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Post Re: HK 9/23 THU: Chen Zhen #1; WStreet, RE4 neck and neck for #2
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Movies like Wall Street are not known for good business in Singapore and Malaysia. Not sure about HK but from what I have seen they don't do very good business in HK as well. Being a financial hub does not really mean that a movie will breakout even if it is HK and the movie's name is Wall Street. I mean it is in contention with Chen Zhen (though a bit far but not as much as I first expected it to be)


I would say that the appeal of Wall Street is misleading. There is of course the business sector that will turn out in droves to see this. Then, those that aren't interested in business/financial markets might go for the romance factor and even still, they might just go for the premise alone. The premise itself is not strictly regulated to financial businesses but more about business in general. The movie is about the art of business wrapped around in the financial sector than just a pure stock market movie. They do not pigeonhole themselves into the niche market because they know they will not reach many people this way so they try to explain/make things as broad as possible to have any sort of connection. Not to mention that many foreign stock markets follow the US market religiously and that English is a major language and the global language of trade.

Speaking of HK, it was always going to be big here. It is precisely the movie title (Wall Street) and how Hong Kong is like (very business oriented -- "time is money") is why the movie has succeeded here.

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Post Re: HK 9/23 THU: Chen Zhen #1; WStreet, RE4 neck and neck for #2
Romance factor applies to about 40% of movies so I don't see that making a difference. None of the lead actors is very well known romantic dramas. Again Malaysia is a big country unlike HK and Singapore still the appeal is quite high there.

Don't understand what point you are making but if the movies makes money even in the small markets and will definitely make bucks in bigger markets as all of them have one or another financial hub located.

Again the legs will be decent because it skews older people....so given that opening numbers are good and much more than expected


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Post Re: HK 9/23 THU: Chen Zhen #1; WStreet, RE4 neck and neck for #2
Jack Sparrow wrote:
Romance factor applies to about 40% of movies so I don't see that making a difference. None of the lead actors is very well known romantic dramas. Again Malaysia is a big country unlike HK and Singapore still the appeal is quite high there.

Don't understand what point you are making but if the movies makes money even in the small markets and will definitely make bucks in bigger markets as all of them have one or another financial hub located.

Again the legs will be decent because it skews older people....so given that opening numbers are good and much more than expected


My point is that there are more factors playing into Wall Street's success than you might think. While romance is not a huge factor, there is still a romantic subplot in the movie. It will no doubt attract females.

Expanding on my point about HK being a financial hub, it has been regarded as the financial hub of Asia because it has been able to tap into China's market without sacrificing freedom. You shouldn't be surprised that it is doing well in Singapore either. Singapore is ranked 4th (just behind Hong Kong) in the world's top financial centers.

Hong Kong ranks as top finance hub

Here's another article talking about why Hong Kong cannot shed its title of being a global financial center.

Quote:
With wide business experience, Wu gave a list of reasons for why Hong Kong cannot forgo its role as an international financial center. "Already the world's third largest financial center," Wu said, "Hong Kong is poised for greater accomplishment."

...

The first reason lies with Hong Kong's financial freedom, a distinction that has become dearer given that the city is part and parcel of the largest developing country, whose industrialization and modernization is a most recent thing.

The second reason concerns "the freedom of knowing", said Wu, referring to the information freedom deeply rooted in this culture. "Information matters, and immediate information carries far more weight in the financial industry," Wu said, adding, "A delayed financial decision can cost us really dearly, even if that delay is just a matter of several seconds. We are making decisions not by imagination but by immediate information."

The independent and full-fledged legal system in Hong Kong, together with its effective market monitoring mechanism, makes it a formidable player.


HK as financial hub: promise, challenges

Wall Street is centered around finance. It's no secret then that with Hong Kong and Singapore as leading financial centers, this movie would do exceptional business.

I don't really understand what you mean when you say that movies like Wall Street don't do well in Malaysia, Singapore, HK. What movies?

Friday adm.September 24
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen--15056---64.9%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D--10845---50.4%
3Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps--9375---56.3%
4Devil--5706---46.1%
5Killers51111369-73.2%-62.0%


Holiday effect. That's why admissions dropped so much from yesterday.

Saturday adm.(so far)September 25
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen--9750--+80.5%
2Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps--7385--+45.1%
3Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D--6659--+35.9%
4Devil--2592--+104.6%
5Killers23691152-51.4%+119.8%

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Post Re: HK 9/23 THU: Chen Zhen #1; WStreet, RE4 neck and neck for #2
Saturday adm.September 25
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen--25873--+71.8%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D--16710--+54.1%
3Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps--16243--+73.3%
4Devil--10493--+83.9%
5Killers73002514-65.6%+83.6%


Excellent for Chen Zhen. That is an amazing increase from Friday. The fight between Wall Street and Resident Evil continues. The good thing for Resident Evil is that it has not been given any morning shows on the weekend which always does the most business for any 3D movie. It will have a better than expected hold next week because of this. Wall Street did fantastic numbers in the business areas but finished in 3rd in the non-business districts. I thought it will do better on the weekend due to the long runtime but it looks like it is been increasing in a typical manner. Nice of Devil to at least match its Thursday admissions. Not as frontloaded as I thought.

Sunday adm.(so far)September 26
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen--10433--+7.0%
2Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps--6739---8.7%
3Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D--6125---8.0%
4Devil--2827--+9.1%
5Killers28701155-59.8%+0.3%


Good increase for Chen Zhen. Somewhat alarming decreases for Wall Street and Resident Evil. Both should have held better.

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Post Re: HK 9/23 WKD: Chen Zhen powers to #1; RE4 nips WStreet for #2
Sunday adm.September 26
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen--22600---12.7%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D--14748---11.7%
3Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps--13331---17.9%
4Devil--7698---26.6%
5Killers64312252-65.0%-10.4%


Weekend adm.September 23-26
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen--106417--
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D--64158--
3Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps--60413--
4Devil--34482--
5Killers219959739-55.7%


Weekend Summary:

Chen Zhen opens powerfully with 100,000+ admissions. It should be around $700,000 in gross (unless if The Expendables opening weekend admissions is wrong).

Resident Evil just nicked Wall Street for #2 even with no morning shows for the weekend. This bodes quite well for next week as the heavy business from the weekend mornings will soften the drop. Wall Street opened in a very good 3rd place. I actually find the admissions number slightly disappointing considering how business oriented HK is. Devil opened to a soft #4 and Killers dropped heavily.

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Post Re: HK 9/23 WKD: Chen Zhen powers to #1; RE4 nips WStreet for #2
Top 10 of 2010 and October schedule updated.





Release DateMovie Title
October 7Grown Ups
Flowers
Reign of Assassins
Liar Game: The Final Stage
Brooklyn's Finest
I Am Love
October 14Confessions
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Eat Pray Love
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D
Child's Eye 3D
22 Bullets (L'Immortel)
October 21Charlie St. Cloud
The Other Guys
Jackass 3D
Perfect Wedding
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
Bayside Shakedown 3
October 28Paranormal Activity 2
Saw 3D
Life As We Know It
Lover's Discourse
Let Me In
October 31Tetsuo The Bullet Man


Several interesting weekends this month. Starting off the month is a fairly dead week. Grown Ups should take this one. Reign of Assassins might surprise though. The October 14 week is the most interesting week of the month for me. You've got 1 standard children's flick, 1 suspense/thriller, 1 action movie, 2 well-received limited release movies and 1 Julia Roberts film. I think Ga'Hoole will lead all new releases but the gross won't be anything outstanding since it's not an American-voiced film. Eat Pray Love doesn't look like it will do much and people are exhausted from all the suspense thrillers that come out last month so Child's Eye won't grab people's attention. Out of the 3 foreign language films, I think Confessions will come out on top since it has gotten good reviews and there are a lot of Japanese speakers here. Dragon Tattoo will probably come close thanks to rave reviews but I don't think it will win. 22 Bullets won't make much of a dent. October 21 will see The Other Guys finish first and the battle for horror supremacy is once again highlighted on the Halloween weekend. I think Saw will finish first for the weekend. Part of Paranormal Activity's hype was that you've never been freaked out like that before. I'm not sure if audiences will respond to another ploy like that again. In terms of gross, Paranormal Activity was released in early 2010 but only made half of what Saw VI banked.

Other release dates:

11/4 - The Girl Who Played With Fire, Takers, Red
11/11 - The Kids Are All Right, Under the Hawthorn Tree
11/18 - Skyline
11/25 - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
12/2 - The Social Network, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
12/9 - Narnia 3: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
12/23 - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Tron: Legacy, Megamind, The Borrower Arrietty (Christmas Day)
1/20/2011 - Never Let Me Go
2/2 - The Green Hornet
2/3 - Little Fockers
3/31 - Sucker Punch
4/7 - Rio
4/21 - Rango
5/5 - Thor
6/30 - Transformers 3
7/21 - Kung Fu Panda
8/4 - Captain America

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Post Re: HK 9/30 WKD: RE4 outlasts all; Dee close 2nd; Chen Zhen -65%
Thursday adm.September 30
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D2185517876-18.2%
2Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame--13260--
3The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen428887073-83.5%
4Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps214645587-74.0%
5Devil105854296-59.4%


Friday adm.October 1
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D1084530082+177.4%+68.3%
2Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame--28759--+116.9%
3The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen1505613453-10.6%+90.2%
4Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps937513018+38.9%+133.0%
5Devil57066909+21.1%+60.8%
Saturday adm.October 2
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D1671022483+34.5%-25.3%
2Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame--20762---27.8%
3Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps162439665-40.5%-28.2%
4The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen258739136-64.7%-29.8%
5Devil104935221-50.2%-24.4%
Sunday adm.October 3
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D1474818692+26.7%-16.9%
2Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame--18405---11.4%
3The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen226008112-64.1%-16.1%
4Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps133317077-46.9%-22.5%
5Devil76984310-44.0%-17.4%


Weekend admissions:

Weekend adm.Sept 30 - Oct 3
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D6415889133+38.9%
2Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame--81186--
3The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen10641737774-64.5%
4Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps6041335347-41.5%
5Devil3448220736-39.9%


That is a spectacular number for Resident Evil. That should make it one of the top 3 openings of the year when you factor in last weekend's previews. Detective Dee more than held its own against Resident Evil. It's poised to hit $700,000 for the weekend. Chen Zhen fell by 65% this week after another similar action film opened and stole its screens. It looks like 2 Chinese action films cannot survive alongside each other. Wall Street had a very nice drop after it's slightly disappointing opening weekend. This is on its way to over $1m. Devil had a good drop after its soft opening.

Holidays last week and this week have inflated the drops/totals a bit. Next week will see a lot of huge drops.

Weekend of Sept. 23-26, 2010:

1. Legend of the Fist: The Legend of Chen Zhen Media Asia $835,725 1 41 $20,384 0 $1,066,727
2. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Fox Int'l $451,415 1 34 $13,277 0 $451,415
3. Devil Universal Int'l $285,885 1 31 $9,222 0 $396,270
4. Killers Panasia Films $48,716 2 25 $1,949 -70 $262,807
5. Piranha 3D Sundream $39,372 3 21 $1,875 -84 $1,171,682
6. Inception Warner Bros. Int'l $30,520 9 11 $2,775 -52 $7,356,409
7. Housemaid, The Edko $19,507 2 9 $2,167 -72 $114,421
8. Avatar Fox Int'l $16,094 41 2 $8,047 -10 $22,954,902
9. Splice Golden Scene $15,244 2 17 $897 -88 $172,535
10. Despicable Me Universal Int'l $7,644 8 4 $1,911 -35 $1,487,549

Resident Evil's preview numbers were not listed so it looks like they will be added in next week.

Here's where the top 10 OW's stand as of right now.

2010 OW:

1 Toy Story 3 $3,239,287
2 Alice in Wonderland $1,902,019
3 Ip Man 2 $1,736,771
4 Inception $1,674,990 ($1,779,352 incl. previews)
5 Shrek Forever After $1,555,601
6 Iron Man 2 $1,529,782
7 Clash of the Titans $1,379,653
8 72 Tenants of Prosperity $859,854
9 Legend Of The Fist: The Return Of Chen Zhen $856,973
10 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $815,355
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Salt $778,132
Knight & Day $768,860
Predators $760,039
Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time $729,883

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Post Re: HK 10/7 WKD: Dee leaps over RE4; GUps #3; WStreet -66%
Thursday adm.October 7
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D178766790-62.0%
2Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame132604336-67.3%
3Reign of Assassins--2295--
4Grown Ups--2123--
5Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps55871380-75.3%


Friday adm.October 8
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame287597128-75.2%+64.4%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D300827079-76.5%+4.3%
3Grown Ups--3721--+75.3%
4Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps130182926-77.5%+112.0%
5Reign of Assassins--2696--+17.5%
Saturday adm.October 9
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame2076213938-32.9%+95.5%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D2248310605-52.8%+49.8%
3Grown Ups--6040--+62.3%
4Reign of Assassins--5072--+88.1%
5Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps96654299-55.5%+46.9%
Sunday adm.October 10
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame1840511997-34.8%-13.9%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D186929543-48.9%-10.0%
3Grown Ups--5594---7.4%
4Reign of Assassins--4993---1.6%
5Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps70773342-52.8%-22.3%


Weekend adm.October 7-10
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame8118637399-53.9%
2Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D8913334017-61.8%
3Grown Ups--17478--
4Reign of Assassins--15056--
5Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps3534711947-66.2%


Good hold for Detective Dee.

Weekend of September 30 - October 3, 2010:

1. Resident Evil: Afterlife Edko $876,847 1 39 $22,483 0 $1,148,535
2. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Lark/Emperor $620,317 1 39 $15,906 0 $791,840
3. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen Media Asia $314,355 2 41 $7,667 -62 $1,463,073
4. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Fox Int'l $247,874 2 34 $7,290 -45 $875,299
5. Devil Universal Int'l $143,058 2 28 $5,109 -50 $582,917
6. Inception Warner Bros. Int'l $24,819 10 8 $3,102 -19 $7,386,972
7. Avatar Fox Int'l $14,777 42 2 $7,388 -8 $22,973,776
8. Killers Panasia Films $14,216 3 11 $1,292 -71 $303,501
9. Piranha 3D Sundream $10,562 4 6 $1,760 -73 $1,213,050
10. Housemaid, The Edko $9,432 3 6 $1,572 -52 $137,677

Don't know why there's a huge discrepancy between Variety's and BOM's numbers. RE4 still makes the the top 10 openers of the year though.

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Where did you go?

I saw your Top 10 of 2010 post in Cinemania, and want to know your thoughts (or a review) of Confessions.

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Notes:

- Harry Potter moves up to December 16. In response to this move, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader moves up a week to December 2.

- Little Fockers has a date set. Set to be released on February 3. It will do battle with The Green Hornet.

- The Town has now been moved to December 9.

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Where did you go?

I saw your Top 10 of 2010 post in Cinemania, and want to know your thoughts (or a review) of Confessions.


Been busy with life.

Thoughts:

- Great movie. It was gripping, entertaining and thought-provoking. I considered putting Confessions ahead of Inception but I felt that the movie was a bit empty at the end...meaning it lacked a certain feeling of emotion that these movies tend to do whether it's anger, sorrow, etc.

- It really touched on certain issues like the child protection laws or bullying, discrimation and it felt as if you were the student being bullied. It really brings to life your own memories and preys on them if you get my drift. It sucks you in before you can get out.

- I felt there was a moment in the film that was slightly ridiculous which was the
Spoiler: show
revelation of the bomb blowing up the university. First of all, wouldn't there be security to check for explosives? Second, shouldn't the mother have seen the bag left there and given it to security?
. Other than that, no real ridiculous moments.

- I loved the confession parts and I thought it was brilliant. Not only is everything revealed bit by bit but we get up close and personal with the characters highlighted in the film. I also loved that the movie did a fake-out with the whodunit? beginning scene. In fact, we find out who the killers are twenty minutes into the film which makes the film more engaging as now we look into the psychological aspects of the characters involved.

- Although I didn't find any parts disturbing, it can be too much to handle for those unprepared. It's dark but it's not gory and the classical music just adds to the haunting revelations/scenes.

- The actors were brilliant and I can't find any faults here.

- The theme is pretty much about retribution. How far will someone go to seek revenge over those lost loved one? As a teacher, Moriguchi-san is bounded by the child protection laws that exist. What and how she does to exact revenge is fascinating and disturbing at the same time.

This is a must see movie and it'll be one that will stay with me for awhile.

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Schedule for December:







Release DateMovie Title
December 2The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The American
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Revenge: A Love Story
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
In Case of Love
Police Dog Dream
Grease [1978] (Sing-a-long version)
December 9With Love...From The Age Of Reason
Outrage
The Town
Natali 3D
December 16Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
December 18Beyblade: Metal Fight
December 23Tron: Legacy 3D
Megamind 3D
Gulliver's Travels 3D
December 25The Borrower Arrietty
December 30Norwegian Wood
Love and Other Drugs


Dec 2: Narnia wins here. No surprises.

I think Narnia 3 will decrease over it's predecessors. It faces immense competition as Harry Potter comes out its third week and had to move up a week after Harry Potter moved up. 2 weeks should be enough to make most of its gross and I expect a final tally of 2.5-3m. If the movie is as good as the reviews advertised, it could make more than 3m but not much more than that. It should open with more than $1m.

For comparison:

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - $3,915,444
Prince Caspian - $3,266,786

Dec 9: Narnia will win here. The Town will steal adult viewers, however.

Dec 16: Harry Potter mania. IMAX presales have been buzzing.

Overall grosses (Harry Potter series):

HP2 - $4,907,373
HP3 - $4,339,688
HP4 - $5,966,462
HP5 - $6,650,517
HP6 - $5,873,659

Opening will be no less than $2.3m and it should do around $2.6-2.8m. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes the OW of the year away from Toy Story 3 though. It's last film did open to over $2.9m for the weekend but that was in the summer. In fact, the last Harry Potter film to open in December was HP4 but unfortunately, there was no data for the opening weekend of HP4 so we have to go back to HP2 to get any comparable data. That movie opened with $2.3m.

Signs point to a huge opening with IMAX presales and scheduling to go on. IMAX presales have been great so far and the premium showtimes are more than 50% sold out after only a few days. As for the scheduling, it will face 3 huge competitors with Tron, Megamind and Arrietty all stealing away screens the following week. Still, Christmas has shown it can handle competition before.

Christmas and New Year's will help with Harry Potter's legs but I see it ending up with over $6.5m total with it challenging and (most probably) winning to take the crown away from HP5 as the biggest HP film to date.

Dec 23 - Another huge week. The three openers will all be very huge but I expect Arrietty to have a huge opening due to the immense popularity of Japanese anime here. Howl's Moving Castle opened to $1.6m but was frontloaded and only finished with $2.8m. Megamind could be in some trouble as it might be overshadowed by Arrietty. Tron will do a decent amount of business as the only non fantasy/animation flick. It may even open to over $1m. Harry Potter winning a second week is almost certain although with Arrietty's great reviews and the Japanese anime fanbase here, I would not count anything out.

Dec 30 - Dead week. This could be a switcheroo week. If Arrietty opens like how Ponyo did (low opening but great legs), we could see Harry Potter give up the crown to Arrietty. If not, then I expect Harry to take it for a third week/or Arrietty for a second week if it opens above Harry's 2nd week.

Great weeks ahead. I will definitely cover this week, Harry Potter week and Christmas week so expect a lot of updates from now till then.

Notes:

Harry Potter IMAX presales are now ongoing. Ticket sales have been brisk.

Harry Potter regular presales now on sale.

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Post Re: HK: Narnia 3 opens. +American, Girl Played With Fire, Gr
Some Thursday schedules

Note: All holdover showtimes in brackets are from Wednesday.

Palace IFC
NewHoldoversLeaving
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D - 10 showingsThe Cove - 2 showings (down from 5)Due Date
The Girl Who Played With Fire - 5 showingsFair Game - 2 showings (down from 5)Heartbreaker
The American - 5 showingsThe Social Network - 2 showings (down from 5)Skyline
Under the Hawthorn Tree - 1 showing (down from 2)The Drunkard
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
Unstoppable


Palace APM
NewHoldoversLeaving
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D - 16 showingsBruce Lee, My Brother - 4 showings (down from 6)Due Date
In Case of Love - 5 showingsThe Next Three Days - 6 showings (no change)Heartbreaker
Revenge: A Love Story - 6 showingsUnder the Hawthorn Tree - 2 showings (down from 6)Skyline
Unstoppable - 1 showing (down from 4)The Experiment
Incite Mill - 1 showing (down from 6)
The Social Network - 1 showing (down from 3)


Festival Walk
NewHoldoversLeaving
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D - 16 showingsBruce Lee, My Brother - 3 showings (down from 5)Fair Game
The American - 5 showingsThe Next Three Days - 5 showings (no change)Due Date
Police Dog Dream - 5 showingsThe Social Network - 3 showings (down from 5)Heartbreaker
Merry Go Round - 1 showing (no change)Skyline
Under the Hawthorn Tree - 1 showing (down from 4)Unstoppable
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Post Re: HK 10/2 THU: Narnia #'s missing. American #2
I completely forgot that Arrietty is coming out on Christmas Day and not on December 23. Harry Potter will win easily then 2nd week while Arrietty's numbers should spike up the following week.

Thursday adm.December 2
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1The American--1617--
2Bruce Lee, My Brother--1594--
3The Next Three Days--1589--
4Revenge: A Love Story--1139--
5The Girl Who Played With Fire--1074--


Friday adm.(so far)December 3
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1The American--950--
2The Next Three Days--821--
3The Social Network--766--
4Bruce Lee, My Brother--731--
5The Girl Who Played With Fire--568--


Note: Admission tables do not include Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. 3D releases generally take the longest to be added in.

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Post Re: HK 10/3 FRI: Narnia rules over all. Opens with 25,000+ a
Friday adm.December 3
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D--26793----
2The American--2742--+69.6%
3The Next Three Days--2374--+49.4%
4Bruce Lee, My Brother--2231----
5The Social Network--1401----


Good start for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It is currently ahead of Alice's 2nd weekend take and if it continues at this pace, it should be able to grab $1.4-1.6m for the weekend.

Saturday adm.(so far)December 4
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D--25962----
2The Next Three Days--1228--+49.6%
3The American--1168--+22.9%
4Bruce Lee, My Brother--1127--+54.2%
5The Social Network--996--+30.0%


Still ahead of Alice's 2nd early Saturday admissions.

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Post Re: HK 10/3 FRI: Narnia rules over all.
Wow I thought it was just SK and France getting Potter late. This is by far the latest market.

Not sure what piracy is like in HK but surely it has to hurt coming out a month later than the rest of the world?

SEA and Asia as a whole are infamous for downloads, piracy and the like.

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Post Re: HK 10/3 FRI: Narnia rules over all.
Surprisingly good numbers for Narnia. I did think it will open with good numbers but these are very good numbers.


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Post Re: HK 10/3 FRI: Narnia rules over all.
BK wrote:
Not sure what piracy is like in HK but surely it has to hurt coming out a month later than the rest of the world?

SEA and Asia as a whole are infamous for downloads, piracy and the like.

It will have little effect. Harry Potter is very popular here and people are willing to pay to see it in theaters. The only people who will download movies with this amount of hype are people that cannot afford to see it in a theater.

Presales back me up on this. In regular theaters, this is selling out much faster than what Narnia's presales did for opening day. While Narnia started pre-selling just 3 days before, Harry Potter is still 2 weeks away.

Harry's going to be huge, regardless of its release date.

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Post Re: HK 10/4 SAT: Narnia sees huge increase
Saturday adm.December 4
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D--48887--+82.5%
2The Next Three Days--4395--+85.1%
3Bruce Lee, My Brother--3710--+66.3%
4The Social Network--3294--+135.1%
5The American--3236--+18.0%


Impressive increase for Narnia. American had a pretty dismal increase even for a limited release.

Sunday adm.(so far)December 5
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D--29557--+13.8%
2Bruce Lee, My Brother--1941--+72.2%
3The American--1628--+39.4%
4The Next Three Days--1339--+9.0%
5The Social Network--943---5.3%


Wow, what a jump for Narnia.

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Post Re: HK 10/4 SAT: Narnia sees huge increase
Bluebomb how is that comparing to past Narnia movies? I mean the admissions increase ? Because I am sure that this being in 3D helped its admissions a lot..... and I am guessing these Sunday admissions are not complete yet


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Post Re: HK 10/4 SAT: Narnia sees huge increase
Jack Sparrow wrote:
Bluebomb how is that comparing to past Narnia movies? I mean the admissions increase ? Because I am sure that this being in 3D helped its admissions a lot..... and I am guessing these Sunday admissions are not complete yet


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Post Re: HK 10/5 SUN: Narnia crosses 100k admissions (Fri-Sun onl
Sunday adm.December 5
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D--46731---4.4%
2Bruce Lee, My Brother--4172--+12.5%
3The American--3473--+7.3%
4The Next Three Days--3383---8.8%
5The Social Network--2735---17.0%


Narnia's drop is not surprising but it could have held better. Excellent increase for Bruce Lee, My Brother.

Weekend adm.December 2-5
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1*The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D--122411--
2The Next Three Days--11741--
3Bruce Lee, My Brother--11707--
4The American--11068--


*Note: Thursday's admissions for The Voyage of The Dawn Treader 3D were not available at the time so the figure above only includes admissions from Friday through Sunday.

In terms of the Narnia series, The Voyage of The Dawn Treader will come in way behind The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe's opening weekend but will be way ahead of Prince Caspian. It is aiming for around $1.4-1.6m.

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Post Re: HK 10/5 SUN: Narnia crosses 100k admissions (Fri-Sun onl
I for once am surprised that it did so well than Caspian. It wasn't expected to open ahead of Narnia1, still this number is pretty good.

It dropped on Sunday which is quite worrying no matter what little it dropped, then again this is also expected to be frontloaded though not as Twilight or HP movies :D


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Post Re: HK 12/10 FRI: Narnia has impressive hold; The Town opens
Notes:

- The Cantonese 3D version of Narnia was released on December 9.

- Tron: Legacy IMAX pre-selling has started. It will be shown in both IMAX theaters.

- All theaters have started to sell tickets early for the English version of Harry Potter. However, pre-selling for the Cantonese version has not been released. Expect a possible redux of Narnia with Harry Potter.

Friday adm.December 10
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (English)2679316946-36.8%--
2The Town--3634----
3The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (Cantonese)--2965----
4The American27421527-44.3%--
5The Social Network14011260-10.1%--


Narnia 3's week-to-week drop (includes both versions): -25.7%

Very good hold for Narnia. Even though there was no competition to be found, it still held well and is benefiting from the good word of mouth. I think at this point, 3m has to be assured. The Town opened mildly. It should do about $100,000-$150,000 for the weekend.

Saturday adm.(so far)December 11
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (English)2596217625-32.1%--
2The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (Cantonese)--3409----
3The Town--1571----
4The American1168754-35.4%--
5The Social Network996706-29.1%--


Narnia 3's week-to-week drop (includes both versions): -19.0%

Fantastic for Narnia. The Town should pick up in business as the day goes on but that is pretty weak.

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Post Re: HK 12/11 SAT: Narnia holding up; The Social Network -14%
Saturday adm.December 11
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (English)4888730487-37.6%+79.9%
2The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (Cantonese)--6585--+122.1%
3The Town--5739--+57.9%
4The Social Network32942847-13.6%+126.0%
5The American32362272-29.8%+48.8%


Narnia 3's week-to-week drop (includes both versions): -24.2%

Sunday adm.(so far)December 12
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (English)2955718361-37.9%+4.2%
2The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (Cantonese)--4181--+22.6%
3The Town--1624--+3.4%
4Little Gobie 3D--920----
5The American1628695-57.3%-7.8%


Narnia 3's week-to-week drop (includes both versions): -23.7%

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Post Re: HK 12/9 WKD: Narnia down only 24% - Harry Potter 7 next
Sunday adm.December 12
RankTitleLWTWWKD % chgQD % chg
1The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (English)4673127825-40.5%-8.7%
2The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (Cantonese)--7836--+19.0%
3The Town--4885---14.9%
4The Social Network27352144---24.7%
5The Next Three Days33832056----


Narnia 3's week-to-week drop (includes both versions): -23.7%

Weekend admissions

Weekend adm.December 9-12
RankTitleLWTW% chg
1**The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D12241192644-24.3%
2The Town--14258--
--The Social Network--6251--


Note 1: All admissions this week are taken from the Fri-Sun period.
Note 2 (*): This week's Narnia numbers include both the English and Chinese versions while last week's numbers only include the English numbers. The Chinese version was released this past week.

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