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Poor people in HK are mostly from Mainland China?

No, the opposite. Mainland China people are rich.

Some people are buying designer goods because of that.But they have something to show off. Nobody sees in what format they saw the movie.Therefor my sugestion to sell custom made sunglasses to watch 3D movies with. Optical to correct for eye failures and adapable to the amount of light.

Well, theaters have special Spider-Man 3D glasses that you can buy.
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Thursday schedules
 

Pacific Place    
New Holdovers Leaving
Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Eng.) - 15 showings The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - 9 showings (▼ 19)  
W.E. - 5 showings The Raven - 1 showing (▼ 3)  
  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 1 showing (▼ 2)  
  Prometheus 3D - 1 showing (-)  
  The Dictator - 2 showings (-)  
  What to Expect When You're Expecting - 1 showing (-)  
  Snow White and the Huntsman - 1 showing (▼ 2)  
  Men in Black 3 3D - 2 showings (▼ 3)  
  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - 1 showing (-)  

Palace APM    
New Holdovers Leaving
Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Can.) - 16 showings Hotaru the Movie: It's Only A Little Light in My Life - 3 showings (▼ 6) Men in Black 3 3D
Ice Age: Continental Drift (Can.) - 6 showings Painted Skin: The Resurrection - 6 showings (▼ 12) Prometheus
The Four - 5 showings The Amazing Spider-Man - 5 showings (▼ 8) The Dictator
  The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - 4 showings (▼ 9)  
  Motorway - 1 showing (▼ 3)  
  First Time - 1 showing (▼ 2)  

Festival Walk    
New Holdovers Leaving
Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Can.) - 7 showings Late Autumn - 5 showings (▲ 0) Prometheus
Ice Age: Continental Drift (Can.) - 4 showings Painted Skin: The Resurrection - 6 showings (▼ 11)  
Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Eng.) - 7 showings The Amazing Spider-Man - 3 showings (▼ 9)  
Ice Age: Continental Drift (Eng.) - 3 showings The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - 5 showings (▼ 9)  
The Four - 4 showings Motorway - 1 showing (▼ 3)  
  First Time - 1 showing (-)  
  Prometheus 3D - 1 showing (-)  
  The Dictator - 1 showing (▼ 2)  
  Men in Black 3 3D - 1 showing (-)  

The One    
New Holdovers Leaving
Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Can.) - 9 showings Late Autumn - 6 showings (▼ 7) Motorway
Ice Age: Continental Drift (Can.) - 3 showings Painted Skin: The Resurrection - 7 showings (▼ 12) First Time
Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Eng.) - 9 showings The Amazing Spider-Man - 1 showing (▼ 4) Prometheus 3D
The Four - 4 showings The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - 8 showings (▼ 14) Men in Black 3 3D
    The Dictator


Animation has been in a funk ever since Toy Story 3 broke out in 2010. There have been many disappointments along the way from top to bottom with high profile animation films like Kung Fu Panda 2 and Cars 2 and low key films like Rango. The closest thing we had to a good gross was Smurfs but it didn't do anything outstanding. Ice Age 4 hopes to rejuvenate animation and place in the top 5 of the year but it will be very tricky. It has The Dark Knight Rises on its 2nd weekend and then the week after that begins animation warfare with 3 animation pics vying for screens.

There is some good news though. Pre-sales are very strong at the moment and from those theater schedules, chances are this will mark a return for animation. When we compare this to Kung Fu Panda 2's opening Thursday schedules, all 4 theaters tracking KFP2 had given more showtimes to IA4. This should clear 2m on opening weekend.

The Four is another wuxia film meant as counterprogramming. While all the couples and families go out to watch IA4, this will hope to grab the action crowd but there are a lot more choices for the action crowd this time around than with Wu Xia last year. I don't see this doing very well.

W.E. is a filler for this week.

For holdovers, this will be a harsh week. Painted Skin 2's legs on opening week haven't looked good. It was the only film to post a drop on Monday from Thursday admissions. This is looking at a 60-65% fall this weekend. Abraham Lincoln might be seeing some decent word of mouth but it's not outdoing Spider-Man at the moment so this could fall about 55-60%. The Amazing Spider-Man is getting a showtimes cut to make room for Ice Age 4 but I think strong word of mouth will at least help it from dropping Transformers style. I see a 55% dip.

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With a week to go, the year's most anticipated film is all set to come out. Tracking The Dark Knight Rises' OW pre-sales at the busiest theater in HK, it looks like we're about to get hit by something big.
 

Langham Place        
  The Dark Knight Rises      
Day Time Seats sold Seats available % filled
Jun. 19 9:15 AM 10 202 5.0%
  12:20 PM 27 202 13.4%
  3:25 PM 26 202 12.9%
  6:30 PM 67 202 33.2%
  9:35 PM 94 202 46.5%
  12:40 AM 8 202 4.0%
Total   232 1212 19.1%
Jun. 20 9:15 AM 2 202 1.0%
  12:20 PM 2 202 1.0%
  3:25 PM 11 202 5.4%
  6:30 PM 41 202 20.3%
  9:35 PM 116 202 57.4%
  12:40 AM 23 202 11.4%
Total   195 1212 16.1%
Jun. 21 9:15 AM 42 202 20.8%
  12:20 PM 34 202 16.8%
  3:25 PM 100 202 49.5%
  6:30 PM 89 202 44.1%
  9:35 PM 105 202 52.0%
  12:40 AM 2 202 1.0%
Total   372 1212 30.7%
Jun. 22 9:15 AM 58 202 28.7%
  12:20 PM 32 202 15.8%
  3:25 PM 80 202 39.6%
  6:30 PM 97 202 48.0%
  9:35 PM 17 202 8.4%
  12:40 AM 0 202 0.0%
Total   284 1212 23.4%
4-day total   1083 4848 22.3%


Those are amazing pre-sales. Better than the ones The Avengers had with still a full week of pre-selling to go. But it will have competition from Ice Age 4 and remaining leftovers from The Amazing Spider-Man, Painted Skin 2 and Abraham Lincoln.

As much as everyone wants Ice Age 4 to fold like a cheap tent, it tracking above 2m OW is not good news for The Dark Knight Rises. There's a possibility that TDKR sets the OW record for a 2D movie but it is looking pretty slim at the moment with Ice Age 4 doing well. TDKR's OW is looking like it will land in the 2.5-3m range but we'll get a clearer idea as we head into this weekend how The Dark Knight Rises and Ice Age 4 will affect each other next weekend.

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No, the opposite. Mainland China people are rich.Well, theaters have special Spider-Man 3D glasses that you can buy.

Interesting.I guess it's not easy to be poor in Hong Kong, this city seems to have a very high cost-of-living.
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  Thursday adm. (so far)   July 12
Rank Title LW TW % chg
1 Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Can.) -- 6,939 --
2 The Amazing Spider-Man 3D 5,930 4,250 -28.3%
3 Ice Age: Continental Drift (Can.) -- 2,067 --
4 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D 1,791 2,013 +12.4%
5 Painted Skin: The Resurrection 3,717 1,662 -55.3%

Those Ice Age admissions look a little low. Good news is that the 2D and 3D English versions of Ice Age have not been accounted for so I expect an opening day of more than 20,000 admissions total.

Some of these drops don't look right. Last Thursday's admissions must have been under-reported. Spider-Man should be down about 40-45% and Abraham Lincoln should be around a 50% drop. I will say this though...Amazing Spider-Man has been performing very well even though Ice Age 4 is taking away 3 screens. In a couple of places, it is actually beating Ice Age 4.

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Thursday adm. (so far) July 12 Rank Title LW TW % chg 1 Ice Age: Continental Drift (3D Can.) -- 6,939 -- 2 The Amazing Spider-Man 3D 5,930 4,250 -28.3% 3 Ice Age: Continental Drift (Can.) -- 2,067 -- 4 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D 1,791 2,013 +12.4% 5 Painted Skin: The Resurrection 3,717 1,662 -55.3%

Those Ice Age admissions look a little low. Good news is that the 2D and 3D English versions of Ice Age have not been accounted for so I expect an opening day of more than 20,000 admissions total.

Some of these drops don't look right. Last Thursday's admissions must have been under-reported. Spider-Man should be down about 40-45% and Abraham Lincoln should be around a 50% drop. I will say this though...Amazing Spider-Man has been performing very well even though Ice Age 4 is taking away 3 screens. In a couple of places, it is actually beating Ice Age 4.

I heard movies in HK are in 2 languages (English and Cantonese) and that English versions have the most of admissions, is that right Bluebomb?

TASM has good holds again, that's great :)

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I heard movies in HK are in 2 languages (English and Cantonese) and that English versions have the most of admissions, is that right Bluebomb?

TASM has good holds again, that's great :)

For animations,Cantonese versions have the most of admissions.
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