Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

[Sam]

Amazing for NYSM 1.25M, who would have thought, wow.

[Bluebomb]

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			June 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Now You See Me	2,512	12,074	+380.7%	+98.3%
2	The Hangover 3	8,258	3,678	-55.5%	+36.2%
3	After Earth	7,972	2,624	-67.1%	+19.8%
4	Switch	--	1,642	--	+20.7%
5	American Dreams in China	1,760	1,277	-27.4%	+85.6%
6	So Young	485	1,124	+131.8%	+12.9%
7	Fast & Furious 6	2,496	935	-62.5%	+163.4%
8	Miracle in Cell No. 7	--	592	--	+115.3%
9	The Great Gatsby	901	531	-41.1%	--
10	Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery	681	493	-27.6%	--

Outstanding for Now You See Me. Better for Hangover 3. Piss poor for After Earth.

 

[Bluebomb]

The Edward Snowden rally is today. Thousands are expected to attend.

[Fullbuster]

The Edward Snowden rally is today. Thousands are expected to attend.

 

Nothing to do with box office.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Fullbuster is Gone

[Bluebomb]

Nothing to do with box office.

You can ignore it then. This is a big protest/event.

 

Some pictures of the event (thanks to i.hope)

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1261433/live-updates-support-edward-snowden-rally-hong-kong

Now You See Me is doing fantastic business today. It is already past the 30k mark in admissions.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Bluebomb]

Final head count for the Edward Snowden rally: 300 (police), 900+ at peak (organizers).
 

	Saturday				June 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Now You See Me	9,566	42,287	+342.1%	+75.0%
2	The Hangover 3	25,597	12,971	-49.3%	+51.5%
3	After Earth	24,506	10,192	-58.4%	+37.2%
4	Switch	--	4,804	--	+37.2%
5	Fast & Furious 6	9,037	3,847	-57.4%	+113.8%
6	So Young	--	3,498	--	+36.5%
7	American Dreams in China	4,905	3,478	-29.1%	+117.8%
8	Pee Mak Phra Khanong	3,301	2,503	-24.2%	+47.1%
9	Miracle in Cell No. 7	--	2,429	--	+80.1%
10	The Great Gatsby	2,269	1,549	-31.7%	+199.6%

Now You See Me obliterates everyone. OK for Hangover 3. Still bad for After Earth. Really awful for Switch. Its opening day remains its highest grossing day. Huge increase for Fast & Furious 6 but not a good hold week-week. Terrible for So Young. It had the weakest increase of the top 10. Great holds for American Dreams in China and Pee Mak Phra Khanong. Better for Miracle in Cell No. 7. Astronomical increase for The Great Gatsby.

Man of Steel update

Man of Steel IMAX tickets are on sale. On its 1st day of selling, peak showtimes are 30% full. It's not even close to the insane frenzy for Iron Man 3 tickets on its 1st day of pre-selling but Man of Steel will definitely get close to selling out.

World War Z update

Wednesday night previews for World War Z are out. Showings are almost empty at this point but there is still some time left.

[Sam]

First time I heard of Edward Snowden rally, very interesting.

 

It's absolutely amazing for NYSM. I'm really glad it's doing this well in HK 

 

I hope that it holds well next week even with MOS out.

[Leyla]

wooo more great nysm news

huge thx for all the  info Bluebomb!!

Edited June 15, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

This is your last chance to vote in the poll. Poll will close in 1 week.

 

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			June 16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Now You See Me	2,676	12,724	+375.5%	+5.4%
2	After Earth	8,153	2,954	-63.8%	+12.6%
3	The Hangover 3	7,062	2,684	-62.0%	-27.0%
4	Switch	--	2,109	--	+28.4%
5	American Dreams in China	1,840	1,430	-22.3%	+12.0%
6	Fast & Furious 6	2,647	1,267	-52.1%	+35.5%
7	So Young	--	1,166	--	+3.7%
8	Miracle in Cell No. 7	--	887	--	+49.8%
9	Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery	1,174	744	-36.6%	+50.9%
10	The Great Gatsby	1,072	496	-53.7%	-6.6%

Excellent for Now You See Me. After Earth and Hangover fell hard. Ouch for Hangover 3 with its decrease. Nice jump for Switch but it's still terrible. Great hold for American Dreams in China. Much better for Fast & Furious 6. Awful for So Young. People must be responding to Miracle in Cell No. 7's WOM. Enormous jump. Good for Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery. The Great Gatsby is looking OK.

 

Edited June 16, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Bluebomb]

Now You See Me disappears with the 3rd biggest OW of the year (June 13 Weekend Estimates).

[Bluebomb]

	Sunday				June 16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Now You See Me	11,226	36,744	+227.3%	-13.1%
2	After Earth	23,250	9,026	-61.2%	-11.4%
3	The Hangover 3	22,295	8,705	-61.0%	-32.9%
4	Switch	--	4,376	--	-8.9%
5	Fast & Furious 6	8,767	3,851	-56.1%	+0.1%
6	American Dreams in China	4,786	3,302	-31.0%	-5.1%
7	So Young	--	2,606	--	-25.5%
8	Miracle in Cell No. 7	--	2,430	--	+0.0%
9	Pee Mak Phra Khanong	3,757	1,926	-48.7%	-23.1%
10	Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery	1,793	1,659	-7.5%	--

Top 3 had big decreases. Hangover 3 especially. Bad for Switch. Not good for Fast & Furious 6. Good hold for American Dreams in China.

	Weekend adm.			Jun 13-16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Now You See Me	20,792	120,807	+481.0%
2	The Hangover 3	80,794	36,574	-54.7%
3	After Earth	80,762	32,280	-60.0%
4	Switch	--	15,756	--
5	Fast & Furious 6	30,148	11,137	-63.1%
6	So Young	--	10,583	--
7	American Dreams in China	16,006	9,737	-39.2%
8	Pee Mak Phra Khanong	12,046	7,521	-37.6%
9	Miracle in Cell No. 7	--	7,105	--
10	The Great Gatsby	7,272	3,856	-47.0%

Now You See Me disappears with the 3rd biggest OW of the year (June 13 Weekend Estimates).

 

[Leyla]

 

Now You See Me disappears with the 3rd biggest OW of the year (June 13 Weekend Estimates).

amazing!!

Here it can gross 9 mil this wkend

such good weekend for my fellow Horsemen

 

thank u ppl of HK!

Edited June 16, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

amazing!!

Here it can gross 9 mil this wkend

such good weekend for my fellow Horsemen

 

thank u ppl of HK!

It's one of the most surprising opening weekends I've ever seen.

[Sam]

It's one of the most surprising opening weekends I've ever seen.

With that OW, what do you see it'll finish with, Bluebomb?

[Bluebomb]

With that OW, what do you see it'll finish with, Bluebomb?

Over 2m. 2.5m will require great holds.

 

6/13 Weekend Actuals1. Now You See Me - $1,284,592 (opening weekend actual)2. The Hangover 3 - $1,289,7453. After Earth - $1,278,1494. Switch - $179,095 (opening weekend actual)5. So Young - $103,076 (opening weekend actual)6. Fast & Furious 6 - $3,024,0097. American Dreams in China - $521,8258. Pee Mak Phra Khanong - $1,217,5929. Miracle in Cell No. 7 - $61,845 (opening weekend actual)Huge opening weekend for Now You See Me.

[Leyla]

thanks for the possible overall $$$ prediction Bluebomb

really hope it can hold well

here its actually 10 mil estimates!!

Edited June 17, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

Updated actual for Pee Mak Phra Khanong: $1,224,591 ($9,504,324 HK)World War Z Wednesday schedules are out. Most have allocated 1 screen for the zombie apocalypse film but some have opted to put it on 2 screens (either 2 for 3D or 1 for 3D/2D separately). Pre-sales are quite good at Langham Place and a few other locations. It looks to be shooting for a 1m OW.

[Leyla]

Great for WWZ

I hope it does decent $$$ OS

 

 

btw what's the final number for 'Saving General Yang' in HK????

Edited June 17, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

Great for WWZ

I hope it does decent $$$ OS

 

 

btw what's the final number for 'Saving General Yang' in HK????

It's very hard to get final numbers for any film in HK as people in the industry focus on the here and now. Mojo says Saving General Yang made $819,042 but if you want accurate final numbers, you'll have to wait until July/August when half year reports come out and even then they only publish the top 10 films, sometimes 20.

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Now You See Me had a very strong Monday, nearly matching its Thursday admissions.

Man of Steel IMAX update

Most theaters have not posted Man of Steel's schedules yet but let's take a look at how well Man of Steel is doing in IMAX.

At the iSQUARE IMAX, peak showtimes are nearing 50% capacity with a week and a half to go.

Now, let's check the Megabox IMAX.

Quite good. Most profitable showtimes are 20-30% full. People that go to Megabox don't buy tickets as fast as those people that watch in iSQUARE so Man of Steel won't have a problem selling out here.

If you're worried about Man of Steel's pre-sales in IMAX, I reassure you that these are very good pre-sales. Most films fill up half of the theater a few days in advance. This is still more than a week out so Man of Steel is headed for a weekend north of 3m.

[Sam]

Bluebomb, do you have the data for total admissions of movies?