Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

[Bluebomb]

These are all total ?

Sorry, this is for opening weekend only. I should have specified.

 

Im seeing it today!!!!

Pretty lulzy b/c I'm freaking afraid of zombies & yet this year it may be the 2nd zombie movie I'll enjoy (after 'Warm bodies')! I may become a fan of those after all

Have you seen The Walking Dead?

[Leyla]

Sorry, this is for opening weekend only. I should have specified.

 

Have you seen The Walking Dead?

obviously not i considered tho b/c of the guy from 'Love actually'

should i start watching this??

Edited July 8, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

Part 3 of Monsters University pre-sales

Over at MCL, Monsters University is also having high pre-selling. At the higher traffic theaters such as Telford, STAR and JP, all have registered showtimes more than 60% full, closing in on 70%. STAR even has a weekend morning showing filled at 85% capacity. More rural theaters such as Metro are about 20-30% full, which is quite good already. Kornhill, meanwhile, is having really good pre-sales as well.

Festival Walk
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	3D Eng.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	11:25 AM	182	354	51.41%	Jul. 11	9:20 AM	119	354	33.62%
	1:30 PM	108	354	30.51%		3:35 PM	104	354	29.38%
	5:40 PM	113	354	31.92%
	7:45 PM	206	354	58.19%
Total		609	1416	43.01%	Total		223	708	31.50%

In just a few short days, Monsters University is 39% filled at Festival Walk. And that is for opening day!

Something interesting is brewing over at The ONE...

The One
	Monsters University	3D Eng.				Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	11:25 AM	94	163	57.67%	Jul. 11	9:20 AM	59	163	36.20%
	1:30 PM	49	163	30.06%
	3:35 PM	68	163	41.72%
	5:40 PM	63	163	38.65%
	7:45 PM	120	163	73.62%
	9:50 PM	63	163	38.65%
Total		457	978	46.73%	Total		59	163	36.20%
Jul. 12	11:25 AM	49	163	30.06%	Jul. 12	9:20 AM	21	163	12.88%
	1:30 PM	5	163	3.07%
	3:35 PM	29	163	17.79%
	5:40 PM	19	163	11.66%
	7:45 PM	120	163	73.62%
	9:50 PM	99	163	60.74%
	11:55 PM	11	163	6.75%
Total		332	1141	29.10%	Total		21	163	12.88%

English seems to be the main preference at this theater. Very good ticket sales.

Over at UA, Cityplaza has some great news to report.

Cityplaza
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	162	277	58.48%
	11:10 AM	103	277	37.18%
	1:20 PM	90	277	32.49%
	3:30 PM	160	277	57.76%
	5:40 PM	139	277	50.18%
	7:50 PM	156	277	56.32%
	10:00 PM	30	277	10.83%
Total		840	1939	43.32%
Jul. 12	9:00 AM	120	277	43.32%
	11:10 AM	47	277	16.97%
	1:20 PM	61	277	22.02%
	3:30 PM	73	277	26.35%
	5:40 PM	94	277	33.94%
	7:50 PM	153	277	55.23%
	10:00 PM	73	277	26.35%
Total		621	1939	32.03%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	210	277	75.81%
	11:10 AM	136	277	49.10%
	1:20 PM	150	277	54.15%
	3:30 PM	200	277	72.20%
	5:40 PM	184	277	66.43%
	7:50 PM	145	277	52.35%
	10:00 PM	77	277	27.80%
Total		1102	1939	56.83%
Jul. 14	9:00 AM	219	277	79.06%
	11:10 AM	168	277	60.65%
	1:20 PM	175	277	63.18%
	5:40 PM	143	277	51.62%
	7:50 PM	129	277	46.57%
	10:00 PM	40	277	14.44%
Total		874	1662	52.59%
4-day total		3437	7479	45.96%

Cityplaza becomes the first theater to sell 1,000 Monsters University tickets on any day. Huge weekend morning showings with both more than 75% booked.

Langham Place
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	128	202	63.37%
	11:10 AM	109	202	53.96%
	1:20 PM	107	202	52.97%
	3:30 PM	133	202	65.84%
	5:40 PM	126	202	62.38%
	7:50 PM	147	202	72.77%
	8:00 PM	144	202	71.29%
	10:00 PM	123	202	60.89%
Total		1017	1616	62.93%
Jul. 12	9:00 AM	95	202	47.03%
	11:10 AM	61	202	30.20%
	1:20 PM	58	202	28.71%
	3:30 PM	86	202	42.57%
	5:40 PM	92	202	45.54%
	7:50 PM	151	202	74.75%
	8:00 PM	142	202	70.30%
	10:00 PM	113	202	55.94%
Total		798	1616	49.38%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	132	202	65.35%
	11:10 AM	133	202	65.84%
	1:20 PM	125	202	61.88%
	3:30 PM	148	202	73.27%
	5:40 PM	143	202	70.79%
	7:50 PM	136	202	67.33%
	10:00 PM	116	202	57.43%
Total		933	1414	65.98%
Jul. 14	9:00 AM	147	202	72.77%
	11:10 AM	156	202	77.23%
	1:20 PM	116	202	57.43%
	3:30 PM	128	202	63.37%
	5:40 PM	127	202	62.87%
	7:50 PM	131	202	64.85%
	10:00 PM	64	202	31.68%
Total		869	1414	61.46%
4-day total		3617	6060	59.69%

Langham Place is doing exceptionally well. Opening day is over 60% full and has sold over 1,000 tickets. Amazing. I especially like how Sunday night's 7:50 PM showing is beating Sunday afternoon's showings. Its 4-day of showings combined is almost 60% full. Wonderful news.

Moving to Palace APM now and it is the only theater to release more than 1 screen of ticketing for Monsters University.

* This is not the full day showings for Monsters University. All showings will be listed tomorrow.

Palace APM
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:05 AM	37	167	22.16%	Jul. 11	11:55 AM	80	112	71.43%
	9:50 AM	57	112	50.89%
	11:40 AM	117	286	40.91%
	1:15 PM	6	167	3.59%
	2:00 PM	23	112	20.54%
	3:20 PM	13	167	7.78%
	4:05 PM	24	112	21.43%
	5:25 PM	13	167	7.78%
	6:10 PM	43	112	38.39%
	7:30 PM	82	167	49.10%
	8:15 PM	84	112	75.00%
	9:35 PM	50	167	29.94%
	11:40 PM	6	167	3.59%
Total		555	2015	27.54%	Total		80	112	71.43%

Extremely good for Monsters University here. This is doing twice the business of what Man of Steel did 3 days in advance.

At Olympian City, pre-sales are hard to come by.

Olympian City
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:20 AM	65	265	24.53%
	11:25 AM	104	265	39.25%
	1:30 PM	28	265	10.57%
	3:35 PM	43	265	16.23%
	5:40 PM	28	265	10.57%
	7:45 PM	142	265	53.58%
	9:50 PM	53	265	20.00%
Total		463	1855	24.96%
Jul. 12	9:20 AM	10	265	3.77%
	11:25 AM	44	265	16.60%
	1:30 PM	14	265	5.28%
	3:35 PM	26	265	9.81%
	5:40 PM	20	265	7.55%
	7:45 PM	141	265	53.21%
	9:50 PM	81	265	30.57%
Total		336	1855	18.11%

But Monsters University is looking strong as well. This is doing great all around.

 

[POLYLOVE]

I chose this:  Hangover 3's OW and run ($655k OW; $1.5m total) (1 votes [8.33%] - View)   

 

 Can't believe such a crap doing so good in HK.

[POLYLOVE]

Any chance for MU to beat DM2 in total?

[Bluebomb]

Any chance for MU to beat DM2 in total?

MU will beat DM2's total on OW.

[druv10]

Thanks for the update, Bluebomb. What are your final prediction for OW and total for MU? Is IM3 safe or is it going down?

Edited July 8, 2013 by druv10

[Olive]

I will be happy to see MU beat IM3.

I'm a fan of both movies. 

[Olive]

So excited to see MU's numbers.

[druv10]

Olive, we need China to finally breakout for MU. It really sucks that Pixar movies don't do anything in China. Do you see that changing anytime soon?

[Olive]

Olive, we need China to finally breakout for MU. It really sucks that Pixar movies don't do anything in China. Do you see that changing anytime soon?

Sadly no.

MU has already been scheduled on one of the worst dates..

[druv10]

Sadly no.

MU has already been scheduled on one of the worst dates..

 

I just don't understand China. They'll love Ice Age and Croods this year while Pixar movies will make a fraction of that. Hopefully, in the future things will change as Russia proved for MU. 

[Bluebomb]

Thanks for the update, Bluebomb. What are your final prediction for OW and total for MU? Is IM3 safe or is it going down?

Need to see how many screens it's getting this week. So far, things aren't looking so good.

 

	Monday adm.				July 8
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	12,957	16,142	+24.6%	-57.6%
2	Blind Detective	5,693	11,266	+97.9%	-57.3%
3	Man of Steel	45,814	8,569	-81.3%	-58.3%
4	World War Z	24,358	7,058	-71.0%	-51.4%
5	Now You See Me	9,298	3,991	-57.1%	-36.7%
6	Midsummer Formula	11,835	2,901	-75.5%	-55.5%
7	Epic	17,493	2,208	-87.4%	-74.0%
8	A Story of Yonosuke	--	261	--	-40.1%
9	Miracle in Cell No. 7	702	216	-69.2%	-37.4%
10	Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge	--	172	--	--

Good for Despicable Me 2 and Blind Detective. Man of Steel is fading fast.

[Tower]

I just don't understand China. They'll love Ice Age and Croods this year while Pixar movies will make a fraction of that. Hopefully, in the future things will change as Russia proved for MU. 

 

Russia didn't really prove that, MU will struggle to make 20M while IA4 made 50M last year.

[Leyla]

lol Bluebomb the screening for WWZ was sold out (b/c of discount monday) had to settle for 'the Bling ring'

will watch on weekend

Edited July 9, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

obviously not i considered tho b/c of the guy from 'Love actually'

should i start watching this??

You should. It's not that scary. There's more talking than zombie scares.

 

lol Bluebomb the screening for WWZ was sold out (b/c of descount monday) had to settle for 'the Bling ring'

wil watch on weekend

That's awesome!!

 

Thursday schedules

Palace APM
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Monsters University (3D Can.) - 16 showings	Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.) - 4 showings (▼ 10)	Epic (Can.)
Monsters University (Can.) - 5 showings	Despicable Me 2 (Can.) - 1 showing (▼ 5)	Man of Steel 3D
Tales from the Dark Part 1 - 14 showings	Blind Detective - 4 showings (▼ 9)	Man of Steel
	Midsummer Formula - 1 showing (▼ 3)	Epic (3D Can.)
	World War Z - 3 showings (▼ 5)	World War Z 3D
		Now You See Me

iSQUARE
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Monsters University (3D Can.) - 10 showings	Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.) - 4 showings (=)	Midsummer Formula
Monsters University (3D Eng.) - 4 showings	Despicable Me 2 (3D Eng.) - 1 showing (=)	Man of Steel 3D
Monsters University (Eng.) - 1 showing	Despicable Me 2 (Can.) - 1 showing (=)	Man of Steel
Tales from the Dark Part 1 - 3 showings	Blind Detective - 2 showings (▼ 6)	Epic (Can.)
	Man of Steel IMAX - 1 showing (▼ 5)
	World War Z - 2 showings (=)
	Now You See Me - 4 showings (▲ 2)

STAR Cinema
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Monsters University (3D Can.) - 13 showings	Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.) - 6 showings (▲ 5)	Despicable Me 2 (3D Eng.)
Monsters University (3D Eng.) - 2 showings	Despicable Me 2 (Can.) - 1 showing (▼ 2)	Epic (3D Can.)
Monsters University (Can.) - 4 showings	Blind Detective - 5 showings (▼ 6)	Miracle in Cell No. 7
Tales from the Dark Part 1 - 5 showings	Midsummer Formula - 1 showing (▼ 4)	Now You See Me
	Man of Steel 3D - 1 showing (▼ 4)
	Man of Steel - 1 showing (▼ 2)
	Epic (Can.) - 1 showing (▼ 2)
	World War Z 3D - 1 showing (=)
	World War Z - 1 showing (▼ 5)

Thursday schedules (read for explanation)

[Bluebomb]

July 11 Weekend Predictions

	Weekend Predictions		July 11
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg
1	Monsters University	$3,500,000
2	Tales from the Dark 1	$400,000
3	Despicable Me 2	$210,000	-81.1%
4	Blind Detective	$160,000	-76.3%
5	World War Z	$110,000	-77.2%

July 11 Weekend Predictions

 

[druv10]

Russia didn't really prove that, MU will struggle to make 20M while IA4 made 50M last year.

 

I was compaing it to TS3, which struggled to hit 10M in China and Russia so 20M is a success compared to it in that territory. If China can make 20M, it would be a massive step towards respectability for Pixar in China.  

 

 

 

Good prediction, with that OW 10M+ looks possible. 

[A Marvel Fanboy]

MU is not making 10M+ here.

[Bluebomb]

It is making 10m.