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Sunday January 17 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The Revenant 16,009 19,345 +20.8% -12.7% 2 The 5th Wave -- 18,307 -- -6.5% 3 Ip Man 3 17,315 11,566 -33.2% +4.6% 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 11,122 5,848 -47.4% -0.5% 5 Steve Jobs -- 5,480 -- -17.3% 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 12,830 5,414 -57.8% +3.0% 7 Anniversary 6,894 4,236 -38.6% -2.9% 8 Ten Years 3,244 3,068 -5.4% +7.5% 9 The Gigolo 2 -- 2,764 -- -6.7% 10 The Little Prince 3,279 2,349 -28.4% +17.4% This was a tough Sunday for most films. After most films increased with Sunday pre-sales from Saturday's pre-sales, almost all films were unable to keep pace with their pre-sales and fell from Saturday. The only film that kept up its pace from its Sunday pre-sales was Sherlock and that had the worst hold of any holdover. Perhaps losing steam, The Revenant was down nearly 3,000 admissions from Saturday and turned one of the best increases with Sunday pre-sales into the 2nd worst hold from Saturday. Despite only doubling its opening day pre-sales with its Sunday pre-sales, The 5th Wave was the most popular choice with walk-ups today which suggests that there is a huge market for a sci-fi disaster flick. Ip Man 3 was the only film of the top 5 to increase from Saturday and it took almost a 50% bump with its Sunday pre-sales from its Saturday pre-sales to do it. The drop is good, verging on very good and there were many sellouts today so it seems to be making a comeback. Ok hold for Star Wars 7 though its drop in gross will be much larger. Terrible drop from Saturday for Steve Jobs. Weekend adm. Jan 14-17 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 The 5th Wave -- 62,770 -- 2 The Revenant 40,355 60,408 +49.7% 3 Ip Man 3 55,873 34,045 -39.1% 4 Steve Jobs -- 21,157 -- 5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 35,587 17,493 -50.8% 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 44,295 15,540 -64.9% 7 Anniversary 25,332 14,997 -40.8% 8 The Gigolo 2 -- 10,199 -- 9 Ten Years 9,924 8,463 -14.7% 5th Wave manages to take down Revenant in admissions with Revenant leaking admissions on Sunday. Ip Man 3 is a solid 3rd. Weekend Estimates January 14 Rank Movie TW % chg Total 1 The 5th Wave $760,000 $760,000 2 The Revenant $720,000 +58.3% $1,430,000 3 Ip Man 3 $375,000 -38.5% $6,830,000 4 Steve Jobs $195,000 $255,000 5 Anniversary $155,000 -45.6% $2,285,000 The lower than expected Sunday pushed the top 4 down. Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong) Rank Movie HK Gross US Gross 1 Avatar* $178,029,440 $22,964,414 2 Avengers: Age of Ultron*** $132,985,487 $17,065,603 3 Titanic** $114,939,000 $14,826,276 4 Iron Man 3 $106,389,801 $13,723,457 5 Transformers 4 $98,196,851 $12,601,288 6 The Avengers $96,705,670 $12,474,280 7 Jurassic World $96,295,976 $12,357,355 8 Toy Story 3 $89,364,118 $11,527,276 9 Transformers 3 $84,703,797 $10,926,131 10 The Dark Knight Rises $80,269,966 $10,354,201 11 Star Wars: The Force Awakens* $78,462,440 $10,108,033 12 Minions $78,403,991 $10,061,334 13 Monsters University $77,407,664 $9,984,987 14 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 $76,785,999 $9,904,797 15 Inside Out $66,053,079 $8,476,381 16 The Amazing Spider-Man $61,983,852 $7,995,435 17 Jurassic Park $61,898,795 $7,943,275 18 You Are the Apple of My Eye $61,857,826 $7,938,017 19 Kung Fu Hustle $61,278,697 $7,863,699 20 Shaolin Soccer $60,739,847 $7,794,550 21 Furious 7 $59,634,515 $7,674,814 22 The Dark Knight $58,524,393 $7,531,944 23 Inception $58,380,823 $7,513,467 24 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $58,231,885 $7,494,299 25 Police Story 4: First Strike $57,518,795 $7,402,526 26 Rumble in the Bronx $56,912,536 $7,324,502 27 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $56,552,117 $7,278,117 28 Infernal Affairs $55,057,176 $7,085,722 29 Spider-Man 3 $55,016,986 $7,080,550 30 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $54,692,104 $7,038,738 31 Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation $52,970,115 $6,817,122 32 God of Gamblers Returns $52,541,028 $6,761,900 33 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $52,417,858 $6,746,048 34 Interstellar $51,786,434 $6,664,786 35 CJ7 $51,440,832 $6,620,307 36 X-Men: Days of Future Past $50,768,991 $6,533,843 37 Ant-Man $50,710,391 $6,526,302 38 Ip Man 3* $50,536,751 $6,503,954 39 Justice, My Foot! $49,884,734 $6,420,042 40 Independence Day $49,380,096 $6,355,096 41 Alls Well Ends Well $48,992,188 $6,305,173 42 Lust Caution $48,758,480 $6,275,095 43 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $48,115,274 $6,192,316 44 Life of Pi $47,334,447 $6,091,826 45 2012 $47,027,272 $6,052,293 46 Stand By Me Doraemon $46,891,675 $6,034,842 47 Little Big Master $46,729,492 $6,013,970 48 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $46,542,244 $5,989,871 49 Speed $46,430,056 $5,975,433 50 Thunderbolt $45,647,210 $5,874,683 * - without re-release (Re-release included: $183,411,471 HK) ** - without re-release (Re-release included: $128,003,033 HK) *** - Incomplete. Box office gross up to June 30, 2015 only. * - still in release Up to January 14, 2015. Star Wars 7 will pass TDKR for #10 by Wednesday. Transformers 4 is a stretch. Final gross should be around 81m-82m. Ip Man 3 will pass MI5 on Sunday and will join the top 30 by Thursday and pass 55m HK by Friday. It will slide by Police Story 4 to at least be the #3 local grossing movie but to beat Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, it needs to display amazing holds the next couple of weeks. One of the surprises in the top 50 has to be Speed. I'm very surprised it's still in the top 50 20+ years later.

Weekend Projections January 14 Rank Movie TW % chg Total 1 The 5th Wave $770,000 $770,000 2 The Revenant $750,000 +64.9% $1,460,000 3 Ip Man 3 $385,000 -36.9% $6,840,000 4 Steve Jobs $200,000 $260,000 5 Anniversary $155,000 -52.3% $2,285,000 This will be a very close weekend at the top. The 5th Wave got off to a quick start on Thursday but The Revenant has already caught up to it in dailies. What will be the deciding factors are Sunday and the ticket price increase for The Revenant. Ip Man 3 pulled out a good hold. It's not the hold that will take it to 8m but it will get it closer to Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer's totals. Steve Jobs was overshadowed by Revenant. It was a big mistake to open close to it. They should have held onto it until January 28. Anniversary did OK but the Director's Cut didn't do much of boosting its gross. Sunday adm. (so far) January 17 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The Revenant 6,484 8,512 +31.3% +12.7% 2 The 5th Wave -- 5,890 -- +6.6% 3 Ip Man 3 5,767 3,923 -32.0% +47.7% 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 6,740 3,182 -52.8% +6.0% 5 Ten Years 2,039 2,272 +11.4% +15.0% 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 5,308 1,994 -62.4% +1.5% 7 Steve Jobs -- 1,883 -- -4.2% 8 Anniversary 2,195 1,182 -46.2% +17.7% 9 The Little Prince 1,326 806 -39.2% -- 10 The Gigolo 2 -- 717 -- +29.0% Very good for Revenant. 5th Wave looks to be decreasing today. Excellent for Ip Man 3. This resurgence is even being extended into the weekdays. It could be saved for another week at this rate. Not that great for Star Wars 7. Superb for Ten Years.

Saturday January 16 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The Revenant 15,607 22,164 +42.0% +84.0% 2 The 5th Wave -- 19,585 -- +53.2% 3 Ip Man 3 17,304 11,059 -36.1% +60.7% 4 Steve Jobs -- 6,630 -- +60.2% 5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 11,716 5,875 -49.9% +69.4% 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 15,612 5,255 -66.3% +81.9% 7 Anniversary 7,665 4,361 -43.1% +28.3% 8 The Gigolo 2 -- 2,962 -- +27.2% 9 Ten Years 2,963 2,853 -3.7% +62.9% 10 The Little Prince 2,922 2,001 -31.5% -- Great increase for Revenant. Not bad for 5th Wave even though word of mouth is toxic. Good hold for Ip Man 3. Decent for Steve Jobs. Mediocre for Star Wars. Terrible for Sherlock. Average for Anniversary.

Saturday adm. (so far) January 16 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The Revenant 4,818 7,555 +56.8% +101.6% 2 The 5th Wave -- 5,526 -- +44.0% 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 6,679 3,003 -55.0% +45.8% 4 Ip Man 3 4,962 2,656 -46.5% +58.5% 5 Ten Years 1,731 1,975 +14.1% +130.5% 6 Steve Jobs -- 1,965 -- +52.0% 7 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 5,716 1,687 -70.5% +49.6% 8 Anniversary 2,120 1,004 -52.6% +28.2% 9 Joy 948 604 -36.3% -- 10 The Gigolo 2 -- 556 -- +18.0% Strong for The Revenant. Not great increases for The 5th Wave or Star Wars 7. Decent increase and week-to-week hold for Ip Man 3. Wonderful for Ten Years.

Friday January 15 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The 5th Wave -- 12,787 -- +5.8% 2 The Revenant 8,739 12,046 +37.8% +75.8% 3 Ip Man 3 12,023 6,880 -42.8% +51.5% 4 Steve Jobs -- 4,139 -- +77.4% 5 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 7,002 3,468 -50.5% +29.9% 6 Anniversary 5,578 3,400 -39.0% +28.4% 7 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 9,518 2,889 -69.6% +29.4% 8 The Gigolo 2 -- 2,329 -- +8.6% 9 Ten Years 2,074 1,751 -15.6% +37.8% 10 Joy -- 1,014 -- +28.2% 5th Wave barely won over Revenant in admissions but Revenant likely won in gross on Friday. The top 2 holdovers and Steve Jobs all benefited from 5th Wave's terrible word of mouth. All 3 saw the best daily increases from Thursday in the top 10 and in the case of Ip Man 3 held better week-to-week on Friday than Thursday. Star Wars 7 had another meh drop. Anniversary held really well. It might have something to do with the director's cut being released this week. Sherlock continues to implode.

Exactly to both. I even got scared of the negative reviews for The 5th Wave and watched Ip Man 3 again instead. The Oscar announcement couldn't have come at a better time for The Revenant. This should allow an extra week of curiosity before it starts to drop. Thursday Actuals January 14 LW TW Movie Last Thu. (USD) Thu. (USD) % chg Theaters Days Total -- 1 The 5th Wave -- $141,709 -- 38 1 $141,709 -- 2 The Revenant -- $85,025 -- 29 7 -- 1 3 Ip Man 3 $100,969 $51,530 -49.0% 36 22 $6,505,732 4 4 Anniversary $55,662 $28,341 -49.1% 27 15 $2,161,707 -- 5 The Gigolo 2 -- $27,053 -- 28 1 $27,053 -- 6 Steve Jobs -- $24,477 -- 31 1 -- 3 7 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $58,899 -- -- 26 29 $10,112,871 2 8 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride $64,724 -- -- 31 13 $1,288,263 8 9 Ten Years $15,533 $12,882 -17.1% 6 29 -- 7 10 The Little Prince -- -- -- 12 22 -- Lots of data was not given this week. The Revenant's gross looked a bit off so its Thursday number was adjusted. Ip Man 3 is certain to pass 7m by next week and join the top 5 biggest local movies of all time while Star Wars 7 is getting closer to The Dark Knight Rises for #10 all time. Top 20 Films of All Time (Hong Kong) Rank Movie HK Gross US Gross 1 Avatar* $178,029,440 $22,964,414 2 Avengers: Age of Ultron*** $132,985,487 $17,065,603 3 Titanic** $114,939,000 $14,826,276 4 Iron Man 3 $106,389,801 $13,723,457 5 Transformers 4 $98,196,851 $12,601,288 6 The Avengers $96,705,670 $12,474,280 7 Jurassic World $96,295,976 $12,357,355 8 Toy Story 3 $89,364,118 $11,527,276 9 Transformers 3 $84,703,797 $10,926,131 10 The Dark Knight Rises $80,269,966 $10,354,201 11 Star Wars: The Force Awakens* $78,462,440 $10,108,033 12 Minions $78,403,991 $10,061,334 13 Monsters University $77,407,664 $9,984,987 14 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 $76,785,999 $9,904,797 15 Inside Out $66,053,079 $8,476,381 16 The Amazing Spider-Man $61,983,852 $7,995,435 17 Jurassic Park $61,898,795 $7,943,275 18 You Are the Apple of My Eye $61,857,826 $7,938,017 19 Kung Fu Hustle $61,278,697 $7,863,699 20 Shaolin Soccer $60,739,847 $7,794,550

Friday adm. (so far) January 15 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The 5th Wave -- 3,837 -- +49.6% 2 The Revenant 3,226 3,747 +16.2% +102.5% 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 4,239 2,059 -51.4% +27.3% 4 Ip Man 3 3,336 1,676 -49.8% +107.2% 5 Steve Jobs -- 1,293 -- +58.1% 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 3,678 1,128 -69.3% +88.0% 7 Ten Years 1,099 857 -22.0% +59.0% 8 Anniversary 1,579 783 -50.4% +54.1% 9 The Gigolo 2 -- 471 -- +36.5% 10 Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza -- 448 -- -3.0% The Revenant and Ip Man 3 have made big strides today against The 5th Wave. Word of mouth might move even faster than I expected in The 5th Wave's case.

Thursday January 14 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 The 5th Wave -- 12,091 -- 2 The Revenant -- 6,853 -- 3 Ip Man 3 9,231 4,540 -50.8% 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 5,747 2,670 -53.5% 5 Anniversary 5,195 2,649 -49.0% 6 Steve Jobs -- 2,333 -- 7 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 6,335 2,232 -64.8% 8 The Gigolo 2 -- 2,144 -- 9 Ten Years 1,643 1,271 -22.6% 10 Joy 1,618 791 -51.1% 79% of 5th Wave's admissions came from walk-ins despite the lackluster support from users. Opening day score stands at a paltry 2.4. I think we can expect Revenant to come out on top in admissions sometime this weekend and as early as Friday. Buoyed by its Golden Globes' wins, The Revenant did alright. 5th Wave won with quite a big lead on Thursday but that gap will shrink and eventually Revenant should pass 5th Wave on a day-to-day basis. Ip Man 3 had an OK hold. 5th Wave having abysmal word of mouth can only be good news for this film as viewers will head back to Ip Man 3 if they're turned off by the bad WOM. Star Wars 7 did OK but I'll need to see the Thursday gross for a better judgement. Anniversary's stunt director's cut release did very little in terms of any sort of spike this week. Poor opening for Steve Jobs. I'd say Revenant stole most of the attention away from it. Sherlock had a dismal hold.

The 5th Wave leads The Revenant by a fair margin on Thursday but it is getting slammed by users. It was in the 1's earlier but has gone back up to a still rotten 2.7. This could have a major impact on its admissions this weekend and it might open the door for The Revenant to slide into 1st.

Ah ok. I thought WKW had some name recognition but I guess not. Harvey's producing CTHD2? No wonder it's getting a Netflix and theatrical release. Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun) Jan 4-10 LW TW Title Last Week (HKD) This Week (HKD) Days in release % chg Total (HKD) This Week (USD) Total (USD) 1 1 Ip Man 3 $19,992,590 $7,541,150 18 -62.3% $48,037,293 $969,545 $6,176,026 6 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride $3,787,716 $5,353,252 9 +41.3% $9,140,968 $688,253 $1,175,229 2 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $15,660,075 $4,777,788 25 -69.5% $77,460,885 $614,267 $9,958,938 3 4 Anniversary $7,277,207 $3,931,427 11 -46.0% $15,661,578 $505,453 $2,013,567 -- 5 The Revenant -- $3,537,560 4 -- $3,537,560 $454,814 $454,814 -- 6 Daddy's Home -- $1,269,601 4 -- $1,269,601 $163,229 $163,229 5 7 The Little Prince $4,595,423 $1,192,840 18 -74.0% $11,992,976 $153,360 $1,541,904 7 8 Joy $2,568,985 $1,140,283 11 -55.6% $3,709,268 $146,603 $476,890 9 9 Ten Years $623,546 $1,013,019 25 +62.5% $2,207,039 $130,241 $283,753 -- 10 Secret in Their Eyes $162,286 $935,581 4 476.5% $1,097,867 $120,285 $141,149 Hmm, it must be an exchange rate problem that Star Wars 7 and Ip Man 3 failed to clear 10m and 6.2m respectively because both increased from earlier actuals. Bad holds for Ip Man 3 and Star Wars 7. Decent increase for Sherlock but we're comparing its 2nd week 7-day vs. 1st week 2-day. Anniversary held surprisingly well. Strong 3-day opening for The Revenant. Thursday adm. (so far) January 14 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 The 5th Wave -- 2,565 -- 2 The Revenant -- 1,850 -- 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3,159 1,617 -48.8% 4 Steve Jobs -- 818 -- 5 Ip Man 3 2,022 809 -60.0% 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 1,860 600 -67.7% 7 Ten Years 916 539 -41.2% 8 Anniversary 1,167 508 -56.5% 9 Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza -- 462 -- 10 The Gigolo 2 -- 345 -- Decent for The 5th Wave. Not bad for The Revenant. At these lower levels, Star Wars 7's drop cannot be analyzed properly with duplicates in IMAX and D-BOX possibly inflating its admissions. Bad opening for Steve Jobs. Bad holds for Ip Man 3 and Sherlock. Ten Years had its first significant drop but it will roll it back to less than a 20% decline for the day. The release of the Director's Cut on Thursday did not help Anniversary very much.

Grandmaster had mixed word of mouth. There were only two groups: loved it or hated it. Ooh, Mermaid is out February 8 in HK so maybe it will end up releasing in Singapore on that day too. Most Chinese movies are same day with HK and Singapore.

Glad to see another Ip Man fan! It's nice to see it doing well in Vietnam too. Those posters look great!

The Revenant has done a bit better today after its Golden Globes triple win yesterday but with word of mouth at an all time low, I don't expect it to carry on for more than a week.

Ip Man 3 finished on top of The Revenant on Monday although theaters are banking on revived interest due to its 3 Golden Globe wins. The Revenant's score, however, is still dropping, down to a 3.8. Actuals Star Wars 7 - $10,035,667 Ip Man 3 - $6,221,564 So Star Wars did pass 10m on Sunday apparently. I'll wait for official confirmation from MPIA. Early Thursday schedules The 5th Wave and The Revenant are on top at almost all locations. Steve Jobs is also getting in on the action except for more rural areas. Ip Man 3 gets either half or full day showtimes at most locations. Anniversary will get 2 or 3 showings depending on which version theaters show (theaters are also showing the Director's cut version starting on Thursday). Sherlock gets cut or reduced to 1-3 showtimes. Star Wars 7 is axed or squished with only 1 showtime left on Thursday.

Thanks. Wong Kar Wai has name recognition in N. America though but it could have gotten a higher theater count due to a mix of both. January 7 Weekend Actuals 1. Ip Man 3 - about $580,000 (-65.0%)/$6,213,564 2. The Revenant - $453,072 3. Sherlock: An Abominable Bride - about $415,000 (-15.3%)/$1,165,043 4. Star Wars 7 - about $325,000 (-75.9%)/$9,967,592 5. Anniversary - about $290,000 (-47.7%)/$2,019,408 6. Daddy's Home - $168,284 7. Secret in Their Eyes - $142,394 Ten Years - $284,788 The Little Prince - $1,553,391 The 33 - $77,669 So Star Wars 7 doesn't pass 10m on Sunday. It'll have to wait one more day for it to happen.

Oh, can you pass me the links to his facebook and weibo? I'm not worried about the distribution in the US. Ip Man 2 only got a release in 20 theaters. Mike Tyson is not really that popular anymore. The Grandmaster had 800 because Wong Kar Wai is a big draw in North America. I'm not sure why Iron Monkey had a big release in the US but Ip Man is not really that big of a franchise outside Asia. Yeah, the studio and the distributor are quite small even in HK but they got a movie to 6m. Yes, if they had the marketing of Disney, then this could have really gone over 9m or 10m IMO but my predictions for both Star Wars 7 and Ip Man 3 were not far off. Sure, Star Wars 7 had exceptionally high ticket prices but is a disappointment in admissions. It's lucky that Disney's pricing and their tactics to block Ip Man 3 at UA during Christmas week worked because it would not have gotten to 10m otherwise. You only need to look at the drops to understand why. Ip Man 3 on the other hand is a huge hit because it is a great movie. Yes, I know that Ip Man 2 made 5.5m back in 2010 but the studio/distributor are much smaller than Newport who oversaw the first 2 Ip Man films in distribution. Marketing could have been much bigger but the studio/distributor do not have the influence to persuade those theater chain owners into giving them the biggest screen over Star Wars 7. Even up to January 3, UA theaters were still playing Star Wars 7 on the big screen because they were locked in with their contractual agreement. That has never happened before. 1 week maybe but 3 weeks? Ip Man 3 was really hampered by UA + the HK Island trio (Palace IFC, Pacific Place, Cyberport) and that gave Star Wars a 13-14k seat advantage. Essentially, most of Ip Man's gross have come from grassroots marketing by the public. Sunday January 10 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Ip Man 3 30,453 17,315 -43.1% +0.1% 2 The Revenant -- 16,009 -- +2.6% 3 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 23,770 12,830 -46.0% -17.8% 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 20,166 11,122 -44.8% -5.1% 5 Anniversary 11,253 6,894 -38.7% -10.1% 6 Daddy's Home -- 3,722 -- -6.2% 7 Secret In Their Eyes -- 3,518 -- -13.0% 8 The Little Prince 6,658 3,279 -50.8% +12.2% 9 Ten Years 1,895 3,244 +71.2% +9.5% 10 The 33 -- 2,732 -- +11.8% After yesterday's somewhat weak hold for Ip Man 3, it rebounded today and was the only holdover of the top 5 to increase from Saturday. The Revenant barely increased from yesterday after its Sunday pre-sales spiked by 1,600 from Saturday. WOM might have something to do with it. It went from a high of 4.4 to now a 3.9/5. GA does not seem to be thrilled with the movie so drops might not be all that great in the coming weeks. We will see. Sherlock had a terrible Sunday drop from Saturday. Although it fell hard last Sunday from last Saturday as well, that one had more to do with opening on a Saturday than Sunday not being favorable toward it. I think the rush has trailed off. Star Wars had an OK hold. Good hold for Anniversary. Daddy's Home finally passed Secret in Their Eyes in admissions on Sunday. Weekend adm. Jan 7-10 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 Ip Man 3 153,036 55,873 -63.5% 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 50,886 44,295 -13.0% 3 The Revenant -- 40,355 -- 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 99,285 35,587 -64.2% 5 Anniversary 60,675 25,332 -58.2% 6 Secret In Their Eyes -- 13,081 -- 7 Daddy's Home -- 12,672 -- 8 Ten Years 6,220 9,924 +59.5% 9 The Little Prince 33,239 9,100 -72.6% 10 The 33 -- 8,445 -- Weekend Estimates January 7 Rank Movie TW % chg Total 1 Ip Man 3 $610,000 -63.3% $6,245,000 2 The Revenant $525,000 $525,000 3 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride $460,000 -6.1% $1,210,000 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $365,000 -73.0% $10,005,000 5 Anniversary $275,000 -50.5% $2,005,000 This was a really tough weekend for most wide holdovers. Ip Man 3 did not do much to make a case for 9m or 10m. At this point, Ip Man 3 will need to have Avatar style drops the next 3 weekends to make 8m. Otherwise I still see 7m as a lock. The Revenant had a pretty good opening weekend. Its Sunday had some slight issues that could play into next weekend and beyond. Right now, I will say it gets to around 1.8m total. Sherlock had a nice hold this weekend. The worry was that the frenzy would stop and it would slow down dramatically but it played very well up until Sunday. The wheels came off and it dropped 17% from Saturday which could mean that the rush factor is over. Star Wars 7 had a terrible hold. Its run has been mostly unspectacular and I really underestimated how much high ticket sales inflated its gross. In admissions though, it is a disappointment but it becomes the 4th film this year to hit 10m after Avengers 2, Jurassic World and Minions. Disney's throttling tactics proved valuable as it allowed Star Wars to hit 10m. Expect the sequel to decrease massively even with Donnie Yen. Anniversary had a decent hold this weekend. It also passes 2m, 2x more than the original made in 2006. Below the top 5, Daddy's Home had trouble drawing people in despite the Mark Wahlberg/Will Ferrell duo returning to the big screen. It opened with an estimated $170,000 and HK is the 3rd lowest Asian opening for it. Opening weekend reviews stand at 4.0. Secret in Their Eyes was a disaster. Reviewers had little praise for the film and it only got a 3.7 from users. It was only able to achieve a $120,000 weekend, slightly behind Taiwan's opening.

Spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen Ip Man 3. You have been warned. Sunday adm. (so far) January 10 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 11,557 6,740 -41.7% +0.9% 2 The Revenant -- 6,484 -- +34.6% 3 Ip Man 3 10,616 5,767 -45.7% +16.2% 4 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 13,110 5,308 -59.5% -7.1% 5 Anniversary 3,037 2,195 -27.7% +3.5% 6 Ten Years 822 2,039 +148.1% +17.8% 7 The Little Prince 2,580 1,326 -48.6% +45.6% 8 Secret In Their Eyes 204 1,282 +528.4% +5.0% 9 Daddy's Home -- 1,210 -- +9.8% 10 The Peanuts Movie 4,031 1,099 -72.7% -- Decent hold for Star Wars. Awesome for Revenant. Much better for Ip Man 3. Not very good for Sherlock. Excellent hold for Anniversary. Strong for Ten Years.

I will discuss the movie in more detail later, TigerPaw. In the meantime, did you see my review of Ip Man 3 posted above? Saturday January 9 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Ip Man 3 33,595 17,304 -48.5% +43.9% 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 27,116 15,612 -42.4% +64.0% 3 The Revenant -- 15,607 -- +78.6% 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 23,884 11,716 -50.9% +67.3% 5 Anniversary 12,903 7,665 -40.6% +37.4% 6 Secret In Their Eyes -- 4,045 -- +41.9% 7 Daddy's Home -- 3,970 -- +40.0% 8 Ten Years 1,660 2,963 +78.5% +42.9% 9 The Little Prince 6,740 2,922 -56.6% +94.0% 10 The 33 -- 2,443 -- +62.6% Not impressed with that hold for Ip Man 3. Great hold for Sherlock considering last Saturday had huge pre-sales rush factor. Great increase for Revenant. Pretty bad for Star Wars. Anniversary did alright. Weekend Projections January 7 Rank Movie TW % chg Total 1 Ip Man 3 $600,000 -63.9% $6,235,000 2 The Revenant $525,000 $525,000 3 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride $470,000 -4.1% $1,220,000 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $370,000 -72.6% $10,010,000 5 Anniversary $275,000 -50.5% $2,005,000 This turned out to be a pretty boring weekend. Ip Man 3 had its first taste of failure this week with it falling over 60%. The film had impressive weekend and daily holds up till this weekend but it lacked the followup required for it to pass 9m or 10m. Very good opening for The Revenant. Had it opened on a Thursday, it would have won the weekend over Ip Man 3. Very good hold for Sherlock though pre-sales will start to slow down soon. Horrible hold for Star Wars 7 but it does pass 10m. Anniversary broke through 2m with a decent hold.

Ip Man 3 still has a good chance of making it provided that The Revenant does not hurt it that much. If The Revenant starts to become the talk of the town then Ip Man 3 will see slightly bigger drops and it could end up behind it but the two mostly serve different audiences so they should not collide with each other that much. In 2010, the weekends after the first January non-holiday weekend were kind to all holdovers. Ip Man 3 is running behind Avatar in holds but I could see drops between 20-30% for the next 3 weekends allowing it to surpass Kung Fu Hustle and 8m. All of January's openers look like B movies or Oscar films that don't generate a lot of sales. There will be some local films opening but again, January is mostly a dead period aside from New Year's weekend (or if Chinese New Year is in January) so I doubt they will affect Ip Man 3 all that much. By the way, have you seen Ip Man 3? What did you think of it? Saturday adm. (so far) January 10 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 12,342 6,679 -45.9% +57.6% 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 18,308 5,716 -68.8% +55.4% 3 Ip Man 3 12,127 4,962 -59.1% +48.7% 4 The Revenant -- 4,818 -- +49.3% 5 Anniversary 3,676 2,120 -42.3% +34.3% 6 Ten Years 1,420 1,731 +21.9% +57.5% 7 Secret In Their Eyes 246 1,221 +396.3% +18.3% 8 Daddy's Home -- 1,102 -- +51.6% 9 Joy 2,908 948 -67.4% -- 10 The Little Prince 2,817 911 -67.7% +32.6% Decent hold for Star Wars 7. Inflated drop for Sherlock. Meh for Ip Man 3. Not bad of an increase for The Revenant. Anniversary had a nice hold. At 2 PM, less than 500 admissions separates the top 4. Both Ip Man 3 and The Revenant have caught up to Star Wars 7 and are hot on Sherlock's heels.

Ip Man 3 review Friday January 9 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Ip Man 3 48,328 12,023 -75.1% +30.2% 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride -- 9,518 -- +50.2% 3 The Revenant -- 8,739 -- -- 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 30,946 7,002 -77.4% +21.8% 5 Anniversary 18,051 5,578 -69.1% +7.4% 6 Secret In Their Eyes -- 2,850 -- +6.8% 7 Daddy's Home -- 2,835 -- +32.2% 8 Ten Years 1,509 2,074 +37.4% +26.2% 9 The Little Prince 10,356 1,506 -85.5% +8.1% 10 The 33 -- 1,502 -- -15.0% These admissions were taken at 10 pm. Final admissions for some films, especially Ip Man 3, are higher. Ok for Ip Man 3. It improving on its week-to-week hold from Thursday is a good sign since last Friday was New Year's Day and holidays help Ip Man 3 out a lot. Not bad for Sherlock at all. Good start for Revenant. Opening day reviews have it at a very good 4.4/5. It'll be interesting to see if more of the GA approves this weekend or if OD users slightly overrates it because usually this isn't the type of film that most moviegoers will see. Very bad hold for Star Wars. It was one of three to decrease with the week-to-week hold from Thursday. Very weak daily increase for Anniversary. Poor for Secret in Their Eyes. Not good for Daddy's Home. Excellent for Ten Years. Understandably awful for The Little Prince and major disaster for The 33.

Thursday Actuals January 8 LW TW Movie Last Thu. (USD) Thu. (USD) % chg Theaters Days Total 1 1 Ip Man 3 $455,331 $100,969 -77.8% 41 15 $5,734,562 -- 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride -- $64,724 -- 35 6 $815,524 2 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $322,251 $58,899 -81.7% 37 22 $9,699,577 3 4 Anniversary $232,021 $55,662 -76.0% 36 15 $1,785,092 -- 5 Daddy's Home -- $29,125 -- 28 1 $29,125 -- 6 Secret In Their Eyes -- $24,595 -- 25 1 -- -- 7 The Little Prince $103,120 -- -- 20 15 $1,488,656 -- 8 Ten Years $12,890 $15,533 +20.5% 5 22 $207,117 -- 9 Joy $96,675 -- -- 24 8 $427,179 -- 10 The 33 -- $12,944 -- 17 1 $12,944 Some notes on the above: Ip Man 3 - 9,700 admits, avg 45 per showing Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - 6,300 admits, avg 33 per showing Star Wars 7 - 3,700 admits, avg 28 per showing Anniversary - 5,400 admits, avg 40 per showing Daddy's Home - 2,800 admits, avg 26 per showing Secret in Their Eyes - 2,400 admits, avg 25 per showing The Little Prince - 1,600 admits, avg 32 per showing Ten Years - 1,500 admits, avg 80 per showing Joy - 1,500 admits, avg 25 per showing The 33 - 1,300 admits, avg 20 per showing Ip Man 3, Anniversary and Daddy's Home were all underestimated while Secret in Their Eyes and Star Wars 7 is overestimated on the admissions site. The Little Prince and Joy's Thursday numbers were not given and Secret in Their Eyes' running total was not revealed. Ip Man 3's decline can be considered as one of the better ones this week since its holiday sales are noticably stronger than regular weekdays or weekends. Ip Man 3 passed Ip Man 2's gross on Wednesday and will move ahead of Our Times today and Little Big Master's tomorrow. Sherlock's pre-sales frenzy has cooled off but there are still some pockets of pre-sales heavy showtimes at certain locations. Star Wars 7 had a weak hold but it will pass 10m by next week. Anniversary has done pretty well and will pass 2m by Sunday. Daddy's Home, Secret in Their Eyes and The 33 all bombed. Ten Years is doing extremely well. Joy is a pretty big failure. Friday adm. (so far) January 9 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 18,177 4,239 -76.7% +34.2% 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride -- 3,678 -- +97.7% 3 Ip Man 3 22,948 3,336 -85.5% +65.0% 4 The Revenant -- 3,226 -- -- 5 Anniversary 7,821 1,579 -79.8% +35.3% 6 Ten Years 1,327 1,099 -17.2% +20.0% 7 Secret In Their Eyes 342 1,032 +201.8% +35.3% 8 Daddy's Home -- 727 -- +38.0% 9 The Little Prince 5,548 687 -87.6% +51.0% 10 The 33 -- 515 -- -32.9% Most holdovers saw better week-to-week holds on Friday than Thursday with the exception of Star Wars 7 and Ten Years. Troubling for Star Wars 7. It had one of the worst increases from Thursday. Sherlock is coming back strong. Ip Man 3 also had a nice bump from yesterday. Revenant opens to a decent pre-sales number. Slightly disappointed with that Anniversary's increase from Thursday. It should have seen a 50% increase at least.

Thursday January 8 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 Ip Man 3 40,660 9,231 -77.3% 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride -- 6,335 -- 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 24,289 5,747 -76.3% 4 Anniversary 18,468 5,195 -71.9% 5 Secret In Their Eyes -- 2,668 -- 6 Daddy's Home -- 2,145 -- 7 The 33 -- 1,768 -- 8 Ten Years 1,156 1,643 +42.1% 9 Joy 9,325 1,618 -82.6% 10 The Little Prince 9,485 1,393 -85.3% Tough to judge most of these holds based on last week being a half holiday at night. The only good hold was Ten Years. Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun) Dec 28-Jan 3 LW TW Title Last Week (HKD) This Week (HKD) Days in release % chg Total (HKD) This Week (USD) Total (USD) 2 1 Ip Man 3 $18,795,184 $19,992,590 11 +6.4% $40,496,333 $2,588,007 $5,242,183 1 2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $30,134,633 $15,660,075 18 -48.0% $72,683,097 $2,027,171 $9,408,707 5 3 Anniversary $4,425,406 $7,277,207 4 +64.4% $11,730,151 $942,022 $1,518,448 3 4 The Peanuts Movie $7,638,876 $5,725,375 11 -25.0% $14,955,127 $741,140 $1,935,916 4 5 The Little Prince $5,576,683 $4,595,423 11 -17.6% $10,800,136 $594,869 $1,398,059 -- 6 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride -- $3,787,716 2 -- $3,787,716 $490,313 $490,313 -- 7 Joy -- $2,568,985 4 -- $2,568,985 $332,550 $332,550 6 8 Yo-Kai Watch $2,202,285 $1,428,066 11 -35.2% $3,630,351 $184,860 $469,942 -- 9 Ten Years -- $623,546 18 -- $1,194,020 $80,717 $154,563 9 10 Burnt $472,207 $349,528 25 -26.0% $2,779,003 $45,245 $359,737 Strong for Ip Man 3 despite having a full week vs. last week's 4-day opening weekend. Films dropped off precipitously after the New Year and Ip Man 3 did the best of the bunch on Saturday/Sunday. Star Wars 7 had an OK hold. Hidden in that drop are the weaker week-to-week holiday holds but stronger holds after the new year. Pretty good for Anniversary. Decent to good holds for Peanuts/Little Prince. Strong start for Sherlock. Horrid opening for Joy. Joy opened below Silver Linings Playbook's OW even taking out SLP's sneak previews.

Thursday adm. (so far) January 8 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 13,883 3,159 -77.2% 2 Ip Man 3 19,305 2,022 -89.5% 3 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride -- 1,860 -- 4 Anniversary 9,937 1,167 -88.3% 5 Ten Years 1,087 916 -15.7% 6 The 33 -- 768 -- 7 Secret In Their Eyes -- 763 -- 8 Daddy's Home -- 527 -- 9 Joy 5,275 491 -90.7% 10 The Little Prince 4,832 455 -90.6% Star Wars 7's drop is closer to 85-90% with IMAX duplicates and D-BOX taken out. Every holdover had terrible holds aside from Ten Years. Today will definitely come down to walk-ins with so few admissions separating 1 from 10. Ten Years is starting to fade just a little bit. The new openers all stunk. Daddy's Home is doing the worst of the 3 despite being the only opener with over 100 showtimes on Thursday.

According to data from Variety, total box office went up 20% in 2015 to $1.99b HK ($256m US) from $1.65b HK ($212m US) last year. 332 films saw the light of day in 2015, an increase of 7% from 2014 where 310 films showed in theaters. HK movies saw an uptick too with 59 local movies getting a release in 2015, up from 52 in 2014. Top 10 of 2015 (Period from January 1 - December 31, 2015, all figures in HKD) 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $132,985,487 2. Jurassic World - $96,295,976 3. Minions - $78,403,991 4. Inside Out - $66,053,079 5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $64.9m (estimate) 6. Furious 7 - $59,634,515 7. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - $52,970,115 8. Ant-Man - $50,710,391 9. Stand By Me Doraemon - $46,891,675 10. Little Big Master - $46,729,492 Only 1 local release and 1 foreign release outside of Hollywood made the top 10. _____________________________________________________ Tuesday January 5 - Top 10 1. Ip Man 3 - $42.6m HK 2. Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $73.9m HK 4. Anniversary 5. Joy 6. The Little Prince 7. Ten Years 8. The Peanuts Movie 9. Initiation Love 10. The Boy and The Beast Ip Man 3's average in the past 2 days was a solid $125k while Star Wars was around $80k. Sherlock beating Star Wars 7 on Tuesday is very big news. Sherlock held a 2,000 admissions advantage over Star Wars 7 on Tuesday which signifies that Star Wars is not generating enough from 2D or 3D now to compensate for the high ticket prices. There are more 2D to 3D showtimes now, around 60-40% in favor of 2D and 3D will see another round of cuts on Thursday. Ip Man 3 is looking at a 55% decline while Sherlock is headed for a 40-50% decline from last weekend's 2 day OW. Star Wars 7 is eroding fast and should dump about 75% from last weekend. An 80% tumble is also in play. Top 10 of all time for Star Wars 7 is still likely unless if it truly falls off the map next week then it is finished.

Below is the most accurate data available. Most are from MPIA although some grosses such as 2015's hit movies or You Are the Apple Of My Eye have come from other sources. This list will be updated when 2015's year-end press release is released. Top 20 Films of All Time (Hong Kong) Rank Movie HK Gross US Gross 1 Avatar* $178,029,440 $22,964,414 2 Avengers: Age of Ultron*** $132,985,487 $17,065,603 3 Titanic** $114,939,000 $14,826,276 4 Iron Man 3 $106,389,801 $13,723,457 5 Transformers 4 $98,196,851 $12,601,288 6 The Avengers $96,705,670 $12,474,280 7 Jurassic World $96,295,976 $12,357,355 8 Toy Story 3 $89,364,118 $11,527,276 9 Transformers 3 $84,703,797 $10,926,131 10 The Dark Knight Rises $80,269,966 $10,354,201 11 Minions $78,403,991 $10,061,334 12 Monsters University $77,407,664 $9,984,987 13 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 $76,785,999 $9,904,797 14 Star Wars: The Force Awakens* $72,663,155 $9,324,631 15 Inside Out $66,053,079 $8,476,381 16 The Amazing Spider-Man $61,983,852 $7,995,435 17 Jurassic Park $61,898,795 $7,943,275 18 You Are the Apple of My Eye $61,857,826 $7,938,017 19 Kung Fu Hustle $61,278,697 $7,863,699 20 Shaolin Soccer $60,739,847 $7,794,550 * - without re-release (Re-release included: $183,411,471 HK) ** - without re-release (Re-release included: $128,003,033 HK) *** - Incomplete. Box office gross up to June 30, 2015 only. * - still in release