Borobudur

€2m OD

Thor: LT OD € 1.410.264 or 191,152 Elvis: € 55.4k SA: € 40.5k TGM: € 37.5k

Probably that is because the last few MCU movies were open in a more quiet weekend and market. Thor 4 is actually the first MCU film since pandemic to face the pre-pandemic-like competition from holdovers.

Minion 2 increase from Monday holiday? Seem like AMC Tuesday $5 flat ticket price is working.

Wonder why only UAE got the release date for Thor 4 but not other ME countries but equally Muslim majority Indonesia got this movie released tomorrow.

So it is quite clear people rush to premium screen before Thor 4 taking them away.

No wonder no early number today, too weak to bear.

74% score with 7.0/10 average rating? I can tell a small group of passionate positive.

Just add a intermission of 10min in between. They can shift some of the ads and trailers to this intermission so that we don't need to wait so long before the movie get started.

Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru clinches an Independence Day 4-day opening record of $125.1M, the movie’s success this weekend should come as a reminder to many executives, both motion picture and streaming, as well as Wall Street, about the power of the big screen. Rise of Gru‘s 3-day of $107M is the second best ever for a Despicable Me/Minions franchise or Illumination Entertainment movie after Minions’ $115.7M start in 2015. The 4-day take is now second best after Minions‘ $128.7M. Still fantastic despite slightly lower estimates today as moviegoing recedes due to families making time for the Independence Day holiday. Rise of Gru‘s Monday at $18.1M is expected to be 30% off its Sunday gross of $26M.

Fell 200k from estimate? How can Disney turn Buzz lightyear into a Morbius?

But I believe from box office standpoint, ME are more often grouped together with Africa than with Asia. That is why they call it MENA region.

Last Friday is a public holiday in HK.

Yet, only 10 pages for 100m+ openers that helmed by youngster. It is proven, BOT members are old....

No double feature with Minion 2. $100m is officially gone. - (10) The Bad Guys Universal $168,000 -63% 535 -498 $314 $96,023,335 11

Do we know how many major markets still left to open? The rollout pattern may distort the projection.

The breakdown, higher than expected Saturday number Date Rank Gross %YD %LW Theaters Per Theater Total Gross Days Jul 1, 2022 3 $5,300,000 +48% -58% 3,932 $1,348 $53,620,011 8 Jul 2, 2022 - $6,850,000 +29% -31% 3,932 $1,742 $60,470,011 9 Jul 3, 2022 - $6,850,000 n/c -20% 3,932 $1,742 $67,320,011 10

Minion daily breakdown Jun 30, 2022 P $10,750,000 3,350 $3,209 $10,750,000 Jul 1, 2022 1 $48,220,000 4,391 $10,982 $48,220,000 1 Jul 2, 2022 - $32,590,000 -32% 4,391 $7,422 $80,810,000 2 Jul 3, 2022 - $27,700,000 -15% 4,391 $6,308 $108,510,000 3 Jul 4, 2022 - $19,390,000 -30% 4,391 $4,416 $127,900,000 4

Titanic gross another $326m after a 25.2m 6th weekend, If TGM follow that, it would be $890m finish total.

No wonder TGM and Elvis seem not affected, a different target demo.

Movie Title Gross %YD %LW Theaters Per Theater Total Gross Days In Release - (1) Top Gun: Maverick $7,150,000 +78% -14% 3,843 $1,861 $545,625,367 36

Not only M2 overperform, the RT score also trending upward to 71% and 92% from 1000+ votes . With A cinemascore, I believe M2 has a very solid chance surpassing M1.

I wouldn't bet against Barbie. Lesson learnt from TGM when so many people, including those highly skilled pundits got it terribly wrong. When you have feel-good quality crowdpleaser + high level of awareness/curiosity, you will get a monster hit, a little bit like a Avatar in 2009.

How is JWD doing?

Minion 2 opening is a bigger surprise than TGM to me. TGM' $126.7m was always within the high-end range of a lot of tracking and TGM hit that mark. It is the leg after that shock people. In the case Minion2, even the most optimistic expectation only call that it is possible to hit 100m 3 days, but the movie overperform, matching Minion 1's opening? I don't think the most bullish tracking see that coming.