Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

[Bluebomb]

	Saturday				December 29
Rank	Title	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	12,301	31,048	+152.4%	+42.1%
2	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	38,914	15,042	-61.3%	+7.2%
3	Wreck-It Ralph	13,737	14,880	+8.3%	+30.3%
4	CZ12	15,762	12,037	-23.6%	+29.6%
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	19,775	11,367	-42.5%	+25.3%
6	Jack Reacher	13,136	9,479	-27.8%	+26.1%
7	The Guillotines	--	6,270	--	+45.2%
8	Life of Pi	5,729	5,854	+2.2%	+21.0%
9	My Sassy Hubby	3,346	2,075	-38.0%	+15.3%
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	1,322	--	-6.2%

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			December 30
Rank	Title	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	7,046	15,116	+114.5%	+1.2%
2	Wreck-It Ralph	8,832	6,994	-20.8%	+20.7%
3	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	11,304	5,830	-48.4%	+2.0%
4	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	16,316	5,174	-68.3%	-13.2%
5	CZ12	6,294	4,561	-27.5%	+24.3%
6	Jack Reacher	5,261	2,917	-44.6%	+10.3%
7	Life of Pi	3,660	2,841	-22.4%	+15.3%
8	The Guillotines	--	2,317	--	+17.5%
9	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	608	--	+26.1%
10	The Last Tycoon	--	454	--	--

	Weekend Projections			December 27
Rank	Title	TW	% chg	Total
1	Les Misérables	$805,000	+415.0%	$1,500,000
2	Wreck-It Ralph	$530,000	+12.8%	$1,810,000
3	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$400,000	-48.1%	$4,080,000
4	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	$390,000	-58.7%	$2,125,000
5	CZ12	$265,000	-25.3%	$1,005,000

Excellent for Les Mis. Strong for Wreck-It Ralph. Hobbit hasn't been doing well without holidays. Only so-so. Twilight is fading fast. But 2.5m is still happening. CZ12 passes 1m.

 

Edited December 29, 2012 by Bluebomb

[Michael Seng Wah]

Saturday December 29 Rank Title LW TW % chg QD % chg 1 Les Misérables 12,301 31,048 +152.4% +42.1% 2 Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 38,914 15,042 -61.3% +7.2% 3 Wreck-It Ralph 13,737 14,880 +8.3% +30.3% 4 CZ12 15,762 12,037 -23.6% +29.6% 5 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 19,775 11,367 -42.5% +25.3% 6 Jack Reacher 13,136 9,479 -27.8% +26.1% 7 The Guillotines -- 6,270 -- +45.2% 8 Life of Pi 5,729 5,854 +2.2% +21.0% 9 My Sassy Hubby 3,346 2,075 -38.0% +15.3% 10 Naruto: Road to Ninja -- 1,322 -- -6.2%

Sunday adm. (so far) December 30 Rank Title LW TW % chg QD % chg 1 Les Misérables 7,046 15,116 +114.5% +1.2% 2 Wreck-It Ralph 8,832 6,994 -20.8% +20.7% 3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 11,304 5,830 -48.4% +2.0% 4 Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 16,316 5,174 -68.3% -13.2% 5 CZ12 6,294 4,561 -27.5% +24.3% 6 Jack Reacher 5,261 2,917 -44.6% +10.3% 7 Life of Pi 3,660 2,841 -22.4% +15.3% 8 The Guillotines -- 2,317 -- +17.5% 9 Naruto: Road to Ninja -- 608 -- +26.1% 10 The Last Tycoon -- 454 -- --

Weekend Projections December 27 Rank Title TW % chg Total 1 Les Misérables $805,000 +415.0% $1,500,000 2 Wreck-It Ralph $530,000 +12.8% $1,810,000 3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $400,000 -48.1% $4,080,000 4 Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 $390,000 -58.7% $2,125,000 5 CZ12 $265,000 -25.3% $1,005,000 Excellent for Les Mis. Strong for Wreck-It Ralph. Hobbit hasn't been doing well without holidays. Only so-so. Twilight is fading fast. But 2.5m is still happening. CZ12 passes 1m.

TH might miss $5mil, but with its current number, it is looking ok =)

[Bluebomb]

I think it will still make 5m.

[Olive]

I was expecting hk$60m before release.

[Bluebomb]

I was expecting way more than that before it came out but yeah...it disappointed almost everywhere.

[riczhang]

What's Les Mis looking to end up at? Is 4 million a realistic goal?

[Bluebomb]

4m is way too high. A lot of movies suffer after the holidays. Right now, I'd say 3-3.5m is more realistic for Les Mis.

[Olive]

25m hk$ is a good target.how much did Mamma mia! make?

[Bluebomb]

Mamma Mia - $1,565,382. Half of what Les Mis is going to gross.

Edited December 30, 2012 by Bluebomb

[Bluebomb]

Just noticed this. Wreck-It Ralph will be the first animated film released over Christmas to make 2.5m. No other animated movie has achieved this milestone. The closest was Madagascar 2 back in 2008 with 2.408m.It speaks volumes of Wreck-It Ralph's performance this year and how weak animation has done during the Christmas period. Wreck-It Ralph had to have excellent reviews, 3D premiums AND play to more than just the couples/family crowd, which it is doing, to make 2.5m. Oh, and it helps if rival films like ROTG bomb one month earlier too. I'm surprised that no other animation movie has done this since distributors and studios almost always slot their animated movies for a holiday release date (usually around the big 3 holidays: Chinese New Year, Christmas and Easter).Wreck-It Ralph truly had a breakout performance this holiday season along with Les Mis.

[Bluebomb]

	Sunday				December 30
Rank	Title	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	12,995	29,593	--	-4.7%
2	Wreck-It Ralph	17,817	16,671	-6.4%	+12.0%
3	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	35,164	13,650	-61.2%	-9.3%
4	CZ12	18,404	13,222	-28.2%	+9.8%
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	19,895	10,763	-45.9%	-5.3%
6	Jack Reacher	14,401	9,518	-33.9%	+0.4%
7	The Guillotines	--	6,161	--	-1.7%
8	Life of Pi	6,130	6,041	-1.5%	+3.2%
9	My Sassy Hubby	3,458	1,963	-43.2%	-5.4%
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	1,453	--	+9.9%

	Weekend adm.			Dec 27-30
Rank	Title	LW	TW	% chg
1	Les Misérables	25,296	101,051	+299.5%
2	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	141,417	56,545	-60.0%
3	Wreck-It Ralph	46,415	54,879	+18.2%
4	CZ12	55,949	44,309	-20.8%
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	64,538	39,919	-38.1%
6	Jack Reacher	46,749	33,493	-28.4%
7	Life of Pi	20,518	21,875	+6.6%
8	The Guillotines	--	21,279	--
9	My Sassy Hubby	13,604	7,790	-42.7%
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	5,261	--

	Weekend Estimates			December 27
Rank	Title	TW	% chg	Total
1	Les Misérables	$790,000	+407.2%	$1,485,000
2	Wreck-It Ralph	$530,000	+12.8%	$1,810,000
3	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$400,000	-48.1%	$4,080,000
4	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	$380,000	-59.8%	$2,115,000
5	CZ12	$270,000	-23.9%	$1,010,000

	Monday adm.	(so far)			December 31
Rank	Title	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	9,415	16,615	+76.5%	+9.9%
2	Wreck-It Ralph	9,096	5,785	-36.4%	-17.3%
3	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	20,014	5,309	-73.5%	+2.6%
4	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	14,029	5,132	-63.4%	-12.0%
5	CZ12	6,763	4,279	-36.7%	-6.2%
6	Jack Reacher	6,629	3,436	-48.2%	+17.8%
7	Life of Pi	4,270	2,712	-36.5%	-4.5%
8	The Guillotines	--	1,857	--	-19.9%
9	My Sassy Hubby	1,966	564	-71.3%	--
10	In The House	--	347	--	--

Incredibly strong for Les Mis. That daily drop for Wreck-It Ralph is deceiving. The week-to-week hold is what we should look at here. Since New Year's Eve is not a holiday, business is not as strong in the morning or afternoon like it was on Sunday. Also, Ralph has the least amount of showtimes at night on NYE so it doesn't have big pre-sales like the other movies. Very impressive for it to still rank 2nd and drop only 36% from last Monday. Breaking Dawn 2 is melting away. Not great for The Hobbit. I expect The Hobbit to get very close to BD2 in admissions today. The gap between them in admissions is shrinking fast. That is good for CZ12. Huge daily gain for Jack Reacher but week-to-week is not great. Life of Pi seems to be slowing down now. Poor for the Guillotines. Ouch for My Sassy Hubby. Good for In The House.

 

[Bluebomb]

Registering record market openings for a musical in South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia, Universal’s Les Miserables costarring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Ann Hathaway drew a weekend total of $38.3 million from a total of 1,698 venues in eight markets, lifting its early offshore cume to $48.7 million.

...

In Hong Kong, the opening gross was $1.6 million including previews at just 31 playdates.

Les Mis total actual - $1,521,016, not quite as strong as the THR report but an excellent start nonetheless.

[Olive]

Wow, great for LM!When people returns to work?

[Bluebomb]

Wednesday. Although I'm sure some people will be too hung over to work on Wednesday so Thursday at the latest.

[Bluebomb]

More good news for Les Mis. It will hit a new high today in admissions. It should beat its Saturday admissions with about 33k, possibly more.

[Bluebomb]

December 27 Weekend Actuals

1. Les Misérables - $1,521,016 (weekend actual)

2. Wreck-It Ralph - $1,831,928

3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $4,165,702

4. Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 - $2,133,809

5. CZ12 - $1,025,621

6. Jack Reacher - $838,558

Others

The Guillotines - $181,902 (weekend actual)

Life of Pi - $5,302,272

My Sassy Hubby - $1,297,831

Naruto: Road to Ninja - $32,252 (weekend actual)

All films in top 5 were underestimated. The Hobbit was especially underestimated by $85,000. Clearly, it's continuing to play strongly on weekends. Nice upward adjustments for the rest.

[Bluebomb]

	Monday adm.				December 31
Rank	Title	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	13,370	31,097	+132.6%	+5.1%
2	Wreck-It Ralph	17,816	14,307	-19.7%	-14.2%
3	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	36,349	13,379	-63.2%	-2.0%
4	CZ12	17,210	12,004	-30.2%	-9.2%
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	22,040	10,246	-53.5%	-4.8%
6	Jack Reacher	13,505	8,780	-35.0%	-7.8%
7	Life of Pi	6,868	5,947	-13.4%	-1.6%
8	The Guillotines	--	4,977	--	-19.2%
9	My Sassy Hubby	3,670	2,323	-36.7%	+18.3%
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	996	--	-31.5%

Les Mis didn't move a lot at night but it managed to post a slight increase over Saturday's admissions. Wreck-It Ralph had a big daily drop compared to the rest of the top 10 but had an excellent drop from last Monday. Big drop for BD2. It fell a little bigger than BD1 on NYE's. Good holds for CZ12 and Jack Reacher. Meh for The Hobbit. Another awesome hold for Life of Pi. Terrible for The Guillotines. This is getting lambasted by users. Surprisingly good for My Sassy Hubby but it won't last. Just ok for Naruto. It fell the most from Sunday because it had little to no night shows and people had to work today so they couldn't take their kids to see this.

	Tuesday adm.	(so far)			January 1
Rank	Title	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	18,059	16,590	-8.1%	-0.2%
2	Wreck-It Ralph	15,075	7,484	-50.4%	+29.4%
3	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	16,218	5,691	-64.9%	+10.9%
4	CZ12	11,202	5,430	-51.5%	+26.9%
5	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	21,504	4,508	-79.0%	-15.1%
6	Jack Reacher	8,893	3,210	-63.9%	-6.6%
7	Life of Pi	5,571	3,187	-42.8%	+17.5%
8	The Guillotines	--	2,112	--	+13.7%
9	My Sassy Hubby	3,162	626	-80.2%	+11.0%
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	384	--	--

Powerful stuff from Les Mis. It along with Wreck-It Ralph are the 2 clear winners of the Christmas season. Great hold for Wreck-It Ralph. It is resonating with audiences young and old and will clear 2m today. Bad for The Hobbit. If it doesn't make at least 11k today in admissions, it will be a disaster. After this weekend, it should be at 4.4m. 5m is going to be close. Nice hold for CZ12. Ouch for BD2. Falling 70% from Christmas is likely. Good news is that it will become the highest grossing Twilight movie of the franchise today, dethroning the first Twilight from its longstanding perch. Not good for Jack Reacher. Life of Pi did outstanding. Let's see how well this will do without the holidays now. Nice increase for Guillotines after yesterday's hiccup. Terrible for My Sassy Hubby. Much better for Naruto.

 

[Bluebomb]

New Year's Day admissions

	Tuesday adm.				January 1
Rank	Title	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Les Misérables	23,050	28,667	+24.4%	-7.8%
2	Wreck-It Ralph	24,865	15,639	-37.1%	+9.3%
3	CZ12	23,797	13,051	-45.2%	+8.7%
4	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	39,502	10,832	-72.6%	-19.0%
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	25,534	9,487	-62.8%	-7.4%
6	Jack Reacher	17,783	8,334	-53.1%	-5.1%
7	Life of Pi	7,610	5,744	-24.5%	-3.4%
8	The Guillotines	--	5,303	--	+6.6%
9	My Sassy Hubby	5,455	2,172	-60.2%	-6.5%
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	--	1,114	--	+11.8%

Great for Les Mis. Pretty good for Wreck-It Ralph. Solid for CZ12. Disastrous for Breaking Dawn 2 and The Hobbit. Average for Jack Reacher. Amazing hold for Life of Pi. Not great for Guillotines. My Sassy Hubby did horribly. Better for Naruto.

	2 day holiday adm.	Dec 31-Jan 1
Rank	Title	2 day adm.
1	Les Misérables	59,764
2	Wreck-It Ralph	29,946
3	CZ12	25,055
4	Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2	24,211
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	19,733
6	Jack Reacher	17,114
7	Life of Pi	11,691
8	The Guillotines	10,280
9	My Sassy Hubby	4,495
10	Naruto: Road to Ninja	2,110

 

[Bluebomb]

Normally I wouldn't write a goodbye post but I think my readers deserve one.For a while, I've been growing more disinterested with box office numbers as a whole. It's pretty much why I stopped commenting on domestic box office and stuck to the HK thread the past year or so. I first attempted to leave after The Avengers opening but that didn't last. I decided to just stick around until the end of the year and then move on. Well, it's that time.Thank you to everyone here at BOT. I enjoyed conversing and talking with some of you on HK's box office.Thanks to my readers. I enjoyed providing you with box office numbers and a little taste of what people in HK like.Giving a shout-out to Shawn. Thank you! You're a fantastic guy. Keep up the good work.

[A Marvel Fanboy]