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It's decent. It's certainly not as good as many people hoped but having no major stars and it being a brand new franchise, it did alright.

Another storm will affect HK tomorrow and the weekend. It's expected to skirt to the east of Hong Kong but it should give us some heavy rains and gusty winds. T1 signal is already in force.UA is abandoning ship with Pacific Rim. They have dropped it from 3 to 2 screens this weekend and gave the bigger screen to Monsters University. Pre-sales shows Monsters University leading by a significant margin at almost all UA locations.

Wednesday adm. (so far) July 17 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 21,272 -- -26.4% 2 Despicable Me 2 -- 4,263 -- -9.8% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 2,000 -- -28.4% 4 Blind Detective -- 1,775 -- -29.2% 5 Man of Steel -- 615 -- +22.5% 6 World War Z -- 591 -- -31.3% 7 Midsummer Formula -- 459 -- +17.4% 8 Now You See Me -- 384 -- -16.2% 9 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 199 -- -- 10 Epic -- 172 -- +24.6% Wednesday adm. July 17 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 45,488 -- -18.7% 2 Despicable Me 2 -- 10,416 -- -11.4% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 7,741 -- -27.4% 4 Blind Detective -- 5,569 -- -24.4% 5 World War Z -- 2,401 -- -20.4% 6 Man of Steel -- 1,487 -- -3.8% 7 Now You See Me -- 1,445 -- -9.4% 8 Midsummer Formula -- 823 -- -12.1% 9 Epic -- 301 -- -6.5% 10 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 199 -- -- Monsters University's 1st week admissions: 446,623 Thursday adm. (so far) July 18 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 Monsters University 34,005 15,089 -55.6% 2 Pacific Rim -- 11,017 -- 3 Despicable Me 2 3,221 3,143 -2.4% 4 Turbo -- 2,317 -- 5 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 1,375 -- 6 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 3,744 1,249 -66.6% 7 Blind Detective 1,954 1,004 -48.6% 8 I'm So Excited -- 690 -- 9 World War Z 829 403 -51.4% 10 Man of Steel 977 197 -79.8% Good hold for Monsters University. It had unbelievable pre-selling last week so pre-sale holds should be quite large. Decent for Pacific Rim. I wouldn't call it terrible. It did OK. Pacific Rim's best chance of winning in admissions and gross is today because tomorrow it should be fairly frontloaded while Monsters University will increase and Monsters University should have a pretty good sized bump on the weekend. Gigantic hold for Despicable Me 2. Turbo didn't do much and it's not going to do much with Monsters University and Despicable Me 2 ahead. SDU: Sex Duties Unit is having good sneak previews. Terrible hold for Tales from the Dark 1. OK for Blind Detective. Slow for I'm So Excited. Not bad for World War Z. Man of Steel's time is about done.

Langham Place Pacific Rim 3D Monsters University 3D Can. Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 18 9:20 AM 21 202 10.40% Jul. 18 9:00 AM 23 187 12.30% 9:50 AM 11 180 6.11% 9:10 AM 25 202 12.38% 11:00 AM 2 187 1.07% 11:10 AM 17 187 9.09% 11:50 AM 5 202 2.48% 1:20 PM 19 187 10.16% 1:10 PM 7 202 3.47% 2:50 PM 8 180 4.44% 2:20 PM 6 202 2.97% 3:20 PM 25 187 13.37% 3:00 PM 8 180 4.44% 5:00 PM 15 180 8.33% 3:30 PM 14 187 7.49% 5:30 PM 21 202 10.40% 4:50 PM 16 202 7.92% 7:50 PM 92 187 49.20% 5:30 PM 14 187 7.49% 8:00 PM 111 187 59.36% 7:20 PM 52 202 25.74% 10:00 PM 51 187 27.27% 7:40 PM 66 202 32.67% 10:20 PM 21 187 11.23% 7:40 PM 60 180 33.33% 12:10 AM 187 0.00% 9:50 PM 62 202 30.69% 12:30 AM 187 0.00% 10:10 PM 58 180 32.22% 12:20 AM 13 202 6.44% 12:40 AM 5 180 2.78% Total 420 3279 12.81% Total 428 2634 16.25% Pacific Rim has made a push back today at Langham Place. The One Pacific Rim 3D Monsters University (all v.) Despicable Me 2 (Eng.) Tales from the Dark 1 Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 18 11:15 AM 47 163 28.83% Jul. 18 9:05 AM 25 163 15.34% Jul. 18 9:00 AM 38 163 23.31% Jul. 18 10:50 AM 4 163 2.45% 2:50 PM 10 163 6.13% 9:20 AM 32 163 19.63% 1:00 PM 4 163 2.45% 1:40 PM 4 163 2.45% 5:15 PM 11 163 6.75% 9:35 AM 12 111 10.81% 3:45 PM 10 111 9.01% 3:45 PM 8 163 4.91% 7:40 PM 93 163 57.06% 11:25 AM 17 163 10.43% 6:20 PM 33 111 29.73% 5:50 PM 10 163 6.13% 10:05 PM 34 163 20.86% 12:05 PM 14 111 12.61% 7:55 PM 60 163 36.81% 11:40 PM 10 111 9.01% 1:30 PM 4 163 2.45% 10:00 PM 11 163 6.75% 2:00 PM 17 111 15.32% 2:10 PM 50 111 45.05% 3:35 PM 10 163 6.13% 4:05 PM 28 111 25.23% 4:15 PM 22 111 19.82% 5:40 PM 10 163 6.13% 6:10 PM 30 111 27.03% 7:20 PM 31 111 27.93% 7:45 PM 79 163 48.47% 8:15 PM 73 111 65.77% 9:30 PM 62 111 55.86% 9:50 PM 14 163 8.59% 11:55 PM 4 163 2.45% Total 205 926 22.14% Total 534 2577 20.72% Total 85 548 15.51% Total 97 978 9.92% Jul. 19 11:15 AM 23 163 14.11% Jul. 19 9:05 AM 17 163 10.43% Jul. 19 9:00 AM 6 163 3.68% Jul. 19 10:50 AM 6 163 3.68% 2:50 PM 6 163 3.68% 9:20 AM 24 163 14.72% 1:00 PM 6 163 3.68% 1:40 PM 4 163 2.45% 5:15 PM 6 163 3.68% 9:35 AM 18 111 16.22% 3:45 PM 12 111 10.81% 3:45 PM 4 163 2.45% 7:40 PM 64 163 39.26% 11:25 AM 11 163 6.75% 6:20 PM 31 111 27.93% 5:50 PM 7 163 4.29% 10:05 PM 49 163 30.06% 12:05 PM 12 111 10.81% 7:55 PM 64 163 39.26% 12:05 AM 6 163 3.68% 1:30 PM 6 163 3.68% 10:00 PM 27 163 16.56% 2:00 PM 10 111 9.01% 11:35 PM 4 111 3.60% 2:10 PM 28 111 25.23% 3:35 PM 18 163 11.04% 4:05 PM 25 111 22.52% 4:15 PM 53 111 47.75% 5:40 PM 8 163 4.91% 6:10 PM 35 111 31.53% 7:20 PM 66 111 59.46% 7:45 PM 95 163 58.28% 8:15 PM 74 111 66.67% 9:30 PM 73 111 65.77% 9:50 PM 100 163 61.35% 11:55 PM 6 163 3.68% 12:05 AM 7 111 6.31% Total 154 978 15.75% Total 686 2688 25.52% Total 55 548 10.04% Total 116 1089 10.65% But over at The ONE, Monsters University is still well out in front. Monsters University is nearly 5x ahead of Pacific Rim on Friday.

Tuesday adm. July 16 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 55,940 -- +13.7% 2 Despicable Me 2 -- 11,760 -- +12.2% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 10,662 -- +25.4% 4 Blind Detective -- 7,368 -- +26.0% 5 World War Z -- 3,016 -- +12.0% 6 Now You See Me -- 1,595 -- -3.9% 7 Man of Steel -- 1,546 -- +17.1% 8 Midsummer Formula -- 936 -- +35.7% 9 Epic -- 322 -- +10.3% 10 A Story of Yonosuke -- 149 -- -- Pretty number for Monsters University. Excellent.

7/18 PRE-SALES: A couple of places have Pacific Rim out in front but the majority have Monsters University well ahead. It's scary to see how well Monsters University is doing. At some theaters, it is doing 4:1 or even 5:1 Pacific Rim sales. One theater even has Monsters University doubling Pacific Rim's entire sales for the day with just its morning show. (And Pacific Rim isn't even doing that badly at that theater.)

First off, a slight correction. Monsters University actually grossed more than what was reported. It made $3,324,339 ($25,789,538 HK), besting Toy Story 3's opening weekend ($25.7m HK). It also took care of Monsters Inc. in 4 days, brushing MI's $3,322,848 ($25,777,970 HK) total aside. In addition to those records being broken, it also scored the highest single day for an animated film with $1,022,197 ($7.93m HK [vs. 7.87m for Toy Story 3]) collected on Sunday. Iron Man 3 Dominates Hong Kong Box Office in First Half of 2013 Onto this week...there's a hotly contested battle going on at the top. Langham Place Pacific Rim 3D Monsters University 3D Can. Turbo 3D Can. Despicable Me 2 3D Can. Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 18 9:20 AM 7 202 3.47% Jul. 18 9:00 AM 6 187 3.21% Jul. 18 9:10 AM 3 187 1.60% Jul. 18 8:50 AM 180 0.00% 9:50 AM 3 180 1.67% 9:10 AM 6 202 2.97% 11:20 AM 202 0.00% 1:00 PM 5 180 2.78% 11:00 AM 187 0.00% 11:10 AM 5 187 2.67% 1:30 PM 187 0.00% 5:40 PM 4 180 2.22% 11:50 AM 202 0.00% 1:20 PM 2 187 1.07% 3:40 PM 2 202 0.99% 1:10 PM 6 202 2.97% 2:50 PM 4 180 2.22% 6:00 PM 187 0.00% 2:20 PM 3 202 1.49% 3:20 PM 9 187 4.81% 3:00 PM 6 180 3.33% 5:00 PM 180 0.00% 3:30 PM 2 187 1.07% 5:30 PM 11 202 5.45% 4:50 PM 202 0.00% 7:50 PM 31 187 16.58% 5:30 PM 4 191 2.09% 8:00 PM 32 187 17.11% 7:20 PM 9 202 4.46% 10:00 PM 11 187 5.88% 7:40 PM 25 202 12.38% 10:20 PM 6 187 3.21% 7:40 PM 15 180 8.33% 12:10 AM 187 0.00% 9:50 PM 13 202 6.44% 10:10 PM 18 180 10.00% 12:20 AM 202 0.00% 12:40 AM 180 0.00% Total 111 3283 3.38% Total 123 2447 5.03% Total 5 965 0.52% Total 9 540 1.67% Monsters University has a slim lead over Pacific Rim here. In the race for 3rd, Despicable Me 2 has a slight advantage over Turbo. The One Pacific Rim 3D Monsters University (all v.) Despicable Me 2 (Eng.) Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 18 11:15 AM 27 163 16.56% Jul. 18 9:05 AM 11 163 6.75% Jul. 18 9:00 AM 12 163 7.36% 2:50 PM 8 163 4.91% 9:20 AM 8 163 4.91% 1:00 PM 4 163 2.45% 5:15 PM 6 163 3.68% 9:35 AM 4 111 3.60% 3:45 PM 4 111 3.60% 7:40 PM 59 163 36.20% 11:25 AM 4 163 2.45% 6:20 PM 12 111 10.81% 10:05 PM 16 163 9.82% 12:05 PM 10 111 9.01% 11:40 PM 4 111 3.60% 1:30 PM 4 163 2.45% 2:00 PM 8 111 7.21% 2:10 PM 30 111 27.03% 3:35 PM 4 163 2.45% 4:05 PM 14 111 12.61% 4:15 PM 11 111 9.91% 5:40 PM 8 163 4.91% 6:10 PM 14 111 12.61% 7:20 PM 17 163 10.43% 7:45 PM 32 163 19.63% 8:15 PM 45 111 40.54% 9:30 PM 26 111 23.42% 9:50 PM 6 163 3.68% 11:55 PM 4 163 2.45% Total 120 926 12.96% Total 260 2629 9.89% Total 32 548 5.84% Jul. 19 11:15 AM 6 163 3.68% Jul. 19 9:05 AM 10 163 6.13% Jul. 19 9:00 AM 4 163 2.45% 2:50 PM 4 163 2.45% 9:20 AM 4 163 2.45% 1:00 PM 4 163 2.45% 5:15 PM 6 163 3.68% 9:35 AM 7 111 6.31% 3:45 PM 4 111 3.60% 7:40 PM 16 163 9.82% 11:25 AM 11 163 6.75% 6:20 PM 6 111 5.41% 10:05 PM 13 163 7.98% 12:05 PM 4 111 3.60% 12:05 AM 4 163 2.45% 1:30 PM 6 163 3.68% 2:00 PM 4 111 3.60% 2:10 PM 16 111 14.41% 3:35 PM 8 163 4.91% 4:05 PM 6 111 5.41% 4:15 PM 8 111 7.21% 5:40 PM 6 163 3.68% 6:10 PM 6 111 5.41% 7:20 PM 13 163 7.98% 7:45 PM 25 163 15.34% 8:15 PM 48 111 43.24% 9:30 PM 40 111 36.04% 9:50 PM 41 163 25.15% 11:55 PM 4 163 2.45% 12:05 AM 7 111 6.31% Total 49 978 5.01% Total 274 2740 10.00% Total 14 385 3.64% Huge lead for Monsters University at The ONE. It's kicking Pacific Rim's ass on Friday, doing even better than Thursday's pre-sales. General Records and 2013 Records updated.

Tuesday adm. (so far) July 16 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 28,892 -- +41.8% 2 Despicable Me 2 -- 4,726 -- +36.7% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 2,794 -- +42.8% 4 Blind Detective -- 2,507 -- +69.2% 5 World War Z -- 860 -- +54.1% 6 Man of Steel -- 502 -- +37.9% 7 Now You See Me -- 458 -- +30.9% 8 Midsummer Formula -- 391 -- +28.2% 9 Epic -- 138 -- -1.4% 10 Liv & Ingmar -- 62 -- -- Strong increase for Monsters University. Thursday schedules Olympian City New Holdovers Leaving Pacific Rim 3D - 4 showings Monsters University (3D Can.) - 5 showings (▼ 8) Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.) Pacific Rim - 3 showings Monsters University (Can.) - 11 showings (▼ 12) Turbo (3D Can.) - 2 showings Tales from the Dark 1 - 6 showings (▼ 11) Turbo (Can.) - 4 showings Despicable Me 2 (Can.) - 3 showings (▼ 5) Blind Detective - 1 showing (▼ 2) Midsummer Formula - 1 showing (=) World War Z - 1 showing (=) The ONE New Holdovers Leaving Pacific Rim 3D - 6 showings Monsters University (3D Can.) - 6 showings (=) Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.) I'm So Excited - 5 showings Monsters University (3D Eng.) - 8 showings (▼ 13) Despicable Me 2 (Can.) Monsters University (Can.) - 3 showings (▲ 1) Despicable Me 2 (3D Eng.) Monsters University (Eng.) - 2 showings (▲ 1) Now You See Me Tales from the Dark 1 - 6 showings (▼ 12) Despicable Me 2 (Eng.) - 4 showings (▲ 0) Blind Detective - 1 showing (▼ 3) Midsummer Formula - 1 showing (=) World War Z - 1 showing (=) Cityplaza New Holdovers Leaving Pacific Rim 3D - 11 showings Monsters University (3D Can.) - 8 showings (▼ 13) Monsters University (Can.) Pacific Rim - 1 showing Monsters University (Can.) - 2 showings (=) Tales from the Dark Part 1 Turbo (3D Can.) - 5 showings Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.) - 2 showings (▼ 4) Despicable Me 2 (Can.) Blind Detective - 1 showing (▼ 4) World War Z 3D Man of Steel 3D - 1 showing (=) Now You See Me - 1 showing (▼ 3) Thursday schedules New article: Ticket Pricing Strategies July 18 Predictions 1. Monsters University - $2,000,000 (-39%) 2. Pacific Rim - $1,700,000 3. Despicable Me 2 - $300,000 (-47%) 4. Turbo - $225,000 5. Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 - $180,000 (-63%)

Monday adm. July 15 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 49,201 -- -45.9% 2 Despicable Me 2 16,142 10,480 -35.1% -44.0% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 8,504 -- -51.3% 4 Blind Detective 11,266 5,847 -48.1% -44.9% 5 World War Z 7,058 2,694 -61.8% -34.1% 6 Now You See Me 3,991 1,660 -58.4% -32.3% 7 Man of Steel 8,569 1,320 -84.6% -59.4% 8 Midsummer Formula 2,901 690 -76.2% -51.3% 9 Epic 2,208 292 -86.8% -49.0% 10 Disconnect -- 140 -- -- Great number for Monsters University. It's off only 18% from its red hot opening day. Despicable Me 2 holds magnificently. Tales from the Dark Part 1 saw a huge drop from opening day. It lost 40% of its Thursday admissions which indicates that it's extremely frontloaded. It will not reach 1m. Good for Blind Detective. Not bad for World War Z.

July 11 Weekend Actuals 1. Monsters University - $3,275,215 [$25,410,000 HK] (opening weekend actual) 2. Despicable Me 2 - $2,527,625 ($566,000 2nd weekend; [-49%]) 3. Tales from the Dark 1 - $480,777 (opening weekend actual) 4. Blind Detective - $1,483,578 ($345,000 2nd weekend; [-49%]) 5. Man of Steel - $4,169,744 ($149,000 3rd weekend; [-83%]) 6. World War Z - $5,310,462 ($148,000 4th weekend; [-67%]) 7. Now You See Me - $3,464,690 ($64,000 5th weekend; [-61%]) 8. Midsummer Formula - $641,895 ($33,000 3rd weekend; [-81%]) Liar Game Reborn - $5,026 (opening weekend actual) Top 8 films: $5,060,000 (NEW July weekend record) Everything was underestimated with the exceptions of Now You See Me and Midsummer Formula. This is the biggest July weekend on record. No other July weekend has taken in 5m total. I checked and Monsters University loses to The Dark Knight Rises' OW ($25.48m HK) by less than $10,000. So since Monsters University has the 6th biggest opening weekend, it beats out Kung Fu Hustle's OW as well. Now, this weekend, Pacific Rim is blasting its way through HK. Telford Pacific Rim Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 18 9:05 AM 2 147 1.36% 11:40 AM 5 147 3.40% 2:15 PM 5 147 3.40% 4:50 PM 7 147 4.76% 7:25 PM 19 147 12.93% 10:00 PM 6 147 4.08% Total 44 882 4.99% Not good at all. The 7 PM showtime moved a lot from yesterday but the day is still only 5% sold on 1 screen. Contrast that with Monsters University where it was about 40-50% full on opening day at this same time at this theater.

Usually at night after theaters are done for the day, they will empty their entire lineup so all admissions are gone from the server. The site sometimes does not catch this and admissions get lost. But as for losing admissions in the day, I'm really not sure about that one.

Yes, it did. It's official. Admissions were not reliable this week. Monsters University kept losing admissions in the middle of the day so I'd take this weekend's admissions with a big grain of salt. No figure given but actuals should come out within the next few hours anyway. If it's the 6th biggest opening of all time, then it might have made 3.3m. Of course, I'm still not sure how the HK MPIA counted Kung Fu Hustle's opening weekend gross because that had sneak previews.

Monday adm. (so far) July 15 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 20,372 -- -70.4% 2 Despicable Me 2 -- 3,456 -- -68.9% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 1,957 -- -65.4% 4 Blind Detective -- 1,482 -- -76.1% 5 World War Z -- 558 -- -68.4% 6 Man of Steel -- 364 -- -79.6% 7 Now You See Me -- 350 -- -76.1% 8 Midsummer Formula -- 305 -- -74.5% 9 Epic -- 140 -- -71.8% 10 Disconnect -- 140 -- -- Pretty strong Monday pre-sales for Monsters University. Movie OM adm. % diff Monsters University 20,372 Man of Steel 22,313 -8.7% Iron Man 3 22,379 -9.0% Iron Man 2 N/A The Dark Knight Rises N/A The Amazing Spider-Man 39,878 -48.9% The Avengers 41,193 -50.5% Transformers 3 N/A Harry Potter 7-2 N/A Toy Story 3 27,150 -25.0% It might be 25% down from Toy Story 3's opening Monday pre-sales but Monsters University has closed the gap between itself and Toy Story 3. Friday's pre-sales saw an 8,000 gap between the two but Monday has come down to 7,000.

Lots of sellouts today. Yesterday, there was only sellouts in the morning but today, it extended into the afternoon. Here are some highlights. Kingswood Ginza sold out both morning and 3 PM showings today. Shatin sold out both of its Monsters U 3 PM screenings. Paris London... theater sold out a morning show. (Extremely difficult to do) Other locations that recorded a sellout today The ONE Festival Walk Palace IFC Pacific Place Olympian City Palace APM Cinematheque Windsor Cinema tmtplaza iSQUARE Tsuen Wan Kwai Fong Hollywood Broadway Mongkok Sunday July 14 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 90,898 -- +7.8% 2 Despicable Me 2 38,052 18,728 -50.8% +15.8% 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 17,459 -- -6.3% 4 Blind Detective 26,380 10,612 -59.8% -5.2% 5 World War Z 14,522 4,087 -71.9% +17.7% 6 Man of Steel 20,557 3,252 -84.2% -21.8% 7 Now You See Me 6,304 2,451 -61.1% -9.7% 8 Midsummer Formula 6,521 1,417 -78.3% +3.9% 9 Epic 8,502 572 -93.3% +3.1% 10 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 543 -- +0.2% Monsters University surges on Sunday thanks to a ton of sold out shows. Good for Despicable Me 2. Tales from the Dark 1 loses out on a 4-day admissions win over Despicable Me 2 due to weaker Sunday nights for horror films. Blind Detective has progressively gotten worse with each day this week. After yesterday's decrease, World War Z was bound to rise today. That along with Man of Steel's big decrease allowed for a swing of 1,500 admissions from Saturday in favor of World War Z. Daily admissions (OW) Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total Toy Story 3 71,663 71,042 112,971 119,140 374,816 Monsters University 59,870 60,944 84,282 90,898 295,994 Gap -11,793 -21,891 -50,580 -78,822 Toy Story 3 padded its lead over Monsters University this weekend. Its obvious from the weekend that Monsters University won't see Toy Story 3 legs. Weekend adm. Jul 11-14 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 Monsters University -- 295,994 -- 2 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 2,131 64,308 +2917.7% 3 Despicable Me 2 105,714 56,650 -46.4% 4 Blind Detective 81,072 36,566 -54.9% 5 World War Z 46,729 14,811 -68.3% 6 Man of Steel 71,380 12,303 -82.8% 7 Now You See Me 21,773 8,841 -59.4% 8 Midsummer Formula 23,252 4,132 -82.2% 9 Epic 20,779 1,966 -90.5% 10 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 1,085 -- Massive opening for Monsters University. Weekend Estimates July 11 Rank Movie TW % chg Total 1 Monsters University $3,250,000 $3,250,000 2 Despicable Me 2 $556,000 -50.0% $2,517,000 3 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 $445,000 $445,000 4 Blind Detective $319,000 -52.9% $1,457,000 5 World War Z $140,000 -71.0% $5,302,000 July 11 Weekend Estimates

Most likely.

MU is having really good word of mouth. Right now, I expect a 2m weekend next week.

Sunday adm. (so far) July 14 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 68,730 -- +14.0% 2 Despicable Me 2 18,446 11,110 -39.8% +41.1% 3 Blind Detective 12,797 6,194 -51.6% -5.9% 4 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 5,662 -- +2.9% 5 Man of Steel 10,816 1,787 -83.5% -18.4% 6 World War Z 6,054 1,766 -70.8% +7.1% 7 Now You See Me 3,145 1,465 -53.4% +16.5% 8 Midsummer Formula 3,638 1,196 -67.1% +24.2% 9 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 496 -- -6.8% 10 Epic 4,048 423 -89.6% +51.6% Monsters University sees a massive 8,500 bump similar to Kung Fu Panda 2's opening Sunday pre-selling admissions increase. Despicable Me 2 also saw a big family gain on Sunday. Those that wanted to see Monsters University this weekend but couldn't likely went over to Despicable Me 2 to see something else. Blind Detective's drop is just OK. Tales from the Dark Part 1 is doing not bad this weekend. Man of Steel is shedding a lot of viewers this weekend.

I have some news to announce. The opening day gross that I posted earlier for Monsters University is wrong. The number reported was incorrect. Straight from Disney, Monsters University made $648,520 ($5,031,687 HK) and edged out Toy Story 3's opening day to place itself as the highest grossing animated release on the first day. Both the records page and the July 11 Thursday Actuals have since been changed to reflect the more accurate information. As a side note, I also went back and checked other films on the top 10 opening day list and The Dark Knight Rises moves from #10 to #7 on the list. Saturday July 13 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 84,282 -- +38.3% 2 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 1,374 18,633 +1256.1% +33.6% 3 Despicable Me 2 33,588 16,175 -51.8% +44.4% 4 Blind Detective 25,286 11,199 -55.7% +40.4% 5 Man of Steel 22,716 4,161 -81.7% +64.9% 6 World War Z 14,281 3,473 -75.7% -10.6% 7 Now You See Me 5,917 2,713 -54.1% +56.4% 8 Midsummer Formula 7,091 1,364 -80.8% +99.1% 9 Epic 6,116 555 -90.9% +19.1% 10 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 542 -- -- Awesome for Monsters University. Yes, today also saw downward adjustments for the film so admissions likely won't be of any help this week. That is better for Tales from the Dark 1. Despicable Me 2 had a mild increase today compared with last Saturday but it will make over $500,000 this weekend. Blind Detective saw a bigger drop with Monsters University clamoring for screens. Man of Steel bumped World War Z out of the top 5 due to it getting showtimes over World War Z. Its hold, however, is ghastly. World War Z decreased from Friday due to losing showtimes and theaters. Many theaters were not able to support so many films with Monsters University leading the charge over the weekend so a couple of films got the axe. Now You See Me held well considering showtime loss today. Midsummer Formula saw a huge spike today. Epic lost showtimes as well hence the soft increase. SDU: Sex Duties Unit got off to a frolicking start.

8 PM Saturday: Monsters University is far away from Toy Story 3's opening Saturday admissions and is not having much of an increase. The other films aren't having much luck with Saturday increases either.It will depend on Sunday but Monsters University is looking at 3.1m for the weekend, good enough for #2 animated OW of all time.

Yes. Most had to cut showtimes or completely cut it and Now You See Me to make room for more showtimes for other releases. Lots of sellouts this morning for Monsters University. Festival Walk's 11 AM 3D Cantonese showing on the biggest screen was 99% filled. It's a pretty difficult theater to fill due to its size (354 seats). Reviews for the Pixar toon are extremely strong with many giving it positive marks.

Saturday adm. (so far) July 13 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 60,286 -- +72.8% 2 Despicable Me 2 13,875 7,873 -43.3% +75.2% 3 Blind Detective 11,110 6,584 -40.7% +82.0% 4 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 5,502 -- +22.4% 5 Man of Steel 10,297 2,189 -78.7% +113.1% 6 World War Z 5,358 1,649 -69.2% +15.2% 7 Now You See Me 2,935 1,258 -57.1% +109.0% 8 Midsummer Formula 3,379 963 -71.5% +228.7% 9 SDU: Sex Duties Unit -- 532 -- -- 10 Epic 2,716 279 -89.7% +4.9% Wonderful for Monsters University.

I will update after this weekend. In the meantime, you can check out the 2013 Records here. They are only updated through June 23 so Man of Steel isn't on there yet. General Records are also updated.

I thought Monsters University already came out in China? White House Down comes out August 22. DM2 is not going to make 4m...let alone 5m. Movies usually run 4-6 weeks. Leggier films show for about 2 months. Despicable Me 2 should make it to about week 6 or 7. Last check of opening Saturday pre-sales for Monsters University. The One Monsters University 3D Eng. Monsters University 3D Can. Monsters University Eng. Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 13 9:50 AM 108 163 66.26% Jul. 13 9:10 AM 116 163 71.17% Jul. 13 9:25 AM 86 111 77.48% 11:15 AM 145 163 88.96% 11:55 AM 46 163 28.22% 1:20 PM 104 163 63.80% 2:00 PM 102 163 62.58% 1:40 PM 65 111 58.56% 3:45 PM 76 111 68.47% 3:25 PM 125 163 76.69% 4:05 PM 122 163 74.85% 4:05 PM 76 111 68.47% 6:10 PM 116 163 71.17% 5:30 PM 132 163 80.98% 7:55 PM 72 111 64.86% 5:50 PM 81 111 72.97% 8:15 PM 112 163 68.71% 7:35 PM 127 163 77.91% 10:20 PM 100 163 61.35% 8:00 PM 81 111 72.97% 12:05 AM 8 111 7.21% 9:40 PM 111 163 68.10% 10:00 PM 54 111 48.65% 11:45 PM 13 163 7.98% Total 1222 1859 65.73% Total 870 1474 59.02% Total 86 111 77.48% Extremely high pre-sales over at The ONE. Pretty much everywhere in HK is over 50% full on Saturday. Monsters University needs more screens. Langham Place Monsters University 3D Can. Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jul. 13 9:00 AM 143 202 70.79% 9:00 AM 109 202 53.96% 9:20 AM 111 191 58.12% 11:10 AM 142 202 70.30% 11:30 AM 86 191 45.03% 11:50 AM 90 176 51.14% 1:20 PM 135 202 66.83% 1:40 PM 99 191 51.83% 2:00 PM 114 176 64.77% 3:10 PM 138 202 68.32% 3:30 PM 164 202 81.19% 4:10 PM 130 176 73.86% 5:20 PM 140 202 69.31% 5:40 PM 144 202 71.29% 6:20 PM 134 176 76.14% 7:30 PM 137 202 67.82% 7:50 PM 146 202 72.28% 8:00 PM 132 191 69.11% 9:40 PM 130 202 64.36% 10:00 PM 136 202 67.33% 11:50 PM 58 202 28.71% 12:10 AM 30 202 14.85% Total 2648 4296 61.64% 61% sold for the day. Even midnights are starting to fill up. 15% & 30% sold out...fantastic. Friday July 12 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 Monsters University -- 60,944 -- +1.8% 2 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 -- 13,951 -- -2.2% 3 Despicable Me 2 17,096 11,201 -34.5% +6.2% 4 Blind Detective 15,965 7,977 -50.0% +17.7% 5 World War Z 9,446 3,884 -58.9% +15.4% 6 Man of Steel 15,733 2,524 -84.0% +6.7% 7 Now You See Me 5,105 1,735 -66.0% -10.7% 8 Midsummer Formula 5,654 685 -87.9% +2.9% 9 Epic 3,199 466 -85.4% +24.9% 10 Liar Game: Reborn -- 139 -- +18.8% Awesome number for Monsters University. I was worried that Friday would be its weak spot but it turned out just fine. Friday saw a similar dip like Thursday's. At one point, it had more than 61,000 admissions and then dropped back into the 60,000 range. Tales from the Dark Part 1 is frontloaded but word of mouth is good. Superb hold for Despicable Me 2, however, next week, it will be targeted directly and indirectly. Blind Detective did pretty well. Good hold for World War Z. Disaster for Man of Steel. Now You See Me fell hard today. Tomorrow won't be much better. Midsummer Formula and Epic got doused by Monsters University. Liar Game: Reborn enters the top 10 with 3 theaters. Daily admissions (OW) Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total Monsters University 59,870 60,944 120,814 Toy Story 3 71,663 71,042 112,971 119,140 374,816 Gap -11,793 -21,891 -134,862 -254,002 Monsters University won't be winning the OW admissions battle against Toy Story 3 but it may pull out a minor weekend victory. Saturday and Sunday will end up being extremely close either way.

At 7:30 PM, Monsters University has eclipsed 60,000 admissions. That means it has already done better than yesterday's admissions. Even if it gets the same adjustment down as yesterday, it has already done more for the day than yesterday.I watched Monsters University today and I really enjoyed it.

Monsters U is getting an extra screen on Saturday/Sunday. Showtimes are being bumped from 19 to 23-25. Still not enough showtimes but it should be enough to allow it to pass 100,000 admissions on both days. I'll be seeing it later today so hope it's as good as everyone says it is.