Hong Kong Hong Kong Box Office

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Forgot to mention about Disconnect. Disconnect will be in limited engagements and will be more of a threat to I'm So Excited.Movies I'm looking forward to for the rest of the yearSummerKick-Ass 2/Red 2/Percy Jackson 2 (all on the same weekend)The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesFallSpecial IDThis is the EndEscape PlanElysiumGravityWinterInfernoEnder's GameThor 2The Hunger Games 2The Hobbit 2The Wind Rises

[Tower]

 

Forgot to mention about Disconnect. Disconnect will be in limited engagements and will be more of a threat to I'm So Excited.Movies I'm looking forward to for the rest of the yearSummerKick-Ass 2/Red 2/Percy Jackson 2 (all on the same weekend)The Mortal Instruments: City of BonesFallSpecial IDThis is the EndEscape PlanElysiumGravityWinterInfernoEnder's GameThor 2The Hunger Games 2The Hobbit 2The Wind Rises

 

 

Inferno? you mean the film from 2015?

[Bob Violence]

There's an HK movie called Inferno coming out this year:

 

[Bluebomb]

How is our expected top 4 doing this week? We're off to Palace APM where there is a surprise winner...
 

Palace APM
	The Wolverine	(all v.)				SDU: Sex Duties Unit					Pacific Rim	(all v.)				Monsters University	(all v.)
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. 25	9:00 AM	61	114	53.51%	Jul. 25	9:50 AM	41	286	14.34%	Jul. 25	11:25 AM	17	112	15.18%	Jul. 25	9:15 AM	87	112	77.68%
	10:55 AM	27	167	16.17%		1:50 PM	16	286	5.59%		1:20 PM	4	98	4.08%		11:40 AM	67	286	23.43%
	1:15 PM	10	114	8.77%		3:35 PM	18	286	6.29%		5:30 PM	6	114	5.26%		1:50 PM	7	112	6.25%
	3:10 PM	10	167	5.99%		5:20 PM	19	286	6.64%		8:05 PM	24	112	21.43%		3:55 PM	8	112	7.14%
	5:30 PM	8	167	4.79%		7:10 PM	52	286	18.18%		10:30 PM	4	112	3.57%		6:00 PM	18	112	16.07%
	7:50 PM	32	167	19.16%		9:00 PM	49	286	17.13%		12:05 AM	4	114	3.51%		7:55 PM	29	114	25.44%
	10:10 PM	9	167	5.39%		10:50 PM	14	286	4.90%							10:05 PM	8	98	8.16%
	12:30 AM	6	167	3.59%		12:40 AM	14	286	4.90%
Total		163	1230	13.25%	Total		223	2288	9.75%	Total		59	662	8.91%	Total		224	946	23.68%

Big surprise win for Monsters University here. I know Monsters University has great pre-sales but to see it doing better than The Wolverine in pre-selling at some locations is astonishing. The only downside here is that most of Monsters University's admissions are for 2D. 3D is still doing quite well in the morning and with 7 PM showtimes. The Wolverine is doing pretty good. Its 2D 9 AM showing is doing great and 3D is not looking too bad either. If we strip out SDU: Sex Duties Unit's blocked off seats for each showtime, it actually falls to #3 behind The Wolverine which means pre-sales aren't doing so great. It could be due to having 2 weeks of special previews but word of mouth has been rancid, which was totally the opposite effect that Media Asia was going for. Pacific Rim's been affected by The Wolverine so this explains its extremely slow pre-sales.

Elsewhere, The Wolverine is well out in front while Monsters University and SDU: Sex Duties Unit vie for #2.

July 25 Predictions

1. The Wolverine - $1,700,000
2. Monsters University - $1,100,000 (-45.2%)
3. SDU: Sex Duties Unit - $825,000 (including previews)
4. Pacific Rim - $750,000 (-53.5%)
5. Despicable Me 2 - $170,000 (-48.2%)

The Wolverine will be the lone wolf on top. Huge 3D premiums will boost its gross. Monsters University will fend off SDU and Doraemon well. SDU: Sex Duties Unit will keep close with Monsters University on Thursday and Friday but the weekend belongs to Monsters University. III movies are usually frontloaded as well. Pacific Rim will be in direct competition with The Wolverine but WOM is very good. Despicable Me 2 should get the nod over Doraemon for #5. Though last year's Doraemon did well, this year has too much competition for Doraemon to set a new high. Doraemon will likely begin in 6th place with $140,000. If these predictions (esp. The Wolverine's) hold, this July would be first July month ever to have 3 weekends hit 4m or more.

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	Thursday adm.	(so far)		July 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Wolverine	--	7,373	--
2	Monsters University	15,089	6,209	-58.9%
3	Pacific Rim	11,017	4,945	-55.1%
4	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	1,375	4,501	+227.3%
5	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	2,526	--
6	Despicable Me 2	3,143	1,692	-46.2%
7	Turbo	2,317	1,062	-54.2%
8	Tiny Times	--	583	--
9	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	1,249	441	-64.7%
10	Disconnect	--	376	--

Good for The Wolverine. I expect a lot of walk-ins today. Considering how many theaters put Monsters University out to pasture, that is a strong hold. Walk-ins have been a thorn in Monsters University's side though. Pacific Rim had a very good with The Wolverine striking at the heart of its demographic. Slightly disappointing for Sex Duties Unit but it could be poor WOM setting in. It should have very strong walk-ins today. Great for Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum. This is up 26% in opening day pre-sales from Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles - Animal Adventure. Despicable Me 2 held well. Turbo did quite good as well. Tiny Times is a disaster. Bad hold again for Tales from the Dark Part 1. Good for Disconnect.

 

[Leyla]

wow for Tiny times

[Bluebomb]

wow for Tiny times

Most recent Chinese overachievers flop here. No surprise.

[Bluebomb]

	Thursday			July 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Wolverine	--	22,422	--
2	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	3,670	15,638	+326.1%
3	Monsters University	34,065	15,011	-55.9%
4	Pacific Rim	28,385	13,486	-52.5%
5	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	5,808	--
6	Despicable Me 2	7,020	3,813	-45.7%
7	Turbo	5,519	2,449	-55.6%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	4,894	1,867	-61.9%
9	Tiny Times	--	1,704	--
10	Disconnect	--	1,104	--

The Wolverine did quite well today with walk-ins. It will beat X-Men Origins: Wolverine's opening day and 5-day opening weekend. SDU: Sex Duties Unit backdoor'd Monsters University for 2nd. Though the film wasn't directed by Pang Ho Cheung, he is most certainly the driving force behind the movie and the admissions. This won't beat Vulgaria's opening weekend even with previews included. Monsters University held up just fine. I'm not too concerned that it had the 2nd worst hold of the top 10. All the animations held up pretty good with Doraemon opening this week. Pacific Rim had a very good hold. WOM is strong for this one. I still believe that it will get to 4m. Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum had a very good opening day. It lost to last year's Doraemon offering by a slim margin in admissions but in gross, it will jump out ahead. Great hold for Despicable Me 2. Turbo also held nicely. Tales from the Dark 1 had the only weaker hold in the top 10. Tiny Times did poorly. It did around the same as Lost in Thailand's opening day. Disconnect had a good opening day. Reviews are decent.

Ok, now this weekend will decide between #2 and #3 between Pacific Rim and Monsters University. Here are the top 3 theater chains and what they are bumping up or down.

Top 4 Weekend Showtimes Theater Chains Comparison

Broadway/AMC

Promoted

Monsters University

Same

The Wolverine

Demoted

SDU: Sex Duties Unit
Pacific Rim

UA

Same

The Wolverine
SDU: Sex Duties Unit
Pacific Rim

Demoted

Monsters University

MCL

Promoted

Pacific Rim
Monsters University

Same

The Wolverine
SDU: Sex Duties Unit

Those theaters that had Monsters University on the smaller screens have bumped it to their biggest/2nd biggest screen on the weekend. It will share the biggest screen with The Wolverine at Broadway/AMC. Meanwhile, SDU: Sex Duties Unit is being heavily slashed. It has gone from the biggest screen down to the 3rd or 4th biggest screen. Pacific Rim is also getting a minor adjustment downward.

UA has gone with the trio of SDU: Sex Duties Unit/The Wolverine and Pacific Rim. Monsters University is getting demoted with less showtimes or smaller screens. SDU will share the biggest screen with The Wolverine here. UA seems to be supporting SDU the most out of the 3.

MCL are being very liberal and have given all 4 full day showtimes. Pacific Rim and Monsters University are getting a bigger screen/more showtimes here. The Wolverine and SDU remain unchanged.

[Bluebomb]

Forgot to post weekend pre-sales last night. These were taken at midnight.

Langham Place
	The Wolverine	(all v.)				SDU: Sex Duties Unit					Pacific Rim	(all v.)				Monsters University	(all v.)
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. 27	9:00 AM	45	202	22.28%	Jul. 27	9:10 AM	7	202	3.47%	Jul. 27	8:50 AM	32	191	16.75%	Jul. 27	8:50 AM	71	176	40.34%
	11:05 AM	15	202	7.43%		11:25 AM	2	202	0.99%		1:10 PM	16	187	8.56%		11:00 AM	42	180	23.33%
	11:20 AM	15	191	7.85%		1:20 PM	3	202	1.49%		3:20 PM	79	180	43.89%		1:10 PM	47	180	26.11%
	1:30 PM	28	202	13.86%		1:45 PM	16	191	8.38%		5:50 PM	56	180	31.11%		5:40 PM	115	187	61.50%
	2:55 PM	84	176	47.73%		3:20 PM	51	191	26.70%		7:50 PM	75	187	40.11%
	5:20 PM	44	176	25.00%		3:55 PM	41	202	20.30%		9:50 PM	63	176	35.80%
	5:35 PM	36	191	18.85%		6:00 PM	59	202	29.21%		12:25 AM	4	176	2.27%
	7:30 PM	48	202	23.76%		8:00 PM	56	191	29.32%		2:55 AM	1	176	0.57%
	7:55 PM	49	202	24.26%		8:20 PM	56	180	31.11%
	9:55 PM	46	202	22.77%		10:00 PM	48	191	25.13%
	10:15 PM	26	176	14.77%		10:20 PM	42	202	20.79%
	12:00 AM	3	191	1.57%		12:20 AM	7	202	3.47%
	12:20 AM		202	0.00%		12:40 AM	2	180	1.11%
	2:30 AM	2	191	1.05%		2:20 AM		202	0.00%
	2:45 AM		202	0.00%		2:40 AM		180	0.00%
Total		441	2908	15.17%	Total		390	2920	13.36%	Total		326	1453	22.44%	Total		275	723	38.04%

Langham Place is definitely one of the best theaters for The Wolverine and SDU: Sex Duties Unit. Strong numbers for both. Pacific Rim is also looking very good here. Monsters University is doing great here even with only 4 showtimes.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			July 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	20,220	9,120	-54.9%	+46.9%
2	The Wolverine	--	8,200	--	+11.2%
3	Pacific Rim	11,868	6,611	-44.3%	+33.7%
4	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	2,168	6,104	+181.5%	+35.6%
5	Despicable Me 2	3,343	2,493	-25.4%	+47.3%
6	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	2,386	--	-5.5%
7	Turbo	2,422	1,349	-44.3%	+27.0%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	1,883	574	-69.5%	+30.2%
9	Tiny Times	--	517	--	-11.3%
10	Disconnect	--	509	--	+35.4%

Huge increase for Monsters University. Good for Wolverine. Early WOM seems to be very positive. Powerful hold from Pacific Rim. SDU: Sex Duties Unit had a very good Friday increase. Great for Despicable Me 2.

 

[Bluebomb]

		Thursday Actuals						July 25
LW	TW	Movie	Last Thu. (USD)	Thursday (USD)	% chg	Screens	Days	Total
--	1	The Wolverine	--	$261,690	--	86	1	$261,690
1	2	Monsters University	$348,038	$148,248	-57.4%	78	15	$7,686,991
2	3	Pacific Rim	$318,390	$134,067	-57.9%	71	8	$2,432,559
--	4	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	--	$125,044	--	81	1	$513,067
--	5	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	$41,251	--	38	1	$41,251
3	6	Despicable Me 2	$61,873	$32,227	-47.9%	35	22	$3,392,950
4	7	Turbo	$52,850	$19,336	-63.4%	36	8	$433,142
5	8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	$34,803	$12,891	-63.0%	22	15	$939,764
--	9	Tiny Times	--	$11,344	--	16	1	$11,344
6	10	Blind Detective	$25,780	$9,281	-64.0%	20	22	$1,883,396

July 25 Thursday Actuals

 

Edited July 26, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Bluebomb]

	Friday				July 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Wolverine	--	22,732	--	+1.4%
2	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	5,000	17,408	+248.2%	+11.3%
3	Monsters University	36,282	15,916	-56.1%	+6.0%
4	Pacific Rim	28,541	14,738	-48.4%	+9.3%
5	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	5,044	--	-13.2%
6	Despicable Me 2	6,662	4,412	-33.8%	+15.7%
7	Turbo	5,204	2,773	-46.7%	+13.2%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	5,818	1,988	-65.8%	+6.5%
9	Tiny Times	--	1,476	--	-13.4%
10	Disconnect	--	1,232	--	+11.6%

Good for The Wolverine. SDU: Sex Duties Unit posted the biggest increase of the top 5. OK for Monsters University. Pacific Rim held up well. Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum saw a smaller decrease from last year's Doraemon offering. Marvelous for Despicable Me 2. Not bad for Turbo. Tales from the Dark 1 is disappearing. Tiny Times is doing soft numbers. It might be able to get to $50,000 this weekend but it's weekend number is shaping up to be pretty bad. Disconnect is doing good from just 4 theaters. Should make about $35,000 this weekend. It's not listed but HK: Forbidden Super Hero is doing awesome in 2 theaters. It will make about $30,000-$35,000 this weekend for a PTA above $15,000.

 

[Bluebomb]

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			July 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Monsters University	36,142	16,760	-53.6%	+83.8%
2	The Wolverine	--	14,663	--	+78.8%
3	Pacific Rim	20,706	10,248	-50.5%	+55.0%
4	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	3,539	7,291	+106.0%	+19.4%
5	Despicable Me 2	5,671	4,532	-20.1%	+81.8%
6	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	3,881	--	+62.7%
7	Turbo	3,851	2,431	-36.9%	+80.2%
8	Tiny Times	--	768	--	+48.5%
9	HK: Forbidden Super Hero	--	700	--	--
10	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	1,838	572	-68.9%	-0.3%

Monsters University is doing better today. Its expansion this weekend should help it to drop less than 50% on both days. The Wolverine posted a good increase. Pacific Rim should see slightly larger drops today and tomorrow. SDU: Sex Duties Unit won't gain much this weekend due to being a III film. Great for Despicable Me 2. Doraemon did well. Very good hold for Turbo. Not impressed with Tiny Times. HK: Forbidden Super Hero is doing amazing. Tales from the Dark 1 is falling off quickly.
 

[Bluebomb]

	Saturday				July 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Wolverine	--	33,794	--	+48.7%
2	Monsters University	54,041	25,743	-52.4%	+61.7%
3	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	7,108	21,916	+208.3%	+25.9%
4	Pacific Rim	41,986	21,455	-48.9%	+45.6%
5	Despicable Me 2	10,138	8,529	-15.9%	+93.3%
6	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	--	7,197	--	+42.7%
7	Turbo	7,994	3,865	-51.7%	+39.4%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	7,256	2,552	-64.8%	+28.4%
9	Tiny Times	--	1,907	--	+29.2%
10	HK: Forbidden Super Hero	--	1,575	--	--

Very good for The Wolverine. Already past $900,000 after 3 days. Monsters University had a big increase today. I suspect that it fell less than 50% in gross. Pacific Rim is doing very well. Outstanding hold for Despicable Me 2. Doraemon did quite good. It has fallen off a bit from last year's Doraemon but it is still ahead in gross. Turbo did OK. Tales from the Dark 1 has not done well since opening weekend. Tiny Times is nudging up a bit. Fantastic for HK: Forbidden Super Hero. Average people per showing was over 125 today.

 

[Fullbuster]

 

  Saturday       July 27 Rank Movie LW TW WKD % chg QD % chg 1 The Wolverine -- 33,794 -- +48.7% 2 Monsters University 54,041 25,743 -52.4% +61.7% 3 SDU: Sex Duties Unit 7,108 21,916 +208.3% +25.9% 4 Pacific Rim 41,986 21,455 -48.9% +45.6% 5 Despicable Me 2 10,138 8,529 -15.9% +93.3% 6 Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum -- 7,197 -- +42.7% 7 Turbo 7,994 3,865 -51.7% +39.4% 8 Tales from the Dark Pt. 1 7,256 2,552 -64.8% +28.4% 9 Tiny Times -- 1,907 -- +29.2% 10 HK: Forbidden Super Hero -- 1,575 -- -- Very good for The Wolverine. Already past $900,000 after 3 days. Monsters University had a big increase today. I suspect that it fell less than 50% in gross. Pacific Rim is doing very well. Outstanding hold for Despicable Me 2. Doraemon did quite good. It has fallen off a bit from last year's Doraemon but it is still ahead in gross. Turbo did OK. Tales from the Dark 1 has not done well since opening weekend. Tiny Times is nudging up a bit. Fantastic for HK: Forbidden Super Hero. Average people per showing was over 125 today.

 

 

How is MU compared to the previous Pixar movies?

[Bluebomb]

How is MU compared to the previous Pixar movies?

Monsters University is the 2nd highest grossing animation film of all time behind Toy Story 3. It passed $7.73m on Friday (HK$ 60m).

 

Pixar (all in HKD)

 

Toy Story - $16,817,085

A Bug's Life - $13,992,420

Toy Story 2 - $35,732,127

Monsters Inc. - $25,777,970

Finding Nemo - $31,894,016

The Incredibles - $33,790,632

Cars - $15,026,845

Ratatouille - $25,257,320

Wall-E - did not publish; around 17m

Up - $33,295,722

Toy Story 3 - $89,364,118

Cars 2 - did not publish; a little more than $18,417,145

Brave - did not publish

[Michael Seng Wah]

How was DM2?

[Michael Seng Wah]

[Bluebomb]

How was DM2?

DM2 is doing unbelievable numbers. It's been holding extremely well against major animation competition.

 

MoS managed a $4mil? I thought it was dead.

MoS made over 2m on opening weekend. It was always going to make 4m even with the bad holds. It also had a holiday to boost its numbers.

[Bluebomb]

	Weekend Estimates			July 25
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	The Wolverine	$1,300,000		$1,300,000
2	Monsters University	$950,000	-52.6%	$8,489,000
3	Pacific Rim	$700,000	-56.6%	$3,000,000
4	SDU: Sex Duties Unit	$600,000		$1,000,000
5	Despicable Me 2	$220,000	-32.9%	$3,580,000
6	Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum	$195,000		$195,000

Great for The Wolverine. It is the biggest opening for an X-Men movie. WOM is very good so this will make 3m and become only the 2nd X-Men movie to do so. Monsters University did OK this weekend. It started off a little rough on Thursday but recovered nicely on Sunday. At this stage, 10m should be done by the August 15 weekend. Pacific Rim was ushered out of the room with The Wolverine around but did manage to break 3m this weekend. WOM remains strong so 4m is still up for grabs. It should be able to do it in 2 weeks. Depending on your view, SDU either grossed more or less than Vulgaria. Its previews represented a whopping 40% of its total opening weekend. WOM is horrendous and 2m is unlikely to happen. Despicable Me 2 fended off Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum for 5th and had the best hold of the top 10. Its surprising run is surely going to be one of Universal's highlights this summer but another big animation film is coming out next weekend. The Smurfs 2 will likely steal any remaining theaters outside of EDKO's block and it is going to be hit hard. Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum opened powerfully. Its estimated $195,000 opening is the best it has done in 5 years and is the 2nd highest grossing OW for a Doraemon film. By Doraemon standards, it's an excellent opening weekend.

 

Edited July 28, 2013 by Bluebomb

[Fullbuster]

Monsters University is the 2nd highest grossing animation film of all time behind Toy Story 3. It passed $7.73m on Friday (HK$ 60m).

 

Pixar (all in HKD)

 

Toy Story - $16,817,085

A Bug's Life - $13,992,420

Toy Story 2 - $35,732,127

Monsters Inc. - $25,777,970

Finding Nemo - $31,894,016

The Incredibles - $33,790,632

Cars - $15,026,845

Ratatouille - $25,257,320

Wall-E - did not publish; around 17m

Up - $33,295,722

Toy Story 3 - $89,364,118

Cars 2 - did not publish; a little more than $18,417,145

Brave - did not publish

 

Wow

It's unbelievable! Thank you Hong Kong