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Close enough. Still above 500k, which doesn't change the fact that it's a crazy number.

Quiet months for Hollywood movies in Indonesia. But not the case with local movies. Particularly a comedy movie, "Agak Laen", is making a splash right now with growing admission numbers. Day 1 = 181,689 Day 2 = 195,964 / 377,653 Day 3 = 305,299 / 682,952 Day 4 = 330,038 / 1,012,990 Day 5 = 278,188 / 1,291,178 Day 6 = 280,193 / 1,571,371 Day 7 = 323,096 / 1,894,467 Day 8 = 556,533 / 2,451,000 (projection) With a long weekend just started, a day off on Election Day, great reviews and a very strong WOM, it will keep growing, possibly to be one of the biggest movies ever. With 4 other local movies playing at the same time, it feels like a mini Eid week. Eid Holiday week is usually when a number of local blockbusters are released together and the box office numbers are the biggest within a year, kinda like Chinese New Year in China.

Wait, are these numbers until Sunday? Cause that's very low for Indonesia compared to tracking. Cinepoint tracking says $5.2M OW:

We have OW numbers in Indonesia and the Philippines. That's a good indicator.

I kinda suspected many parents would bring their kids to Barbie, thinking that it's a family/kids movie. I mean, it's Barbie after all. I guess I was right. And we know that it is not a kids movie, at all. Hence the walk outs. Most people at my show yesterday were adults and teens though. And many of them seemed to enjoy it. I still think WOM will be mixed-to-positive.

I think it's kinda expected. A female-centric movie with a strong feminism message and a 3-hour biopic drama, are not the kind of movies that most people here enjoy very much. That's why I was actually surprised Barbie got really strong presales. The marketing really worked. They are getting pretty good ratings on Cinepoint though, with a 9 for Oppenheimer. So at least they are well-liked by Cinepoint users.

Yesss. Very captivating. It's a long movie, but I wanna see it again if I have time. Why? I saw it's getting 8.7. A little bit on the low side, but not that bad. Insidious got an 8. Having said that, I can imagine Barbie getting strong reactions from some people here.

Pre-sales here in Indonesia look really strong. Wednesday, its opening day, being a public holiday also helps. Usually only big action blockbuster or superhero movies, or sometimes horror (like Insidious or the Conjuring franchise) have strong pre-sales, and Barbie is far from those genres, but here we are.

Tracking around 3.3M first 3 days in Indonesia (Wed-Fri).

Just saw this. Thrilling, intense, exciting, entertaining, stylish, with drama, humor, and of course great actions. Also loved the characters and what the actors did with them. WOM will be amazing.

Just got back. This is the best movie I've seen this year. WOW. I got goosebumps at the end. One of the best CBMs ever.

So that $750K was for 2 days, not 3 days.

Sewu Dino is being released in Cambodia? Makes me wonder what other Indonesian films were released there.

Additional notes: - GotG3 passed that number with ease - That EDR number is almost 3 times its OD (FRI)

The reason is still unclear. At first it was rumored that it didn't get a release because it was too gory and violent. But all Halloween reboot movies and Evil Dead Rise are here, so, obviously not that. Then it was because of its LGBTQ content. But as long as it's not too heavy, it should have been fine. Many other movies with the same content were still released (Eternals, Fantastic Beast 3, Thor 4, Shazam 2, Doctor Strange 2, etc).