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And...? Most markets will be affected by any of those 3 and a couple of countries you listed sees Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs releasing a week after.

I've taken a brief look at Man of Steel's pre-sales at a few locations. Very disappointing ticket sales overall. 2D is doing better than 3D but viewers will be forced to watch 3D once 2D gets full.

It's going to be very interesting watching Debra this season.

Don't see this doing well with Despicable Me 2/Smurfs 2/Monsters University combo.

Overheard 3 is delayed till 2014. I also read The Monkey King is coming out Chinese New Year 2014.

He also directed Dream Home, a slasher film centered on a woman who has troubles with owning a property.

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It's a film that reunites Pang Ho Cheung and Chapman To. Pang Ho Cheung directed the Love in a Puff series and Vulgaria and is becoming very popular among the young crowd. Chapman To was in Vulgaria and it become the highest grossing local film of 2011. Weekend Predictions June 27 Rank Movie TW % chg 1 Man of Steel $2,700,000 2 World War Z $800,000 -63.8% 3 Now You See Me $300,000 -57.6% 4 Epic $260,000 5 Badges of Fury $200,000 Will Man of Steel crush Iron Man 3?

Thanks for voting. 22 of you voted for Iron Man 3 while 8 went for Man of Steel to win the summer. New polls added! Thursday schedules Palace APM New Holdovers Leaving Man of Steel 3D - 13 showings Badges of Fury - 2 showings (=) So Young Man of Steel - 7 showings World War Z 3D - 2 showings (▼ 8) Switch Epic (3D Can.) - 3 showings World War Z - 6 showings (▼ 13) After Earth Epic (Can.) - 3 showings Now You See Me - 5 showings (▼ 7) The Hangover 3 American Dreams in China Fast & Furious 6 Pee Mak Phra Khanong Olympian City New Holdovers Leaving Man of Steel 3D - 7 showings Badges of Fury - 3 showings (=) Switch Man of Steel - 11 showings World War Z 3D - 1 showing (▼ 7) After Earth Epic (3D Can.) - 1 showing World War Z - 6 showings (▼ 10) The Hangover 3 Epic (Can.) - 4 showings Now You See Me - 4 showings (▼ 7) American Dreams in China Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery - 1 showing (=) Populaire Cityplaza New Holdovers Leaving Man of Steel 3D - 14 showings World War Z 3D - 5 showings (▼ 8) So Young Man of Steel - 2 showings World War Z - 2 showings (▼ 5) The Hangover 3 Epic (Can.) - 3 showings Now You See Me - 5 showings (▼ 9) The Sapphires American Dreams in China It's OK for Man of Steel but I think most industry watchers expected more showings. Most theaters have put Man of Steel on 3 screens with a few outliers giving 4 at night. Pre-sales have not been good at all. It should recover enough to snatch the #2 OW of 2013 away from World War Z. Epic begins Hollywood's animation block this summer. Theaters don't seem enthused by it and viewers are waiting for Monsters University to come out. Big mistake by FOX to release it against Man of Steel. They should have forgone the summer release strategy and put it up earlier. Now it has to deal with Man of Steel opening weekend, Despicable Me 2 next weekend and Monsters University the week after. There won't be time to create legs with direct competition and blockbusters towering over it. Pre-sales have looked bad. Badges of Fury has been showing everyday since last Friday at most locations but some theaters have opted not to show it after its weekend sneaks. Weekend previews were not reported so it looks like they want to roll the previews into opening weekend to make the number look better. Holdovers crumbled under the weight of Superman. Those near the bottom of last week's top 10 have been effectively crushed by the openers and superb holdovers in World War Z and Now You See Me. World War Z is getting 1 screen at most places and will be trying for 1m again this week. Now You See Me has been left on 1 screen due to its great opening and 2nd weekend. Thursday schedules

Man of Steel's advanced ticketing release pattern is so strange. MCL released pre-selling 2 weeks ago like any other blockbuster. Broadway/AMC started pre-selling 4 days ago and UA started pre-selling for Man of Steel the usual way for movies, 2 days in advance. Monday adm. June 24 Rank Title LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 27,343 -- -56.5% 2 Now You See Me -- 12,737 -- -55.0% 3 The Hangover 3 -- 1,498 -- -50.3% 4 Badges of Fury -- 818 -- -32.0% 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 -- 732 -- -56.0% 6 American Dreams in China -- 682 -- -63.7% 7 After Earth -- 642 -- -46.8% 8 So Young -- 568 -- -36.9% 9 Fast & Furious 6 -- 548 -- -38.6% 10 Pee Mak Phra Khanong -- 526 -- -- Summer is upon us. Liking those admissions for World War Z and Now You See Me.

Let's see how Man of Steel is doing with 2 days to go. Palace APM Man of Steel 3D Man of Steel Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled Jun. 27 9:00 AM 28 286 9.79% Jun. 27 9:00 AM 4 112 3.57% 9:25 AM 4 167 2.40% 12:00 PM 4 167 2.40% 11:35 AM 14 286 4.90% 1:40 PM 4 112 3.57% 2:10 PM 14 286 4.90% 4:20 PM 4 112 3.57% 2:35 PM 4 167 2.40% 7:00 PM 9 112 8.04% 3:20 PM 4 98 4.08% 9:35 PM 4 112 3.57% 4:45 PM 16 286 5.59% 12:55 AM 4 167 2.40% 5:10 PM 4 167 2.40% 7:20 PM 44 286 15.38% 7:45 PM 4 167 2.40% 9:55 PM 19 286 6.64% 10:20 PM 4 167 2.40% 12:30 AM 14 286 4.90% Total 173 2935 5.89% Total 33 894 3.69% Jun. 28 9:00 AM 15 286 5.24% Jun. 28 9:00 AM 4 112 3.57% 9:25 AM 4 167 2.40% 12:00 PM 4 167 2.40% 11:35 AM 14 286 4.90% 1:40 PM 4 112 3.57% 2:10 PM 14 286 4.90% 4:20 PM 4 112 3.57% 2:35 PM 4 167 2.40% 7:00 PM 4 112 3.57% 3:20 PM 4 98 4.08% 9:35 PM 14 112 12.50% 4:45 PM 14 286 4.90% 12:55 AM 4 167 2.40% 5:10 PM 4 167 2.40% 7:20 PM 27 286 9.44% 7:45 PM 4 167 2.40% 9:55 PM 27 286 9.44% 10:20 PM 4 167 2.40% 12:30 AM 14 286 4.90% Total 149 2935 5.08% Total 38 894 4.25% Awful numbers for Man of Steel. Even The Amazing Spider-Man had much better pre-sales. Oh, and those 4's and 14's you see in the seats sold section means that they have actually sold 0 tickets for that showtime. They block off a set of seats for all houses and bigger houses have more seats that aren't available for purchase. I'll check back on Man of Steel's pre-sales on Wednesday.

Man of Steel article is updated. Opening weekend and total predictions have been lowered.Despicable Me 2 updateWeekend sneak previews are out at MCL. So far pre-sales have looked OK.Monsters University updateAdvanced booking for Monsters University July 11 weekend is online at UA. First day of pre-sales have looked stronger than Man of Steel's in 4 days. Even better news is that so far only UA club members can buy tickets.

It did OK. Made $5,000 PTA from 3 theaters. June 20 Weekend Actuals1. World War Z - $2,207,350 (opening weekend actual)2. Now You See Me - $2,393,0163. The Hangover 3 - $1,496,9244. American Dreams in China - $585,360Miracle in Cell No. 7 - $123,776Fast & Furious 6 - $3,094,417After Earth - $1,393,777Switch - $247,553Pee Mak Phra Khanong - $1,273,868To the Wonder - $15,472 (opening weekend actual)Ernest & Celestine - $11,217 (opening weekend actual)World War Z increased from estimates. Great for Now You See Me. Hangover 3 will pass 1.5m today. American Dreams in China keeps chugging along. Miracle in Cell No. 7/Fast & Furious 6/After Earth are really close in gross this week, less than $1,000 between them, therefore, I have removed their placements. Terrible for Switch. Pee Mak Phra Khanong needs only $15,000 or so for 10m HK. It'll get there.

Sunday June 23 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 62,886 -- -3.0% 2 Now You See Me 36,744 28,315 -22.9% -4.4% 3 The Hangover 3 8,705 3,013 -65.4% -16.2% 4 American Dreams in China 3,302 1,877 -43.2% -5.5% 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 2,430 1,663 -31.6% -5.3% 6 After Earth 9,026 1,206 -86.6% -3.4% 7 Badges of Fury -- 1,203 -- +12.4% 8 Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery 1,659 948 -42.9% -- 9 So Young 2,606 900 -65.5% -17.5% 10 Fast & Furious 6 3,851 892 -76.8% -18.7% Weekend adm. Jun 20-23 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 World War Z -- 195,411 -- 2 Now You See Me 120,807 90,691 -24.9% 3 The Hangover 3 36,574 11,945 -67.3% 4 American Dreams in China 9,737 6,237 -35.9% 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 7,105 5,200 -26.8% 6 After Earth 32,280 4,702 -85.4% 7 Fast & Furious 6 11,137 3,634 -67.4% 8 So Young 10,583 3,554 -66.4% 9 Badges of Fury -- 3,212 -- 10 Switch 15,756 3,061 -80.6% 11 Pee Mak Phra Khanong 7,521 2,902 -61.4% Killer admissions for World War Z. Now You See Me did great. Hangover 3 got pushed aside by the top 2. Although #4-#11 were spread out in admissions, in gross it was a lot closer. Less than $20,000 separated all 8 films from each other. Very good hold for American Dreams in China. Exceptional for Miracle in Cell No. 7. After Earth was teared apart by negative reaction and competition. Not good for Badges of Fury. Weekend Estimates June 20 Rank Movie TW % chg Total 1 World War Z $2,050,000 $2,166,000 2 Now You See Me $710,000 -44.7% $2,396,000 3 The Hangover 3 $82,000 -70.2% $1,485,000 4 American Dreams in China $38,000 -40.6% $582,000 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 $35,000 -43.4% $123,000 June 20 Weekend Estimates Daily admissions (OW) Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total Fast & Furious 6 11,537 21,137 23,621 41,162 41,206 138,663 World War Z 9,704 31,412 36,313 64,800 62,886 205,115 Gap -1,833 8,442 21,134 44,772 66,452 Huge stuff for World War Z.

June 20 Weekend Estimates

Daily admissions (OW) Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total Fast & Furious 6 11,537 21,137 23,621 41,162 41,206 138,663 World War Z 9,704 31,412 36,313 64,800 142,229 Gap -1,833 8,442 21,134 44,772 3,566 It beat Fast & Furious 6's opening weekend admissions in 3 days. Wow. Sunday adm. (so far) June 23 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 26,711 -- +12.2% 2 Now You See Me 12,724 9,930 -22.0% +13.7% 3 The Hangover 3 2,684 971 -63.8% -13.3% 4 American Dreams in China 1,430 623 -56.4% +11.1% 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 887 484 -45.4% +10.5% 6 So Young 1,166 454 -61.1% +7.1% 7 Badges of Fury -- 421 -- +23.8% 8 Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery 744 420 -43.5% -- 9 After Earth 2,954 415 -86.0% +5.1% 10 To The Wonder -- 397 -- +17.8% Excellent numbers for the top 2.

Saturday June 22 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 64,800 -- +78.4% 2 Now You See Me 42,287 29,616 -30.0% +55.1% 3 The Hangover 3 12,971 3,597 -72.3% +23.4% 4 American Dreams in China 3,478 1,986 -42.9% +44.3% 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 2,429 1,756 -27.7% +81.8% 6 After Earth 10,192 1,249 -87.7% +4.8% 7 Fast & Furious 6 3,847 1,097 -71.5% +34.3% 8 So Young 3,498 1,091 -68.8% +31.3% 9 Badges of Fury -- 1,070 -- +14.0% 10 The Great Gatsby 1,549 842 -45.6% -- Very strong for World War Z. It will be the 2nd highest OW of the year with 2.1-2.2m. Now You See Me also played very well with general audiences. Pretty bad for Hangover 3. Good for American Dreams in China. Extremely good for Miracle in Cell No. 7. After Earth collapsed hard. Fast & Furious 6 dove hard but will get to 3.1m by Wednesday. So Young is not pulling people in. WOM is also lukewarm at best. Badges of Fury is being ignored by audiences but those that have shown up are giving it great WOM. The Great Gatsby is holding OK. 12. Pee Mak Phra Khanong - 679 (-72.9%) 13. Switch - 674 (-86.0%) Switch and Pee Mak Phra Khanong both decreased from Friday admissions and saw To the Wonder pass by them on Saturday. Pee Mak Phra Khanong's best day was on Thursday and have seen its weekly drops spiral out of control going from -40% on Thursday to -57% on Friday to now -73% on Saturday. It needs to stabilize or it might just miss 10m HK.

Be careful. I know the storm is going away but all it takes is one strong gust. I haven't seen it yet but WOM is superb. It's getting rave reviews and is rated higher than Now You See Me and World War Z. 6 PM: World War Z is going to finish around 61,000 admissions today. Now You See Me is pushing for 27.5-28k.

Most theaters still have not released pre-selling. I don't know why. MoS is doing great in IMAX and pretty good at MCL so far. Saturday adm. (so far) June 22 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 23,811 -- +85.5% 2 Now You See Me 12,074 8,733 -27.7% +52.0% 3 The Hangover 3 3,678 1,120 -69.5% +3.1% 4 American Dreams in China 1,277 561 -56.1% -8.6% 5 Miracle in Cell No. 7 592 438 -26.0% -- 6 So Young 1,124 424 -62.3% +25.4% 7 After Earth 2,624 395 -84.9% -1.3% 8 Badges of Fury -- 340 -- -6.8% 9 To The Wonder -- 337 -- +17.8% 10 The Great Gatsby 531 288 -45.8% -16.0% Phenomenal for World War Z. Now You See Me is looking great too. Theaters have been placing them on 3/4/5 screens altogether. The rest of the films weren't so lucky. Hangover 3 had a very weak increase. Huge decrease for American Dreams in China. Wonderful for Miracle in Cell No. 7. Not good for So Young. After Earth is dying quicky. Awful for Badges of Fury. Not bad for To the Wonder. The Great Gatsby keeps on fighting.

Thanks for covering, Rth! A tropical storm is edging toward HK. Signal No. 3 has already been raised. Strong winds and heavy rain are expected for the weekend. It's unlikely that Signal No. 8 will be put up but there's always a chance if the storm takes a sudden turn north. Admissions will be affected. In what way I am not sure. Typhoons always gives me headaches. Thursday adm. June 20 Rank Title LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 31,412 -- +223.7% 2 Now You See Me 17,613 13,664 -22.4% -5.1% 3 The Hangover 3 6,334 2,421 -61.8% -41.0% 4 After Earth 5,635 1,055 -81.3% -65.9% 5 American Dreams in China 1,360 998 -26.6% -7.3% 6 Pee Mak Phra Khanong 1,390 849 -38.9% -9.4% 7 Fast & Furious 6 1,640 828 -49.5% -15.5% 8 Miracle in Cell No. 7 897 815 -9.1% -22.2% 9 Switch 3,075 813 -73.6% -45.7% 10 So Young 1,917 732 -61.8% -50.4% 11 To The Wonder -- 540 -- -- 12 The Great Gatsby 597 488 -18.3% -- 13 A Late Quartet -- 439 -- -- 14 HK: Forbidden Super Hero -- 422 -- -- 15 Ernest & Celestine -- 204 -- -- 16 The Sapphires -- 201 -- -- 17 Star Trek Into Darkness -- 194 -- -- 18 Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery -- 190 -- -- 19 Searching for Sugar Man -- 155 -- -- 20 Rita's Last Fairy Tale -- 128 -- -- Thursday Actuals June 20 LW TW Movie Last Thu. (USD) Thursday (USD) % chg Screens Days Total -- 1 World War Z -- $335,165 -- 89 2 $451,184 1 2 Now You See Me $127,516 $106,995 -16.1% 63 8 $1,793,135 2 3 The Hangover 3 $45,081 $16,758 -62.8% 48 15 $1,420,586 5 4 Fast & Furious 6 $12,880 $7,476 -42.0% 19 30 $3,066,764 4 5 Switch $21,896 $6,703 -69.4% 37 9 $226,881 6 6 Pee Mak Phra Khanong $11,205 $6,445 -42.5% 22 36 $1,255,581 3 7 After Earth $39,929 $6,316 -84.2% 46 15 $1,365,154 8 8 American Dreams in China $8,372 $5,800 -30.7% 17 22 $550,444 9 9 Miracle in Cell No. 7 $5,924 $5,672 -4.3% 15 8 $94,104 7 10 So Young $10,948 $4,254 -61.1% 15 8 $134,066 Freaking insane for World War Z. This breakout is brought to you by Brad Pitt's Chanel commercial. There is a wide range where World War Z can finish opening weekend due to the typhoon. I have put it down for anywhere between 1.8-2.4m. What a great hold for Now You See Me. World War Z owns the stage and Now You See Me survives anyway. 2m will be broken this weekend and 3m is locked. Both movies having superb opening weekends is not good news for Man of Steel. Hangover 3 dropped off with World War Z on the map but it will get to 1.5m even if it has to crawl there when Man of Steel opens. It'll end as a slight disappointment for failing to meet Hangover 2's total. Fast & Furious 6 had a pretty good hold. It'll get to 3.1m. Total disaster for Switch. This is doing worse than Future X-Cops. It will be Andy Lau's lowest grossing feature in HK. Pee Mak Phra Khanong is still doing well. It will get to $10m HK. After Earth fell off the face of the Earth in rapid fashion. This clunker won't get to 1.5m. Another very good hold for American Dreams in China. Amazing WOM for Miracle in Cell No. 7 has sparked its 2nd weekend, easing just 4%. It will pass at least $150,000. So Young is not grabbing Hong Kong audiences. This Mainland hit will not make it to $200,000. Friday adm. (so far) June 21 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 12,836 -- +35.1% 2 Now You See Me 6,089 5,746 -5.6% +111.3% 3 The Hangover 3 2,701 1,086 -59.8% +42.9% 4 American Dreams in China 688 614 -10.8% +55.8% 5 After Earth 2,191 400 -81.7% +13.3% 6 Badges of Fury -- 365 -- -- 7 The Great Gatsby -- 343 -- +55.2% 8 So Young 996 338 -66.1% -- 9 Switch 1,360 292 -78.5% -2.0% 10 To The Wonder -- 286 -- -10.9% Friday June 21 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 36,313 -- +15.6% 2 Now You See Me 24,163 19,096 -21.0% +39.8% 3 The Hangover 3 8,564 2,914 -66.0% +20.4% 4 American Dreams in China 1,597 1,376 -- +37.9% 5 After Earth 7,427 1,192 -- +13.0% 6 Miracle in Cell No. 7 1,349 966 -28.4% +18.5% 7 Badges of Fury -- 939 -- -- 8 Switch 3,501 860 -75.4% +5.8% 9 So Young 2,562 831 -- +13.5% 10 Fast & Furious 6 1,799 817 -54.6% -1.3% After Friday... Daily admissions (OW) Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total Fast & Furious 6 11,537 21,137 23,621 41,162 41,206 138,663 World War Z 9,704 31,412 36,313 77,429 Gap -1,833 8,442 21,134 -20,028 -61,234 Did I say World War Z was going to lose to Fast & Furious 6 in admissions? Hahahaha. I will never say anything bad about that Brad Pitt Chanel commercial ever again.

Yes, it will.

World War Z dominated the pack on Thursday with more than 31,000 admissions. Full update later.

Some news to report:Richard Linklater's Before trilogy got some sneak previews and sold out within 30 minutes.World War Z updateIt's going to pass 30,000 admissions today. It'll probably end with 33,000 admissions.Man of Steel updateThis is inching closer toward 60% capacity in IMAX.

A couple of sellouts were reported for World War Z this morning. 3 PM: World War Z is BLOWING UP. It has broken through 20,000 admissions. Might have to re-think Man of Steel's OW next week.

Thursday adm. (so far) June 20 Rank Title LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 World War Z -- 9,504 -- +194.0% 2 Now You See Me 3,408 2,719 -20.2% -2.3% 3 The Hangover 3 1,630 760 -53.4% -48.1% 4 HK: Forbidden Super Hero -- 394 -- -- 4 American Dreams in China 384 394 +2.6% +0.8% 6 After Earth 1,637 353 -78.4% -67.3% 7 To The Wonder -- 321 -- -- 8 Switch 1,119 298 -73.4% -45.4% 9 Fast & Furious 6 289 242 -16.3% -- 10 The Great Gatsby 242 221 -8.7% -- 11 So Young 763 216 -71.7% -54.4% 12 A Late Quartet -- 197 -- -- 13 Miracle in Cell No. 7 219 172 -21.5% -- 14 Pee Mak Phra Khanong 199 150 -24.6% -40.9% 15 Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery 132 -- -- 16 Rita's Last Fairy Tale -- 122 -- -- 17 Star Trek Into Darkness -- 105 -- -- 18 The Sapphires -- 96 -- -- 19 Ernest & Celestine -- 95 -- -- 20 Liar Game: Reborn -- 69 -- -- Very good for World War Z. Good hold for Now You See Me but it will fall harder today. Hangover 3 didn't get overrun by World War Z. HK: Forbidden Super Hero previews place in the top 5. Great hold for American Dreams in China. Really bad for After Earth. OK for To the Wonder. Switch is a failure for Andy Lau. Blind Detective is out in 2 weeks. That one should do better. Pretty good for Fast & Furious 6 and The Great Gatsby.