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DM3 is now just $700K away from beating Zootopia worldwide to become the #5 highest grossing animated film OF ALL TIME worldwide and giving the Despicable Me franchise 2 spots in the top 5 (with Minions and DM3)! Relatively big increase for DM3 with actuals. Yesterday it beat Beauty and the Beast overseas to become the #16 highest film internationally in cinema history. Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $262,260,360 25.6% + Foreign: $760,772,580 74.4% = Worldwide: $1,023,032,940

DM3 is now just $700K away from beating Zootopia worldwide to become the #5 highest grossing animated film OF ALL TIME worldwide and giving the Despicable Me franchise 2 spots in the top 5 (with Minions and DM3)! Relatively big increase for DM3 with actuals. Yesterday it beat Beauty and the Beast overseas to become the #16 highest film internationally in cinema history. Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $262,260,360 25.6% + Foreign: $760,772,580 74.4% = Worldwide: $1,023,032,940 SCREEN WRITE UP Illumination’s Despicable Me 3 added $2m in 40 territories for a total of $760.7m. The film stands at $1.023bn. Despicable Me 3 is the sixth-highest grossing animated film worldwide. In Japan, Despicable Me 3 grossed $325,000 in its 11th weekend, for a total of $65m. China is the top market on $152.3m, followed by the UK $61.7m, Germany $42.9m, France $40.8m, Brazil $38.9m, Mexico $34.8m, and Russia $26m.

Top 3 Hollywood films Overseas - 2017: 1st place -- Fast and Furious 8 - 1,010,000,000 OS 2nd place -- Despicable Me 3 - 760,100,000 OS 3rd place -- Beauty and the Beast - 758,900,000 OS

Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $332,718,317 38.0% + Foreign: $542,403,493 62.0% = Worldwide: $875,121,810

CORPSE Weekend Estimates (09/30-10/01) 01 (---) ¥240,000,000 ($2.1 million), 0, ¥240,000,000 ($2.1 million), Ajin: Demi-Human (Toho) NEW 02 (---) ¥145,000,000 ($1.3 million), 0, ¥180,000,000 ($1.6 million), A Dog's Purpose (Toho-Towa) NEW 03 (01) ¥127,000,000 ($1.1 million), -40%, ¥500,000,000 ($4.4 million), The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (Kadokawa/Shochiku) WK2 04 (03) ¥74,000,000 ($655,000), -34%, ¥1,400,000,000 ($12.6 million), Dunkirk (Warner Bros.) WK4 05 (04) ¥63,000,000 ($560,000), -34%, ¥1,175,000,000 ($10.8 million), The Third Murderer (Toho) WK4 06 (02) ¥61,000,000 ($540,000), -51%, ¥300,000,000 ($2.7 million), Asahinagu (Toho Video Division) WK2 07 (05) ¥51,000,000 ($450,000), -44%, ¥700,000,000 ($6.4 million), Alien: Covenant (Fox) WK3 08 (---) ¥50,000,000 ($445,000), 0, ¥50,000,000 ($445,000), Hidden Figures (Fox) NEW 09 (---) ¥40,000,000 ($355,000), 0, ¥40,000,000 ($355,000), Digimon Adventure tri. Ch. 5: Coexistense (Toei) NEW 09 (06) ¥40,000,000 ($355,000), -40%, ¥2,175,000,000 ($19.8 million), Sekigahara (Toho) WK6 09 (---) ¥40,000,000 ($355,000), 0, ¥40,000,000 ($355,000), AAA Dome Tour 2017 - Way of Glory Live Viewing (Live-Broadcast) 12 (09) ¥37,000,000 ($300,000), -31%, ¥7,160,000,000 ($64.7 million), Despicable Me 3 (Toho-Towa) WK11 >Ajin: Demi-Human easily debuted atop the box office, and will come in comfortably above ¥200 million (~$2 million) as well; it may have even exceeded ¥250 million (pretty solid for a film this time of year). The live-action adaptation of the manga is directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro (Bayside Shakedown fame). >A Dog's Purpose finally made it to Japan. The film only received a modest release, but that didn't stop it from performing nicely and probably coming in second place. After looking at its foreign box office results, after China's incredible total, Japan will probably end up as its second biggest international market. >Hidden Figures makes a surprising debut in the Top 10. It was one of many limited releases that opened this weekend, playing on 62 screens, but it appears to have comfortably secured a Top 10 spot by selling an impressive ~36% of its available tickets.. >The last two spots in the Top 10 are pretty much a toss-up as expected, so I have them as ties. I don't recall a live-viewing in recent years being included in the weekend rankings -- they're typically a one day viewing during a single showtime (as it the case here), plus I'm uncertain if they're eligible -- but AAA's Dome Tour 2017 certainly sold enough tickets (84% sold) across its live-broadcasts on just Sunday (one day) to be a real contender, especially since ticket prices were likely very high.

SCREEN Illumination’s Despicable Me 3 added $1.6m in 40 territories for a total of $760.1m. The film stands at $1.022bn. Despicable Me 3 is the sixth-highest grossing animated film worldwide. In Japan, Despicable Me 3’s grossed $247,000 in its 11th weekend, for a total of $65m. China is the top market on $152.3m, followed by the UK $61.7m, Germany $42.9m, France $40.8m, Brazil $38.9m, Mexico $34.8m, and Russia $26m.

SCREEN In South Korea, Kingsman debuted on $16.1m, which made it the biggest opening ever for an 18+ rated film. The results in South Korea are three times bigger than its predecessor Kingsman: The Secret Service, and are bigger than the openings of Transformers 5, Fate Of The Furious, and Guardians Of The Galaxy 2.

Totals after this weekend, DM3 reaches 21m USD!, only 2nd movie of the year to do so after BATB which ended with 22m USD (with a worse ER). Cars reached around 8.4m USD. 1 CATTIVISSIMO ME 3 (DESPICABLE ME 3) USA Universal S.R.L. € 17.636.772 2.719.981 2 DUNKIRK GBR Warner Bros Italia S.P.A. € 8.479.578 1.239.942 3 CARS 3 - 3D USA Walt Disney S.M.P. Italia € 7.027.683 1.072.748 4 ANNABELLE 2: CREATION (ANNABELLE: CREATION) USA Warner Bros Italia S.P.A. € 3.482.708 517.786 5 NOI SIAMO TUTTO (EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING) USA Warner Bros Italia S.P.A. € 2.583.180 384.540 6 BARRY SEAL - UNA STORIA AMERICANA (AMERICAN MADE) USA Universal S.R.L. € 2.405.492 358.413 7 LA TORRE NERA (THE DARK TOWER) USA Warner Bros Italia S.P.A. € 2.277.374 348.907 8 LA FRATELLANZA (SHOT CALLER) USA Notorious Pict. S.P.A. € 1.877.635 274.098

I think it will still cross 750m WW. Incredible.

Earlier today I ran an interesting showdown to compare how similar the Despicable Me franchise is to the Fast and Furious franchise, two franchises with consecutive 1-billion grossing films in 2015 and 2017. And the results are in, with the Despicable Me franchise boasting a better retention rate from Minions to DM3 than FF8 to FF7: DM vs FF Showdown: FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISE FF8: 1,238,000,000 WW with 225m DOM and 1,010,000,000 OS. (OS-China: 622.6m) FF7: 1,516,000,000 WW with 353m DOM and 1,163,000,000 OS (OS-China: 773m) FF8 retention rate to FF7: DOM retention rate: 63.7% OS retention rate: 86.8% OS-China retention rate: 80.54% *exactly identical to DM3!** WW retention rate: 81.6% DESPICABLE ME FRANCHISE DM3: 1,022,000,000 WW with 262m DOM and 760m OS (OS-China: 607.7m) Minions: 1,159,000,000 WW with 336m DOM and 823m OS (OS-China: 754.5m) DM3 retention rate to Minions: DOM retention rate: 78% OS retention rate: 92.3% OS-China retention rate: 80.54% *exactly identical to FF8!* WW retention rate: 88.1% Winner of this showdown: Despicable Me Franchise.

Earlier today I ran an interesting showdown to compare how similar the Despicable Me franchise is to the Fast and Furious franchise, two franchises with consecutive 1-billion grossing films in 2015 and 2017. And the results are in, with the Despicable Me franchise boasting a better retention rate from Minions to DM3 than FF8 to FF7: DM vs FF Showdown: FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISE FF8: 1,238,000,000 WW with 225m DOM and 1,010,000,000 OS. (OS-China: 622.6m) FF7: 1,516,000,000 WW with 353m DOM and 1,163,000,000 OS (OS-China: 773m) FF8 retention rate to FF7: DOM retention rate: 63.7% OS retention rate: 86.8% OS-China retention rate: 80.54% *exactly identical to DM3!** WW retention rate: 81.6% DESPICABLE ME FRANCHISE DM3: 1,022,000,000 WW with 262m DOM and 760m OS (OS-China: 607.7m) Minions: 1,159,000,000 WW with 336m DOM and 823m OS (OS-China: 754.5m) DM3 retention rate to Minions: DOM retention rate: 78% OS retention rate: 92.3% OS-China retention rate: 80.54% *exactly identical to FF8!* WW retention rate: 88.1% Winner of this showdown: Despicable Me Franchise.

Despicable Me 3 has officially beaten Beauty and the Beast overseas! MASSIVE achievement for Illumination and Universal who now have the #1 and #2 OS films of the year with Fast 8 and DM3! Wow. Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $262,260,360 25.7% + Foreign: $760,100,000 74.3% = Worldwide: $1,022,360,360

Despicable Me 3 has officially beaten Beauty and the Beast overseas! MASSIVE achievement for Illumination and Universal who now have the #1 and #2 OS films of the year with Fast 8 and DM3! Wow. Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $262,260,360 25.7% + Foreign: $760,100,000 74.3% = Worldwide: $1,022,360,360

Austria Yearly Box Office Rank Movie Title Distributor Gross Release 1 Despicable Me 3 UPI $4,883,728 7/7 2 Fifty Shades Darker UPI $4,449,808 2/10 3 Beauty and the Beast (2017) Disney $4,173,297 3/16 4 The Fate of the Furious UPI $4,159,760 4/14 5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Disney $3,717,328 5/25 6 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Disney $3,450,633 4/27 7 Baywatch PPI $3,443,070 6/1 8 The Boss Baby Fox $2,259,646 3/30 9 Spider-Man: Homecoming Sony $1,755,851 7/14

Japan Box Office September 23–24, 2017 (US $1 = 111.99 Yen) < Prev Wk Currency: Return to Index US Dollars Yen Next Wk > TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Screens Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N Miracles of the Namiya General Store Kadokawa $1,873,995 - 342 - $5,480 $1,873,995 1 2 N Asahinagu Toho $1,120,650 - 148 - $7,572 $1,328,255 1 3 1 Dunkirk WB $1,005,591 -45.7% n/a - n/a $10,747,470 3 4 3 The Third Murder Toho $846,215 -44.6% n/a - n/a $9,170,781 3 5 2 Alien: Covenant Fox $830,641 -52.6% 696 +52 $1,193 $5,145,030 2 6 4 Sekigahara Toho $605,459 -51.8% n/a - n/a $18,435,845 5 7 5 Despicable Me 3 UPI $499,839 -48.4% 361 - $1,385 $64,619,583 10 8 N Yurigokoro Toei $499,831 - n/a - n/a $499,831 1 9 6 A Boy Who Wished to be Okuda Tamio A Girl Who Drove All Men Crazy Toho $436,181 -35.4% n/a - n/a $1,969,052 2 10 N Overdrive GAGA $395,272 - n/a - n/a $531,906 1

Spain Yearly Box Office 2017, 2016, , 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002Rows: #1–100, #101–200, #201–279 Rank Movie Title Distributor Gross Release 1 Beauty and the Beast (2017) Disney $23,629,593 3/17 2 Despicable Me 3 UPI $23,239,128 6/30 3 Tadeo Jones 2 PPI $16,523,497 8/25 4 The Fate of the Furious UPI $15,497,540 4/13 5 The Boss Baby Fox $15,195,493 4/14 6 La La Land UPI $14,914,091 1/13 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Disney $14,628,266 5/26 8 Fifty Shades Darker UPI $13,961,715 2/10 9 Spider-Man: Homecoming Sony $11,920,117 7/28

Kingdom Box Office September 22–24, 2017 (US $1 = 0.7408 British Pound Sterling) < Prev Wk Currency: Return to Index US Dollars British Pound Sterling Next Wk > TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Theaters Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 N Kingsman: The Golden Circle Fox $11,068,226 - 638 - $17,348 $11,068,226 1 2 1 It WB $3,851,195 -53.3% 578 -30 $6,663 $35,706,951 3 3 2 Victoria and Abdul UPI $1,671,312 -33.0% 612 +11 $2,731 $6,865,296 2 4 3 mother! PPI $490,959 -56.0% 444 -20 $1,106 $2,327,593 2 5 5 The Emoji Movie Sony $486,390 -8.7% 510 -4 $954 $18,280,811 8 6 6 Les As de la Jungle - Operation banquise (The Jungle Bunch: The Movie) E1 $389,332 -23.6% 521 +14 $747 $988,887 2 7 4 American Assassin Lions Gate $335,129 -65.6% 423 -10 $792 $1,760,765 2 8 10 Despicable Me 3 UPI $262,470 -23.5% 391 -40 $671 $61,426,657 13 9 8 Dunkirk WB $250,163 -45.3% 290 -80 $863 $75,710,050 10

GREAT news from the Japanese thread: DM3 has now achieved the 2nd best multiplier of 2017 in Japan, surpassing BATB and POTC and all other Hollywood films!! Also, DM3 will soon achieve one of the best multipliers OF ALL TIME in Japan! Corpse: 01. 33.34 - Frozen (Mar., 2014) 02. 30.37 - Spirited Away (July, 2001) 03. 26.99 - Princess Mononoke (July, 1997) 04. 26.92 - Your Name. (Aug., 2016) 05. 26.13 - Avatar (Dec., 2009) 06. 23.21 - Departures (Sept., 2008) 07. 19.96 - Les Miserables (Dec., 2012) 08. 17.07 - Zootopia (Apr., 2016) 09. 16.44 - The Cat Returns (July, 2002) 10. 16.15 - The Eternal Zero (Dec., 2013) 11. 15.69 - Monsters, Inc. (Mar., 2002) 12. 15.29 - Big Hero 6 (Dec., 2014) 13. 15.25 - The Last Samurai (Dec., 2003) 14. 14.98 - Ponyo (July, 2008) 15. 14.84 - Howl's Moving Castle (Nov., 2004) 16. 14.81 - Always: Sunset on Third Street (Nov., 2005) 17. 14.25 - Confessions (June, 2010) 18. 13.96 - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (July, 2003) 19. 13.83 - Thermae Romae (Apr., 2012) 20. 13.64 - Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (May, 2004) 21. 13.20 - Shin Godzilla (July, 2016) 22. 13.10 - I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (July, 2017) [After 9 Weeks] 23. 13.09 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Dec., 2001) 24. 12.98 - Summer Wars (Aug., 2009) 25. 12.88 - Ted (Jan., 2013) 26. 12.51 - The Wind Rises (July, 2013) 27. 12.50 - The Phantom of the Opera (Jan., 2005) 28. 12.48 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Aug., 2003) 29. 12.24 - Finding Nemo (Dec., 2003) 30. 12.16 - Wolf Children (July, 2012) I Want to Eat Your Pancreas has been the most impressively leggy film so far this year, exceeding a 13 multiplier after nine weeks in release -- it is on track to achieve a final multiplier of 13.5/13.6. Despicable Me 3 is closing in on a 12 multiplier after ten weeks in release, and should finish its run with a 12.1/12.2 multiplier, just enough to make the above list.

DM3 will also achieve one of the best multipliers of ALL TIME in Japan by the end of its run! Incredible run. CORPSE All-Time Best Multipliers (¥1 billion Earners & Wide Debuts) 01. 33.34 - Frozen (Mar., 2014) 02. 30.37 - Spirited Away (July, 2001) 03. 26.99 - Princess Mononoke (July, 1997) 04. 26.92 - Your Name. (Aug., 2016) 05. 26.13 - Avatar (Dec., 2009) 06. 23.21 - Departures (Sept., 2008) 07. 19.96 - Les Miserables (Dec., 2012) 08. 17.07 - Zootopia (Apr., 2016) 09. 16.44 - The Cat Returns (July, 2002) 10. 16.15 - The Eternal Zero (Dec., 2013) 11. 15.69 - Monsters, Inc. (Mar., 2002) 12. 15.29 - Big Hero 6 (Dec., 2014) 13. 15.25 - The Last Samurai (Dec., 2003) 14. 14.98 - Ponyo (July, 2008) 15. 14.84 - Howl's Moving Castle (Nov., 2004) 16. 14.81 - Always: Sunset on Third Street (Nov., 2005) 17. 14.25 - Confessions (June, 2010) 18. 13.96 - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (July, 2003) 19. 13.83 - Thermae Romae (Apr., 2012) 20. 13.64 - Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (May, 2004) 21. 13.20 - Shin Godzilla (July, 2016) 22. 13.10 - I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (July, 2017) [After 9 Weeks] 23. 13.09 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Dec., 2001) 24. 12.98 - Summer Wars (Aug., 2009) 25. 12.88 - Ted (Jan., 2013) 26. 12.51 - The Wind Rises (July, 2013) 27. 12.50 - The Phantom of the Opera (Jan., 2005) 28. 12.48 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Aug., 2003) 29. 12.24 - Finding Nemo (Dec., 2003) 30. 12.16 - Wolf Children (July, 2012) I Want to Eat Your Pancreas has been the most impressively leggy film so far this year, exceeding a 13 multiplier after nine weeks in release -- it is on track to achieve a final multiplier of 13.5/13.6. Despicable Me 3 is closing in on a 12 multiplier after ten weeks in release, and should finish its run with a 12.1/12.2 multiplier, just enough to make the above list.

DM3 has now achieved a better multiplier than BATB and POTC in Japan! Highest multiplier for any Hollywood film in 2017 and 2nd of the year after a local film! CORPSE: 2017 Multipliers (¥1 billion+ Earners)15+ (Phenomenal) x13.10 - I Want To Eat Your Pancreas [After 9 Weeks] x11.88 - Despicable Me 3 [After 10 Weeks] x11.61 - Beauty and the Beast x10.13 - La La Land

SOO happy for Villeneuve. I ADORED Arrival and Prisoners. Villeneuve is in my top 3 directors and with every new film he continues to amaze me. Can't wait for this. He's an amazing director with a full control of mood.

Weekend actuals DM3 and Emoji made more than Dunkirk this weekend. Surprising! After 13 weeks, DM3 is still in the top 10. Impressive. Wochenende 38: 22.9.2017 - 24.9.2017 Nr. £ % Ges. Wo. Film 1 8.525.664 --- 8.525.664 1 Kingsman 2 2 2.852.965 -53 26.451.709 3 Es 3 1.239.085 -33 4.831.777 2 Victoria & Abdul 4 364.301 -56 1.668.307 2 mother! 5 359.793 -7 14.043.072 8 Emoji 6 288.416 -23 732.567 2 Les As de la Jungle 7 262.647 -66 1.371.723 2 American Assissin 8 195.960 -23 46.717.650 13 Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich 3 9 185.321 -45 56.086.005 10 Dunkirk 10 151.960 -56 5.345.061 5 Barry Seal 14.426.112 +26 553.577.977 38 GESAMT

Weekend actuals. DM3 crosses the 1.02 Billion mark Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $261,809,115 25.7% + Foreign: $758,254,269 74.3% = Worldwide: $1,020,063,384

From Cartoon Brew: To be honest, these Lego movies are getting more publicity than My Little Pony: The Movie, another film based around a toy line. I heard from Michel Gagne, an effects animator who worked on the movie due out October 6, that the film held it's premiere in NYC yesterday and the response from the people who were invited, including critics, was enthusiastic, yet they are withheld from posting reviews until the review embargo is lifted. This gives me as sign that much like the original Lego movie, MLP: The Movie has the potential to be excellent for something that could have easily been a feature length toy commercial. Maybe the trick is to not think so much about selling toys and think more on the story, along with many other factors that contributed to The Lego Movie's success.