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[Leyla]

great 4 WWz :wub:

yay for Johnnie To!!!

[Bluebomb]

I enjoyed MOS overall but I have quite a few problems with it. I don't like how Supes is characterized, Cavill's acting performance really doesn't help the case either. I gave it a B/B-. Maybe Hong Kong audience also feel more or less the same as you, hence the bad drops. Still, I hope it can pass $4 million.

 

 

I was hesitating between NYSM and WWZ in your poll, but in the end, I voted for WWZ's run as the biggest surprise for 2013 first half cause for me, it came out of nowhere. WWZ is having a good run so far, and I'm glad it will gross $5M+ 

Spoilers...

There are some logic problems in Man of Steel that didn't make sense to me. Like the part in the beginning where General Zod and Jor-el were fighting, Jor-El, Zod and Lara were all looking up at the Kal-El baby launch and then all of a sudden, Zod stabbed Jor-El. I never understood why they didn't have Jor-El reaching for the knife or something to show that Zod was still a threat to their entire family.That part was stupid.

 

 

[Dilusha Bandara]

what about The OW of DM2 in HK??????

[Olive]

Hmmm, DM2 hardly has an increase on Friday.

Is this usual?

[Bluebomb]

what about The OW of DM2 in HK??????

DM2 opened after June 30. The poll is only reviewing films that opened Jan. 1 through Jun. 30.

 

Hmmm, DM2 hardly has an increase on Friday.

Is this usual?

It must be due to summer holidays. Some schools aren't off as far as I know but exams are finished.

 

	Friday				July 5
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	--	17,096	--	+0.7%
2	Blind Detective	--	15,965	--	+18.8%
3	Man of Steel	34,945	15,733	-55.0%	+27.1%
4	World War Z	19,639	9,446	-51.9%	+11.4%
5	Midsummer Formula	--	5,654	--	+41.8%
6	Now You See Me	8,930	5,105	-42.8%	+14.8%
7	Epic	6,706	3,199	-52.3%	+8.0%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	757	--	--
9	A Story of Yonosuke	--	301	--	+13.6%
10	Miracle in Cell No. 7	509	202	-60.3%	-22.9%

Not bad for Despicable Me 2. Pretty good for Blind Detective. Good increase for Man of Steel but bad hold from last week. Not great for World War Z. Midsummer Formula did OK. Now You See Me did well. Ouch for Epic. Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 had strong sneaks. A Story of Yonosuke didn't do well. Miracle in Cell No. 7 got roughed up today. Huge decrease from yesterday.

 

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			July 6
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	3,992	13,875	+247.6%	+105.7%
2	Blind Detective	1,995	11,110	+456.9%	+70.6%
3	Man of Steel	24,395	10,297	-57.8%	+49.1%
4	World War Z	10,012	5,358	-46.5%	+65.0%
5	Midsummer Formula	6,147	3,379	-45.0%	+45.8%
6	Now You See Me	4,165	2,935	-29.5%	+52.5%
7	Epic	4,931	2,716	-44.9%	+78.0%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	823	--	+36.0%
9	A Story of Yonosuke	--	208	--	--
10	HK: Forbidden Super Hero	--	162	--	--

Huge jumps for Despicable Me 2 and Blind Detective. Man of Steel is lagging behind with the 2nd worst increase of the top 5. Better for World War Z and Midsummer Formula. Very strong for Now You See Me. Epic is being largely ignored despite the positive reviews.

[Leyla]

goood times 4 Johnnie To goes on !

i so want to watch this!

Edited July 5, 2013 by Leyla

[Tower]

 

DM2 opened after June 30. The poll is only reviewing films that opened Jan. 1 through Jun. 30.

 

 

He's asking how much DM2 will make over the weekend (in dollars).

[Bluebomb]

He's asking how much DM2 will make over the weekend (in dollars).

Oh, I thought he was referring to the poll. Uhm, about $950,000.

[Bluebomb]

I took the plunge and watched World War Z, Leyla. It's better than Man of Steel...and I hate zombie horror movies!

[Bluebomb]

	Saturday				July 6
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	7,448	33,588	+351.0%	+96.5%
2	Blind Detective	4,546	25,286	+456.2%	+58.4%
3	Man of Steel	48,774	22,716	-53.4%	+44.4%
4	World War Z	23,108	14,281	-38.2%	+51.2%
5	Midsummer Formula	12,782	7,091	-44.5%	+25.4%
6	Epic	10,625	6,116	-42.4%	+91.2%
7	Now You See Me	8,318	5,917	-28.9%	+15.9%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	1,374	--	+81.5%
9	A Story of Yonosuke	--	560	--	+86.0%
10	Miracle in Cell No. 7	568	384	-32.4%	+90.1%

Great increase for Despicable Me 2. It looks like it can get to 1m OW. Good for Blind Detective. Clearly, Switch doing awful had little effect on this film. The chemistry and starpower of Andy and Sammi brought in a lot of people. Man of Steel's fading quickly. World War Z, Midsummer Formula and Epic had decent-good holds. Now You See Me is the standout once again. Fantastic hold even though it had the lowest increase of the top 10. Tales from the Dark had a pretty good Saturday. OK for A Story of Yonosuke. Good for Miracle in Cell No. 7.

 

Edited July 7, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Sam]

I took the plunge and watched World War Z, Leyla. It's better than Man of Steel...and I hate zombie horror movies!

So you enjoyed WWZ? I'm also not a fan of such genre, but I found myself liking the movie   Must be because of Brad Pitt and Dat Chanel commercial effect 

Edited July 7, 2013 by Sam

[Bluebomb]

So you enjoyed WWZ? I'm also not a fan of such genre, but I found myself liking the movie   Must be because of Brad Pitt and Dat Chanel commercial effect 

I did! I hate horror movies so me enjoying it was a surprise. Yes, that damn Chanel commercial!!!

[Bluebomb]

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			July 7
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	5,919	18,446	+211.6%	+32.9%
2	Blind Detective	2,509	12,797	+410.0%	+15.2%
3	Man of Steel	27,264	10,816	-60.3%	+5.0%
4	World War Z	11,747	6,054	-48.5%	+13.0%
5	Epic	7,547	4,048	-46.4%	+49.0%
6	Midsummer Formula	6,647	3,638	-45.3%	+7.7%
7	Now You See Me	5,284	3,145	-40.5%	+7.2%
8	A Story of Yonosuke	--	190	--	-8.7%
9	Searching for Sugar Man	--	143	--	--
10	Miracle in Cell No. 7	484	143	-70.5%	--

Very strong increase for Despicable Me 2.

Weekend estimates to come soon.

 

[Bluebomb]

	Weekend Estimates			July 4
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Despicable Me 2	$1,090,000	+259.7%	$1,393,000
2	Man of Steel	$725,000	-64.8%	$3,705,000
3	Blind Detective	$630,000	+325.7%	$778,000
4	World War Z	$455,000	-49.4%	$4,918,000
5	Midsummer Formula	$164,000	-12.5%	$530,000

July 4 Weekend Estimates

Edited July 7, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Bluebomb]

	Sunday				July 7
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	9,680	38,052	+293.1%	+13.3%
2	Blind Detective	5,502	26,380	+379.5%	+4.3%
3	Man of Steel	51,118	20,557	-59.8%	-9.5%
4	World War Z	23,908	14,522	-39.3%	+1.7%
5	Epic	14,655	8,502	-42.0%	+39.0%
6	Midsummer Formula	13,036	6,521	-50.0%	-8.0%
7	Now You See Me	8,930	6,304	-29.4%	+6.5%
8	A Story of Yonosuke	--	436	--	-22.1%
9	Searching for Sugar Man	--	347	--	--
10	Miracle in Cell No. 7	594	345	-41.9%	-10.2%

	Weekend adm.			Jul 4-7
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Despicable Me 2	17,128	105,714	+517.2%
2	Blind Detective	10,048	81,072	+706.8%
3	Man of Steel	165,091	71,380	-56.8%
4	World War Z	80,981	46,729	-42.3%
5	Midsummer Formula	25,818	23,252	-9.9%
6	Now You See Me	32,635	21,773	-33.3%
7	Epic	39,258	20,779	-47.1%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	2,131	--
9	A Story of Yonosuke	--	1,562	--
10	Miracle in Cell No. 7	2,025	1,193	-41.1%

	Weekend Estimates			July 4
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Despicable Me 2	$1,090,000	+259.7%	$1,393,000
2	Man of Steel	$725,000	-64.8%	$3,705,000
3	Blind Detective	$630,000	+325.7%	$778,000
4	World War Z	$455,000	-49.4%	$4,918,000
5	Midsummer Formula	$164,000	-12.5%	$530,000

July 4 Weekend Estimates

[Bluebomb]

Pacific Rim IMAX: It's currently doing well here. So far, fastest selling showtimes are about 20-25% full. Ticket prices are the same as Man of Steel for some reason. Is Warner Bros. deliberately setting higher prices just so it can try and beat Monsters University? That's pathetic if it's true. There's no justification for any surcharge and it is under the runtime required for an extra surcharge. They can try and slap a blockbuster charge on it but as we've seen in the past, people will ignore films with high ticket prices.Warner Bros. has not been having a very good year so far. Outside of Cloud Atlas (which got a late release), The Great Gatsby and Jack the Giant Slayer (only OK), all of their films have flopped or massively underperformed.

[Bluebomb]

July 4 Weekend Actuals1. Despicable Me 2 - $1,413,243 (opening weekend actual)2. Blind Detective - $825,251 (opening weekend actual)3. Man of Steel - $3,783,2644. World War Z - $4,945,0645. Epic - $794,3046. Midsummer Formula - $538,9927. Now You See Me - $3,308,744Badges of Fury - $121,208Searching for Sugar Man - $176,655A Story of Yonosuke - $10,960 (opening weekend actual)Everything increased from estimates. Despicable Me 2 had a very good opening weekend. Excellent for Blind Detective. Man of Steel is not doing that great. World War Z keeps on impressing. Epic brushes off Midsummer Formula for 5th. Midsummer Formula won't make even half of Suspect X. Now You See Me did great.

[Bluebomb]

OW tracking for the rest of summer:Pacific Rim - $1.7mThe Wolverine - $1.4mSDU: Sex Duties Unit - $1mThe Smurfs - $1.2mThe Lone Ranger - $500,000The Heat - $425,000The Way We Dance - $260,000Kick-Ass 2 - $450,000The Midas Touch - $300,000Percy Jackson 2 - $800,000The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - $650,000The Internship - $125,000The one I'm most worried about is The Lone Ranger. It still has no HK poster and release date has only been confirmed in the past week.

 

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I can't decide between these 7 in the poll:Cloud Atlas

Silver Linings Playbook

Gangster Squad

Pee Mak Phra Khanong

Warm Bodies

Now You See Me

World War Z

Edited July 8, 2013 by Bluebomb

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Tracking for the rest of summer:Pacific Rim - $1.7mThe Wolverine - $1.4mSDU: Sex Duties Unit - $1mThe Smurfs - $1.2mThe Lone Ranger - $500,000The Heat - $425,000The Way We Dance - $260,000Kick-Ass 2 - $450,000The Midas Touch - $300,000Percy Jackson 2 - $800,000The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - $650,000The Internship - $125,000The one I'm most worried about is The Lone Ranger. It still has no HK poster and release date has only been confirmed in the past week.

 

___________________________________________

I can't decide between these 7 in the poll:Cloud Atlas

Silver Linings Playbook

Gangster Squad

Pee Mak Phra Khanong

Warm Bodies

Now You See Me

World War Z

These are all total ?

[Leyla]

I took the plunge and watched World War Z, Leyla. It's better than Man of Steel...and I hate zombie horror movies!

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

Edited July 8, 2013 by Leyla