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Cinépolis has started doing some 'Surprise Screenings' akin to those of AMC in the US and Cineworld in the UK. First of these was this past Tuesday on selected theaters across the country and the film they showed was The Fall Guy. Speaking of Cinepolis, this very week they launched a membership program that is linked to its loyalty program Club Cinépolis and while it doesn't offer unlimited tickets, it has several tiers: Individual and double Regular for traditional screens-only and Premium that offers access from traditional to VIPs and PLFs to IMAX and 4DX screens. 4 and 6 tickets (individual or double according to your tier) on a monthly basis. Cancel any-time without aditional fees. It's an interesting proposal but it's definitely a downgrade from the previous program that offered unlimited access for a yearly payment. We shall see how it works and if they make any update to it.

APRIL 11-14 WEEKEND. 1. Godzilla x Kong - $46M/$464.1M (-54.37%) 2. SUGA D Tour' D-Day: The Movie - $26M 3. The First Omen - $19M/$54M (-28.57%) 4. Kung Fu Panda 4 - $16.5M/$555.7M (-49.07%) 5. Arthur the King - $14.4M/$42.2M (-34.25%) 6. Ghostbusters - $6.7M/$131.3M (-52.82%) 7. Sleeping Dogs - $6.1M 8. Back to Black - $5.8M 9. Jack in the Box Rises - $5.4M 10. 10 Lives - $5.3M Family titles are seeing the negative effect from holidays ending but nevertheless they're achieving all-time high for the franchises in the case of all three Godilla x Kong, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Frozen Empire. They're aiming at $540M/$590M/$150M respectively. The First Omen is taking advantage of a lack of major horror releases and holding extremely well. Crossing $100M will be a nail-bitter. BTS' Suga takes over once again grossing a similar amount as his previous concert back in June 2023 and the highest Per-Screen Average of the year so far with a whopping $85K lc per screen with an ATP of $265 lc which is a bit less than the latest three BTS' big screen events and about 20% higher than Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour feature.

Truly a bummer we won't get a $100M+ opener this month and Garfield will probably will be the only one until Inside Out 2 on June. Hopefully adult-profile titles like Challengers and Civil War (EA this weekend on IMAX) become sleeper hits. Also Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's goodwill translates well to The Fall Guy's numbers.

APRIL 4-7 WEEKEND. 1. Godzilla x Kong - $100.8M/$398.5M (-52.5%) 2. Kung Fu Panda 4 - $32.4M/$533M (-43.75%) 3. The First Omen - $26.6M 4. Arthur The King - $21.9M 5. Ghostbusters - $14.2M/$121.7M (-51.03%) 6. Un Actor Malo - $5.4M 7. Robot Dreams - $4.5M/$36.3M (-35.71%) 8. Dune: Part II - $3M/194.1M (-61.54%) 9. One Life - $1.9M/$33.5M (-59.57%) 10. The Chosen (Ep. 3 & 4) - $1.8M Step drops across the board with holidays just finishing. Godzilla and Kong are going just fine without obstacles to surpass $500M by next week but $600M definitely not looking on the table atm but next weeks are tough so could keep conquering audiences and stop in mid 500s range. Po is doing well without any major direct competition and won't have any for the next 3 weeks until Garfield comes out on time for the May 1st holiday. $600M are on sight. First Omen result is ok but definitely could've gone higher using Evil Dead Rise as a comp which even nabbed a C-Rating compared to softer B-15 for this one. Reception seems quite good so if it can hold up screens may leg as that one. Arthur marks the fourth $1M+ USD grosser of the week which is great for theaters. We'll see if it can meet up $60M-$80M final gross but going for the lower end.

I hadn't noticed but for its distributor; Robot Dreams is now their second highest grosser ever only below... The Boy and the Heron. Pretty good streak for non-studio animation during the last year.

MARCH 28-31 WEEKEND. 1. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - $212.2M/$227.7M 2. Kung Fu Panda 4 - $57.8M/$478.1M (-22.93%) 3. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - $29M/$96M (-34.98%) 4. Dune: Part II - $7.8M/$188.4M (-26.42%) 5. Robot Dreams - $7M/$29M (+42.86%) 6. The Iron Claw - $5,5M/$17.8M (-28.57%) 7. One Life - $4.7M/$29.9M (-16.07%) 8. Canta y No Llores - $2.2M/$9.4M (-52.17%) 9. Noche de Bodas - $1.7M/$45.3M 10. The Taste of Things - $1.3M (-39.29%) Best opening of the year for Godzilla and Kong doubling the opening of Godzilla v Kong. It has an empty April and upcoming holidays on May that will push late legs so is looking like it'll go above $600M. Panda sees a soft drop from the holidays around and soon will surpass Puss in Boots 2 as Dreamworks' highest title ever in lc. In admissions reamins on the run for 10M+ Great holiday performance will make Frozen Empire the highest grossing Ghostbusters' release going past 2016's and Afterlife entire runs by next week. Robot Drems has been increasing week to week for nearly a month now. It has peaked this weekend but looks like it shall challenge a 10x multi from its opening weekend despite never expanding from over 300 screens. For example: Panda and Kongzilla are in 2,000 and 3,800 respectively.

This is the Jurassic World-type of break-out that neither of the previous Monsterverse titles saw.

Is looking like $240M but Sunday could overperform pushing it to $250M/$15M USD.

Yeah, let alone $200M but $250M+ is the 4-Day goal.

MXN:USD is at its best level since October 2015 so USD opening is quite wide between the $9M-$12M range.

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE - WEDNESDAY NIGHT PREVIEWS (T-0 DAYS*) Title Seats sold Seats available Occupancy Growth from T-6 hours Godzilla x Kong 3069 4877 62.93% +43.61% Comps at T-0.5 hours before first shows Title Seats sold Seats available Occupancy Growth Comp in % Comp in lc Transformers 2657 5407 49.14% +23.01% 115.51% $10.63M MI:7 2103 5346 39.34% +43.94% 145.93% $8.76M Freddy's 7123 7411 96.11% +2.65% 43.09% $10.77M Hunger Games 959 3495 27.44% +53.52 320.02% $18.24M *I took some of the data as first shows were just starting so walk-ins are in full-effect in half of the sample. Strong finish for the new Monsterverse installment once again proving the franchise to be a walk-in powerhouse. Capacity restrictions will limit tonight's previews as there's no sign from exhibitors to expand show count. This is why I'm leaning into the Transformers and Freedy's comps: having room to grow as the first one with the exciment and fanbase of the second one. Spillover should benefit both Thursday and Friday which will behave like an extended weekend. Internal multi for the 4-Day + Previews will be a tricky one but I'm expecting it to open similarly as Kung Fu Panda 4 two weeks ago. $200M+ should not be off the table but creature/adventure films (Jurassic Saga/Jumanji) are always unpredictable on how high they can go.

MARCH 21-24 WEEKEND. 1. Kung Fu Panda 4 - $75M/$381.8M (-57.24%) 2. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - $44.6M 3. Dune: Part II - $10.6M/$174.8M (-48.79%) 4. The Iron Claw - $7.7M 5. One Life - $5.6M/$22.3M (-48.15%) 6. Robot Dreams - $4.9M/$18.9M (+4.26%) 7. Canta y No Llores - $4.6M 8. Noche de Bodas - $2.8M/$41.9M (-70.53%) 9. Luca - $2.7M 10. Vermines - $2.7M Kung Fu Panda 4 has a bigger than expected drop after being boosted by last Monday's holiday but also reflecting a poorer WOM compared to previous entries. Upcoming Easter holidays and lack of competition will help it past $450M+ and taking it around to $500M in the end. Frozen Empire stays consistent with previous Ghostbusters' titles in lc. It'll lose steam with screen loss when GxK opens but should do enough to pass $100M. It's never been a particularly outstanding franchise on the box office but it remains with an unbeatable track. By losing its last premium screens on Thursday, Dune begins with its final days looking to finish below the $200M milestone. A bit underwhelming after its strong first weekend showing it still suffers from sci-fi not being much of a draw in the market. Robot Dreams increases once again from last weekend and crosses $1M USD. It would've been great to see it getting an expansion from its original footprint but it's a great result for it nevertheless.

It would be a big slow down whether it was on weekdays or weekend. I expected it to be on par with Indy 5 but is about 20% better so really good.

Oh definitely. I was just using $400M as a benchmark but especifically I'm expecting $430M-$440M.

Massive $56.1M for Panda on Monday as per Deadline. Total up to $289M/$16.9M. Shall cross $300M today (Tuesday) and $400M by Sunday.