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Good point. I didn't know John Cho was born in Seoul.

Yes, it depends on hold - but it should get really close to 100M.

Saw this yesterday. It is not perfect, but there are some many good things being conveyed that it is entirely entertaining. Western vs. Eastern values - the cultural conflicts - good use of the Singaporean breathtaking views. I just read this article this morning, which probably reflects on some representation issues that had happened in the past decades. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/26/an-all-asian-cast-and-no-martial-arts-why-the-crazy-rich-asians-movie-matters/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9311db33c1ca

Whoa, "Searching" is doing really well in Korea. I guess the story of a concerned parent with a missing girl struck a chord there.

Weekend Forecast (09/01-02)01 (01) ¥328,000,000 ($3.0 million), -21%, ¥1,360,000,000 ($12.2 million), Killing for the Prosecutors (Toho) WK2 02 (02) ¥304,000,000 ($2.7 million), -18%, ¥2,400,000,000 ($21.6 million), Gintama 2 (Warner Bros.) WK303 (---) ¥300,000,000 ($2.7 million), 0, ¥420,000,000 ($3.8 million), Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney) NEW 04 (03) ¥251,000,000 ($2.3 million), -12%, ¥8,300,000,000 ($74.6 million), Code Blue (Toho) WK6 05 (06) ¥205,000,000 ($1.8 million), +08%, ¥1,625,000,000 ($14.7 million), One Cut of the Dead (Asmik Ace) WK11 06 (04) ¥185,000,000 ($1.7 million), -16%, ¥4,465,000,000 ($40.4 million), Incredibles 2 (Disney) WK5 07 (05) ¥153,000,000 ($1.4 million), -22%, ¥4,270,000,000 ($38.7 million), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Toho-Towa) WK5 08 (07) ¥120,000,000 ($1.1 million), -19%, ¥515,000,000 ($4.7 million), Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Toho-Towa) WK209 (---) ¥110,000,000 ($1.0 million), 0, ¥145,000,000 ($1.3 million), Sunny: Strong Mind, Strong Love (Toho) NEW10 (---) ¥100,000,000 ($900,000), 0, ¥100,000,000 ($900.000), Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (Aniplex) NEW 11 (08) ¥x90,000,000 ($810,000), -26%, ¥7,885,000,000 ($70.6 million), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Toho-Towa) WK8 12 (09) ¥x81,000,000 ($730,000), -20%, ¥1,490,000,000 ($13.5 million), Ocean's 8 (Warner Bros.) WK4This weekend is tricky to predict. Saturday is going to be a very, very busy day, thanks to it being the first of the month (national discount day) and the last completely free day before schools/universities start back on Monday. And Sunday will likely be very weak since Saturday will greatly deflate it, and the evening/night showings, in particular, will probably be very slow. So... expect some great holds across the board, and while Saturday pre-sales do suggest a couple films (other than One Cut of the Dead) could experience a weekend increase, I really think Sunday will be weak enough to lower the overall weekend to probably prevent increases. Still, this weekend is generally very strong every year, and this year's will be no different.Ant-Man and the Wasp will be aiming to debut atop the box-office, and while it has a fair chance, its pre-sales for Saturday just don't look strong enough to do so despite leading the pack. Marvel films typically have some degree of frontloading to them, so I think it'll fall just shy. Also, this weekend will likely secure that Code Blue will go on to outgross Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer to become the highest-grossing, and most-attended, film of 2018. If it has a sixth-weekend similar to the forecast above, it's likely to exceed ¥9 billion ($81/82 million). It'll become only the fourth domestic live-action to ever exceed ¥9 billion, and it'll be the first domestic live-action film to top a year since 2012.

So, where will this land? 90M DOM 70M OS? Will Disney be okay with that considering the merchandising that goes with it?

This movie is about Asian-American, mostly from East Asian descents. It's a step forward for Hollywood. Other representations may follow after.

piaofang.maoyan.com You can use google translate to figure things out

Interesting tight race between I2 and MI:F.

Deadline says "Holds are strong, including in Japan where the Parr family jumped up 30% for $19.3M so far". Is it really doing USD 5m+?

As long as China delivers like the first one, 600WW should be delivered. And while that might not be a big jump from the first one, it is still a pretty good jump. Only MCU can deliver sequels that score larger than the first one consistently.

Why are so many "blockbuster" movies playing in South Korea at the same time? AMATW really got lucky with the release date and the fact that it had a couple of weeks to itself. Not so lucky: I2, MI:F, HT2, MM2 with AWtG, Detective Conan and a few others.

With DOM: nostalgia plays a huge role with parents who watched the originals now taking their kids. Not sure OS has that in abundance.

I've watched the CR movie on Saturday and it's a perfectly fine movie. Some amusing moments and a couple of moments where things become teary. So, the movie works well if Pooh is in your memory somewhere. Hence, I think that is the reason the audience score is really high. They feel connected to the movie a lot, different with the critics. Paddington, in comparison, is a well-made movie. Not many people knew about Paddington before (I didn't). So, critics may love it, but it probably doesn't get to be personal for the audience.

So, considering my avatar, I should watch CR, right? Very good movie with plenty of amusing moments and some touching moments. I should remember that leaning tree forever now.

So, let's say the cost is 10M production + $35 P&A, that means it probably needs, say $30M DOM (about $15M income), $25M international (about $10M) and $30M ancillary (about $20M) just to break even? The axiom 2xproduction budget to profit definitely would not work for the smaller budget movies, right?

So, for a 10M budget movie like TTGM, how much would be the P+A cost?

Ugh, so the second one will drop to almost half of the original? I agree that $70M is very respectable. But it does make the significant drop from the original almost certain.

How much will Mamma Mia make? The first one made $39M?

The first one did $94M in UK. So, that is potentially a big drop. The first one did 25M in Sweden, this one will likely not reach that. So, if things work out really well maybe $500-600M. If things work out well, maybe $400-500M. At this point, the conservative prediction is a little below $400M.

The sequel seems to decrease in Dom. There are still so many countries to open, including the ones that did not play the first one (China, Brazil) that it is still difficult to predict the final number. Also it is still early and we don't know the legs on this one yet. How much total do you think this one will do in the UK?

Culture day -> lower ticket price? Is that the reason the $ income did not increase as much from MI5 compared to the admission increase?

Thanks. Can you add SMH?

That's $12.85m USD, higher than the estimated $12.1

I love the part in Angel Eyes where it suddenly changes the key and Amanda Seyfried starts singing, but do not love the part where it changes again and enter the refrain.