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^ very impressive for WWZ. Didn't expect it would beat MOS

Yeah I know because here in the Philippines, Filipinos LOVED the minions! McDo's Happy Meal features them and they are sold out everyday! And adults (especially women) posts pictures of the minions toys they have on social networks! It has a very wide appeal.

Saw Despicable Me 2 via press screening here earlier and well it's very heavy with the minions antics. I think it will be big worldwide. As for DOM, I think it will have huge opening but not that impressive legs because the story is not compelling at all. But I feel like the minions is just like Ice Age's Scrat Anyway, pleased with MU and The Heat's estimates. Hope they hold up

^ Most likely not. Maybe it will come close like 11.5 mil. But I'm guessing around 10.8 for the final gross

2013's Top Grossing 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 $8,034,533 6/12 4 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $5,906,383 5/24 5 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UIP $4,560,225 3/30 6 Jack the Giant Slayer WB $3,154,259 2/28 7 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters UIP $2,744,810 1/23 8 Chinese Zodiac Star Cin. $2,363,467 1/30 9 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,145,885 3/7 10 A Good Day to Die Hard Fox $2,131,141 2/13 11 Life of Pi Fox $2,076,267 1/9 12 World War Z UIP $2,030,174 6/19 13 Les Miserables (2012) UIP $1,948,614 1/16 14 After Earth Sony $1,890,476 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 The Hangover Part III WB $1,164,747 5/29 23 Warm Bodies Pioneer $975,046 1/31 24 Jack Reacher UIP $683,860 1/9 25 Beautiful Creatures (2013) Pioneer $683,282 2/20 26 The Host (2013) Viva Int. $490,818 3/30 27 Now You See Me Pioneer $442,840 5/29 28 Olympus Has Fallen Viva Int. $439,075 4/10 29 The Great Gatsby (2013) WB $395,058 5/17 30 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone WB $321,047 3/20 31 Zero Dark Thirty Pioneer $317,035 1/11 32 The Last Stand Pioneer $303,134 1/17 33 The Last Exorcism Part II Pioneer $285,110 3/8 34 Mama UIP $278,075 2/6 35 Parker Viva Int. $254,408 1/24 36 The Bride and the Lover n/a $253,439 5/1 37 Scary Movie 5 n/a $246,685 5/8 38 Safe Haven Pioneer $203,811 2/13 39 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Pioneer $198,916 5/8 40 Gangster Squad WB $195,482 1/30 41 Silver Linings Playbook Pioneer $195,030 2/27 42 Apartment 1303 Viva Int. $188,468 3/20 43 Red Dawn (2012) Viva Int. $187,782 1/9 44 Bullet to the Head Disney $179,852 2/6 45 Flight UIP $175,622 2/13 46 Lincoln Fox $174,714 2/20 47 A Haunted House Viva Int. $163,395 1/16 48 Evil Dead (2013) Sony $149,745 5/8 49 Stoker Fox $147,420 3/1 50 The Impossible Pioneer $146,811 1/23 51 One Piece Film Z Pioneer $141,886 5/1 52 Trance Fox $140,759 5/1 53 Django Unchained Sony $137,177 3/13 54 Dark Skies n/a $130,981 5/1 55 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie Pioneer $123,613 4/10 56 Identity Thief UIP $121,365 5/1 57 Parental Guidance Fox $100,202 1/16 58 Upside Down (2012) Pioneer $98,537 2/6 59 Jurassic Park (3D) UIP $85,917 5/29 60 The Man with the Iron Fists UIP $79,841 1/30 61 Gekijouban Hunter × Hunter Pioneer $74,118 5/15 62 The Big Wedding Pioneer $72,228 5/8 63 Emergo (Apartment 143) Pioneer $64,319 5/22 64 21 and Over Viva Int. $59,480 3/6 65 Snitch Pioneer $47,559 3/6 66 Redemption (2013) n/a $42,872 5/29 67 Vamps n/a $41,357 4/17 68 Dead Man Down Viva Int. $40,554 3/13 69 Broken City Viva Int. $36,583 2/6 70 The Call n/a $35,188 5/22 71 Spiders (2013) n/a $35,154 4/17 72 So Undercover Pioneer $27,430 3/20 73 Movie 43 Pioneer $22,612 3/13 74 Savages (2012) UIP $21,666 2/20 75 Cirque du Soleil: Delirium UIP $21,381 3/6 76 Side Effects (2013) n/a $14,044 6/5 77 Hitchcock Fox $13,327 2/6 78 Anna Karenina UIP $11,686 2/20 79 Chasing Mavericks Pioneer $11,503 3/20 80 Gambit n/a $10,704 6/19 81 At Any Price n/a $6,071 5/1

Philippines Box Office June 19–23, 2013 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N World War Z UIP $2,030,174 - 223 - $9,104 $2,030,174 1 2 1 Man of Steel WB $1,623,252 -71.9% 276 -193 $5,881 $8,034,533 2 3 2 After Earth Sony $81,566 -76.0% 47 -64 $1,735 $1,890,476 3 4 3 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $29,566 -64.1% 24 -21 $1,232 $5,906,383 5 5 N Gambit n/a $10,704 - 32 - $335 $10,704 1 6 5 The Hangover Part III WB $2,375 -71.5% 5 -5 $475 $1,164,747 4

Yay for The Heat!

Loving the run of MU

I hope Olympus Has Fallen crawls to $99 million just for kicks

The Heat Glorietta 4, Makati City, Philippines 8 PM (Press Screening), 6/24/13 95% Full Trailers: Gravity - People laughed at the end part when Sandra Bullock was asking for help Internship - Some laughs Rio 2 teaser - Some chatter Turbo - Laughs 300: Rise of the Empire - Some chatter Pacific Rim - Some chatter The Wolverine - some chatter The Conjuring - BEST response from the crowd, people clapped at the end! The movie: It didn't start well because it felt uninspired as Melissa was once again playing an obnoxious, foul-mouthed lady that whenever she curses (which was almost every line she had in the beginning) it's so annoying already. Bullock's character was quite bland and felt like Sandra was just phoning it in. But when the two had scenes together well it got really better and funnier! Sandra and Melissa play off each other VERY well. It was so fun to watch them banter and do some silly stuff together. The story got interesting as it progresses as well as the case they're working on had some real danger on it and you'd be surprised how violent it is (and not just in the comedic way). In fact, this is bloodier than World War Z ! Even without the excessive cursing, the violence justifies the R rating. I also think the movie did a good humanizing both Sandra's and Melissa's characters and just like in Identity Thief, Melissa can do touches of drama so I hope she'll have projects that can showcase that she can play a character other than the aggressive big lady with a foul mouth There's still some cheap humor in it and some unnecessary scenes (the choking scene should have been cut IMO) but mostly it worked thanks to the leads. The crowd didn't laugh that much in the beginning but when they had the scene in the bar, the laughs kept on rising and there were even scenes that you can't hear the dialogue anymore because of the laughter. I hope this will do well in US Box Office, I think this is way better than Identify Thief. B+

In the end Disney wins 2015

2013 Top-Grossing Movies via Box Office Mojo 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 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $5,856,931 5/24 4 Man of Steel WB $5,770,726 6/12 5 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UIP $4,560,225 3/30 6 Jack the Giant Slayer WB $3,154,259 2/28 7 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters UIP $2,744,810 1/23 8 Chinese Zodiac Star Cin. $2,363,467 1/30 9 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,145,885 3/7 10 A Good Day to Die Hard Fox $2,131,141 2/13 11 Life of Pi Fox $2,076,267 1/9 12 Les Miserables (2012) UIP $1,948,614 1/16 13 The Croods UIP $1,859,841 3/22 14 Oblivion UIP $1,808,621 4/10 15 Bromance: My Brother's Romance Star Cin. $1,764,028 5/15 16 After Earth Sony $1,748,997 6/5 17 A Moment In Time Star Cin. $1,588,999 2/13 18 Epic Fox $1,509,835 5/24 19 Must Be... Love Star Cin. $1,489,456 3/13 20 Star Trek Into Darkness UIP $1,440,877 5/16 21 The Hangover Part III WB $1,159,499 5/29 22 Warm Bodies Pioneer $975,046 1/31 23 Jack Reacher UIP $683,860 1/9 24 Beautiful Creatures (2013) Pioneer $683,282 2/20 25 The Host (2013) Viva Int. $490,818 3/30 26 Now You See Me Pioneer $442,840 5/29 27 Olympus Has Fallen Viva Int. $439,075 4/10 28 The Great Gatsby (2013) WB $395,058 5/17 29 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone WB $321,047 3/20 30 Zero Dark Thirty Pioneer $317,035 1/11 31 The Last Stand Pioneer $303,134 1/17 32 The Last Exorcism Part II Pioneer $285,110 3/8 33 Mama UIP $278,075 2/6 34 Parker Viva Int. $254,408 1/24 35 The Bride and the Lover n/a $253,439 5/1 36 Scary Movie 5 n/a $246,685 5/8 37 Safe Haven Pioneer $203,811 2/13 38 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Pioneer $198,916 5/8 39 Gangster Squad WB $195,482 1/30 40 Silver Linings Playbook Pioneer $195,030 2/27 41 Apartment 1303 Viva Int. $188,468 3/20 42 Red Dawn (2012) Viva Int. $187,782 1/9 43 Bullet to the Head Disney $179,852 2/6 44 Flight UIP $175,622 2/13 45 Lincoln Fox $174,714 2/20 46 A Haunted House Viva Int. $163,395 1/16 47 Evil Dead (2013) Sony $149,745 5/8 48 Stoker Fox $147,420 3/1 49 The Impossible Pioneer $146,811 1/23 50 One Piece Film Z Pioneer $141,886 5/1 51 Trance Fox $140,759 5/1 52 Django Unchained Sony $137,177 3/13 53 Dark Skies n/a $130,981 5/1 54 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie Pioneer $123,613 4/10 55 Identity Thief UIP $121,365 5/1 56 Parental Guidance Fox $100,202 1/16 57 Upside Down (2012) Pioneer $98,537 2/6 58 Jurassic Park (3D) UIP $85,917 5/29 59 The Man with the Iron Fists UIP $79,841 1/30 60 Gekijouban Hunter × Hunter Pioneer $74,118 5/15 61 The Big Wedding Pioneer $72,228 5/8 62 Emergo (Apartment 143) Pioneer $64,319 5/22 63 21 and Over Viva Int. $59,480 3/6 64 Snitch Pioneer $47,559 3/6 65 Redemption (2013) n/a $42,872 5/29 66 Vamps n/a $41,357 4/17 67 Dead Man Down Viva Int. $40,554 3/13 68 Broken City Viva Int. $36,583 2/6 69 The Call n/a $35,188 5/22 70 Spiders (2013) n/a $35,154 4/17 71 So Undercover Pioneer $27,430 3/20 72 Movie 43 Pioneer $22,612 3/13 73 Savages (2012) UIP $21,666 2/20 74 Cirque du Soleil: Delirium UIP $21,381 3/6 75 Side Effects (2013) n/a $14,044 6/5 76 Hitchcock Fox $13,327 2/6 77 Anna Karenina UIP $11,686 2/20 78 Chasing Mavericks Pioneer $11,503 3/20 79 At Any Price n/a $6,071 5/1

Philippines Box Office June 12-16, 2013 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N Man of Steel WB $5,770,726 - 469 - $12,304 $5,770,726 1 2 1 After Earth Sony $339,635 -71.8% 111 -52 $3,060 $1,748,997 2 3 2 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $82,405 -87.0% 45 -95 $1,831 $5,856,931 4 4 5 Now You See Me Pioneer $37,141 -62.1% 30 -10 $1,238 $442,840 3 5 3 The Hangover Part III WB $8,325 -96.7% 10 -66 $833 $1,159,499 3 6 4 Epic Fox $2,818 -98.1% 3 -72 $939 $1,509,835 4 7 7 Star Trek Into Darkness UIP $616 -97.7% 1 -14 $616 $1,440,877 5

Yeah it will. Only World War Z opened this week so it still has the lion share of screens

No daily breakdown unfortunately but here's the press release from WB Philippines

^ True it almost matched STID's entire box office on its OW. I'm still shocked with the relative poor performance of STID here

Yup. OD record! Here's the press release: "MAN OF STEEL" Breaks All-Time First-Day Record with P69.52-M BowMANILA, June 13, 2013 – The new, origin film of Superman flew off to a blockbuster start yesterday as “Man of Steel” surpassed the industry's all-time opening day record with a nationwide gross of a monumental P69.52-M.“Man of Steel's” phenomenal debut bested the opening day record previously established only last April by “Iron Man 3” at P62.9-million.This was announced today by Francis Soliven, general manager of Warner Bros. (F.E.), Inc. which distributed the film. “This is a day of reckoning for Superman,” added Soliven. “He's a larger-than-life character beloved by millions of Filipinos, and this was proven today. Fans and families welcomed him back overwhelmingly as evidenced by the long lines, the ubiquitous Superman shirts everywhere, and the cheers at the end of screenings.” Dominating the over all box-office with a 94 percent share, “Man of Steel” also posted the biggest opening day gross ever for Warner Bros. whose previous best first-day performer was “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” at P28.3-million.From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes the epic action-adventure “Man of Steel,” under the direction of Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”).%

2013 Top Movies via Box Office Mojo 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 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $5,648,421 5/24 4 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UIP $4,560,225 3/30 5 Jack the Giant Slayer WB $3,154,259 2/28 6 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters UIP $2,744,810 1/23 7 Chinese Zodiac Star Cin. $2,363,467 1/30 8 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,145,885 3/7 9 A Good Day to Die Hard Fox $2,131,141 2/13 10 Life of Pi Fox $2,076,267 1/9 11 Les Miserables (2012) UIP $1,948,614 1/16 12 The Croods UIP $1,859,841 3/22 13 Oblivion UIP $1,808,621 4/10 14 Bromance: My Brother's Romance Star Cin. $1,764,028 5/15 15 A Moment In Time Star Cin. $1,588,999 2/13 16 Must Be... Love Star Cin. $1,489,456 3/13 17 Epic Fox $1,481,808 5/24 18 Star Trek Into Darkness UIP $1,433,906 5/16 19 After Earth Sony $1,205,912 6/5 20 The Hangover Part III WB $1,098,730 5/29 21 Warm Bodies Pioneer $975,046 1/31 22 Jack Reacher UIP $683,860 1/9 23 Beautiful Creatures (2013) Pioneer $683,282 2/20 24 The Host (2013) Viva Int. $490,818 3/30 25 Olympus Has Fallen Viva Int. $439,075 4/10 26 The Great Gatsby (2013) WB $395,058 5/17 27 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone WB $321,047 3/20 28 Zero Dark Thirty Pioneer $317,035 1/11 29 The Last Stand Pioneer $303,134 1/17 30 Now You See Me Pioneer $302,686 5/29 31 The Last Exorcism Part II Pioneer $285,110 3/8 32 Mama UIP $278,075 2/6 33 Parker Viva Int. $254,408 1/24 34 The Bride and the Lover n/a $253,439 5/1 35 Scary Movie 5 n/a $246,685 5/8 36 Safe Haven Pioneer $203,811 2/13 37 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia Pioneer $198,916 5/8 38 Gangster Squad WB $195,482 1/30 39 Silver Linings Playbook Pioneer $195,030 2/27 40 Apartment 1303 Viva Int. $188,468 3/20 41 Red Dawn (2012) Viva Int. $187,782 1/9 42 Bullet to the Head Disney $179,852 2/6 43 Flight UIP $175,622 2/13 44 Lincoln Fox $174,714 2/20 45 A Haunted House Viva Int. $163,395 1/16 46 Evil Dead (2013) Sony $149,745 5/8 47 Stoker Fox $147,420 3/1 48 The Impossible Pioneer $146,811 1/23 49 One Piece Film Z Pioneer $141,886 5/1 50 Trance Fox $140,759 5/1 51 Django Unchained Sony $137,177 3/13 52 Dark Skies n/a $130,981 5/1 53 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie Pioneer $123,613 4/10 54 Identity Thief UIP $121,365 5/1 55 Parental Guidance Fox $100,202 1/16 56 Upside Down (2012) Pioneer $98,537 2/6 57 Jurassic Park (3D) UIP $85,917 5/29 58 The Man with the Iron Fists UIP $79,841 1/30 59 Gekijouban Hunter × Hunter Pioneer $74,118 5/15 60 The Big Wedding Pioneer $72,228 5/8 61 Emergo (Apartment 143) Pioneer $64,319 5/22 62 21 and Over Viva Int. $59,480 3/6 63 Snitch Pioneer $47,559 3/6 64 Redemption (2013) n/a $42,872 5/29 65 Vamps n/a $41,357 4/17 66 Dead Man Down Viva Int. $40,554 3/13 67 Broken City Viva Int. $36,583 2/6 68 The Call n/a $35,188 5/22 69 Spiders (2013) n/a $35,154 4/17 70 So Undercover Pioneer $27,430 3/20 71 Movie 43 Pioneer $22,612 3/13 72 Savages (2012) UIP $21,666 2/20 73 Cirque du Soleil: Delirium UIP $21,381 3/6 74 Side Effects (2013) n/a $14,044 6/5 75 Hitchcock Fox $13,327 2/6 76 Anna Karenina UIP $11,686 2/20 77 Chasing Mavericks Pioneer $11,503 3/20 78 At Any Price n/a $6,071 5/1

Philippines Box Office June 5-9, 2013 TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N After Earth Sony $1,205,912 - 163 - $7,398 $1,205,912 1 2 1 Fast & Furious 6 UIP $631,752 -62.9% 140 -35 $4,513 $5,648,421 3 3 2 The Hangover Part III WB $251,960 -59.4% 76 -22 $3,315 $1,098,730 2 4 3 Epic Fox $146,608 -69.0% 75 -53 $1,955 $1,481,808 3 5 5 Now You See Me Pioneer $97,884 +39.8% 40 -12 $2,447 $302,686 2 6 4 Bromance: My Brother's Romance Star Cin. $43,977 -74.8% 30 -50 $1,466 $1,764,028 4 7 6 Star Trek Into Darkness UIP $26,162 -58.1% 15 -17 $1,744 $1,433,906 4 8 7 Jurassic Park (3D) UIP $14,646 -74.8% 8 -22 $1,831 $85,917 2 9 N Side Effects (2013) n/a $14,044 - 36 - $390 $14,044 1 10 9 Iron Man 3 Disney $3,965 -62.5% 4 -9 $991 $14,949,472 7 11 10 The Great Gatsby (2013) WB $2,569 -72.2% 6 -2 $428 $395,058 4

MOS will open on June 12 which is Independence Day so it will definitely get a holiday bumo

My wild guess is $6 million for final gross

Yes, good enough

Some comments: *I'm surprised Star Trek Into Darkness didn't perform that well, it's only 58 million pesos which is really low for a Hollywood blockbuster. It should be in the top 10 by now * Fast and Furious 6 performance is impressive as well. Having Vin Diesel promote it here in person definitely helped