Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

[Bluebomb]

Hong Kong $3.7m from 207

From Screendaily.

 

So The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might have clinched #4 OW all time. We'll need to see more concrete actuals first.

Top 10 OW's

1. Iron Man 3 - $4,598,493 ($35.7m HK)
2. The Avengers - $4,355,049
3. Transformers 3 - $4,302,758 ($5,126,924 incl. previews + Wed.)
4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $3,700,000*
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $3,640,758
6. The Dark Knight Rises - $3,322,868
7. Monsters University - $3,275,215 ($25.41m)
8. Toy Story 3 - $3,239,287
9. Kung Fu Hustle - $3.2m
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - $2,976,407
* pending more complete actuals

Note: If you include The Amazing Spider-Man's holiday Monday into its OW, it would have grossed $3,532,545 for 6th OW of all time. Officially, it stands outside the top 10 with a 3-day OW of $2,686,872.

I'm not quite sure if HK box office counts Transformers 3's Tuesday nights + Wednesday into its OW, however, if we stick with the traditional Thu.-Sun. release date, this is the top 10.

Top 10 of All Time

1. Avatar - $22,964,414 ($178,029,440 HK)
2. Titanic - $14,826,276* ($114,939,300 HK)
3. Iron Man 3 - $13,723,457 ($106,389,801 HK)
4. The Avengers - $12,474,280 ($96,705,670 HK)
5. Toy Story 3 - $11,527,276 ($89,364,118 HK)
6. Transformers 3 - $10,926,131 ($84,703,797 HK)
7. The Dark Knight Rises - $10,354,201 ($80,269,966 HK)
8. Monsters University - $9,984,987 ($77,407,664 HK)
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $9,904,797 ($76,785,999 HK)
10. The Amazing Spider-Man - $7,995,435 ($61,983,852)

* Titanic's gross does not include its 3D re-release. Including the 3D re-release, altogether it has grossed $16,511,396 ($128,003,033 HK).

	Monday adm.				May 5
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	--	30,971	--	-48.0%
2	The Other Woman	--	4,205	--	-34.2%
3	That Demon Within	--	2,938	--	-30.2%
4	The Midnight After	--	1,216	--	-28.4%
5	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	--	1,134	--	-31.4%
6	Kano	--	519	--	-44.6%
7	Rio 2	--	449	--	-84.7%
8	Bilocation	--	437	--	-40.9%
9	The Grand Budapest Hotel	--	326	--	-37.7%
10	Naked Ambition	--	262	--	--

Not great for Spidey. Good holds for the rest of the top 5.

	Tuesday adm.	(so far)			May 6
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	--	32,017	--	--
2	Aberdeen	--	2,991	--	--
3	Rio 2	--	2,075	--	--
4	The Other Woman	--	1,856	--	--
5	That Demon Within	--	1,158	--	--
6	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	--	931	--	--
7	Kano	--	559	--	--
8	The Midnight After	--	539	--	--
9	The Grand Budapest Hotel	--	233	--	--
10	Bilocation	--	223	--	--

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is eerily reminding me of Clash of the Titans. Clash of the Titans had a great first 4-days (with OW falling on a holiday weekend) and then it imploded afterwards. It will still easily be the #2 film of the year by a mile.

 

Edited May 6, 2014 by Bluebomb

[Olive]

TASM2 Thur-Sun hk$26.61M (CA2: hk$21.78M)

 

Tasm2 Monday: hk$3.33M - 29.95M

 

Tuesday est: hk$6M - hk$36M ($4.64M) - Buddha's Birthday holiday

[Bluebomb]

Thanks for voting in the poll.

 

Poll Results

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (1 votes [7.14%] - View)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (1 votes [7.14%] - View)

Godzilla (3 votes [21.43%] - View)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (1 votes [7.14%] - View)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (6 votes [42.86%] - View)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2 votes [14.29%] - View)

 

New poll up.

 

The Amazing Spider-Man actual - $3,433,745 ($26,617,352 HK)

or if you choose to believe BOM/Screendaily's number, here it is.

BOM:

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend Gross	Change	Screens	Change / Avg.		Gross-to-Date	Week
1	N	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Sony	$3,710,255	-	207	-	$17,924	$3,710,255	1
2	2	The Other Woman (2014)	Fox	$218,893	-25.6%	63	-2	$3,474	$738,106	2
3	1	That Demon Within	Lark	$150,478	-61.0%	58	-31	$2,594	$2,130,381	3
4	4	Rio 2	Fox	$87,814	-64.1%	47	-34	$1,868	$1,447,036	3
5	3	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Disney	$75,226	-74.1%	26	-47	$2,893	$7,196,351	5
6	5	The Midnight After	Golden Scene	$61,873	-64.6%	25	-37	$2,475	$2,677,256	4
7	10	Heaven is for Real	Sony	$58,246	+45.0%	7	-11	$8,321	$196,865	3
8	-	The Iceman (2013)	Newport	$30,629	-	19	-	$1,612	$624,782	2
9	11	Kano	n/a	$27,414	-14.1%	12	-6	$2,285	$536,541	6
10	7	Bairokêshon	Cable	$24,963	-58.9%	8	-12	$3,120	$120,303	2
11	9	Ho Ching 2	Lark	$23,696	-59.6%	8	-13	$2,962	$2,051,623	5
12	16	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Fox	$15,903	+92.5%	6	+2	$2,651	$460,215	7
13	8	Vampire Academy	Intercontinental	$8,332	-86.2%	7	-32	$1,190	$106,939	2
14	13	Nymphomaniac: Part 2	n/a	$6,584	-52.0%	4	-2	$1,646	$43,999	2
15	15	Yves Saint Laurent	Intercontinental	$6,458	-28.9%	3	-4	$2,153	$154,749	4
16	-	Eien no zero	n/a	$5,612	-	5	-	$1,122	$5,612	-1
17	23	Inside Llewyn Davis	Golden Scene	$5,345	-1.4%	3	-2	$1,782	$38,937	3
18	25	Nymphomaniac (2013)	n/a	$5,042	+82.9%	1	-	$5,042	$103,371	5
19	30	Her (2013)	Golden Scene	$4,644	+144.3%	1	-1	$4,644	$290,470	8
20	N	No Man's Land (2013)	Lark	$4,399	-	8	-	$550	$4,399	1
21	22	Twelve Nights	n/a	$3,987	-26.6%	2	-3	$1,994	$157,947	5
22	21	The Nut Job	Golden Scene	$3,584	-40.2%	4	-3	$896	$46,934	3
23	29	The Lunchbox	EDKO	$3,503	+58.7%	2	-	$1,752	$176,049	9
24	18	Enthralled	Cable	$2,969	-60.7%	2	-3	$1,485	$130,024	4
25	27	Chinese Puzzle	EDKO	$2,784	+18.3%	3	-1	$928	$38,303	4
26	14	Majo no takkyûbin (Kiki's Delivery Service)	EDKO	$1,968	-83.0%	1	-13	$1,968	$116,116	3
27	31	Bushi no kondate	EDKO	$1,947	+35.4%	1	-1	$1,947	$51,286	5
28	20	Noah	Intercontinental	$1,917	-73.9%	2	-4	$959	$1,181,158	6
29	12	Zheng Rong Ri Ji	EDKO	$1,477	-90.7%	1	-17	$1,477	$31,168	2
30	19	Divergent	Deltamac	$1,226	-83.6%	1	-5	$1,226	$1,135,055	7
31	17	Grand Piano	Panasia	$700	-90.9%	1	-7	$700	$13,811	2
32	26	Hot Young Bloods	Deltamac	$602	-76.8%	1	-2	$602	$20,864	3
33	34	Hidamari no kanojo (The Girl in the Sun)	Intercontinental	$571	+36.6%	1	-	$571	$320,366	17
34	28	Fruitvale Station	Deltamac	$502	-77.9%	1	-3	$502	$21,184	3
35	24	Non-Stop	n/a	$198	-95.8%	1	-3	$198	$1,967,902	8

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		May 8
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	54,986	4,587	-91.7%
2	Aberdeen	2,272	1,722	-24.2%
3	Transcendence	--	1,526	--
4	Delete My Love	--	367	--
5	The Other Woman	2,391	332	-86.1%
6	That Demon Within	1,862	165	-91.1%
7	The Past	--	162	--
8	Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan	--	107	--
9	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	1,145	97	-91.5%
10	Rio 2	2,641	96	-96.4%

Ugly holds for everything. The Other Woman is the only listed film in the top 10 to fall below 90%.

[Olive]

Wednesday

TASM2 HK$1.63M, total 37.63M

[Bluebomb]

	Thursday			May 8
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	89,743	12,032	-86.6%
2	Aberdeen	8,270	6,805	-17.7%
3	Transcendence	--	5,886	--
4	Delete My Love	--	1,925	--
5	The Other Woman	6,973	1,648	-76.4%
6	That Demon Within	5,283	596	-88.7%
7	The Past	--	328	--
8	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	2,193	301	-86.3%
9	Bilocation	765	199	-74.0%
9	Kano	--	199	--

Bad for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Not good for Aberdeen. Good for Transcendence. Delete My Love was non-existent. The Other Woman had an OK hold. That Demon Within was pulverized by Aberdeen and Delete My Love. Mild start for The Past. Harsh for Captain America 2. Weak for Bilocation. Very good for Kano.

Other admission drops:

Rio 2 - -96.4%

The Midnight After - -90.6%

 

	Friday adm.	(so far)			May 9
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	16,933	7,037	-58.4%	+53.4%
2	Aberdeen	418	2,651	+534.2%	+53.9%
3	Transcendence	--	2,525	--	+65.5%
4	The Other Woman	1,460	660	-54.8%	+98.8%
5	Delete My Love	--	547	--	+49.0%
6	The Past	--	200	--	+23.5%
7	That Demon Within	993	173	-82.6%	+4.8%
8	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	304	121	-60.2%	+24.7%
9	Kano	116	117	+0.9%	--
10	Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan	--	103	--	+6.2%

Sloppy hold for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Not great for Aberdeen. Transcendence is doing well with all the competition. Good for The Other Woman. Bad for Delete My Love. Down in 9th, Kano continues to hold well.

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OW predictions for the next 2 months

May 15:

Godzilla - 1.8m

Neighbors - 400k

May 22:

X-Men: Days of Future Past - 2.8m

May 29:

Edge of Tomorrow - 1m

Maleficent - 800k

A Million Ways to Die in the West - 500k

June 5:

Overheard 3 - 1.4m

June 12:

22 Jump Street - 350k

June 19:

Z Storm - 650k

The Raid 2 - 200k

June 26:

Transformers 4 - 4.2m

July 3:

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 1m

[Olive]

Thursday numbers:

TASM2 1.26M/38.89M HK$, its 2nd Thursday is already weaker than CA2's(hk$1.35M) now.

 

Aberdeen and Transcendence both had an OD of around 450k hk$.

[Olive]

Friday numbers:

TASM2 1.77M/40.67M HK$,

CA2's 2nd Friday (hk$2M +)

[Sam]

So it has a great OW (holidays probably helped out with that) but it's been falling quite harsh since. Doesn't matter though since it'll still be heading for about 80M HK$ or more, right?

Edited May 10, 2014 by Sam

[Peeta Tong Karanasios]

 

  Thursday     May 8 Rank Movie LW TW % chg 1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 89,743 12,032 -86.6% 2 Aberdeen 8,270 6,805 -17.7% 3 Transcendence -- 5,886 -- 4 Delete My Love -- 1,925 -- 5 The Other Woman 6,973 1,648 -76.4% 6 That Demon Within 5,283 596 -88.7% 7 The Past -- 328 -- 8 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2,193 301 -86.3% 9 Bilocation 765 199 -74.0% 9 Kano -- 199 --

Bad for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Not good for Aberdeen. Good for Transcendence. Delete My Love was non-existent. The Other Woman had an OK hold. That Demon Within was pulverized by Aberdeen and Delete My Love. Mild start for The Past. Harsh for Captain America 2. Weak for Bilocation. Very good for Kano.

Other admission drops:

Rio 2 - -96.4%

The Midnight After - -90.6%

 

  Friday adm. (so far)     May 9 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 16,933 7,037 -58.4% +53.4% 2 Aberdeen 418 2,651 +534.2% +53.9% 3 Transcendence -- 2,525 -- +65.5% 4 The Other Woman 1,460 660 -54.8% +98.8% 5 Delete My Love -- 547 -- +49.0% 6 The Past -- 200 -- +23.5% 7 That Demon Within 993 173 -82.6% +4.8% 8 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 304 121 -60.2% +24.7% 9 Kano 116 117 +0.9% -- 10 Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan -- 103 -- +6.2%

Sloppy hold for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Not great for Aberdeen. Transcendence is doing well with all the competition. Good for The Other Woman. Bad for Delete My Love. Down in 9th, Kano continues to hold well.

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OW predictions for the next 2 months

May 15:

Godzilla - 1.8m

Neighbors - 400k

May 22:

X-Men: Days of Future Past - 2.8m

May 29:

Edge of Tomorrow - 1m

Maleficent - 800k

A Million Ways to Die in the West - 500k

June 5:

Overheard 3 - 1.4m

June 12:

22 Jump Street - 350k

June 19:

Z Storm - 650k

The Raid 2 - 200k

June 26:

Transformers 4 - 4.2m

July 3:

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 1m

 

Why edge of tomorrow has to beat Maleficent?

   

[Olive]

Saturday 

TASM2  3.06M  43.74M total in HK$ (CA2 2nd Sat 3.7M)

 

Sunday est 2.55M HK$

 

total 5.9 -6.0M USD as of Sunday

Edited May 11, 2014 by Olive Maximoff

[Olive]

Monday #s

TASM2 hk$840,000, total 47,000,000

[Bluebomb]

So it has a great OW (holidays probably helped out with that) but it's been falling quite harsh since.

Doesn't matter though since it'll still be heading for about 80M HK$ or more, right?

Nope. That ship sailed after its horrible 2nd day.

 

Why edge of tomorrow has to beat Maleficent?

   

Because it's Tom Cruise. And Sci-fi. You don't mess with Tom Cruise and Sci-fi here.

 

Thursday schedules (for new openers)

Festival Walk

New

Godzilla 3D - 6 showings

Godzilla - 2 showings

Neighbors - 7 showings

Hollywood

New

Godzilla 3D - 3 showings

Godzilla - 3 showings

Neighbors - 7 showings

Langham Place

New

Godzilla 3D - 11 showings

Godzilla - 2 showings

Neighbors - 7 showings

Black Butler - 3 showings

Godzilla gets 1 screen at most places with some theaters opting for 2 screens (1 for 3D, 1 for 2D). Neighbors locks down a screen while The Amazing Spider-Man 2 gets 1 screen. Transcendence and Aberdeen are getting the other screens.

 

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		May 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Godzilla	--	7,097	--
2	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	4,587	1,500	-67.3%
3	Neighbors	--	1,208	--
4	Aberdeen	1,722	881	-48.8%
5	Transcendence	1,526	649	-57.5%
6	The Eternal Zero	--	392	--
7	Delete My Love	367	175	-52.3%
8	Black Coal, Thin Ice	--	141	--
9	Black Butler	--	130	--
10	The Other Woman	332	94	-71.7%

Not bad for Godzilla. Dreadful for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Bad pre-sales for Neighbors. Good for Aberdeen though it did not face any direct competition this week. OK for Transcendence.

[Bluebomb]

	Thursday			May 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Godzilla	--	19,248	--
2	Neighbors	--	6,970	--
3	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	12,032	5,084	-57.7%
4	Aberdeen	6,805	3,223	-52.6%
5	Transcendence	5,886	2,690	-54.3%
6	The Eternal Zero	--	1,082	--
7	Delete My Love	1,925	919	-52.3%
8	Black Coal, Thin Ice	--	392	--
9	The Other Woman	1,648	341	-79.3%
9	Black Butler	--	283	--

Decent for Godzilla. Huge walk-ins for Neighbors. Not good for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 even though it faced direct competition. It will lose a lot of screens next week. Pretty soft holds for Aberdeen and Transcendence. Terrible for The Eternal Zero. Delete My Love held up quite nicely. Black Coal, Thin Ice got off to a fantastic start in just 2 theaters. It is getting some attention thanks to its Golden Bear win at the Berlin International Film Festival. Ghastly for The Other Woman. Awful for Black Butler.

OD estimates

Godzilla - $232,000

Neighbors - $53,500

Godzilla OW Projection

Thu: $232,000

Fri: $320,000

Sat: $570,000

Sun: $535,000

Total: $1,657,000

Neighbors OW Projection

Thu: $53,500

Fri: $85,000

Sat: $135,000

Sun: $110,000

Total: $383,500

 

	Friday adm.	(so far)			May 16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Godzilla	--	8,849	--	+24.7%
2	Neighbors	--	2,313	--	+91.5%
3	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	7,037	2,197	-68.8%	+46.5%
4	Aberdeen	2,651	1,398	-47.3%	+58.7%
5	Transcendence	2,525	1,235	-51.1%	+90.3%
6	The Eternal Zero	--	432	--	+10.2%
7	Delete My Love	547	253	-53.7%	+44.6%
8	Black Coal, Thin Ice	--	174	--	+23.4%
9	Black Butler	--	139	--	+6.9%
10	The Other Woman	660	128	-80.6%	+36.2%

Not a great increase for Godzilla. Neighbors had the best increase of the top 10. Excellent. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 continues to hold poorly. OK for Aberdeen and Transcendence.

One week to go before X-Men hits center stage...let's take a look at how it's doing.

 

The One
	X-Men: Days of Future Past
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
May 22	11:35 AM	16	163	9.82%
	2:10 PM	7	163	4.29%
	4:40 PM	6	163	3.68%
	7:10 PM	14	163	8.59%
	9:40 PM	30	163	18.40%
	12:10 AM	4	163	2.45%
Total		77	978	7.87%

Not particularly good but one sliver of good news is that the 9 PM showtime is selling more seats than the 7 PM showtime. Pre-sales will pick up this weekend although audiences are shunning 3D more and more now.

[Bluebomb]

New polls up.

Thursday Actuals

1. Godzilla - $258,001 (opening day actual)
2. Neighbors - $64,500 (opening day actual)
3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $58,050 (Thursday actual)/$6,450,028
4. Aberdeen - $25,800 (Thursday actual)/$774,003 by today
Transcendence - between $21,930 and $25,800 (Thursday actual)/$516,002
The Eternal Zero - $9,030 (opening day actual)/$19,350
Black Coal, Thin Ice - $7,740 (opening day actual)
Delete My Love - $258,001
Heaven Is For Real - $283,801
The Other Woman - $993,304

Good for Godzilla. Neighbors did a nice job. Bad hold for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It will pass 6.5m tomorrow but 7m looks to be a stretch. It needs to have solid increases on Saturday and Sunday to have a shot. Aberdeen and Transcendence are locked in a battle for 4th this weekend. Overall, Aberdeen's total is not that great whereas Transcendence seems to have pulled out a decent gross. Of course, most of that gross can be attributed to Johnny Depp but this shows the starpower of Depp here and around Asia. Poor start for The Eternal Zero. Black Coal, Thin Ice did quite well thanks to the awards circuit boosting its profile. It will easily surpass a $15,000 PTA this weekend. Delete My Love got marginalized this weekend but it looks to be holding alright. Heaven Is For Real continues to rein in audiences and reviews are quite high for this movie. Forget critic reviews for The Other Woman because audience reviews have put this on par with Captain America 2 and Heaven Is For Real. It will pass 1m on Friday.
 

	Friday				May 16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Godzilla	--	22,686	--	+17.9%
2	Neighbors	--	9,745	--	+39.8%
3	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	--	6,804	--	+33.8%
4	Aberdeen	--	4,255	--	+32.0%
5	Transcendence	--	4,003	--	+48.8%
6	Delete My Love	--	1,492	--	+62.4%
7	The Eternal Zero	--	1,151	--	+6.4%
8	The Other Woman	--	582	--	+70.7%
9	Black Coal, Thin Ice	--	468	--	+19.4%
10	Black Butler	--	311	--	+9.9%

OK increase for Godzilla. Nice jump for Neighbors. Solid enough bump for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 but holds continue to be a major issue. It will drop another 60% this weekend. Battle rages on between Aberdeen and Transcendence. Very good jump for Delete My Love. It seems to be getting some support. Awful for The Eternal Zero.
 

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			May 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Godzilla	--	16,893	--	+90.9%
2	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	--	4,300	--	+95.7%
3	Neighbors	--	3,299	--	+42.6%
4	Aberdeen	--	2,160	--	+54.5%
5	Transcendence	--	1,781	--	+44.2%
6	The Eternal Zero	--	725	--	+67.8%
7	Delete My Love	--	539	--	+113.0%
8	The Other Woman	--	309	--	+141.4%
9	Black Butler	--	174	--	+25.2%
10	Black Coal, Thin Ice	--	167	--	-4.0%

Excellent increases for the top 2. Neighbors is on a slow but steady pace this weekend. Aberdeen leaps to its biggest lead over Transcendence yet this weekend.
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The One
	X-Men: Days of Future Past
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
May 22	11:35 AM	21	163	12.88%
	2:10 PM	9	163	5.52%
	4:40 PM	9	163	5.52%
	7:10 PM	25	163	15.34%
	9:40 PM	37	163	22.70%
	12:10 AM	4	163	2.45%
Total		105	978	10.74%
May 23	11:35 AM	7	163	4.29%
	2:10 PM	4	163	2.45%
	4:40 PM	6	163	3.68%
	7:10 PM	33	163	20.25%
	9:40 PM	46	163	28.22%
	12:10 AM	4	163	2.45%
Total		100	978	10.22%

Pre-sales have picked up from yesterday.
 

Langham Place
	X-Men: Days of Future Past
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
May 22	7:30 PM	70	202	34.65%
	10:00 PM	25	202	12.38%
	12:30 AM	2	202	0.99%
Total		97	606	16.01%

At Langham Place, the 7:30 PM 3D showing is doing very well. The 10 PM showtime will start to fill up too by this weekend.

I see X-Men: Days of Future Past getting 3 screens next week. Maybe even 4 on the weekend if demand is high.

[Bluebomb]

	Saturday				May 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Godzilla	--	42,575	--	+87.7%
2	Neighbors	--	14,674	--	+50.6%
3	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	--	12,204	--	+79.4%
4	Aberdeen	--	6,566	--	+54.3%
5	Transcendence	--	6,327	--	+58.1%
6	Delete My Love	--	2,687	--	+80.1%
7	The Eternal Zero	--	1,744	--	+51.5%
8	The Other Woman	--	900	--	+54.6%
9	Black Coal, Thin Ice	--	662	--	+41.5%
10	The Past	--	559	--	--

Very good for Godzilla. Nice for Neighbors. Good increase for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It passed Neighbors for #2 today in gross. Aberdeen and Transcendence continue its fierce battle for #4. There is not much separation between the two. Delete My Love is pushing back hard. On Thursday, it was more than 3x behind Aberdeen's admissions but on Saturday, it was less than 2.5x back. Not good for The Eternal Zero or The Other Woman. After its solid opening day, Black Coal, Thin Ice has come back down from its high.

 

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			May 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Godzilla	--	18,386	--	+8.8%
2	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	--	4,681	--	+8.9%
3	Neighbors	--	3,146	--	-4.6%
4	Aberdeen	--	2,556	--	+18.3%
5	Transcendence	--	1,904	--	+6.9%
6	The Eternal Zero	--	827	--	+14.1%
7	Delete My Love	--	750	--	+39.1%
8	Black Butler	--	234	--	+34.5%
9	The Other Woman	--	226	--	-26.9%
10	Rio 2	--	212	--	--

Great increases for the top 2. Bad decrease for Neighbors. Outstanding Sunday increase for Aberdeen. Good for Transcendence.

 

	Weekend Projections			May 15
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Godzilla	$1,680,000	--	$1,680,000
2	Neighbors	$400,000	--	$400,000
2	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$400,000	-67.4%	$6,790,000
4	Aberdeen	$160,000	-59.0%	$910,000
5	Transcendence	$159,000	-57.0%	$652,500

Nice opening weekend for Godzilla. Rave reviews and accelerated ticket sales ahead of X-Men's release next week contributed to the powerful opening weekend. Legs will very much be an issue. As much as the reviews help, there is no way it will stop X-Men from taking at least 3 screens. Neighbors had a great opening weekend. Seth Rogen and Zac Efron are certainly not box office draws (Rogen has had his last 2 feature films skipped by HK theaters entirely and Efron's last film to gross over $150k on OW was 17 Again 5 years ago) but credit the marketing for its success. It played as an alternative to the loud, crashing action of Godzilla and filled a genre that has not been in play for quite some time. 2nd place this weekend will come down to Sunday and how badly Neighbors declines and how light The Amazing Spider-Man 2 falls. Meanwhile, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 really got rocked by Godzilla. This will be two straight weeks of falls over 65%...and next week, it looks like it will decline over 75%. Distrastous legs for the web crawler. Aberdeen and Transcendence have been locked in a battle for 4th all week. Aberdeen will be Pang Ho Cheung's lowest grossing film in 4 years but it will be his 4th straight 1m grossing film (5th if you consider SDU to be his work as well). Transcendence has been flopping in a lot of places around the world but in HK, its gross has been decent. Aberdeen has the upper hand for #4. Sunday should see Transcendence suffer a heavier drop than Aberdeen which would put Aberdeen over the top.

[TalismanRing]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2   $400,000   -67.4%   $6,790,000

 

Does ASM2 have enough juice left to match  Amazing Spider-Man's $7,995,435 ($61,983,852)

[Sam]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  $400,000

  -67.4%

  $6,790,000

 

Does ASM2 have enough juice left to match  Amazing Spider-Man's $7,995,435 ($61,983,852)

I think with big drops like that and more competitions coming up, it might not even make it past Cap2. Or if it will, it'll be barely past CA2 total even though it opened higher.

[Bluebomb]

May 15 Weekend Actuals

1. Godzilla - $1,509,306
2. Neighbors - $387,001
3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $6,708,030
4. Aberdeen - $903,004
5. Transcendence - $645,002
The Other Woman - $1,012,654
Heaven Is For Real - $309,601
Kano - $593,402

Still a good start for Godzilla. Nice for Neighbors. A bit low for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This has no chance of passing 7m now. Aberdeen wins #4 over Transcendence by just $1,500. Great totals for the rest.

Thursday schedules

Palace APM
New	Holdovers	Leaving
X-Men: Days of Future Past 3D - 7 showings	Godzilla 3D - 6 showings (=)	The Other Woman
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 6 showings	Godzilla - 1 showing (▼ 6)
	Neighbors - 5 showings (▼ 7)
	The Eternal Zero - 3 showings (▲ 2)
	Aberdeen - 2 showings (=)
	Delete My Love - 3 showings (=)
	Transcendence - 1 showing (▼ 5)
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 5 showings (=)
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3D - 1 showing (▼ 2)

Telford
New	Holdovers	Leaving
X-Men: Days of Future Past 3D - 11 showings	Godzilla - 6 showings (=)	Godzilla 3D
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 7 showings	Neighbors - 3 showings (▼ 5)	Aberdeen
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 3 showings (▼ 5)	Delete My Love
	The Eternal Zero - 2 showings (▼ 3)	The Other Woman
	Transcendence - 1 showing (▼ 2)
	Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission - 1 showing (=)
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 1 showing (=)
	Lupin the 3rd vs Detective Conan - 1 showing (=)

Interesting schedules are coming out this week. Some theaters have opted for 2 screens for X-Men. They have given Godzilla, Neighbors, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 1 screen and the last screen is shared for the remaining holdovers. Meanwhile, at Telford, X-Men has reined in 4 screens at night. Godzilla loses all of its 3D showtimes but the rest keep half or more of their showtimes from Wednesday.

There are other theaters that are giving X-Men 3 screens too. Clearly, theaters are all over the place as to how many screens they want for X-Men and how many they leave for the holdovers. More schedules and pre-sales update to come tomorrow.

[Bluebomb]

iSQUARE
New	Holdovers	Leaving
X-Men: Days of Future Past 3D - 8 showings	Godzilla - 1 showing (▼ 2)	Godzilla 3D
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 4 showings	Godzilla IMAX - 5 showings (=)	The Other Woman
	Neighbors - 3 showings (▼ 6)
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 1 showing (=)
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3D - 1 showing (▼ 2)
	Transcendence - 2 showings (=)
	Aberdeen - 2 showings (▼ 4)

Langham Place
New	Holdovers	Leaving
X-Men: Days of Future Past 3D - 15 showings	Godzilla 3D - 6 showings (▼ 12)	Black Butler
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 4 showings	Godzilla - 1 showing (▼ 4)	Delete My Love
	Neighbors - 5 showings (▼ 7)
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3D - 4 showings (▼ 5)
	Transcendence - 1 showing (▼ 3)
	Aberdeen - 3 showings (▼ 6)

X-Men is doing a bit better at UA theaters. X-Men has occupied 4 theaters at Langham Place during the night and iSQUARE is putting X-Men on 3 screens at night. Godzilla is gone at iSQUARE in regular theaters but it is still showing in the iSQUARE IMAX.

 

Langham Place
	X-Men: Days of Future Past 3D					X-Men: Days of Future Past 2D
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
May 22	11:30 AM	7	202	3.47%	May 22	11:10 AM	10	191	5.24%
	2:00 PM	0	202	0.00%		1:20 PM	4	180	2.22%
	12:30 AM	2	202	0.99%		4:00 PM	16	191	8.38%
	3:00 PM	2	187	1.07%		12:40 AM	6	191	3.14%
	4:30 PM	7	202	3.47%
	5:30 PM	17	176	9.66%
	6:10 PM	6	180	3.33%
	7:00 PM	35	202	17.33%
	7:30 PM	119	202	58.91%
	8:00 PM	40	187	21.39%
	8:40 PM	38	180	21.11%
	9:30 PM	26	202	12.87%
	10:00 PM	96	202	47.52%
	11:10 PM	27	180	15.00%
	12:00 AM	4	202	1.98%
	12:30 AM	8	202	3.96%
Total		434	3110	13.95%	Total		36	753	4.78%

It is doing slightly below Captain America 2's pre-sales but it is looking at a opening weekend above 2m.

[TalismanRing]

May 15 Weekend Actuals1. Godzilla - $1,509,3062. Neighbors - $387,0013. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $6,708,0304. Aberdeen - $903,0045. Transcendence - $645,002The Other Woman - $1,012,654Heaven Is For Real - $309,601Kano - $593,402Still a good start for Godzilla. Nice for Neighbors. A bit low for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. This has no chance of passing 7m now. Aberdeen wins #4 over Transcendence by just $1,500. Great totals for the rest.

 

Wow, off that amazing opening Spider-man isn't even gong to have a 2 multiplier.