomeo and Juliet in the $99 million club soon?

Yeah The Heat Yeah expected big drop for MU but still solid And OHF is so close with $99 mil

The Heat is doing so well Happy for Melissa and Sandra!

Before Midnight was scheduled to open here last July 3 but was moved to July 10 which is a very good decision since it's so competitive in the PH box office right now. Apart from DM2, MU, White House Down, World War Z and a local family movie are doing good as well. All movies had sell out at the theater I went to yesterday. Poor Bling Ring though, they were marketing it heavily on Emma Watson but it's not doing well and is now sharing screens even if it only opened last July 3. I wanted to see it but the missed the screening time I wanted to get to because of the lines in the ticket booth

I'm going to rank the 4 animated movies I've seen this year: 1. The Croods 2. Monsters University 3. Despicable Me 2 4. Epic - Epic has the more developed story than DM2 but well the minions gags were just too fun so it edges out Epic. I like MU a lot but I'm a sucker for a good family-centric story so The Croods wins

At first I thought The Minions movie is a silly idea but given how beloved they are by the audience (and for me they are the ones that kept DM2 from being a total dud) I now think it could really work. I was at the local theater yesterday and boy the lines were long. DM2 is a big part of that as it is behaving like a superhero/HP/Twilight movie here but it does not have the lion share of screens (90%+) like those movies so it won't open on the same level of those movies but it's still going to be huge. Animated flicks from Disney-Pixar/Dreamworks do well here but not really huge numbers (over 100 million pesos in gross) and the last really big animation movie here was Toy Story 3. Ice Age movies are solid box office performers as well but not long-lines-in -the-theater popular. I remember watching DM1 in half empty theater back then and The Lorax flopped here. The popularity of the minions is just so impressive, they even have features on local news! I never thought that they would be this BIG here in the Philippines.

I was at the mall yesterday and long lines at the cinemas! DM2 is just like a superhero movie with all those long lines. If this had like 90% share of screens like the past superhero and twilight movies it would compete with their OW numbers. Anyway, there were sellouts too for Monsters University, 4 Sisters and a Wedding, White House Down and World War Z. The Heat and Bling Ring is just sharing a screen and they could not fill up half of the seats. Wanted to watch Bling Ring but the lines were too long and it won't be possible to make it to the screentime we wanted. The other local movie My Lady Boss has one screen for itself but no sellouts either. I feel like if there were more prints available (or contracts for those movies) I bet that theater would pull those movies out to add another one for DM2

Agree! I didn't see this one in 3D but it felt like a good movie to watched in 3D

Yes, the turnover of movies here is pretty fast. The most weeks a blockbuster can stay on a lot of theaters is 4 weeks so you don't usually see exceptional legs. Most movies make most of their gross on their first week

Go get that 99 MIL OHF! Rooting for you!

Amazing for The Heat!

2013 Top Movies Rank Movie Title Distributor Gross Release 1 Iron Man 3 Disney $14,949,472 4/24 2 It Takes A Man And A Woman Star Cin. $9,141,744 3/30 3 Man of Steel WB $8,739,450 6/12 4 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $5,916,627 5/24 5 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UIP $4,560,225 3/30 6 World War Z UIP $3,862,445 6/19 7 Jack the Giant Slayer WB $3,154,259 2/28 8 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters UIP $2,744,810 1/23 9 Chinese Zodiac Star Cin. $2,363,467 1/30 10 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,145,885 3/7 11 A Good Day to Die Hard Fox $2,131,141 2/13 12 Life of Pi Fox $2,076,267 1/9 13 Les Miserables (2012) UIP $1,948,614 1/16 14 After Earth Sony $1,917,924 6/5 15 The Croods UIP $1,859,841 3/22 16 Oblivion UIP $1,808,621 4/10 17 Bromance: My Brother's Romance Star Cin. $1,764,028 5/15 18 A Moment In Time Star Cin. $1,588,999 2/13 19 Epic Fox $1,509,835 5/24 20 Must Be... Love Star Cin. $1,489,456 3/13 21 Star Trek Into Darkness UIP $1,440,877 5/16 22 Monsters University Disney $1,349,834 6/26 23 The Hangover Part III WB $1,164,747 5/29 24 Warm Bodies Pioneer $975,046 1/31 25 Jack Reacher UIP $683,860 1/9 26 Beautiful Creatures (2013) Pioneer $683,282 2/20 27 The Host (2013) Viva Int. $490,818 3/30 28 Now You See Me Pioneer $442,840 5/29 29 Olympus Has Fallen Viva Int. $439,075 4/10 30 The Great Gatsby (2013) WB $395,058 5/17 31 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone WB $321,047 3/20 32 Zero Dark Thirty Pioneer $317,035 1/11 33 The Last Stand Pioneer $303,134 1/17 34 The Last Exorcism Part II Pioneer $285,110 3/8 35 Mama UIP $278,075 2/6 36 Parker Viva Int. $254,408 1/24 37 The Bride and the Lover n/a $253,439 5/1 38 Scary Movie 5 n/a $246,685 5/8 39 Safe Haven Pioneer $203,811 2/13 40 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Pioneer $198,916 5/8 41 Gangster Squad WB $195,482 1/30 42 Silver Linings Playbook Pioneer $195,030 2/27 43 Apartment 1303 Viva Int. $188,468 3/20 44 Red Dawn (2012) Viva Int. $187,782 1/9 45 Bullet to the Head Disney $179,852 2/6 46 Flight UIP $175,622 2/13 47 Lincoln Fox $174,714 2/20 48 A Haunted House Viva Int. $163,395 1/16 49 Evil Dead (2013) Sony $149,745 5/8 50 Stoker Fox $147,420 3/1 51 The Impossible Pioneer $146,811 1/23 52 One Piece Film Z Pioneer $141,886 5/1 53 Trance Fox $140,759 5/1 54 Django Unchained Sony $137,177 3/13 55 Dark Skies n/a $130,981 5/1 56 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie Pioneer $123,613 4/10 57 The Heat Fox $121,637 6/27 58 Identity Thief UIP $121,365 5/1 59 Parental Guidance Fox $100,202 1/16 60 Upside Down (2012) Pioneer $98,537 2/6 61 Jurassic Park (3D) UIP $85,917 5/29 62 The Man with the Iron Fists UIP $79,841 1/30 63 Gekijouban Hunter × Hunter Pioneer $74,118 5/15 64 The Big Wedding Pioneer $72,228 5/8 65 Emergo (Apartment 143) Pioneer $64,319 5/22 66 21 and Over Viva Int. $59,480 3/6 67 Texas Chainsaw 3D Pioneer $57,030 6/26 68 Snitch Pioneer $47,559 3/6 69 Redemption (2013) n/a $42,872 5/29 70 Vamps n/a $41,357 4/17 71 Dead Man Down Viva Int. $40,554 3/13 72 Broken City Viva Int. $36,583 2/6 73 The Call n/a $35,188 5/22 74 Spiders (2013) n/a $35,154 4/17 75 So Undercover Pioneer $27,430 3/20 76 Movie 43 Pioneer $22,612 3/13 77 Savages (2012) UIP $21,666 2/20 78 Cirque du Soleil: Delirium UIP $21,381 3/6 79 The Place Beyond the Pines n/a $14,466 6/26 80 Side Effects (2013) n/a $14,044 6/5 81 Hitchcock Fox $13,327 2/6 82 Anna Karenina UIP $11,686 2/20 83 Chasing Mavericks Pioneer $11,503 3/20 84 Gambit n/a $10,704 6/19 85 At Any Price n/a $6,071 5/1

Philippines Box Office June 22-26, 2013 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N Monsters University Disney $1,349,834 - 132 - $10,226 $1,349,834 1 2 1 World War Z UIP $1,318,646 -35.1% 145 -78 $9,094 $3,862,445 2 3 2 Man of Steel WB $464,589 -71.4% 145 -131 $3,204 $8,739,450 3 4 N The Heat Fox $121,637 - 65 - $1,871 $121,637 1 5 N Texas Chainsaw 3D Pioneer $57,030 - 35 - $1,629 $57,030 1 6 N The Place Beyond the Pines n/a $14,466 - 22 - $658 $14,466 1 7 3 After Earth Sony $6,295 -92.3% 11 -36 $572 $1,917,924 4 8 4 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $2,902 -90.2% 6 -18 $484 $5,916,627 6 Numbers for local movie 4 Sisters and a Wedding is not yet here but press release from the studio that it earned slightly higher than Monsters University. (P60 mil) so we'll see next week

DM2 press release

Amazing for DM2. And The Heat is holding really well. Solid for MU

Good for The Heat and MU

JULY 2013 MOVIE RELEASES Jul-03-2013 WHITE HOUSE DOWN Jul-03-2013 DESPICABLE ME 2 Jul-03-2013 AFTER SHOCK Jul-03-2013 THE BLING RING Jul-03-2013 MY LADY BOSS Jul-10-2013 BEFORE MIDNIGHT Jul-10-2013 THE LORDS OF SALEM Jul-11-2013 PACIFIC RIM Jul-17-2013 LONE RANGER Jul-17-2013 MAN OF TAI CHI Jul-17-2013 INTERSECTIONS Jul-17-2013 ODD THOMAS Jul-17-2013 TUHOG Jul-19-2013 TURBO 3D Jul-24-2013 GROWN UPS 2 Jul-25-2013 THE WOLVERINE Jul-31-2013 THIS IS THE END Jul-31-2013 RED 2 Jul-31-2013 THE PURGE Jul-31-2013 MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN www.pinoyechange.com/movies Schedules are subject to change without prior notice

$1.4 million for Monsters University, pretty good performance. Despicable Me 2 will be bigger though base on Mcdo Happy Meal Minion craze

“MONSTERS UNIVERSITY” GETS TOP HONORS, GROSSES P58.22-M IN 5 DAYS via press release MANILA, July 01, 2013 – Disney/Pixar’s comedy adventure “Monsters University” graduated at the top of Philippine box-office with honors as it amassed a sensational P58.22-million nationwide gross for its five-day opening weekend June 26-30. This was announced today by Victor R. Cabrera, managing director of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Philippines. “Monsters University’s” opening now represents the most successful launch for a Pixar title, outpacing the old record of 2010’s “Toy Story 3” at P55.6-million. Industry-wide, it nabbed the second biggest opening ever for an animated title, as well as the fifth highest bow ever for a Disney film – animated or live-action. In the U.S., the prequel to the 2001 blockbuster “Monsters, Inc.” was No. 1 for the second consecutive weekend, reaching a stellar $171 million through Sunday. The movie has so far earned just north of $300 million worldwide, including nearly $130 million from 37 overseas territories. Back in the Philippines, “Monsters U” rolled out in 132 screens, posting its largest receipts from SM North EDSA with P2.71-M, followed by SM Mall of Asia with P2.46-M and Trinoma at P2.38-M. Full article here

^ Yes. I like it but I was disappointed with the third act. I read how the original 3rd act should have been and it's better storywise but it would have been a box office killer because it's so dark. But overall it's a good movie and very thrilling especially the zombies attack

I'm really curious what OHF's final gross will be. It's so close to $99 mil but so far to $100 mil. And yay for MU and TH!