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Disinfection hours! No more early bird showings at the No. 3 cinema chain in Hong Kong.

Estimates for January 25, 2020 (in HKD) 1. (WK 1) The Grand Grandmaster - $5,300,000 (Admissions: 67,000) - Total: $12,000,000 2. (WK 1) Dolittle - $2,000,000 (24,000) - Total: $4,000,000 3. (NEW) All's Well, Ends Well 2020 - $1,450,000 (17,000) 4. (WK 1) Spies in Disguise - $1,300,000 (18,000) 5. (NEW) You Are the One - $850,000 (10,000) 6. (WK 1) Enter the Fat Dragon - $800,000 (11,000) - Total: $1,500,000 7. (WK 1) Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Movie - $220,000 (3,300) - Total: $700,000 On the first day of the Year of the Rat, all Thursday openers saw significant increases (100-220%) except for the anime movie which saw a drop (usual for the genre). The number of tickets sold for the day was close to 160,000, a 29% drop from last Lunar New Year. Daily gross for all movies was $12,900,000, down 32% from last year. Opening Jan 30 1. Jojo Rabbit (US) 2. Dark Waters (US) 3. Playing with Fire (US) 4. M Little Miss Period (Japan) 5. The Farewell (US) (limited)

Estimates for January 23, 2020 (in HKD) 1. (NEW) The Grand Grandmaster - $2,000,000 (Admissions: 29,000) - Total: $3,500,000 2. (NEW) Dolittle - $800,000 (11,000) 3. (NEW) Spies in Disguise - $650,000 (10,000) 4. (NEW) Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Movie - $260,000 (4,500) 5. (NEW) Enter the Fat Dragon - $250,000 (4,000) 6. (WK 3) 1917 - $200,000 (2,800) - Total: $11,500,000 7. (WK 2) Bad Boys for Life - $110,000 (1,500) - Total: $4,000,000 8. (WK 3) Little Women - $70,000 (1,000) - Total: $4,500,000 Entering the Lunar New Year holiday, Hong Kong will see 6 new wide releases and 1 semi-wide release which is a Japanese anime. The Grand Grandmaster is expected to rule the box office of this period, expecting a HK$40 million-plus finish. The movie is starred, written and directed by stand-up comedian Dayo Wong, who is often seen as making fun of the one-party ruled China in some of his standup performances. In a week-old video to defuse allegations that his movie was a co-production, Dayo Wong claimed he self-financed the movie to make it purely HK and not succumb to Chinese rules and censorship. This seemed to have strengthened the support of his fans for the movie. With the outbreak of coronavirus looming in central China, Hong Kong, located south of mainland China, is bracing for the worst to come. The city has seen 5 confirmed infected cases so far. Some large public festive events have been cancelled. Cinemas are largely unaffected for now. Opening Jan 23 1. The Grand Grandmaster (HK) - comedy starring, written and directed by stand-up comedian Dayo Wong 2. Enter the Fat Dragon (HK) - action comedy starring Donnie Yen and many Japanese actors 3. Dolittle (US) 4. Spies in Disguise (US) 5. Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Movie (Japan) Opening Jan 25 1. All's Well, Ends Well 2020 (HK) - comedy adopting the formula of the same-titled 1992 classic ensemble comedy 2. You Are the One (HK) - rom-com

1. Tenet 2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 3. The Turning 4. The Lodge 5. The Invisible Man 6. A Quiet Place: Part II 7. Les Misérables 8. Gretel and Hansel 9. The Rhythm Section 10. The Gentlemen

The Futurist sounds like the man in the basement worshipping the house and the family. I see many similarities between Parasite and Joker+Us. All three films have the rich going on with their own lives and being oblivious to their surroundings and society as a whole. But Parasite goes a lot deeper than the other two thematically and nails the sociological and psychological dynamics.

1. Tenet 2. The Turning 3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 4. The Invisible Man 5. A Quiet Place: Part II 6. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 7. The Woman in the Window 8. Scoob! 9. First Cow 10. Dolittle

Damn, the trailer is funny.

Filming started January 7. The first one was fun. Some of the escape room designs (esp. the upside down billiard room) were quite creative.

Look harder. 😉 RDJ will be on Kimmel and Ellen next week.

As a family film and a non-sequel, Dolittle will see more walk-ins. But that Jumanji will still do around $10 million on the 4-day MLK weekend is not good news for Dolittle.

This looks good and atmospheric, but are the kids too creepy for general audience?

1. Just Mercy 2. Tenet 3. 1917 4. A Quiet Place: Part II 5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 6. The Woman in the Window 7. The Invisible Man 8. The Turning 9. Scoob! 10. Dolittle

Han might be too high on Death on the Nile and Venom. Both are too optimistic about The Trial of the Chicago 7.

October would not be a weak month at all based on you guys' predictions. It would be second only to 2018.

The second trailer for Dolittle is playing in theaters only (for now).

Regarding Peter Rabbit, there is some uniqueness in the animation and humor that other kids movies can't replicate. I think people who fondly remember the first one will be ready to see this.

That's unfair to Vin Diesel.

2.7 million trailer views after two months. Isn't it a little low for a franchise movie? I guess Sony is not putting money in advertising on Youtube.

1. Tenet 2. Just Mercy 3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 4. The Invisible Man 5. The Woman in the Window 6. Uncut Gems 7. Spies in Disguise 8. Scoob! 9. Little Women 10. 1917

Not the new trailer, but this promo is kinda funny.

It's playing in only 1,480 theaters, compared to Cats' 3,380 and Richard Jewell's 2,502.

With TRoS and Jumanji not doing as big as expected, will January have enough breathing room for this to do well?

Christopher Robin is more drama. This looks more adventure-type.

1. Tenet 2. Just Mercy 3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 4. The Woman in the Window 5. Uncut Gems 6. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7. Bombshell 8. Spies in Disguise 9. Cats 10. Little Women

I think this will take advantage of Cats being outside of mainstream and Little Women lacking physical action.