Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

[Leyla]

good again 4 Johnnie To

[Bluebomb]

Langham Place
	Pacific Rim 3D					Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 18	9:20 AM	21	202	10.40%	Jul. 18	9:00 AM	23	187	12.30%
	9:50 AM	11	180	6.11%		9:10 AM	25	202	12.38%
	11:00 AM	2	187	1.07%		11:10 AM	17	187	9.09%
	11:50 AM	5	202	2.48%		1:20 PM	19	187	10.16%
	1:10 PM	7	202	3.47%		2:50 PM	8	180	4.44%
	2:20 PM	6	202	2.97%		3:20 PM	25	187	13.37%
	3:00 PM	8	180	4.44%		5:00 PM	15	180	8.33%
	3:30 PM	14	187	7.49%		5:30 PM	21	202	10.40%
	4:50 PM	16	202	7.92%		7:50 PM	92	187	49.20%
	5:30 PM	14	187	7.49%		8:00 PM	111	187	59.36%
	7:20 PM	52	202	25.74%		10:00 PM	51	187	27.27%
	7:40 PM	66	202	32.67%		10:20 PM	21	187	11.23%
	7:40 PM	60	180	33.33%		12:10 AM		187	0.00%
	9:50 PM	62	202	30.69%		12:30 AM		187	0.00%
	10:10 PM	58	180	32.22%
	12:20 AM	13	202	6.44%
	12:40 AM	5	180	2.78%
Total		420	3279	12.81%	Total		428	2634	16.25%

Pacific Rim has made a push back today at Langham Place.

The One
	Pacific Rim 3D					Monsters University	(all v.)				Despicable Me 2	(Eng.)				Tales from the Dark 1
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 18	11:15 AM	47	163	28.83%	Jul. 18	9:05 AM	25	163	15.34%	Jul. 18	9:00 AM	38	163	23.31%	Jul. 18	10:50 AM	4	163	2.45%
	2:50 PM	10	163	6.13%		9:20 AM	32	163	19.63%		1:00 PM	4	163	2.45%		1:40 PM	4	163	2.45%
	5:15 PM	11	163	6.75%		9:35 AM	12	111	10.81%		3:45 PM	10	111	9.01%		3:45 PM	8	163	4.91%
	7:40 PM	93	163	57.06%		11:25 AM	17	163	10.43%		6:20 PM	33	111	29.73%		5:50 PM	10	163	6.13%
	10:05 PM	34	163	20.86%		12:05 PM	14	111	12.61%							7:55 PM	60	163	36.81%
	11:40 PM	10	111	9.01%		1:30 PM	4	163	2.45%							10:00 PM	11	163	6.75%
						2:00 PM	17	111	15.32%
						2:10 PM	50	111	45.05%
						3:35 PM	10	163	6.13%
						4:05 PM	28	111	25.23%
						4:15 PM	22	111	19.82%
						5:40 PM	10	163	6.13%
						6:10 PM	30	111	27.03%
						7:20 PM	31	111	27.93%
						7:45 PM	79	163	48.47%
						8:15 PM	73	111	65.77%
						9:30 PM	62	111	55.86%
						9:50 PM	14	163	8.59%
						11:55 PM	4	163	2.45%
Total		205	926	22.14%	Total		534	2577	20.72%	Total		85	548	15.51%	Total		97	978	9.92%
Jul. 19	11:15 AM	23	163	14.11%	Jul. 19	9:05 AM	17	163	10.43%	Jul. 19	9:00 AM	6	163	3.68%	Jul. 19	10:50 AM	6	163	3.68%
	2:50 PM	6	163	3.68%		9:20 AM	24	163	14.72%		1:00 PM	6	163	3.68%		1:40 PM	4	163	2.45%
	5:15 PM	6	163	3.68%		9:35 AM	18	111	16.22%		3:45 PM	12	111	10.81%		3:45 PM	4	163	2.45%
	7:40 PM	64	163	39.26%		11:25 AM	11	163	6.75%		6:20 PM	31	111	27.93%		5:50 PM	7	163	4.29%
	10:05 PM	49	163	30.06%		12:05 PM	12	111	10.81%							7:55 PM	64	163	39.26%
	12:05 AM	6	163	3.68%		1:30 PM	6	163	3.68%							10:00 PM	27	163	16.56%
						2:00 PM	10	111	9.01%							11:35 PM	4	111	3.60%
						2:10 PM	28	111	25.23%
						3:35 PM	18	163	11.04%
						4:05 PM	25	111	22.52%
						4:15 PM	53	111	47.75%
						5:40 PM	8	163	4.91%
						6:10 PM	35	111	31.53%
						7:20 PM	66	111	59.46%
						7:45 PM	95	163	58.28%
						8:15 PM	74	111	66.67%
						9:30 PM	73	111	65.77%
						9:50 PM	100	163	61.35%
						11:55 PM	6	163	3.68%
						12:05 AM	7	111	6.31%
Total		154	978	15.75%	Total		686	2688	25.52%	Total		55	548	10.04%	Total		116	1089	10.65%

But over at The ONE, Monsters University is still well out in front. Monsters University is nearly 5x ahead of Pacific Rim on Friday.

 

[Bluebomb]

	Wednesday adm.	(so far)			July 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	--	21,272	--	-26.4%
2	Despicable Me 2	--	4,263	--	-9.8%
3	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	2,000	--	-28.4%
4	Blind Detective	--	1,775	--	-29.2%
5	Man of Steel	--	615	--	+22.5%
6	World War Z	--	591	--	-31.3%
7	Midsummer Formula	--	459	--	+17.4%
8	Now You See Me	--	384	--	-16.2%
9	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	199	--	--
10	Epic	--	172	--	+24.6%

	Wednesday adm.				July 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	--	45,488	--	-18.7%
2	Despicable Me 2	--	10,416	--	-11.4%
3	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	7,741	--	-27.4%
4	Blind Detective	--	5,569	--	-24.4%
5	World War Z	--	2,401	--	-20.4%
6	Man of Steel	--	1,487	--	-3.8%
7	Now You See Me	--	1,445	--	-9.4%
8	Midsummer Formula	--	823	--	-12.1%
9	Epic	--	301	--	-6.5%
10	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	199	--	--

Monsters University's 1st week admissions: 446,623

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		July 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Monsters University	34,005	15,089	-55.6%
2	Pacific Rim	--	11,017	--
3	Despicable Me 2	3,221	3,143	-2.4%
4	Turbo	--	2,317	--
5	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	1,375	--
6	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	3,744	1,249	-66.6%
7	Blind Detective	1,954	1,004	-48.6%
8	I'm So Excited	--	690	--
9	World War Z	829	403	-51.4%
10	Man of Steel	977	197	-79.8%

Good hold for Monsters University. It had unbelievable pre-selling last week so pre-sale holds should be quite large. Decent for Pacific Rim. I wouldn't call it terrible. It did OK. Pacific Rim's best chance of winning in admissions and gross is today because tomorrow it should be fairly frontloaded while Monsters University will increase and Monsters University should have a pretty good sized bump on the weekend. Gigantic hold for Despicable Me 2. Turbo didn't do much and it's not going to do much with Monsters University and Despicable Me 2 ahead. SDU: Sex Duties Unit is having good sneak previews. Terrible hold for Tales from the Dark 1. OK for Blind Detective. Slow for I'm So Excited. Not bad for World War Z. Man of Steel's time is about done.

 

[Bluebomb]

Another storm will affect HK tomorrow and the weekend. It's expected to skirt to the east of Hong Kong but it should give us some heavy rains and gusty winds. T1 signal is already in force.UA is abandoning ship with Pacific Rim. They have dropped it from 3 to 2 screens this weekend and gave the bigger screen to Monsters University. Pre-sales shows Monsters University leading by a significant margin at almost all UA locations.

[Fullbuster]

So you basically say PR is not a success here?

[Bluebomb]

So you basically say PR is not a success here?

It's decent. It's certainly not as good as many people hoped but having no major stars and it being a brand new franchise, it did alright.

[Leyla]

 

Another storm will affect HK tomorrow and the weekend.

 

aww I'm So Excited released   nysm out of the top 10  bye bye my bbs

Edited July 18, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

	Thursday			July 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Monsters University	59,870	34,065	-43.1%
2	Pacific Rim	--	28,385	--
3	Despicable Me 2	10,546	7,020	-33.4%
4	Turbo	--	5,519	--
5	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	14,265	4,894	-65.7%
6	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	3,670	--
7	Blind Detective	6,778	2,505	-63.0%
8	I'm So Excited	--	1,448	--
9	World War Z	3,367	1,241	-63.1%
10	Man of Steel	2,366	578	-75.6%
11	Now You See Me	1,942	576	-70.3%

Good hold for Monsters University. Nice opening for Pacific Rim. Solid hold for Despicable Me 2 although weekend might get a little rough. Turbo was as slow as a snail today. Poor for Tales from the Dark Part 1. SDU: Sex Duties Unit is rolling out with sneak previews all this week. Interesting that the decision to give city wide sneaks was made after last weekend's solid night previews. Blind Detective dropped pretty harsh. I'm So Excited had an acceptable opening from 5 theaters. World War Z got trounced by Pacific Rim. Man of Steel and Now You See Me fell sharply.

From those admissions, Monsters University is looking at a 2nd Thursday gross of $351,000 (-46%). Pacific Rim has higher ticket prices so it might have made $330,000. That is $80,000 more than Prometheus's opening day ($250,000, minus previews). Factoring in those previews, however, and Pacific Rim is behind by $33,000 ($363,000).

	Daily admissions (2nd WKD)
	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Toy Story 3	37,405	43,000	84,470	87,651	252,526
Monsters University	34,065				34,065
Gap	-3,340	-46,340	-130,810	-218,461

Note: Toy Story 3's 2nd Friday admissions are estimated. Those admissions are lower than final figures.

So Monsters University is closing the gap. It performed very well today given how Pacific Rim was going to be slightly frontloaded. Of course, the weekend will put more distance between it and Toy Story 3. Most theaters are not budging on the number of showtimes for Monsters University this weekend.

 

[Bluebomb]

	Friday adm.	(so far)			July 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	34,893	20,220	-42.1%	+34.0%
2	Pacific Rim	--	11,868	--	+7.7%
3	Despicable Me 2	4,495	3,343	-25.6%	+6.4%
4	Turbo	--	2,422	--	+4.5%
5	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	2,168	--	+57.7%
6	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	4,495	1,883	-58.1%	+50.8%
7	Blind Detective	3,618	1,495	-58.7%	+48.9%
8	I'm So Excited	--	928	--	+34.5%
9	World War Z	1,431	480	-66.5%	+19.1%
10	Man of Steel	1,027	336	-67.3%	+70.6%

Great for MU. Monsters University could get up to 37,000 admissions today. Pacific Rim did alright but it should only post a slight increase. Good still for Despicable Me 2 although being put on the smaller screens means a lot less walk-ins. Weak for Turbo. Surprise surprise, SDU: Sex Duties Unit has the 2nd best increase of the top 10. Tales from the Dark Pt. 1, Blind Detective, World War Z and Man of Steel all saw sloppy holds. I'm So Excited is doing good.

Ok, so I don't know what happened on Saturday but UA is going full tilt in favor of Pacific Rim on Sunday. They have dropped the number of showtimes for Monsters University and given back the bigger screen to Pacific Rim.

Scheduling has been really strange the past few weeks.

 

[Bluebomb]

		Thursday Actuals						July 18
LW	TW	Movie	Last Thu. (USD)	Thursday (USD)	% chg	Showtimes	Days	Total
1	1	Monsters University	$648,520	$348,038	-46.3%	408	8	$5,149,683
--	2	Pacific Rim	--	$318,390	--	271	1	$318,390
2	3	Despicable Me 2	$101,900	$61,873	-39.3%	108	15	$2,917,079
--	4	Turbo	--	$52,850	--	155	1	$52,850
3	5	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	$101,850	$34,803	-65.8%	83	8	$712,834
4	6	Blind Detective	$59,305	$25,780	-56.5%	76	15	$1,679,608
5	7	World War Z	$32,231	$11,601	-64.0%	29	29	$5,406,200
--	8	I'm So Excited	--	$9,409	--	27	1	$9,409
6	9	Man of Steel	$21,917	$5,929	-72.9%	10	22	$4,233,181
7	10	Now You See Me	$15,470	$5,542	-64.2%	15	36	$3,510,034

July 18 Thursday Actuals

 

[Bluebomb]

Friday: Monsters University was #1 by about 8,000 admissions. It gained 7% while Pacific Rim was virtually flat. Saturday: Monsters University is up by nearly 15,000 admissions over Pacific Rim @ 3 PM.

[Olive]

MU is already 58.5% of last Saturday.

It's good.

[Sam]

Bluebomb, what's the potential for The Wolverine in Hong Kong? Will it do good business?Thanks for all the updates, you're awesome I'm happy that MU is still doing well.

[Bluebomb]

Internet is down hence the lack of comprehensive updates. Monsters University roped in 54,041 admissions on Saturday, -36% from last week. Pacific Rim is 2nd with 41,986 admissions. Sunday: Monsters U has squeezed out 40,534 admissions with pre-selling. Pacific Rim is far back in 2nd with 22,631 admissions. Sam, I will answer your question once I get Internet back.

[Leyla]

aww hopefully everythings will be fine with your connection B

'I'm So Excited' is doing decent business

Edited July 20, 2013 by Leyla

[Bluebomb]

	Friday				July 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	60,944	36,282	-40.5%	+6.5%
2	Pacific Rim	--	28,541	--	+0.5%
3	Despicable Me 2	11,201	6,662	-40.5%	-5.1%
4	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	13,951	5,818	-58.3%	+18.9%
5	Turbo	--	5,204	--	-5.7%
6	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	5,000	--	+36.2%
7	Blind Detective	7,977	3,109	-61.0%	+24.1%
8	I'm So Excited	--	1,678	--	+15.9%
9	World War Z	3,884	1,317	-66.1%	+6.1%
10	Man of Steel	2,524	697	-72.4%	+20.6%
11	Now You See Me	1,735	625	-64.0%	+8.5%

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			July 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	60,286	36,142	-40.0%	+78.7%
2	Pacific Rim	--	20,706	--	+74.5%
3	Despicable Me 2	7,873	5,671	-28.0%	+69.6%
4	Turbo	--	3,851	--	+59.0%
5	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	532	3,539	+565.2%	+63.2%
6	Blind Detective	6,584	2,398	-63.6%	+60.4%
7	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	5,502	1,838	-66.6%	-2.4%
8	I'm So Excited	--	996	--	+7.3%
9	Now You See Me	1,258	547	-56.5%	--
10	World War Z	1,649	545	-66.9%	+13.5%

	Saturday				July 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	84,282	54,041	-35.9%	+48.9%
2	Pacific Rim	--	41,986	--	+47.1%
3	Despicable Me 2	16,175	10,138	-37.3%	+52.2%
4	Turbo	--	7,994	--	+53.6%
5	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	18,633	7,256	-61.1%	+24.7%
6	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	542	7,108	+1211.4%	+42.2%
7	Blind Detective	11,199	4,964	-55.7%	+59.7%
8	I'm So Excited	--	2,063	--	+22.9%
9	World War Z	3,473	1,410	-59.4%	+7.1%
10	Now You See Me	2,713	868	-68.0%	+38.9%
11	Man of Steel	4,161	613	-85.3%	-12.1%

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			July 21
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	68,730	40,534	-41.0%	+12.2%
2	Pacific Rim	--	22,631	--	+9.3%
3	Despicable Me 2	11,110	7,705	-30.6%	+35.9%
4	Turbo	--	6,543	--	+69.9%
5	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	496	4,462	+799.6%	+26.1%
6	Blind Detective	6,194	2,224	-64.1%	-7.3%
7	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	5,662	1,971	-65.2%	+7.2%
8	I'm So Excited	--	947	--	-4.9%
9	Now You See Me	1,465	793	-45.9%	+45.0%
10	World War Z	1,766	729	-58.7%	+33.8%

I'm disappointed in Monsters University's increases this weekend. It should have hit 56,000 admissions on Saturday. But it's still a good hold overall. Pacific Rim is doing quite well. WOM is pretty good.

 

Edited July 21, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Bluebomb]

	Sunday				July 21
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	90,898	54,011	-40.6%	-0.1%
2	Pacific Rim	--	43,979	--	+4.7%
3	Despicable Me 2	18,728	11,144	-40.5%	+9.9%
4	Turbo	--	10,661	--	+33.4%
5	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	543	10,153	+1769.8%	+42.8%
6	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	17,459	6,731	-61.4%	-7.2%
7	Blind Detective	10,612	3,905	-63.2%	-21.3%
8	I'm So Excited	--	1,830	--	-+11.3%
9	World War Z	4,087	1,556	-61.9%	+10.4%
10	Now You See Me	2,451	1,151	-53.0%	+32.6%
11	Man of Steel	3,252	821	-74.8%	+33.9%

It's a total sham that Monsters University lost admissions today. If Man of Steel can gain 34% on a Sunday, Monsters University should have at least added 10% from yesterday. Yes, it did lose admissions again today and yesterday.

	Weekend adm.			Jul 18-21
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Monsters University	295,994	178,399	-39.7%
2	Pacific Rim	--	142,891	--
3	Despicable Me 2	56,650	34,964	-38.3%
4	Turbo	--	29,378	--
5	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	1,085	25,931	+2290.0%
6	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	64,308	24,699	-61.6%
7	Blind Detective	36,566	14,483	-60.4%
8	I'm So Excited	--	7,019	--
9	World War Z	14,811	5,524	-62.7%
10	Now You See Me	8,841	3,220	-63.6%
11	Man of Steel	12,303	2,709	-78.0%

	Weekend Estimates			July 18
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Monsters University	$1,900,000	-42.9%	$6,700,000
2	Pacific Rim	$1,640,000		$1,640,000
3	Despicable Me 2	$320,000	-43.4%	$3,175,000
4	Turbo	$285,000		$285,000
5	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	$180,000	-62.6%	$858,000

July 18 Weekend Estimates

 

[Bluebomb]

July 18 Weekend Actuals

1. Monsters University - $6,807,529 [$2,007,000 WKD (-39.6%)]
2. Pacific Rim - $1,613,904 (opening weekend actual)
3. Despicable Me 2 - $3,183,980 [$328,000 WKD (-42.1%)]
4. Turbo - $306,796 (opening weekend actual)
5. Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 - $855,936 [$177,000 WKD (-63.2%)]
6. Blind Detective - $1,811,130 [$156,000 WKD (-54.8%)]
7. World War Z - $5,448,859 [$53,000 WKD (-64.2%)]
8. I'm So Excited - $47,695 (opening weekend actual)
9. Now You See Me - $3,535,893 [$30,000 WKD (-53.1%)]
10. Man of Steel - $4,253,900 [$26,000 WKD (-82.6%)]

Monsters University snatches the 5th biggest 2nd weekend of all time behind Avatar, Iron Man 3, Toy Story 3 and The Avengers. Huge weekend. Pacific Rim did well. Good hold for Despicable Me. Turbo had the weakest opening weekend of all the Hollywood animation releases this summer but it has the best reviews out of the 4. Tales from the Dark 1 is coming down fast.

[Bluebomb]

Wolverine has started pre-selling at MCL. Tickets have been selling faster than Pacific Rim but that is due to it being a sequel.

Telford
	The Wolverine 3D
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 18	9:40 AM	8	151	5.30%
	12:10 PM	4	151	2.65%
	2:40 PM	7	151	4.64%
	5:10 PM	7	151	4.64%
	7:40 PM	36	151	23.84%
	10:10 PM	10	151	6.62%
Total		72	906	7.95%

3 days out and is doing slightly better than Pacific Rim.

The Wolverine should be able to do 1.7m this weekend with 3D and increased ticket prices. X-Men Origins: Wolverine did 1m in 5-days so nearly doubling its opening weekend should not be much of a stretch for The Wolverine here. It faces off against SDU: Sex Duties Unit which has gotten a head start with early previews the last 2 weeks. I see about $900,000 for SDU.

 

[Bluebomb]

Palace APM
New	Holdovers	Leaving
The Wolverine 3D - 5 showings	Pacific Rim 3D - 3 showings (▼ 6)	Turbo (3D Can.)
The Wolverine - 3 showings	Pacific Rim - 3 showings (▼ 4)	Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.)
SDU: Sex Duties Unit - 8 showings (▲ 1)	Turbo (Can.) - 3 showings (=)
Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum - 4 showings	Monsters University (3D Can.) - 2 showings (▼ 14)
Tiny Times - 3 showings	Monsters University (Can.) - 5 showings (▼ 6)
	Tales from the Dark 1 - 6 showings (▼ 7)
	Despicable Me 2 (Can.) - 2 showings (▲ 1)

Windsor Cinema
New	Holdovers	Leaving
The Wolverine 3D - 8 showings	Pacific Rim 3D - 5 showings (▼ 7)	Turbo (Can.)
SDU: Sex Duties Unit - 6 showings (▲ 1)	Turbo (3D Can.) - 1 showing (▲ 0)	World War Z 3D
	Monsters University (3D Can.) - 3 showings (▼ 8)

STAR Cinema
New	Holdovers	Leaving
The Wolverine 3D - 6 showings	Pacific Rim 3D - 3 showings (▼ 7)	Turbo (3D Can.)
The Wolverine - 3 showings	Pacific Rim - 3 showings (=)	Monsters University (3D Eng.)
SDU: Sex Duties Unit - 8 showings (▲ 3)	Turbo (Can.) - 3 showings (▲ 2)	Tales from the Dark Part 1
Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum - 4 showings	Monsters University (3D Can.) - 3 showings (▼ 4)	Despicable Me 2 (3D Can.)
	Monsters University (Can.) - 4 showings (=)	Man of Steel (Tue.)
	Despicable Me 2 (Can.) - 1 showing (▼ 3)
	Blind Detective - 2 showings (▼ 3)
	World War Z - 1 showing (▲ 0)

Thursday schedules