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Broadway/AMC increased their ticket prices by $5/$10 starting this weekend for all movies. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Saturday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 17</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 53,912</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 53,809</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5,135</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,317</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -54.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,765</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,553</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -67.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 976</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Sherlock held the lead straight until the end but Mission Impossible came back once again at night. It managed to erase a 4,000 admissions deficit by the end of the day. Extremely good for 3 Idiots. I have no doubt that this will be saved next weekend and that it will see a hefty increase. Apple of My Eye did ok but it won't be enough to save it from the onslaught. After its horrendous start, Arthur Christmas has been doing quite well. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sunday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> (so far)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 18</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21,640</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +10.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 20,477</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -12.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,901</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,157</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -39.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +7.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 846</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,431</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 407</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -71.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -34.7%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sunday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 18</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 52,474</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 46,633</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -13.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,615</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,804</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -39.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +21.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,318</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +35.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,506</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,013</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -71.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -34.8%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec 15-18</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163,073</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 152,810</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7,533</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,223</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> December 15 Weekend Estimates 1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - $1,200,000 2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - $1,050,000 3. 3 Idiots - $40,000 (-48.0%)/$2,750,000 4. Arthur Christmas - $30,000 (-52.5%)/$250,000 5. You Are the Apple of My Eye - $26,000 (-66.1%)/$7,790,000 Mission Impossible does it and defeats Sherlock Holmes in dramatic fashion after being behind by $120,000 before opening day and losing in admissions on Saturday. It not only managed to win in an outright manner on Sunday but padded its lead as the day increased. This may be a sign of strong word of mouth seeping in. No doubt, you can thank IMAX for most of the gap created as Sherlock Holmes did have theaters where it outperformed Mission Impossible by a fair bit. While it did win the weekend, it did not do so in an explosive way. It came in below MI3's OW by about -40% and with increased ticket prices, it will come in below Johnny English Reborn's OW. Also, when going back through Tom Cruise's 100m+ domestic movies, MI4's OW ranks below War of the Worlds and Mission Impossible 3. You'll have to go back to 2004 when Collateral only opened to $400,000. MI4 is now looking ahead to finish with about 3.5-4.0m depending on how it does with the holidays. Sherlock Holmes 2, meanwhile, increased from its predecessor but not by much. It too suffered under the weight of competition. Its OW is down 31% from Iron Man 2 and this also benefited from increased ticket prices. All in all, it was a pretty underwhelming weekend and both movies are looking towards Christmas holidays to boost its total. Sherlock Holmes is also looking for a total of about 3.0-4.0m. If 3 Idiots manages to pull off a drop below 50%, that would be shocking. Shocking that all screens for primetime showings were all locked up by MI4 & SH2 but it somehow found enough people to watch it with what little showtimes it had left. That would be an astounding drop and it will survive Christmas week. Good news as that should benefit the movie with its long running time. The amazing thing is that HK's gross is only about $250,000 behind South Korea's for highest grossing foreign territory (not counting India obviously) and it already passed the UK on the first weekend of December. You Are the Apple of My Eye's wheels have fallen off with a mediocre drop but it won't be enough to save it from getting slashed next weekend. Its total looks to be a little over 7.8m, good enough for #2 all-time for local films (all Chinese language movies).

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<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> (so far)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 15</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10,343</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9,578</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,060</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 405</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -61.8%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 198</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -83.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 142</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 15</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 24,390</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 20,842</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,773</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 940</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -47.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,746</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 599</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -65.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,567</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 477</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -81.4%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Mission Impossible was boosted by midnight showings at almost every theater. I'm surprised that Sherlock only increased by 5,000 admissions from previews to opening day. Not good. 3 Idiots had an exceptional drop. Not bad for Apple of My Eye. White Vengeance is pretty much dead. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday Actuals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 15</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Last Thu. (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Thursday (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Theaters</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Days</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Total</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $212,354</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 88</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $233,899</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $139,619</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 78</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $242,895</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $9,290</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $5,810</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -37.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 106</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,711,825</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $11,061</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,688</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -57.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 57</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,763,931</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $16,538</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $3,178</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -80.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $349,196</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $15,217</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,889</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -81.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $127,230</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 2)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,889</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,622</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -81.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $194,059</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> RE</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,394</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $219,762</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,473</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,275</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -89.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,140,861</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,528</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $827</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -81.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 29</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $382,224</td> </tr> </tbody></table> So Mission Impossible manages to make up the deficit from Sherlock's Wednesday previews in just 1.1 days. It's performance, however, is nothing spectacular. At that pace, it is headed for a 1.1-1.3m weekend...possibly below Johnny English's weekend and well below MI3's opening weekend. Sherlock's opening day was muted thanks to its special screenings. It's on pace for a 1.0-1.3m weekend which would be higher than its predecessor's start. 3 Idiots continues to post strong numbers. I cannot wait for My Name is Khan in 3 weeks. That one is getting a wide release and should do some incredible numbers. Apple of My Eye continues to inch closer and closer to Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. It'll be close for #2 with Soccer. Other holdovers dropped in the 80% range. This is standard when a big new release or multiple big releases come out. Arthur Christmas makes a return into the top 10. It should land somewhere in the top 5 this weekend. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Friday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> (so far)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 16</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15,478</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +61.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14,416</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +39.4%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 657</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +62.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 571</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 407</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +186.6%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Friday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 16</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 32,400</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +32.8%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 31,423</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +50.8%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,472</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +56.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,058</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +76.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 592</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> With opening day-itis gone, Sherlock held the top spot for most of the day but Mission Impossible passed it near the end of the day. With gross, Mission Impossible should be about $50,000 ahead for Friday. Still, underwhelming performances by both movies. Both needed to have strong opening weekends to save itself from big screen cuts next weekend. After coming off the worst weekend in 4 years last weekend, this was supposed to be the time for both movies to co-exist but score high weekend grosses. At this point, both movies will probably decrease next weekend and Breaking Dawn actually has a fleeting chance at capturing #1 next weekend.<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Saturday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> (so far)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 17</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23,314</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +50.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19,584</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +35.8%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,078</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +64.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 938</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +64.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 623</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The family quadrant will keep Sherlock ahead for most of the day on Saturday and Sunday but will it stay that way at the end? 3 Idiots seems to be labouring. Apple of My Eye is chugging along slowly. Arthur Christmas might actually pass both Idiots and Eye on both days.

Except the addition of China and growth from other territories will offset any decrease in any major overseas territories.

SH2 had way more screens while MI4 had a handful of places showing special screenings. Most theaters started screening MI4 at midnight (which counts as Thursday).My point though is that SH2 will remain competitive in Asia even if MI4 wins from just those 3 territories. South Korea and Taiwan should see big increases and South East Asia looks to be Sherlock Holmes land.

Those 15k admissions are for Wednesday previews only. LOL.

Thursday Schedules Note: All holdover showtimes in brackets are from Tuesday. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ff6600" colspan="1"> Hollywood</td> <td bgcolor="#ff6600" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ff6600" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ff6600" colspan="1"> New</td> <td bgcolor="#ff6600" colspan="1"> Holdovers</td> <td bgcolor="#ff6600" colspan="1"> Leaving</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 12 showings</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance - 1 showing (▼ 5)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sector 7 3D</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 11 showings</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win - 4 showings (▼ 5)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Nutcracker 3D</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.) - 1 showing (▼ 2)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Can.)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots - 5 showings (▲ 4)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals 3D</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#0000ff" colspan="1"> Palace APM</td> <td bgcolor="#0000ff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#0000ff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#0000ff" colspan="1"> New</td> <td bgcolor="#0000ff" colspan="1"> Holdovers</td> <td bgcolor="#0000ff" colspan="1"> Leaving</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 18 showings</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance - 1 showing (▼ 6)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sector 7 3D</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 17 showings</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots - 2 showings (▼ 5)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Nutcracker 3D</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas (3D Can.) (Tues.)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win (Tues.)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Strawberry Cliff</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 2)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night (Tues.)</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#000080" colspan="1"> Festival Walk</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#000080" colspan="1"> New</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 16 showings</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 11 showings</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00" colspan="1"> The One</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00" colspan="1"> New</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 14 showings</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 13 showings</td> </tr> </tbody></table> December 15 Predictions - Mission Impossible 4 vs. Sherlock Holmes 2 - WWW? <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Wednesday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> (so far)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 14</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5,312</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,785</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Margin Call</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,885</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,836</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sector 7 3D</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,336</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Ignore #2-#5. Wednesday is the day where admissions are highly inflated for some movies. The only number you have to worry about is Sherlock Holmes 2. This number is lower than Pirates 4 3D admissions on its opening Wednesday but higher than Ip Man 2's. It is still pretty early but if Sherlock Holmes keeps up this pace, it'll be heading towards a 2m OW.

I haven't been following: what are their expectations for MI4 domestically and internationally?I really think Sherlock Holmes will be the IT movie for audiences to go see this winter and Mission Impossible seems more like a summer escapism flick than a winter one.The start for Mission Impossible here doesn't really bode well for a lot of the other territories OS. Tom Cruise is a huge draw and the 2 films going head-to-head shows a lot of confidence on Paramount's part to challenge Warner Bros. and their tentpole film.

Now, we head over to The ONE. Will Mission Impossible 4 fare better here? <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00" colspan="1"> The ONE</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes 2</td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible 4</td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Day</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats sold</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats available</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % filled</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Day</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats sold</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats available</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % filled</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 38</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:40 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:50 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:20 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 105</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1141</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 31</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:50 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4:45 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 38</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:40 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 79</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 48.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 39</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 33</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 20.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 104</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 978</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 167</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 978</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:40 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 111</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 111</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:20 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 111</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:20 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:40 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 111</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4:45 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 78</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 111</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 70.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 90</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 55.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:20 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 62</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 111</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 55.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:40 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 64</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 39.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 193</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 666</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 29.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 180</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 978</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 18.4%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:40 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 31</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 39</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:50 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:50 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:15 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 123</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1141</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 61</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 978</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 27</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 16.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:15 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:40 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 35</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:10 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:50 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:50 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 163</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 103</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 978</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 70</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 978</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7.2%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4-day total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 628</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4904</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4-day total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 482</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4075</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11.8%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Similar story here. Aside from the opening day flurry for Mission Impossible, it looks to be a Sherlock Holmes victory. The two most telling points here are Friday and Saturday's data. On Friday, The ONE has (so far) scheduled Sherlock in the smaller of the 2 different size screens with pretty good results. It not only defeats Mission Impossible on a day-to-day comparison but it remains competitive in the peak showtimes as well. Saturday, meanwhile, sees Sherlock doubling Mission Impossible's admissions with 1 extra showtime. Now, you could say that because of the extra showtime for SH2, it will obviously have more admissions. That is true as we get closer to the showtimes themselves but if Mission Impossible was equal to Sherlock Holmes at this early stage, they would have more admissions on other days (Friday, Sunday) but this doesn't seem to be the case. In reality, Mission Impossible is losing to Sherlock Holmes at this theater. Most of the other theaters are in line with these results with a couple of outliers. Those outliers, however, are not enough to make up what should be a huge lead for Sherlock Holmes. I'll be back with another update on Wednesday.

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Saturday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 10</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5,816</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5,135</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -11.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7,756</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,838</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -37.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7,398</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,765</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -35.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,580</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7,679</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,415</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -55.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sunday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 11</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> WKD % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> QD % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7,126</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,727</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -33.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -2.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5,567</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,615</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -17.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -10.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8,577</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,766</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -56.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +10.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,584</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +0.1%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6,008</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,506</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -41.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -26.4%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> I can tell you that 3 Idiots came in at #1 on Friday and is #1 in admissions for the weekend. Tintin might sneak out a 3rd weekend at #1 in gross. Now to the good stuff. First off, a look at the busiest theater in Hong Kong, Langham Place. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> Langham Place</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes 2</td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#808080" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> Mission Impossible 4</td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Day</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats sold</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats available</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % filled</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Day</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats sold</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seats available</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % filled</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 47</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 30</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 82</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 606</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 62</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 30.7%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 31</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 30</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 100</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 75</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 61</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 30.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 37</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 18.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 36</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11.4%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 116</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 76</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.4%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 37</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 18.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 31</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 40</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 43</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 20</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 25</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3:00 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 143</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 65</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 27</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 18</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 33</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 16.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7.4%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 35</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7:30 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10:00 PM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12:30 AM</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 0.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 107</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7.6%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 82</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1414</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.8%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4-day total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 548</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6262</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4-day total</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 298</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5858</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5.1%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Besides a slight gain on Sunday for Mission Impossible 4, it is still well behind Sherlock Holmes 2. The most shocking thing is that is still losing to Sherlock Holmes on its opening day (Thursday). The two benefits that I see for Mission Impossible are that this has been given the biggest screens on Thursday/Friday everywhere and it also has IMAX to bridge the gap. With bigger screens, it should be able to make up some ground on Sherlock Holmes 2 especially if theaters only give Holmes 2 screens. Inflated prices in IMAX will help immensely especially with the movie being marketed for IMAX screens.

New poll added. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec. 1 WKD</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Film Title</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Distributor</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend BO</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weeks</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Engmnts</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Eng. average</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % change</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> B.O. Cume</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Adventures Of Tintin, The</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Paramount Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $263,363</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 37</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,118</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -47%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $909,835</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Seediq Bale (Part 2)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Lighten Distribution</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $233,959</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 23</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $10,172</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $233,959</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Magic To Win</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Newport Ent.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $143,100</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 32</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $4,472</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $143,100</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are The Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Fox Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $118,390</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 32</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $3,700</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -44%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,615,750</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Sony Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $103,950</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 34</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $3,057</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $103,950</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Rum Diary, The</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Intercontinental</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $99,296</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $8,275</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $99,296</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Edko</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $82,881</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $6,375</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -24%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,567,227</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Phantom Of The Opera (25th Anniversary Concert), The</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Universal Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $75,637</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $8,404</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $75,637</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Strawberry Cliff</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Edko</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $43,793</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $5,474</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $43,793</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Fox Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $41,928</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,823</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -47%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,716,334</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Ok for Tintin but it needed to drop better to pass 1.5m. It's looking unlikely now and it will probably finish with 1.2-1.3m. Disappointing run here. That number for Part 2 of Seediq Bale looks incredibly off. Did they combine the grosses for the two parts into one? Magic to Win opened decently. Apple of My Eye is not going to pass Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer. It will need a miracle with the slashing of screens/showtimes left, right and center next week. Currently, it sits at $59.5m HKD and is $1.2m behind Shaolin Soccer but Apple will finish its run with $60m banked. Arthur Christmas bombed but it was expected. Tintin was a much higher profile release than this and this one had little hope considering Tintin only managed a $500,000 opening weekend. Rum Diary opens strongly. Although it is slowing down now, 3 Idiots currently sits 14th overall for the year. Phantom of the Opera impressed. It did get the optimum showtime (1 showtime per day) but because of its over 3 hr length, it is a very good opening weekend for a special feature. Strawberry Cliff performed respectably. In Time is the forgotten success story. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> (so far)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 8</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Nutcracker 3D</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,068</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,237</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,255</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -43.9%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,933</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,204</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -37.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,202</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,278</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,060</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -17.1%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 8</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,567</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Nutcracker 3D</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,477</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,448</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,773</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -27.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,269</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,746</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -46.6%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1,728</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday Actuals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 8</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Last Thu. (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Thursday (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Theaters</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Days</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Total</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $19,106</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $16,538</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -13.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 32</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $222,353</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> White Vengeance</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $15,217</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 26</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $15,217</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $25,422</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,473</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -50.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 38</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $979,511</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $18,831</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $11,061</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -41.3%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 29</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 50</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,647,542</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $11,820</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $9,290</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -21.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 99</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,612,296</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 2)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $16,896</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,889</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -47.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 25</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $132,384</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Rum Diary</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $18,797</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,623</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -54.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $140,095</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Nutcracker</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $5,578</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 26</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $5,578</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sector 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,740</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 11</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,740</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $9,677</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,528</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -53.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $349,697</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Real Steel</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,492,941</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,744,803</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Life Without Principle</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,083,482</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $967,305</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Three Musketeers</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $751,459</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $529,770</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Good for Magic to Win. White Vengeance topping the admissions and finishing 2nd in gross is a pleasant surprise. Tintin has dropped fairly hard for an animation release. It will finish with 1.2-1.3m. Apple of My Eye is going to finish behind Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer for highest grossing local film of all time. 3 Idiots sits at #14 overall for the year. Seediq Bale Part 2 is doing ok but not great. Rum Diary had a strong opening weekend and will finish with more than $200,000. Nutcracker's fall from admissions seems about right. I had doubts that it finished #2 in admissions when it was being beaten by nearly every other release. Seediq Bale Part 1 will finish higher than Part 2. Bring on next week, please. (As a sidenote, do you know Hong Kong is the only territory that will pit Sherlock Holmes and Mission Impossible against each other on the same day?)

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Dec 1-4</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 35,572</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22,832</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -35.8%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 33,419</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21,256</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -36.4%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 39,584</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 20,903</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -47.2%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> December 1 Weekend Estimates 1. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - $320,000 (-35%)/$966,470 2. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 2) - $120,000 3. You Are the Apple of My Eye - $110,000 (-48%)/$7,607,360 4/5. Magic to Win/Seediq Bale (Part 1) - $85,000 (-4% for Seediq Bale 1) * The Rum Diary - $75,000 * 3 Idiots - $80,700 (-26%)/$2,565,046 Tintin had a pretty good hold. It looks like it will turn out to be a marginal disappointment. Seediq Bale Part 2 benefited strongly from the first film plus Golden Horse awards. Apple of My Eye will most likely not catch Kung Fu Hustle for #1 local film of all time. Magic to Win and Part 1 of Seediq Bale will be very close, I think. #2-#5 are all interchangeable at this point with no guarantees except for Tintin winning this weekend. The Rum Diary did pretty well for only going semi-wide. ___________________________________ Kung Fu Hustle 2 is supposedly getting a 2012 release. Stay tuned to this developing story. (Updated poll to reflect this new development.)

No, that Tintin number is still below average. It is way below industry expectations. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Nov. 24 WKD</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Film Title</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Distributor</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend BO</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weeks</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Engmnts</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Eng. average</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % change</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> B.O. Cume</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Adventures Of Tintin, The</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Paramount Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $493,430</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 37</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $13,336</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $493,430</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are The Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Fox Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $212,265</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 34</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $6,243</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -41%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,401,986</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Universal Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $185,141</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 40</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,629</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -63%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $843,169</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Edko</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $109,095</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,392</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,445,902</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Fox Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $79,819</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 27</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,956</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -32%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,639,763</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Margin Call</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Golden Scene</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $64,000</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $3,368</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -54%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $248,527</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> East Meets West 2011</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Newport Ent.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $62,219</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 24</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $2,592</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $62,219</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Little Bit of Heaven, A</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Sundream</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $59,114</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 11</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $5,374</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $59,114</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Golden Scene</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $48,048</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,826</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -39%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $487,784</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Lighten Distribution</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $46,434</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $3,572</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +10%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $107,645</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Tintin fares a bit better but this OW is still below average. Industry watchers expected more from Tintin here. Apple of My Eye will pass 7.5m this upcoming weekend. Immortals jumped off a cliff. 3 Idiots has done extremely well and will pass 2.5m on its way to a possible 3m end. In Time is performing admirably. That is pretty poor for East Meets West although I think both BOM and Variety are not including Newport into their results. A Little Bit of Heaven didn't do good or bad. Starry Starry Night will pass $500,000 before its run is over and Seediq Bale 1 is doing well and might see another increase with Part 2 out this weekend and after its Golden Horse wins for Best Picture, Supporting Actor and Film Score. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 1</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5,382</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,269</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -39.3%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,149</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,089</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -25.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 2)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3,006</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4,540</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,702</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -40.5%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,149</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2,448</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> +13.9%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Apple of My Eye is looking to scrape by with another week in the top 3. Tintin looked good for Thursday but the gain in admissions for the day is worrisome. Strong for Seediq Bale 2. 3 Idiots is still holding on in the top 5. Upcoming vs. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol are both going to air special screenings across Hong Kong with night shows starting on December 14. Sherlock Holmes will start showing at 7 PM while Mission Impossible 4 looks to be leading off at 10 PM. Advanced ticketing for both movies has been released and so far Sherlock Holmes 2 is outdoing Mission Impossible 4 in regular theaters after day 1. Mission Impossible 4, however, has the IMAX advantage and this is doing huge business with IMAX theaters already 15-40% filled with select primetime shows. Mission Impossible has also received the biggest screens over Sherlock Holmes. I guess theater owners are expecting MI4 to outgross SH2 but I think it will be a lot closer than they think. Breaking Dawn Part 1: Why the Twilight series never pays off at Christmas If you've ever payed attention to the international release dates for the Twilight series, you may have noticed one oddity about it. Every winter Twilight release has seen a release close to Christmas in Hong Kong. It's a strategic move that Summit/Golden Scene (HK distributor) considers to be safe and most reliable. I mean what movie could go wrong with a release around Christmas? If there was ever a movie wrong for Christmas though, it would be the Twilight series. Let's recap. 1. None of the Twilight movies has ever spent a week at #1. In the 3 previous installments, all 3 of them debuted at #2 and fell off soon after. This brings me to my next point... 2. Holiday release date means more competition. More competition means less chance of getting big bucks and the coveted ranking. All 3 previous Twilight movies got their start on a holiday weekend or the weekend before a holiday. The first Twilight movie opened alongside Ip Man and Madagascar 2 and then faced Suspect X on Christmas. New Moon went up against Avatar and that was that. Eclipse battled Shrek 4 and lost. Breaking Dawn Part 1 is not only challenged by Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, A&C3, HF2 its opening weekend but it will also have to contend with the 2nd weekends of heavy-hitters Sherlock Holmes 2 & Mission Impossible 4. (As we have seen in past Christmases, movies released the weekend before Christmas will see a 2nd weekend increase.) Had the 3 Twilight films moved around from their scheduled weekends, I'm sure they would have done more business and ranked #1. 3. Late release date means potentially less revenue. We've all heard about the piracy in China. What is stopping people from downloading it when the movie is already out 1 month elsewhere before it comes to Hong Kong? We've already seen what happens when you release a movie later in some parts of the world. Your total decreases from the predecessor. (New Moon dived below 2m after going head-to-head with Avatar.) With Breaking Dawn facing some tough opponents, odds are this release will go back down below 2m. 4. Christmas and romance dramas don't mix. I'm sorry but whoever thought Christmas and vampires/werewolves is a good idea is sorely mistaken. People want to see action or kids movies not romance drama movies. While Twilight opened bigger than Madagascar 2, in the end, Madagascar 2 finished ahead of Twilight in total gross. It also lost to Ip Man OW, one of the breakout hits that holiday season. The other 2 were handily beaten by other openers the same week. 5. The Twilight series has gotten bigger OWs with each release. It may not have gotten more frontloaded with each release but its OW is still something to note. It went from $490k -> $769k -> $815k (summer). Unfortunately, BD1 still has a lot of competition on its plate and I'm unsure if BD1 is going to rise in OW again especially if we see great holds from SH2 and MI4. With the OW becoming more crucial for Twilight, why release it with a host of other films expected to generate fairly good to amazing business? Breaking Dawn Part 1 is one movie where they could have learnt from past mistakes. Instead, they just opt for the safe and predictable play. The most ideal release date would have been December 1. It would have opened 2 weeks after the US and be free from any major releases. If they were that scared of Tintin, December 1 would have been a good choice especially with it 2 weeks away from the SH2/MI4 duo and some demand for Tintin already gone. What does this mean for Breaking Dawn Part 2? Who knows, although most likely they will schedule this the week before Christmas and then it will share its release date with The Hobbit. Book it. 3 Idiots: End date coming soon? It's been pretty incredible watching 3 Idiots run since September 1. No one could have imagined such a historical run with it capturing over 2.5m and possibly toying with 3m. That being said, the magical run will end soon but when will this happen? December 1 is already looking pretty good with a Thursday admissions increase but the weekend might see another small dip. December 8 is looking bare so 3 Idiots will continue to play strongly up until the December 15 weekend. This will be very key for 3 Idiots. If it can escape with a 55-60% drop that weekend (in line with other great WOM movies' drops), that should be enough to get theater owners to keep it for Christmas week. Holiday + long movie means big increase. If it can survive that Dec. 15 weekend, we could be looking at another weekend over $100,000...possibly pushing $150,000 even with so many other movies coming out. December 29 should still be pretty good for 3 Idiots but unfortunately that is where I think it's run will end. My Name is Khan is opening first weekend of January and we have seen from theaters before with other foreign language releases that if a newer movie is opening, they will cut the previous movie to make room for it. Edit: Actuals have come out. <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday Actuals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 1</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Last Thu. (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Thursday (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Theaters</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Days</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Total</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $51,988</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $25,422</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -51.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 40</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $668,446</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Magic to Win</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $19,106</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 32</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $20,585</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $30,752</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $18,831</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -38.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 32</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 43</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,503,066</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Rum Diary</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $18,797</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $18,797</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 2)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $16,896</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $21,872</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,321</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $11,820</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -4.1%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 92</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,498,338</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $10,870</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $9,677</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -11.0%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $272,584</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $9,227</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 36</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $9,227</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Strawberry Cliff</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,842</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,842</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,530</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $5,208</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -38.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 36</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,687,766</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Real Steel</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,490,431</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Life Without Principle</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,082,695</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $921,983</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Three Musketeers</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $750,651</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $504,545</td> </tr> </tbody></table> This top 5 is a bit weird.

3 Idiots comes out on December 8 in China. I wonder if it's popularity will translate to ticket sales since it's the hottest movie on a popular Chinese site.

Good WOM but it's not going to have much time to develop legs with Arthur Christmas coming out this week.

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Nov 24-27</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 67,886</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 39,584</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -41.7%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Can.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 35,572</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (3D Eng.)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 33,419</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals 3D</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 68,496</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 27,427</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -60.0%</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23,858</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22,607</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -5.2%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Tintin's opening weekend admissions: 68,991 The Adventures of Tintin disappointed big but it rebounded slightly on the weekend. The Cantonese version showed considerable strength on Saturday/Sunday and surpassed Apple on Sunday as evidenced by its 22% Sunday jump. It doesn't minimize the poor opening weekend for Tintin though as it was expected to gross more than Immortals OW. After actuals come in, HK will be Asia's 2nd lowest grossing market for Tintin with Philippines and South Korea still to come. Good for Apple of My Eye. It has passed 7.3m and it will crawl past 7.5m with no real big movies coming out the next 2 weeks. Immortals had a horrible drop for a 3D film but this was pretty much expected with mixed WOM and poor ticket sales. 3 Idiots continues to impress and it will spend another weekend over $100,000. Huge misfire for Sony/Paramount. Hindsight is 20/20 but they had a prime slot with the Christmas week opening and moving Tintin from there to end of November 24 was a magnificent blunder. November 24 Weekend Estimates 1. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - $391,000 2. You Are the Apple of My Eye - $207,500 (-42%)/$7,397,220 3. Immortals - $190,000 (-62%)/$848,000 4. East Meets West 2011 - $145,000 5. 3 Idiots - $112,500 (-5%)/$2,449,300 December Release Dates <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ff0000" colspan="1"> Release Date</td> <td bgcolor="#ff0000" colspan="1"> Movie Title</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Arthur Christmas The Rum Diary Magic to Win Patisserie Coin de rue Strawberry Cliff Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Part 2</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Happy Together: All About My Dog White Vengeance Sarah's Key The Nutcracker Sector 7</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 22</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Happy Feet 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> December 29</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> War Horse The Skin I Live In We Bought A Zoo Turning Point 2 Speed Angels</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Thoughts: Obviously the big weeks are the two weeks sandwiched in the middle. December 1 will be a fairly light week with Arthur Christmas presumably winning it. Warriors of the Rainbow Part 2 (and Part 1) will do fairly well now that Seediq Bale has took home some Golden Horse awards including Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Original Score and Audience Choice. December 8 is the calm before the storm with nothing really noteworthy coming out. December 15 is the big weekend with Sherlock Holmes and Mission Impossible fighting it out. Right now, I would say Sherlock Holmes has the slight edge given Robert Downey Jr's bigger starpower from recent movies. Still, Tom Cruise is a huge draw here. The last MI film opened to over $2m in 2006 and Knight & Day opened to over $750,000 last summer. Those did not have formidable competition like Sherlock Holmes however. Sherlock Holmes opened to a hair below 1m 2 years ago on Christmas week...but that faced an unstoppable Avatar in its 2nd weekend. This time, it won't be the underdog. This weekend will rival that of the April 29, 2010 weekend when Ip Man 2 faced off against Iron Man 2 in the battle of the "Man" sequels. I predict that both movies will make a combined total of about 3.5m with Sherlock Holmes squeezing out the victory. December 22 will be the other big week where all 4 openers are expected to contend for a place in the top 5. Breaking Dawn Part 1 will be the one with the best chance of leading the openers. It has steadily grown in OW with Eclipse opening to over $800,000 but its total has been pretty stagnant around the 2m mark. Alvin & The Chipmunks and Happy Feet 2 will march towards the last spot in the top 5. We cannot forget the new Jet Li movie coming out. That is a question mark at this point but it should do fairly well with no wuxia movies out since the summer. This weekend will probably break the 5m mark again with Sherlock Holmes and Mission Impossible holding well. We could see 6 movies gross more than $500,000 this weekend. December 29 is not looking too bad with Turning Point 2 expected to win and War Horse to challenge. Speed Angels won't fare well and We Bought A Zoo should do OK numbers but is not gunning for #1.

Sony has distributing rights in Hong Kong so they should be the distributor.Edit: Just found out that Tintin is being distributed by Intercontinental, which releases Paramount films. That is interesting. Other films in the past have been released by Sony so I don't know why Paramount would distribute when Sony actually has an office here.

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Nov. 17 WKD</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Film Title</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Distributor</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend BO</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weeks</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Engmnts</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Eng. average</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> % change</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> B.O. Cume</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Immortals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Universal Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $502,426</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 39</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $12,883</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $658,028</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are The Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Fox Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $358,021</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 34</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $10,530</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -47%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,189,721</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Margin Call</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Golden Scene</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $140,232</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 26</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $5,394</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $184,527</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Edko</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $118,359</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,454</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -14%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,336,807</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Fox Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $116,765</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 33</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $3,538</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -49%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,559,944</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Golden Scene</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $78,297</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $4,606</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -34%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $439,737</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Trespass</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> One Dollar</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $61,738</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 26</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $2,375</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $92,681</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 50/50</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> UA Films</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $61,628</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $10,271</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $84,954</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Killer Elite</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Walt Disney Int'l</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $47,375</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $3,384</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $66,229</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> Lighten Distribution</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $42,031</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $4,670</td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffff00" colspan="1"> $61,211</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Decent for Immortals. Apple of My Eye blew past 7m and will finish with about 7.5m. Extremely disappointing for Margin Call. 3 Idiots continues its spectacular run. In Time is doing good. Starry Starry Night is having some strong legs. Terrible for Trespass. Excellent for 50/50. Killer Elite did poorly. Seediq Bale did pretty good. (BOM has it at $83,000 -- either way, Variety/BOM will probably fix itself out next week.) <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday Actuals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> November 24</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Last Thu. (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Thursday (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Theaters</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Days</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Total</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $51,988</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 40</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $51,988</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $50,279</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $30,752</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -38.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 34</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 36</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,184,668</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $99,474</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $28,649</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -71.2%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 40</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $684,340</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> East Meets West 2011</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,377</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 24</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,377</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,369</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,321</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -0.4%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 85</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,343,833</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,189</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $10,870</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -10.8%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $129,556</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> A Little Bit of Heaven</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,535</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 12</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,535</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $13,869</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,530</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -38.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 27</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 29</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,571,457</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Margin Call</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $23,560</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $7,333</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -68.9%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 21</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $190,828</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 50/50</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,263</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $6,235</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> -24.5%</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $91,074</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Tintin disappointed big time. I'm not ready to call it a bomb just yet as it is only beginning its run but I'm sure Sony did not have this number in mind when they scheduled it this week. They thought this was a huge contender for the winter crown and the other distributors feared the worst as they dumped fluff movies or didn't bother trying to mute its gross with other high profile pics. Last week, we saw filler movies like Killer Elite, Trespass, Margin Call out and this week, it was a similar story with A Little Bit of Heaven, East Meets West 2011, Jump Ashin! and others all being released. This year has been the story of great WOM movies with many movies turning in better legs than the norm. This week alone, we see You Are the Apple of My Eye, 3 Idiots, Seediq Bale 1, 50/50 and In Time to a lesser extent having good-great drops. It stands to reason that movies with great WOM are gripping the city and that unless you have something appealing, you aren't going to make a ton of money. Massive disappointment for Tintin and next week it goes up against Arthur Christmas. You Are the Apple of My Eye is still doing fine. It is starting to slow down now but before it is all said and done, it will have passed the 7.5m barrier. Congrats to Immortals for going from decent opening weekend to disappointment in its 2nd weekend. Terrible week-to-week drop. Bad for East Meets West 2011. Eason will try again next week with Strawberry Cliff. 3 Idiots still holding on. Very good for Seediq Bale 1. I guess some theaters will try and do a double feature with Seediq Bale 1+2 next week. It's possible that people are waiting for both to come out to just watch it all at once. Maybe an increase for Seediq Bale 1 is in the cards? A Little Bit of Heaven did meh numbers. In Time is doing well. I am a bit surprised it hasn't fallen below 50% yet. Margin Call crashed. 50/50 posted a solid hold. Rest of the top 10 active grosses <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Real Steel</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,476,678</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Life Without Principle</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,075,267</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> The Three Musketeers</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $742,004</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $440,293</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Sleepwalker</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $236,978</td> </tr> </tbody></table>

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Weekend adm.</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Nov 17-20</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Rank</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#00ffff" colspan="1"> % chg</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals 3D</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 68,496</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 67,886</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23,858</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Margin Call</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 23,637</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 19,061</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Couple of squeakers with admissions. Immortals dethrones Apple after its 4 week reign. Apple put up a valiant fight but just could not catch Immortals. 3 Idiots manages to tip over Margin Call with its very strong Sunday. Margin Call really paled in admissions to the 2nd Wall Street (though that did benefit with a holiday), making just 39.1% that Wall Street 2 opened with last September. In Time is benefiting from no 2D screens of Immortals and lack of sci-fi action competition.

1. Sherlock Holmes 22. Breaking Dawn Part 13. Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

November 10 Weekend Actuals <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="rgMasterTable" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00"> <tbody> <tr class="rgAltRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__9"> </tr> <tr> <th class="rank" scope="col"> Rank</th> <th class="title" scope="col"> Film Title</th> <th class="distributor" scope="col"> Distributor</th> <th class="revenue" scope="col"> Weekend BO</th> <th class="weeksRelease" scope="col"> Weeks</th> <th class="weeklyLocation" scope="col"> Engmnts</th> <th class="averageRevenuePerLocation" scope="col"> Eng. average</th> <th class="percentChange" scope="col"> % change</th> <th class="totalRevenue" scope="col"> B.O. Cume</th> </tr> <tr class="rgRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__0"> <td class="rank"> 1</td> <td class="title"> You Are The Apple of My Eye</td> <td class="distributor"> Fox Int'l</td> <td class="revenue"> $669,442</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 4</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 40</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $16,736</td> <td class="percentChange"> -42%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $6,713,770</td> </tr> <tr class="rgAltRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__1"> <td class="rank"> 2</td> <td class="title"> In Time</td> <td class="distributor"> Fox Int'l</td> <td class="revenue"> $230,880</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 3</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 37</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $6,240</td> <td class="percentChange"> -19%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $1,405,156</td> </tr> <tr class="rgRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__2"> <td class="rank"> 3</td> <td class="title"> Three Musketeers, The</td> <td class="distributor"> Intercontinental</td> <td class="revenue"> $154,339</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 2</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 33</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $4,677</td> <td class="percentChange"> -57%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $704,907</td> </tr> <tr class="rgAltRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__3"> <td class="rank"> 4</td> <td class="title"> 3 Idiots</td> <td class="distributor"> Edko</td> <td class="revenue"> $137,280</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 11</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 13</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $10,560</td> <td class="percentChange"> +9%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $2,172,758</td> </tr> <tr class="rgRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__4"> <td class="rank"> 5</td> <td class="title"> Starry Starry Night</td> <td class="distributor"> Golden Scene</td> <td class="revenue"> $118,496</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 2</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 19</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $6,237</td> <td class="percentChange"> +8%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $333,637</td> </tr> <tr class="rgAltRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__5"> <td class="rank"> 6</td> <td class="title"> Drive</td> <td class="distributor"> Golden Scene</td> <td class="revenue"> $91,100</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 1</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 13</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $7,008</td> <td class="percentChange"> </td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $128,069</td> </tr> <tr class="rgRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__6"> <td class="rank"> 7</td> <td class="title"> Tower Heist</td> <td class="distributor"> Universal Int'l</td> <td class="revenue"> $78,143</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 2</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 28</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $2,791</td> <td class="percentChange"> -57%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $353,918</td> </tr> <tr class="rgAltRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__7"> <td class="rank"> 8</td> <td class="title"> I Don't Know How She Does It</td> <td class="distributor"> Sundream</td> <td class="revenue"> $58,987</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 1</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 13</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $4,537</td> <td class="percentChange"> </td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $77,485</td> </tr> <tr class="rgRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__8"> <td class="rank"> 9</td> <td class="title"> Sleepwalker 3D (2011)</td> <td class="distributor"> UA Films</td> <td class="revenue"> $44,148</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 2</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 29</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $1,522</td> <td class="percentChange"> -65%</td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $237,840</td> </tr> <tr class="rgAltRow" id="MainContent_ctl01_FlexColumn1_ctl02_MiddleExtentionArea_ctl00_RadGrid1_ctl00__9"> <td class="rank"> 10</td> <td class="title"> The Killer Who Never Kills</td> <td class="distributor"> FilmMall</td> <td class="revenue"> $38,010</td> <td class="weeksRelease"> 1</td> <td class="weeklyLocation"> 22</td> <td class="averageRevenuePerLocation"> $1,728</td> <td class="percentChange"> </td> <td class="totalRevenue"> $53,340</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" class="tablebg table1"> <tbody> <tr class="1"> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Thursday Actuals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> November 17</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> LW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> TW</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Title</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Last Thu. (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Thursday (USD)</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> % chg</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Theaters</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Days</td> <td bgcolor="#003300" colspan="1"> Total</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Immortals</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $99,474</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 40</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $99,474</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 2</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> You Are the Apple of My Eye</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $50,279</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 36</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 29</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $6,737,120</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Margin Call</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $23,560</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 28</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $23,560</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 4</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> In Time</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $13,869</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 34</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 22</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $1,423,244</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 5</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 3 Idiots</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,369</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 13</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 78</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $2,182,485</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part 1)</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $12,189</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 16</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $17,978</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 7</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Starry Starry Night</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $10,351</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 17</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 15</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $339,202</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 8</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Trespass</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $10,117</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 26</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $10,117</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 9</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> Killer Elite</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,636</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 14</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,636</td> </tr> <tr class="1"> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 10</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 50/50</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,263</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> --</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 6</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> 1</td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="1"> $8,263</td> </tr> </tbody></table> Good start for Immortals. Pretty good for Apple of My Eye although it is slowing down now. Weak for Margin Call. Decent enough run and solid legs for In Time. 3 Idiots is a beast. It has already spent 7 weekends in the top 5 tying Sex & Zen for most weeks spent inside the top 5 this year and will break the record with another top 5 finish this weekend. Seediq Bale starts off well. With the 2nd one set to play in 2 weeks, this should do fairly well with its niche audience. Good number for Starry Starry Night. It might be able to drop less than 50% this weekend. Trespass did substandard numbers. Likewise for Killer Elite. While 50/50's subject matter isn't appealing, it managed strong sales in the arthouse theaters which is boosting its PSA. An exceptional start nonetheless.

2012 OW: 1. The Avengers - $4,468,694 2. The Dark Knight Rises - $3,322,868 3. The Amazing Spider-Man - $2,686,872 (3-day) 4. Men in Black 3 - $2,152,021 5. Ice Age: Continental Drift - $1,988,675 (including previews) 6. Skyfall - $1,905,190 7. Cold War - $1,627,610 (including previews) 8. Prometheus - $1,482,406 (including previews) 9. Resident Evil: Retribution - 1,421,512 10. Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted - 1,335,920 2012 Releases with $1m+ weekends: 1. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $1,133,044 - Jan. 19 2. A Simple Life - $1,075,909 - Mar. 9 3. Love in the Buff - $1,202,410 - Mar. 29 4. Battleship - $1,229,915 - Apr. 12 5. The Avengers - $4,468,694 - Apr. 26 6. Men in Black 3 - $2,152,021 - May 24 7. Prometheus - $1,482,406 - Jun. 7 8. The Amazing Spider-Man - $2,686,872 - Jun. 29 9. Ice Age: Continental Drift - $1,988,675 - Jul. 12 10. The Dark Knight Rises - $3,322,868 - Jul. 19 11. Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted - $1,335,920 - Aug. 2 12. Resident Evil: Retribution - $1,421,512 - Sep. 13 13. The Expendables 2 - $1,067,387 - Sep. 13 14. Ted - $1,348,486 - Sep. 27 15. Skyfall - $1,905,190 - Nov. 1 16. Cold War - $1,627,610 - Nov. 8 Top 10 of 2012 1. The Avengers - $12,468,825 2. The Dark Knight Rises - $10,346,437 3. The Amazing Spider-Man** - $7,950,000 4. Men in Black 3 - $6,118,778 5. Ice Age: Continental Drift - $4,929,128 6. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - $4,535,404 7. Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted - $4,149,734 8. Vulgaria - $3,873,246 9. Ted* - $3,800,953 10. Love in the Buff - $3,605,850 * Denotes movie still in release ** Movie originally tagged with incorrect total, above is an estimate only __________________________________________ 2011 OW: 2011 Releases with $1m+ weekends: Top 10 of 2011 * Denotes movie still in release __________________________________________ 2010 OW: 2010 Releases with $1m+ weekends: Top 10 of 2010 Top 50 (Local - HK$) 1 You Are the Apple of My Eye 2011 $61,801,081 2 KUNG FU MASTER 2004 $61,278,697 3 SHAOLIN SOCCER 2001 $60,739,847 4 POLICE STORY 4 FIRST STRIKE 1996 $57,518,795 5 INFERRAL AFFAIRS 2002 $55,057,176 6 GOD OF GAMBLERS II 1994 $52,541,028 7 CJ7 2008 $51,402,777 8 JUSTICE, MY FOOT 1992 $49,884,734 9 RUMBLE IN THE BRONX 1995 $56,912,536 10 ALL S WELL END S WELL 1992 $48,992,188 11 LUST, CAUTION 2007 $48,750,175 12 THUNDERBOLT 1995 $45,647,210 13 MR NICE GUY 1997 $45,420,457 14 FIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL 1991 $43,829,449 15 IP MAN II 2010 $42,969,617 16 THE STORM RIDERS 1998 $41,532,235 17 THE SAINT OF GAMBLERS 1990 $41,326,156 18 3D SEX AND ZEN 2011 $41,078,280 19 DRUNKEN MASTER 1994 $40,971,484 20 ROYAL TRAMP 1992 $40,862,831 21 THE GOD OF COOKERY 1996 $40,861,655 22 LOVE ON A DIET 2001 $40,435,886 23 ALL S WELL END S WELL 97 1997 $40,435,675 24 FLIRTING SCHOLAR 1993 $40,171,033 25 THE CON MAN 1990 $40,149,328 26 ARMOUR OF GOD II 1991 $39,048,711 27 WHO AM I 1998 $38,852,845 28 TO BE NUMBER ONE 1991 $38,703,363 29 KING OF BEGGARS 1992 $38,622,449 30 INITIAL D 2005 $37,861,779 31 FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE 1994 $37,523,850 32 IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1994 $37,367,669 33 EIGHTH HAPPINESS 1988 $37,090,776 34 TREASURE HUNT 1994 $37,033,685 35 LOVE ON DELIVERY 1994 $36,906,730 36 ROYAL TRAMP II 1992 $36,583,964 37 NOW YOU SEE LOVE...NOW YOU DON T 1992 $36,475,536 38 THE MAGIC TOUCH 1992 $36,399,307 39 GOD OF GAMBLERS 1989 $36,294,029 40 FORBIDDEN CITY COP 1996 $36,051,899 41 ALL S WELL END S WELL, TOO 1993 $35,481,480 42 AMOUR OF GOD 1987 $35,469,408 43 SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR MAN 1995 $35,236,551 44 NEEDING YOU 2000 $35,214,661 45 A BETTER TOMORROW 1986 $34,651,324 46 SWORDSMAN II 1992 $34,462,861 47 72 TENANTS OF PROSPERITY 2010 $34,447,831 48 POLICE STORY II 1988 $34,151,609 49 THE CANTON GODFATHER 1989 $34,036,029 50 FULL THROTTLE 1995 $33,770,736 Top 50 (Foreign - HK$) 1 Avatar 2009 $176,984,565 2 Titanic 1997 $104,615,934 3 Toy Story 3 2008 $89,176,478 4 Transformers Dark of the Moon 2011 $84,703,797 5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 2011 $76,684,969 6 The Lost World - Jurassic Park 1997 $58,505,480 7 Batman the Dark Knight 2008 $58,440,488 8 Inception 2010 $58,380,823 9 Jurassic Park 1993 $58,360,645 10 Spider Man 3 2007 $54,748,361 11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 $52,244,668 12 Independence Day 1996 $49,375,641 13 Transformers Revenge of Fallen 2009 $48,001,594 14 2012 2009 $46,945,966 15 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 $46,460,208 16 Harry Potter and the Half Prince 2009 $45,440,242 17 Pirates of Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 $45,335,349 18 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 2010 $44,878,093 19 Speed 1994 $44,590,580 20 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $44,095,231 21 Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol 2011 $44,075,980 22 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone 2001 $43,220,610 23 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 $41,767,007 24 Day After Tomorrow, The 2004 $41,555,498 25 Transformers 2007 $39,824,065 26 Mission Impossible 1996 $39,631,865 27 Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 $39,394,900 28 King Kong 2005 $39,040,408 29 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret 2002 $38,197,714 30 Lord of the Rings Return of the King 2003 $37,895,480 31 Mummy 2 2001 $37,658,745 32 Night at the Museum 2007 $37,532,096 33 Mummy 3 2009 $37,496,322 34 Mission Impossible II 2000 $36,295,660 35 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 $35,792,787 36 Toy Story 2 2000 $35,541,882 37 Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008 $35,017,051 38 True Lies 1994 $34,862,716 39 Da Vinci Code, The 2006 $34,715,064 40 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 $33,844,908 41 Incredibles, The 2005 $33,777,162 42 Up 2009 $33,248,227 43 Forrest Gump 1994 $32,890,560 44 Die Hard III 1995 $32,720,595 45 Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 $32,446,094 46 Ring, The 1999 $32,014,889 47 Spider Man 2 2004 $31,859,461 48 Finding Nemo 2003 $31,816,876 49 Kung Fu Panda 2008 $31,457,738 50 Gulliver's Travels 2011 $31,116,800 __________________________________________ Records (updated April 28, 2013) All-time - Avatar ($22,930,191) Opening Day - Spider-Man 3 ($958,984) Non-holiday/weekend Opening Day - Iron Man 3 ($851,192; $6,604,302 HK) Single day - Iron Man 3 ($1,491,612) Biggest OW - Iron Man 3 ($4,598,493) Biggest Per Theater Average ever - $104,511 (Iron Man 3) Biggest 2nd weekend - Avatar ($2,803,821) Longest run - 3 Idiots (27 weeks) Avatar Fastest to 20m (10 weeks)/First movie to 20m Most weekends over $10,000 PSA: Consecutive/Non-Consecutive - 20 (its entire run) Most weekends over $20,000 PSA: Consecutive - 6 Most weekends over $20,000 PSA: Non-Consecutive - 14 Most weekends over $30,000 PSA: Non-Consecutive - 3 Highest PSA ever: $43k+ Highest IMAX gross - 2.9 million from 2 screens (after 8 weeks) Transformers: Dark of the Moon First movie to break 4m in 4 days (Hong Kong) First movie to break 5m in 5 days (Hong Kong) First movie to gross more than 1M on 3 consecutive days (Fri-Sun) (Hong Kong) First movie to break 500,000 admissions in one weekend/OW (Thu-Sun) (Hong Kong)

Schedule for upcoming months Release Date Movie Title December 6 Iron Sky My Sassy Hubby The Fierce Wife The Mystical Laws Seal Team 6: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Caught in the Web Rurouni Kenshin The Unbelievable 2 - Channeling the Spirits A Letter to Momo A Ghost of A Chance Back to 1942 Fairy Tail: The Phoenix Priestess December 13 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey All About My Wife Penance (Parts 1-3) December 20 CZ12 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Jack Reacher Wreck-It Ralph Bunny Drop Penance (Parts 4-5) December 25 Les Miserables December 27 Celeste & Jesse Forever In The House The Guillotines Naruto: Road to Ninja Keep the Lights On Release Date Movie Title January 3 Young and Dangerous: Reloaded The Last Tycoon The Last Supper Texas Chainsaw 3D Chasing Mavericks January 8 The Grandmaster January 10 Parental Guidance The Sessions 2 Days in New York The Impossible The Paperboy One Tree Three Lives January 17 The Last Stand Django Unchained Robot & Frank January 24 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Dearest Cloud Atlas Liberal Arts January 30 On the Road January 31 Laurence Anyways 2013 Summer Blockbuster Schedule Release Date Movie Title April 11 Oblivion April 25 Iron Man 3 May 16 Star Trek Into Darkness May 23 The Fast and the Furious 6 June 20 World War Z Evil Dead June 27 Kick-Ass 2 Epic July 4 Despicable Me 2 July 11 Monsters University July 18 Turbo July 25 The Wolverine August 1 The Lone Ranger The Smurfs 2 August 8 Elysium August 15 Planes August 22 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters