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4 minutes ago, Fullbuster said:

The brazilian is finally gotta be exciting this coming week with Captain Marvel, the all-time record for an OG comicbook movie would be nice :D

 

For the sake of comparison Black Panther started with R$31m OW, Aquaman with R$28.4m.

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I know the top 10 of most anticipated movies on Adorocinema is not the best indicator but that's all we have and according to it Captain Marvel is the most anticipated movie, it's been for a while.

 

Shazam is not in the top 10, which is surprising when even X-Men Dark Phoenix is in. The Lion King is there, which is a good omen.

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On 2/18/2019 at 6:20 PM, Fullbuster said:

Let's start with the biggest movie franchise in Brazil

 

THE AVENGERS

 

In USD / $

 

The Avengers => $63.9m

The Avengers: Age of Ultron =>$47.9m

The Avengers: Infinity War =>$66.7m

 

In local currency / Brazilian Reais

 

The Avengers => R$129.6m

The Avengers: Age of Ultron => R$146.2m

The Avengers: Infinity War =>R$237.8m

 

In admissions

 

The Avengers => 10.911 millions

The Avengers: Age of Ultron => 10.117m

The Avengers: Infinity War => 14.57m

Basically, exchange rate robbed $40mn Approx from Infinity War.

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20 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

Basically, exchange rate robbed $40mn Approx from Infinity War.

And it's even worse at this point in time. If Endgame does the same as Infinity war it would drop even more to $63m almost another $3.7m scraped off.

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59 minutes ago, pepsa said:

And it's even worse at this point in time. If Endgame does the same as Infinity war it would drop even more to $63m almost another $3.7m scraped off.

ep, and given the overall stagnation it's unlikely to change much in 1 month so a drop in USD is very likely and that's so unfair :o

 

Apart from that, just for the laugh:

 

 

 

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58 minutes ago, salvador-232 said:

Top movie in Brasil was A Dog Way Home with 600k USD. Even Chile has better weekends than that jaja.

 

CM couldn't land in a better moment

 

Yeah Brazilians definitely keep their money for the many big movies releasing this year :)

 

Still, with such weak weeks the Brazilian BO is probably strongly down year-on-year :o

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33 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

You don’t even get partial data like US?

 

If I had such data I'd share them all the time..

These data could exist but like many such stats they'd probably be behind FilmeB's paywall...

 

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Captain Marvel : March 7

Dumbo : March 28

Shazam : April 4

Hellboy : April 11

Avengers Endgame : April 25

Detective Pikachu : May 9

Aladdin 2019 : May 23

 

I completely forgot about Dumbo this month...I don't see it being big in Brazil but who knows?

Will Hellboy be a problem for Shazam??? I forgot about Hellboy too..

 

It's a very crowded year..

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Biggest Opening Weekends in Brazil in local currency

 

Avengers Infinity War : 65.2m

Justice League : 46.4m

Captain America Civil War : R$43.8m

Batman vs Superman : 40.6m

Fast&Furious 8 : 38.1m

Fast&Furious 7 : 38.1m

The Avengers 2 : 37.9m

Twilight BD Part 2 : 37.4m

Suicide Squad : 35.5m

Beauty and the Beast 2017 : 34.2m

Star Wars Episode VII : 33m

Black Panther : 31m

Spider-Man Homecoming : 29.6m

Aquaman : 28.4m

Thor 3 : 26.6m

Despicable Me 3 : 26.2m

Nada a Perder : 26.1m

Logan : 25.8m

The Nun : 25.6m

Iron Man 3 : 25.5m

The Incredibles 2 : 25.2m

Deadpool : 25.2m

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 : 24.6m

Os Dez Mandamentos : 24.6m

Finding Dory : 24.4m

Wonder Woman : 24m

Jurassic World : 23.9m

The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 : 23.7m

Star Wars Episode VIII : 23.6m

Fifty Shades of Grey : 23.1m

Fifty Shades of Grey 2 : 23m

Minions : 23m

Fantastic Beasts : 22m

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 : 21.8m

The Avengers : 21.7m

Deadpool 2 : 21.6m

The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 : 21.1m

X-Men Apocalypse : 20.6m

Noah : 20.1m

 

Harry Potter / Potterverse in Brazil (FEBRUARY 2019, in US Dollars)

 

Harry Potter 8 $35.7m

Harry Potter 7 $23.9m

Harry Potter 6 $20.2m

Harry Potter 5 $17.5m

Harry Potter 4 $13.7m

Harry Potter 1 $9.7m

Harry Potter 3 $6.9m

Harry Potter 2 $6.0m

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them: $19.5m

Fantastic Beasts 2: $15.8m

 

Total: $169m

 

TOTAL REVENUES : MARVEL VS DC (FEBRUARY 2019)

 

I decided to combine the gross of all movies from these 2 brands from 2002 to February 2019 to know in an accurate way which one is the most popular (both are very popular but to which extent?). The numbers are only in USD/$, maybe I'll add numbers in local currency someday. Let's start with Marvel, I'll add DC later:

  

MARVEL (inclusing Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four..etc..): $902m

 

 

TOTAL REVENUES : MARVEL VS DC (FEBRUARY 2019)

 

I decided to combine the gross of all movies from these 2 brands from 2002 to February 2019 to know in an accurate way which one is the most popular (both are very popular but to which extent?). The numbers are only in USD/$, maybe I'll add numbers in local currency someday. Let's start with Marvel, I'll add DC later:

 

DC (all movies since 2002): $274m

 

 

THE AVENGERS

 

In USD / $

 

The Avengers => $63.9m

The Avengers: Age of Ultron =>$47.9m

The Avengers: Infinity War =>$66.7m

 

In local currency / Brazilian Reais

 

The Avengers => R$129.6m

The Avengers: Age of Ultron => R$146.2m

The Avengers: Infinity War =>R$237.8m

 

In admissions

 

The Avengers => 10.911 millions

The Avengers: Age of Ultron => 10.117m

The Avengers: Infinity War => 14.57m

 

 

Blue Sky Animation movies in Brazil (in USD)

Ice Age 3 : 45.4m
Ice Age 4 : 44.5m
Rio : 33.6m
Rio 2 : 28.5m

Ice Age 5 : 25m
Ice Age 2 : 19.9

Ferdinand : 14.4m
Epic : 8m

The Peanuts Movie : 7.9m
Ice Age : 5.6m

 

 

How important Brazil is for Hollywood movies (in USD)?

Let's see this with the global ranks.Brazil is,for now,the 10th biggest BO market,so anything between the 10th and 7th was more or less in sync with the size of the market. Anything beyond 7th overperformed.

PS: This is only a comparison with other overseas markets, North America is not taken into account here.

 

OVERPERFORMING MOVIES


-Rio: 1st,Brazil was its biggest market
-The Fault in our Stars : 1st
-Rio 2 : Brazil = 2nd biggest market behind China

-Justice league: 2nd, behind China

-Wonder Woman: 2nd, behind China
-Twilight BD2 : 2nd,behind UK

-Furious 8 : 2nd
-The Avengers : 3rd market,behind China and UK.

Aquaman : 3rd behind China and South Korea

-The Avengers Infinity War : 4th

-Captain America Civil War: 4th

-Black Panther: 4th

-Beauty and the Beast 2017 : 4th
-Iron Man 3 : 4th biggest
-Captain America 2 : 4th biggest
-X-Men DOFP : 4th
-Ice Age 3 : 4th

-Thor Ragnarok: 4th

-Spider-Man Homecoming: 4th
-Shrek 4 : 4th
-Wreck-It Ralph : 4th

-Furious 7 : 4th

-The Avengers 2 : 5th
-The Amazing Spiderman : 5th biggest

-Finding Dory

-Moana : 5th
-Tangled : 5th

-Despicable Me 3 : 6th
-Ice Age 4 : 6th
-Madagascar 3 : 6th

 

IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT SIZE OF THE MARKET

 

-Star Wars The Last Jedi: 8th

-Guardians of the Galaxy 2: 7th

-Star Wars The Force Awakens : 8th

-Rogue One : 8th

-The Hobbit 2 : 10th

 

UNDERPERFORMING MOVIES


-Frozen : 11th
-Avatar : 11th
-Transformers 3 : 11th

 

I added Aquaman!

 

 

 

BIGGEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME IN LOCAL CURRENCY (AS OF JANUARY 2019)

 

THE AVENGERS INFINITY WAR: R$235m

The Avengers 2 : R$146m

The Incredibles 2 : R$143.7m

Captain America Civil War : R$143m

Fast&Furious 7 : R$142m

Justice League : R$133.6m

Fast&Furious 8 : R$132.7m

Batman vs Superman : R$132.6m

Beauty and the Beast 2017 : R$130.2m

The Avengers : R$129.6m

Despicable Me 3 : R$127m

Minha Mãe É Uma Peça 2 - O Filme : R$124.2m

Black Panther : R$121.5m

Minions : R$120m

Nada A Perder : R$119m

Suicide Squad : R$118m

Os Dez Mandamentos - O Filme : R$116m

Finding Dory : R$113.5m

Star Wars The Force Awakens : R$109m

Wonder Woman : R$109m

Tropa de Elite 2 : R$103m

Avatar : R$102m

Spider-Man Homecoming : R$102m

Twilight BD2 : R$101m

Thor Ragnarok : R$99.9m

 

 

2018 TOP MOVIES IN ADMISSIONS (AS OF JANUARY 2018)

 

1. Despicable Me 3 = 8.970.000

2. Justice League = 8,632,000

3. The Fate of the Furious = 8.505.038

4. Beauty and the Beast = 8.289.228

5. Wonder Woman = 7.038.639

6. Spider-Man Homecoming = 6.685.000

7. Wonder Woman = 6,591,000

8. Logan = 6.434.801

9. Thor Ragnarok = 6,371,000

10. Moana= 5,129,602

11. The Shack= 5,117,000

12. Fifty Shades Darker= 4.609.994

13. IT = 4,439,000

14. Guardians of the Galaxy 2= 4.181.125

15. Pirates of the Caribbean 5 = 3,654,000

16. Star Wars The Last Jedi = 3,519,000

 

Box Office Brazil Top All-Time in US Dollars (As of January 2019)
 

Titanic  (+Titanic 3D) : 75.5m

The Avengers Infinity War : 66.7m
The Avengers : 63.9m
Tropa de Elite 2 : 62.9m
Avatar : 58m
Twilight BD2 : 54.2m
Iron Man 3 : 47.9m

The Avengers Age of Ultron : 47.85m

Furious 7 : 46.6m
Ice Age 3 : 45.4m

Ice Age 4 : 44.5m

Fate of the Furious : 41.8m

Beauty and the Beast (2017) : 41.5m

Captain America Civil War : 40.5m
Shrek 4 : 40m

Despicable Me 3 : 39m

Justice League : 38.1m

The Incredibles 2 : 37.6m

Batman vs Superman: 37.6m

Minions : 37.5m

Black Panther: 36.9m

Suicide Squad : 36.6m
Harry Potter DH2 : 35.7m
Despicable Me 2 : 35.5m

 

Dreamworks Animation movies in Brazil (in USD)

Shrek 4 : 40m
Madagascar 3 : 28.6m

How to Train Your Dragon 2 : 24.8m
Puss in Boots : 24.5m
Kung Fu Panda 2 : 19.7m
Shrek 3 : 18.6m
Madagascar 2 : 17m
Kung Fu Panda : 16.3m
The Croods : 15.2m

The Boss Baby: 14.8m
Rise of the Guardians : 12.5m
Madagascar : 11.7m
How to Train Your Dragon : 11.4m
Megamind : 10.3m
Shrek 2 : 9.5m

Trolls: 7.4m

Home : 7.1m
Over the hedge : 7.1m
Monsters vs Aliens : 7m
Bee Movie : 6.7m

Kung Fu Panda 3 : 6.6m
Mr Peabody and Sherman : 6.4m
Turbo : 5.3m
Shrek : 4.6m
Shark Tale : 4.5m

 

 

EVERYONE: This list was created in 2014 and not updated since then, so I have the pleasure to announce you it's finally done, adding movies such as Trolls, Home, The Boss Baby and Kung Fu Panda 3.

Next update: When How To Train Your Dragon 3 releases in March 2019, this one could be pretty big. :)

 

 

Harry Potter / Potterverse in Brazil (in USD)

 

Harry Potter 8 $35.7m

Harry Potter 7 $23.9m

Harry Potter 6 $20.2m

Fantastic Beasts $19.5m

Harry Potter 5 $17.5m

Harry Potter 4 $13.7m

Harry Potter 1 $9.7m

Harry Potter 3 $6.9m

Harry Potter 2 $6.0m

 

Same here, not updated in a while so I added Fantastic Beasts

 

HARRY POTTER / POTTERVERSE MOVIES IN LOCAL CURRENCY

 

Fantastic Beasts : R$64.5m

Harry Potter 8 : 57.1m

Harry Potter 7 : 39.1m

Harry Potter 6 : 36.2m

Harry Potter 5 : 31.8m

Harry Potter 4 : 30.3m

Harry Potter 3 : 21.5m

Harry Potter 2 : 22.96m

Harry Potter 1 : 22.90m

 

 

Pirates of the Caribbean in Brazil (in USD)

Pirates of the Caribbean : Not available
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 : 10.8m
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 : 15.7m
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 : 30.4m

Pirates of the Caribbean 5 : 16.7m

 

 

YEARLY ADMISSIONS IN BRAZIL

 

                        2001 : 75 million admissions

2002 : 91m

  2003 : 105m

  2004 : 117m

2005 : 94m

2006 : 90m

   2007 : 89.3m

   2008 : 89.1m

  2009 : 113m

  2010 : 135m

  2011 : 142m

  2012 : 149m

  2013 : 151m

  2014 : 157m

  2015 : 171m

2016: 185m

2017: 183m

 

Box Office Brazil Horror Movies (in USD)

 

The Nun: 20.5m

IT = 19.9m

Annabelle = 16.3m

World War Z = 14.7m

The Conjuring 2 = 13.6m

Annabelle Creation = 12.8m

Resident Evil Retribution = 9.8m

Resident Evil Afterlife = 9.5m
The Conjuring = 7.8m

Rings = 6.8m
Paranormal Activity 4 = 6m
Underworld Awakening = 5.7m
Final Destination 5 = 5.2m
Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones = 5.11m
Paranormal Activity 3 = 5.1m
Paranormal Activity = 4.9m
Dark Shadows = 4.9m
A Haunted House = 4.9m
Scream 4 = 4.6m
The Final Destionation = 4.5m

Happy Death Day = 4.3m

Saw 3D = 4.25m
Paranormal Activity 2 = 4.2m

Resident Evil Extinction = 3.8m

Mama = 3.76m
Saw 4 = 3.7m

Don't Breathe = 3.2m

Alien Covenant = 3m
Carrie = 2.8m

Jigsaw = 2.6m
Warm Bodies = 2.5m

Resident Evil Apocalypse = 2.4m

Evil Dead = 2m
Insidious 2 = 1.8m

OUIJA 2 = 1.8m

Get Out = 1.7m
A Haunted House 2 = 1.6m
Underworld Rise of the Lycans = 1.4m
Insidious = 0.9m
Oculus = 0.86m

Silent Hill = 0.6m
Zombieland = 0.4m
Jennifer's Body = 0.39m
The Purge = 0.2m

 

I added many movies, the damn list hasn't been updated since early 2014.

 

Since then IT came and destroyed everything else 😛

 

 

OPENING WEEKEND NUMBERS FOR COMICBOOK MOVIES (IN ADMISSIONS AND WITHOUT PREVIEWS)

 

The Avengers Infinity War : 3.654.770

Justice League : 2.685.000

Captain America Civil War : 2,653,670

Batman vs Superman : 2,395,269

The Avengers Age of Ultron : 2,372,992

Suicide Squad : 2,112,000

Iron Man 3 : 1.837.064

Spider-Man Homecoming : 1.715.000

Black Panther : 1.707.000

Deadpool : 1.700.000

The Amazing Spiderman 2 : 1,664,000

Logan : 1.639.000

The Avengers : 1.638.294

Aquaman : 1,583,000

Thor The Dark World : 1.522.000

Wonder Woman : 1.358.000

Deadpool 2 : 1.327.000

X-Men Apocalypse : 1,296,000

X-Men Days of Future Past : 1,270,000

Thor The Dark World : 1.217.390

Guardians of the Glaxy 2 : 1.193.000

Doctor Strange : 1.152.000

Batman The Dark Knight Rises : 1.143.857

The Amazing Spiderman : 985.963

The Wolverine : 973,000

The Guardians of the Galaxy : 850,079

Fantastic Four 2015 : 687,826

Man of Steel : 677,000

Big Hero 6 : 494.226

 

I added Avengers 3, Logan, Doctor Strange,Deadpool 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Thor 3, Logan and Black Panther.

 

Yep, didn't edit it for a while ^^

 

 

BRAZIL BOX OFFICE REVENUES

 

2006 : $351m

2007 : $360m

2008 : $369m

2009 : $490m

2010 : $637m

2011 : $727m

2012 : $732m

2013 : $795m

2014 : $830m

2015 : $500m

2016 : $784m

2017 : $844m

 

2017 was the highest level ever in USD but with the current exchange rate I'm not sure 2018 will increase in USD...in local currency it's pretty sure though.

 

BRAZIL BOX OFFICE REVENUES (in local currency)

 

2015: R$2.3B

2016: R$2.6B

2017: R$2.7B

 

BIGGEST ANIMATED MOVIES IN LOCAL CURRENCY (BRAZILIAN REAIS -> R$) (2000-2018)

 

The Incredibles 2 : R$143.7m

Despicable Me 3: R$125.9m

Minions : R$120m

Finding Dory : R$113.4m

Ice Age 4 : R$94.7m

Ice Age 3 : R$81.1m

Despicable Me 2 : R$80.5m

Hotel Transylvania 3 : R$73.7m

Moana: R$71.8m

Ice Age 5 : R$71.2m

Shrek 4 : R$70.5m

Moana : R$69.8m

Rio : R$68.8m

Rio 2 : R$64.7m

Pets : R$62m

Madagascar 3 : R$58.9m

How To Train Your Dragon 2 : R$56.1m

The Smurfs : R$52.1m

The Good Dinosaur : $48.3m

Spongebob : R$48.1m

Frozen : R$47.5m

Ferdinand : R$46.9m

Boss Baby : R$45.9m

Inside Out : R$45.6m

Ice Age 2 : R$42.8m

Wreck-It Ralph : R$42.7m

Toy Story 3 : R$42m

Tangled : R$39.8m

Alvin & The Chipmunks 3 : R$39.8m

Zootopia : R$38.6m

Monsters University : R$37.3m

Brave : R$37.2m

Shrek 3 : R$35.7m

Big Hero 6 : R$34.5m

The Croods : R$33.6m

Cars 2 : R$33.5m

The Smurfs 2 : R$32.5m

Kung Fu Panda 2 : R$31.3m

Hotel Transylvania : R$31.1m

Coco: R$29.2m

Shrek 2 : R$29m

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 : R$28.4m

Madagascar : R$27.9m

The Incredibles : R$27.8m

The Little Prince : R$27.7m

Finding Nemo : R$27.3m

Kung-Fu Panda : R$26.8m

Despicable Me : R$23.4m

How To Train Your Dragon : R$21.9m

Dinosaur : R$20.4m

Garfield The Movie : R$19.5m

Up : R$19.4m

Cars : R$19.1m

The Simpsons: R$17.1m

Ratatouille : R$16.6m

Over the Hedge : R$15.5m

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs : R$13.7m

Monsters Inc : R$13.6m

Monsters vs Aliens : R$13.5m

Ice Age : R$13.3m

Bee Movie : R$11.8m

Stuart Little : R$11.7m

Shrek : R$10.5m

Wall-E : R$10.1m

Stuart Little 2 : R$9.9m

Lilo & Stitch : R$9.8m

Alvin and The Chipmunks : R$9.6m

Horton Who : R$8.9m

Garfield 2 : R$8.9m

Happy Feet : R$8.4m

Pokémon The Movie : R$5.8m

 

BIG UPDATE: I added The Incredibles 2 (highest-grossing animated movie of all time, crushing the record), Despicable Me 3, Moana, Boss Baby, Hotel Transylvania 3, Ferdinand and Coco.

 

ANIMATED MOVIES IN BRAZIL IN ADMISSIONS

 

The Incredibles 2 : 9.67 million admissions

Ice Age 3 : 9.28m

Despicable Me 3 : 8.98m

Minions : 8.83m

Ice Age 4 : 8.66m

Finding Dory : 8,177m

Shrek 4 : 7.38m

Despicable Me 2 : 6.97m

Rio : 6.35m

Ice Age 2 : 5.87m

Ice Age 5 : 5.26m

Hotel Transylvania 3 : 5.25m

Madagascar 3 : 5.21m

Rio 2 : 5.19m

Madagascar 2 : 5.16m

Alvin 2 : 5.155m

Alvin 3 : 5.151m

Moana : 5.14m

The Lion King : 5.1m

The Smurfs : 5.07m

Finding Nemo : 4.8m

Shrek 3 : 4.69m

Shrek 2 : 4.67m

How To Train Your Dragon 2 : 4.6m

Pets : 4,39m

Toy Story 3 : 4.371m

Puss in Boots : 4.37m

Madagascar : 4.35m

The Incredibles : 4.29m

Frozen : 3.94m

Tangled : 3.93m

Kung-Fu Panda : 3.8m

Inside Out : 3.75m

Spongebob : 3.72m

Wreck-It Ralph : 3.65m

The Good Dinosaur : 3.6m

Brave : 3.49m

Ferdinand : 3.43m

Cars 2 : 3.42m

Alvin 4 : 3.41m

Monsters University : 3.28m

Hotel Transylvania 2 : 3.27m

Garfield : 3.22m

Penguins of Madagascar : 3.13m

Boss Baby : 3.12m

Kung-Fu Panda 2 : 3.03m

The Smurfs 2 : 2.91m

Cars : 2.83m

Zootopia : 2.8m

The Croods : 2.76m

Big Hero 6 : 2.71m

Hotel Transylvania : 2.52m

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 : 2.46m

Despicable Me : 2.42m

Peanuts : 2.26m

The Simpsons : 2.22m

Ratatouille : 2.20m

Up : 2.045m

How To Train Your Dragon : 2.04m

The Little Prince : 1.99m

Coco : 1.95m

Kung-Fu Panda 3b: 1.7m

Bee Movie : 1.68m

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 : 1.407m

Monsters vs Aliens : 1.413m

Wall-E : 1.401m

Alvin 1 : 1.401m

Garfield 2 : 1.33m

Horton Who : 1.19m

Happy Feet : 1.15m

Surf's Up : 1.16m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

 

In US Dollars

How To Train Your Dragon: 11.5m

How To Train Your Dragon 2: 20.8m

How To Train Your Dragon 3: 14.5m

 

In local currency

How To Train Your Dragon: 21.9m

How To Train Your Dragon 2: 55m

How To Train Your Dragon 3: 55.9m

 

In admissions

How To Train Your Dragon: 2m

How To Train Your Dragon 2: 4.6m

How To Train Your Dragon 3: 3.75m

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