Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

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Thursday actual

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - HK$2,574,528 (US$332,717)

Fox HK reports that Maze Runner 2 opened 50% higher than the first Maze Runner and that it is the highest grossing opening day for a foreign film in September. With that number, 2m should be happening this weekend.

Saturday schedules

Maze Runner 2 is getting upgraded to 3 or 4 screens. Palace APM will show this 23 times on Saturday while an independent theater will give this 37 showings on Saturday.

Everest will get special sneaks this weekend.

Last week's winner, No Escape, will be getting a mixed bag this weekend. Some will upgrade while some will downgrade.

Love Detective will add showtimes this weekend while Inside Out is all over the place this weekend. UA will cut it while Broadway/AMC will go full throttle. One theater is even scheduling Inside Out with 5 showtimes this weekend.

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		Thursday Actuals						September 10
LW	TW	Movie	Last Thu. (USD)	Thursday (USD)	% chg	Theaters	Days	Total
--	1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	$332,717	--	41	1	$332,717
1	2	No Escape	$238,550	$37,168	-84.4%	30	8	$1,081,401
3	3	Love Detective	$108,919	$22,096	-79.7%	33	8	$448,399
10	4	PK	$34,037	$18,886	-44.5%	6	8	$208,946
--	5	All You Need is Love	--	$11,121	--	25	1	$11,121
5	6	A Tale of Three Cities	$74,571	$9,821	-86.8%	21	8	$280,941
6	7	Undercover Duet	$63,916	$8,999	-85.9%	17	15	$789,555
--	8	Boychoir	--	$8,986	--	11	1	$8,986
4	9	Pixels	$87,234	$4,690	-94.6%	--	22	$2,003,719
2	10	Inside Out	$130,420	$4,577	-96.5%	27	50	$8,389,165

Note: The reported opening day for Maze Runner 2 was under by nearly $300,000 HK so I used the figure reported by FOX HK instead.

In a nutshell: Great for Maze Runner 2 and PK. Pretty bad for everything else.

Saturday schedules update

PK gains an extra theater in Citygate this weekend. Maze Runner 2 has its showtime count increased by the showtimes that were held back.

	Friday				September 11
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	33,520	--	+21.8%
2	No Escape	12,198	4,967	-59.3%	+42.0%
3	Everest	--	3,277	--	--
4	Love Detective	5,116	2,657	-48.1%	+16.9%
5	PK	1,448	2,352	+62.4%	+45.3%
6	All You Need is Love	--	1,477	--	+29.1%
7	A Tale of Three Cities	4,382	1,403	-68.0%	+35.2%
8	Boychoir	--	1,067	--	+37.0%
9	Pixels	2,947	608	-79.4%	+17.6%
10	Inside Out	2,734	551	-79.8%	+23.3%

Excellent for Maze Runner 2. Mediocre hold for No Escape. Very slow for Everest. Ok hold for Love Detective. Incredible for PK. Not good for All You Need is Love or Boychoir. Bad holds for Three Cities, Pixels and Inside Out.

 

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			September 12
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	22,854	--	+84.7%
2	Everest	--	2,317	--	+61.0%
3	PK	1,243	2,028	+63.2%	+124.8%
4	No Escape	4,734	1,832	-61.3%	+49.2%
5	Love Detective	1,951	1,005	-48.5%	+37.7%
6	All You Need is Love	--	778	--	+54.1%
7	Inside Out	1,780	760	-57.3%	--
8	Boychoir	--	669	--	+69.4%
9	A Tale of Three Cities	1,971	642	-67.4%	+14.6%
10	Lady of the Dynasty	--	342	--	+28.1%
10	Hero 2015	1,399	342	-75.6%	--

Superb increase for Maze Runner 2. Weak for Everest. This is not good news for next weekend. Outstanding for PK. This will increase from last weekend. Meh for No Escape. Average for Love Detective. All You Need is Love had an OK increase. Not a good hold for Inside Out but it does have the distinction of having the best increase of the top 10 with a 300% push.

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Saturday admissions will not be posted due to wmoov being down for the morning and most of the afternoon. Currently, Maze Runner 2 stands at just 38,000 admissions at 5 PM when it should be over 50,000. All the holdovers except PK are down significantly from last weekend which should not be the case.

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	Sunday adm.	(so far)			September 13
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	23,965	--	+4.9%
2	Everest	--	2,348	--	+1.3%
3	PK	1,718	2,311	+34.5%	+14.0%
4	No Escape	4,835	2,197	-54.6%	+19.9%
5	Love Detective	2,234	1,168	-47.7%	+16.2%
6	All You Need is Love	--	1,100	--	+41.4%
7	Inside Out	2,048	897	-56.2%	+18.0%
8	Boychoir	--	870	--	+30.0%
9	A Tale of Three Cities	1,939	760	-60.8%	+18.4%
10	Lady of the Dynasty	--	416	--	+21.6%

Wonderful for Maze Runner 2. Weak for Everest. Outstanding for PK. Mediocre for No Escape. Love Detective did alright.

 

	Weekend Projections			September 10
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$2,110,000		$2,110,000
2	No Escape	$285,000	-63.6%	$1,330,000
3	Love Detective	$140,000	-65.9%	$565,000
4	Everest	$135,000		$135,000
5	PK	$133,000	+7.8%	$323,000

Note: Due to the complexity of this week, estimates may vary greatly from projections.

Maze Runner 2 claims biggest September opening weekend ever. It also is the first film to make over 2m OW in September. No Escape/Love Detective had bad 2nd weekend holds. Everest had very slow sales this weekend. Incredible for PK to rise on its 2nd weekend with huge competition and the holiday last weekend.

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	Sunday				September 13
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	55,658	--	--
2	No Escape	18,315	7,230	-60.5%	--
3	Everest	--	5,593	--	--
4	PK	3,436	4,395	+27.9%	--
5	Love Detective	7,699	3,706	-51.9%	--
6	Inside Out	6,279	2,786	-55.6%	--
7	All You Need is Love	--	2,494	--	--
8	Boychoir	--	1,777	--	--
9	A Tale of Three Cities	4,378	1,463	-66.6%	--
10	Pixels	4,921	897	-81.8%	--

Outstanding for Maze Runner 2. Big drop for No Escape even with gigantic competition. Everest sneaks did not do great. Impressive for PK. Love Detective did OK. Not bad for Inside Out despite losing theaters or some theaters reducing showtimes on Sunday.

 

	Weekend Estimates			September 10
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$2,110,000		$2,110,000
2	No Escape	$257,000	-67.2%	$1,302,000
3	PK	$147,000	+19.2%	$337,000
4	Everest	$145,000		$145,000
5	Love Detective	$130,000	-59.0%	$555,000

Maze Runner 2 has the biggest September weekend on record and is likely the only film to make 2m on OW in September pending actuals. No Escape got crushed by Maze Runner 2. Of course, no holidays this weekend did not help either. It's still a very good total though considering it has only banked 24m in 3 weeks domestically. #3 and #4 will be very close but the nod was given to PK who rose from opening weekend. PK added 2 theaters this week, one on Thursday and one on Saturday so the potential is there for the rest of the theaters from UA to add this in the coming weeks. PK's run is only just beginning. I'll be shocked if this does not pass 1m. 2m is likely IMO. Everest had a poor outing with sneak previews. 3 days of sneaks and it could only muster $145,000 despite 3D premium charge. Next week will be interesting to watch. Love Detective held up alright with no direct competition this week.

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Early Thursday schedules

Maze Runner 2 is left on 2 screens while Everest/American Ultra debut with 1. Guia in Love begins with half day showtimes while The Merger comes away with 3 showtimes.

Holdovers will be severely cut this week. More to follow.

Actuals

Minions - $10,134,826
Inside Out - $8,441,788
Mission Impossible 5 - $6,817,359

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Olive, I have to say that last weekend really exposed Cinetel as not being a very reliable source. Last weekend wasn't the first time that the numbers did not match up with the running admissions from theaters. I recall the Love Live! opening weekend where its admissions were not being reported properly on wmoov and its number on Cinetel was below what it should be. I think Cinetel makes up the numbers based on wmoov's admissions. Be careful if you're using Cintel as a source as sometimes wmoov can be very wrong.

 

Thursday schedules
 

Pacific Place
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 3D - 1 showing	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 5 showings (▼ 6)	A Tale of Three Cities
Everest 3D - 8 showings	A Royal Night Out - 1 showing (▼ 3)	How To Make Love Like An Englishman
American Ultra - 5 showings	Boychoir - 4 showings (▼ 5)	Pixels
La Famille Bélier - 3 showings	Kidnapping Freddy Heineken - 1 showing (=)	Hitman: Agent 47
	No Escape - 2 showings (▼ 3)
	The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - 2 showings (=)
	Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - 1 showing (=)
	Inside Out (Eng.) - 1 showing (▲ 0)

Palace APM
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 3D - 1 showing	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 10 showings (▼ 21)	Assassination Classroom
Everest 3D - 2 showings	A Tale of Three Cities - 1 showing (=)	Undercover Duet
Everest - 8 showings	Love Detective - 3 showings (▼ 5)	Pixels
American Ultra - 7 showings	Fantastic Four - 2 showings (▼ 6)	Attack on Titan
Guia in Love - 3 showings	No Escape - 3 showings (▼ 6)	To The Fore
The Merger - 2 showings	Inside Out (Can.) - 1 showing (=)

Shatin
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 3D - 6 showings	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 1 showing (▼ 8)
Everest 3D - 2 showings	Love Detective - 1 showing (▼ 3)
Everest - 1 showing

Telford
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Everest 3D - 2 showings	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 8 showings (▼ 11)	Hero 2015
Everest - 5 showings	All You Need is Love - 2 showings (▼ 5)	The Emperor in August
American Ultra - 3 showings	Love Detective - 1 showing (▼ 2)	Pixels
Guia in Love - 3 showings	No Escape - 4 showings (▼ 6)	Inside Out (Can.)
The Merger - 2 showings	Assassination Classroom - 1 showing (▼ 4)
	Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - 1 showing (=)
	Inside Out (Eng.) - 1 showing (▲ 0)

Maze Runner 2 adds 3D to its repertoire this week but UA is the most intent of the 4 big theater chains to switch Maze Runner to 3D. Broadway/AMC will only give schedule it on 3D with 1 or 2 showings. The real surprise is that out of the 2 business district theaters, only 1 3D showtime will be shown on Thursday. Usually they will gladly run 3D for most of a film's run. Even Inside Out did not switch to 2D until its 5th week at those theaters. Maze Runner 2 will be shown on 2 screens almost everywhere. Pre-sales remain the best of all films on Thursday.

Everest shuffles into theaters in 3D and 2D. 3D will mostly be used for the morning and 7 PM showtimes. Pre-sales are slow once again.

American Ultra heads to theaters behind the expected top 2 in Maze Runner 2 and Everest. Scheduling is all over the place with some theaters behind the film with full day showtimes while others like MCL are only leaving this with 3 showtimes. Pre-sales are very slow.

Guia in Love, The Merger and La Famille Bélier are the other openers on Thursday this week but won't be contending.

The 2nd Attack on Titan film, End of the World, will be released on Saturday. Pre-sales are not bad so far. It will be interesting to see how the addition of Titan will affect both the new openers and holdovers this weekend.

No Escape and Love Detective remains the big holdovers this week. At this stage, Love Detective has a better outlook than No Escape with more theaters showing this on Thursday. No Escape is gone from half of UA theaters.

PK drops back down to 6 theaters with Everest kicking into IMAX this week.

Besides those 3 holdovers, there will be a massive culling of the rest. Pixels and Hitman shrink to just 1 theater on Thursday and Mission Impossible does not fare much better with 2. Inside Out has longevity on its side as 10 theaters will keep it on weekdays for another week. Worthy of noting is that the one theater that is giving Inside Out a 7 PM showtime on Thursday is surprisingly beating out all other films' 7 PM showtimes at this moment.

[Olive]

Yeah, Cinetel numbers are off lately.

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	Tuesday adm.				September 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	17,263	--	--
2	No Escape	8,194	3,334	-59.3%	--
3	PK	2,035	2,316	+13.8%	--
4	Love Detective	3,902	1,759	-54.9%	--
5	All You Need is Love	--	1,084	--	--
6	Boychoir	--	1,024	--	--
7	A Tale of Three Cities	2,380	912	-61.7%	--
8	Undercover Duet	1,608	377	-76.6%	--
9	Lady of the Dynasty	--	342	--	--
10	The Assassin	--	319	--	--

Decent for Maze Runner 2. Judging from these admissions Thursday will be down by more than 50%. Mediocre for No Escape. Great for PK.

[moudoudou]

Hi,

 

I'm part of a team of box-office enthousiasts from France.

Inflation is a b**ch and, as we saw with AOU, it does not tell the real attendance of a movie. Would you know where I can put my hand on hard data about attendance in HK?

 

Otherwise, this year has been frantic in terms of box office. Would it be possible to release an updated TOP 25 of the biggest box office drawers in the city? Both local and foreign. For example, I wonder how Little Big Master performed in the end. It was a good-hearted movie, and it deserves its success.

 

As for Hollywood guns, AOU fared magnificently, but it wasn't the only one. JW, MI6, IO, The Minions... all big box office drawers...

 

Thanks in advance ;-)

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Hi,

 

I'm part of a team of box-office enthousiasts from France.

Inflation is a b**ch and, as we saw with AOU, it does not tell the real attendance of a movie. Would you know where I can put my hand on hard data about attendance in HK?

 

Otherwise, this year has been frantic in terms of box office. Would it be possible to release an updated TOP 25 of the biggest box office drawers in the city? Both local and foreign. For example, I wonder how Little Big Master performed in the end. It was a good-hearted movie, and it deserves its success.

 

As for Hollywood guns, AOU fared magnificently, but it wasn't the only one. JW, MI6, IO, The Minions... all big box office drawers...

 

Thanks in advance ;-)

Wish I could help, moudoudou, but no one tracks admissions here, only gross. And even then it is spotty. Most of the sources have dried up in the past few years with most shutting down while others revert to rounding numbers to the thousands. HK MPIA and the box office corporation that tracks movies here are very secretive. If you are not a theater exhibitor, theater operator or certain media, you are not allowed access to the numbers.

 

Maze Runner 2 opening weekend actual - HK$14,881,802 [$1,917,765], more than 200,000 admissions OW (+32% from Maze Runner - HK$11,273,894 [$1,45,2827])

It's a great opening weekend even if it did not hit 2m OW. It will make it to 4m. MR2 should make more than the last Hunger Games movie here unless if the finale effect spurs a major increase.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		September 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Everest	--	5,016	--
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	8,563	3,226	-62.3%
3	American Ultra	--	496	--
4	PK	503	388	-22.9%
5	No Escape	673	323	-52.0%
6	Love Detective	590	204	-65.4%
7	Guia in Love	--	180	--
8	La Famille Bélier	--	164	--
9	A Tale of Three Cities	305	144	-52.8%
9	Boychoir	294	144	-51.0%

Not good for Everest. Mediocre for Maze Runner 2. Awful for American Ultra. Very strong for PK despite the loss of the Airport IMAX theater. Iffy drops for No Escape/Love Detective. Man, these are some downright abysmal numbers. #3 did not even hit 500 admissions in pre-sales. Yikes.

Edited September 16, 2015 by Bluebomb

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Top 50 Local Movies of All-Time (All in HKD)

1 KUNG FU HUSTLE 2004 $61,278,697
2 SHAOLIN SOCCER 2001 $60,739,847
3 POLICE STORY 4 FIRST STRIKE 1996 $57,518,795
4 RUMBLE IN THE BRONX 1995 $56,912,536
5 INFERRAL AFFAIRS 2002 $55,057,176
6 GOD OF GAMBLERS II 1994 $52,541,028
7 CJ7 2008 $51,440,832
8 JUSTICE, MY FOOT 1992 $49,884,734
9 ALL S WELL END S WELL 1992 $48,992,188
10 LUST, CAUTION 2007 $48,758,480
11 Little Big Master 2015 $46,729,492
12 THUNDERBOLT 1995 $45,647,210
13 MR NICE GUY 1997 $45,420,457
14 Unbeatable 2013 $44,631,344
15 FIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL 1991 $43,829,449
16 IP MAN II 2010 $43,313,345
17 Cold War 2012 $42,819,043
18 THE STORM RIDERS 1998 $41,532,235
19 God of Gamblers I: All for the Winner 1990 $41,326,156
20 Golden Chickensss 2014 $41,277,620
21 3D SEX AND ZEN 2011 $41,078,280
22 DRUNKEN MASTER 1994 $40,971,484
23 ROYAL TRAMP 1992 $40,862,831
24 THE GOD OF COOKERY 1996 $40,861,655
25 LOVE ON A DIET 2001 $40,435,886
26 ALL S WELL END S WELL 97 1997 $40,435,675
27 God of Gamblers II: AKA Knight of Gamblers 1991 $40,342,758
28 FLIRTING SCHOLAR 1993 $40,171,804
29 ARMOUR OF GOD II 1991 $39,048,711
30 WHO AM I 1998 $38,852,845
31 TO BE NUMBER ONE 1991 $38,703,363
32 KING OF BEGGARS 1992 $38,622,449
33 INITIAL D 2005 $37,862,364
34 FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE 1994 $37,523,850
35 IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1994 $37,367,669
36 EIGHTH HAPPINESS 1988 $37,090,776
37 God of Gamblers II 1990 $37,042,851
38 TREASURE HUNT 1994 $37,033,685
39 LOVE ON DELIVERY 1994 $36,906,730
40 ROYAL TRAMP II 1992 $36,583,964
41 NOW YOU SEE LOVE...NOW YOU DON T 1992 $36,475,536
42 THE MAGIC TOUCH 1992 $36,399,307
43 FORBIDDEN CITY COP 1996 $36,051,899
44 ALL S WELL END S WELL, TOO 1993 $35,481,480
45 AMOUR OF GOD 1987 $35,469,408
46 SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR MAN 1995 $35,236,551
47 NEEDING YOU 2000 $35,214,661
48 72 TENANTS OF PROSPERITY 2010 $34,760,735
49 SWORDSMAN II 1992 $34,462,861
50 Police Story ii 1988 $34,151,600

Top 50 Foreign Movies of All Time (updated September 16, 2015, in HKD)

1 Avatar 2009 $183,411,471
2 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON 2015 $132,983,949
3 Titanic 1998 $114,939,300
4 Iron Man 3 2013 $106,389,801
5 Transformers : Age of Extinction 2014 $98,196,851
6 Avengers 3D, The 2012 $96,705,670
7 Jurassic World 2015 $96,295,976
8 Toy Story 3 2010 $89,364,118
9 Transformers Dark of the Moon 2011 $84,703,797
10 Dark Knight Rises, The 2012 $80,269,966
11 Minions 2015 $78,403,991
12 Monsters University 2013 $77,372,721
13 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 2011 $76,785,999
14 Inside Out* 2015 $65,404,949
15 Amazing Spiderman, The 2012 $61,983,452
16 Jurassic Park 1993 $61,898,795
17 You are the apple of my eye 2012 $61,862,731
18 Furious 7 2015 $59,634,515
19 Batman the Dark Knight 2008 $58,524,393
20 Inception 2010 $58,380,823
21 The Lost World - Jurassic Park 1997 $58,231,885
22 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 $56,552,117
23 Spider Man 3 2007 $55,016,986
24 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 2014 $54,687,389
25 Mission Impossible： Rogue Nation* 2015 $52,800,509
26 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 $52,417,858
27 Interstellar 2014 $51,786,434
28 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST 2014 $50,768,991
29 Ant Man 2015 $50,697,616
30 Independence Day 1996 $49,655,445
31 Transformers Revenge of Fallen 2009 $48,115,274
32 Life of Pi 2012 $47,334,447
33 2012 2009 $47,027,272
34 STAND BY ME: Doraemon 3D 2015 $46,891,675
35 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 $46,542,244
36 Speed 1994 $46,430,056
37 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 2009 $45,526,732
38 Pirates of Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 $45,506,109
39 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 2010 $44,971,073
40 Men In Black 3 2012 $44,752,201
41 Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol 2011 $44,239,802
42 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $44,105,776
43 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone 2001 $43,409,950
44 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB 2014 $43,386,857
45 World War Z 2013 $42,602,911
46 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 $42,067,777
47 Day After Tomorrow, The 2004 $41,630,063
48 Maleficent 2014 $40,855,289
49 Les Miserables 2012 $40,853,051
50 The Mummy Returns 2001 $40,347,895

* - still in release

Edited September 17, 2015 by Bluebomb

[moudoudou]

Thanks BlueBomb!

 

Given that The Apple of my Eye is the biggest box-office drawer for a film in Chinese, is there any particular expectation for Our Time, the lattest big success in Taiwan?

[Olive]

The Apple of my Eye is a foreign movie?

[Bluebomb]

Thanks BlueBomb!

 

Given that The Apple of my Eye is the biggest box-office drawer for a film in Chinese, is there any particular expectation for Our Time, the lattest big success in Taiwan?

Well, the distributor has set the release date for Our Times for October 15, clearly trying to replicate Apple of My Eye's success in 2011. Apple of My Eye appealed to many HK'ers because of the subject matter. This one has the same formula but whether it will appeal to HK people remains to be seen. There is some major competition on October 22 (Black Mass, Legend, Last Witch Hunter, Goosebumps and Bridge of Spies all come out) so legs will be cut short, however, it does have the holiday on October 21. I'd say 4m is achievable but it needs to open well otherwise theaters will cut it in favor of new films the week after.

 

The Apple of my Eye is a foreign movie?

Apple of My Eye used to be in the Chinese section but they must have revamped the list. My above post has been amended to Top 50 Local Movies instead of Chinese Movies.

 

	Thursday			September 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Everest	--	11,699	--
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	27,530	10,235	-62.8%
3	American Ultra	--	1,881	--
4	No Escape	3,497	1,846	-47.2%
5	PK	1,619	1,504	-7.1%
6	Love Detective	2,273	779	-65.7%
7	A Tale of Three Cities	1,038	587	-43.4%
8	Guia in Love	--	585	--
9	Boychoir	779	570	-26.8%
10	La Famille Bélier	--	418	--

Everest did not do that great. Judging from last weekend's previews, admissions increase on Saturday was below 50% which suggests families/weekend crowd are not interested in this type of movie. Maze Runner 2 had an iffy drop from opening day. Yes, there was some rush factor but reviews for the film are only decent so weekend drops will be mediocre. It will win Saturday/Sunday in admissions this weekend. American Ultra got high and never took off. Average for No Escape. Weekend hold this weekend will grow larger and larger due to theaters having to make room for Attack on Titan 2. Great hold for PK once again. Terrible for Love Detective. Meh for Three Cities. Boring opening for Guia in Love. Excellent hold for Boychoir.

 

	Friday adm.	(so far)			September 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	1,439	6,213	+331.8%	+23.9%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	12,376	5,724	-53.7%	+77.4%
3	PK	902	856	-5.1%	+120.6%
4	American Ultra	--	618	--	+24.6%
5	No Escape	1,228	483	-60.7%	+49.5%
6	Boychoir	395	381	-3.5%	+164.6%
7	Love Detective	730	292	-60.0%	+43.1%
8	A Tale of Three Cities	560	220	-60.7%	+52.8%
9	La Famille Bélier	--	219	--	+33.5%
10	The Merger	--	117	--	--

Weak increase for Everest. Better for Maze Runner 2. It should squeak out an admissions win today. PK is doing very well. Ghastly for American Ultra. Not good for No Escape, Love Detective or A Tale of Three Cities. Superb hold for Boychoir.

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Here are the Saturday showtimes count for the expected top 3

	Saturday Showtimes
	Everest (all)	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (all)	Attack on Titan 2
Hollywood
Friday	9	11	0
Saturday	10	11	9
Palace APM
Friday	10	11	0
Saturday	11	11	10
Cinema City
Friday	9	19	0
Saturday	10	13	11
The One
Friday	11	13	0
Saturday	9	10	10
Pacific Place
Friday	7	6	0
Saturday	8	9	3
Palace IFC
Friday	5	5	0
Saturday	6	6	3
Festival Walk
Friday	12	10	0
Saturday	9	13	8
Cine Times
Friday	8	11	0
Saturday	7	10	4
iSquare
Friday	6 (IMAX)	8	0
Saturday	7 (IMAX)	7	0
Cine Moko
Friday	7 (IMAX)	10	0
Saturday	7 (IMAX)	11	4
STAR Cinema
Friday	7	6	0
Saturday	7	6	5
The Grand Cinema
Friday	12	16	0
Saturday	12	11	8

Some have given Everest/Maze Runner 2 less showings this weekend to accommodate Attack on Titan 2 while others have increased showtimes, taking away from other holdovers/American Ultra. The addition of Attack on Titan 2 will push everyone from #3 on downward below 1 spot. Pre-sales for Attack on Titan 2 look alright for now. It certainly was not as brisk as the first film.

 

[Bluebomb]

	Friday				September 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	33,520	14,988	-55.3%	+46.4%
2	Everest	3,277	14,283	+335.9%	+22.1%
3	American Ultra	--	2,620	--	+39.3%
4	No Escape	4,967	2,411	-51.5%	+30.6%
5	PK	2,352	2,190	-6.9%	+45.6%
6	Love Detective	2,657	964	-63.7%	+23.7%
7	Boychoir	1,067	914	-14.3%	+60.4%
8	A Tale of Three Cities	1,403	700	-50.1%	+19.3%
9	La Famille Bélier	--	616	--	+47.4%
10	Guia in Love	--	594	--	+1.5%

Not bad for Maze Runner 2. Not good for Everest. Not good for American Ultra. Average for No Escape. Great holds for PK and Boychoir.

 

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			September 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	2,317	10,838	+367.8%	+74.4%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	22,854	8,927	-60.9%	+56.0%
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	4,419	--	--
4	PK	2,028	1,865	-8.0%	+117.9%
5	American Ultra	--	704	--	+13.9%
6	No Escape	1,832	693	-62.2%	+43.5%
7	Our Times	--	662	--	--
8	Boychoir	669	480	-28.3%	+26.0%
9	Wong Ka Yan	--	420	--	--
10	Love Detective	1,005	319	-68.3%	+9.2%

Well well, Everest jumps 74% with Saturday pre-sales. Bad hold for Maze Runner 2. Poor opening for Attack on Titan 2. It did not even beat Attack on Titan's opening day Thursday pre-sales. Excellent for PK. No Escape had a harsh drop. Due to many special screenings this weekend, some upcoming films have jumped right into the top 10 on Saturday. Our Times and Wong Ka Yan both make their debut. Boychoir seems to be slowing down. Awful hold for Love Detective.

Edited September 18, 2015 by Bluebomb

[Quigley]

Inside Out's run has been really impressive. 4th best animated film, biggest original animated film, 14th best foreign film.

Edited September 18, 2015 by Quigley

[Bluebomb]

Inside Out's run has been really impressive. 4th best animated film, biggest original animated film, 14th best foreign film.

14th highest grossing film of all time. Its run has been spectacular. I only thought it would make 5m at first.

 

Some food for thought: As of Thursday, Inside Out's HK run would be equivalent to 371.4m in the US.

[Olive]

That would be equivalent to 700M yuan in Mainland, I wish it can make that much here.