19 theaters across the city will be closed the entire day today amidst expected clashes between rioters/police. The breakdown is as follows:

Broadway/AMC - 7/14 theaters closed
MCL - 4/10 theaters closed
UA - 4/7 theaters closed
Cinema City - 2/5 theaters closed + 1 partial = 3/5 theaters affected
Golden Harvest - 2/7 theaters closed

No other theater chains are reporting any closures. I expect by the time the sun sets tomorrow, at least half of theaters will have shut down in some capacity. R.I.P. HK box office. This is a major calamity for everyone in HK. For more than 1/3 of theaters to not be in operation on a public holiday is a disaster.

These theater closures are having a major effect on movies already. Abominable comes out today and in 2 and a half hours, it has gone down from 8,620 admissions at midnight to just 6,439 (2,000+ admissions lost) now.

2 PM update: More theaters have shutdown. Breakdown is below.

Broadway/AMC - 8/14 theaters closed
UA - 7/7 theaters closed
MCL - 5/10 theaters closed + 1 more to close after 5 PM.
Cinema City - 3/5 theaters closed
Golden Harvest - 2/7 theaters closed

These 5 theater chains represent more than 75% of HK's box office. 25 theaters have closed and 1 more will be added after 5 PM.

I am shocked they haven't closed some theaters in the hot spots yet. They should shut down every theater. There's no need to jeopardize public safety like this especially when nearly all locations are reporting lower than normal ticket sales.

Thursday admissions (October 3)

1. Joker - 39,547 adm.

2/3 of business comprised of walk-ins. With its impeccable 4.7/5 in opening day reviews so far, this seems poised to blow up this weekend.

Depending on ticket prices and multipliers, it is aiming for an opening weekend of 2.2-2.7m, better than 2.1m OW achieved by The Dark Knight. If it performs on the high end of that range, it will gross 3/4 of The Dark Knight Rises OW.

Joker opening day actual - $433,511

Opening day comparisons

-34.9% from The Dark Knight Rises OD
-42.5% from Deadpool's OD (holiday)
-47.1% from Captain Marvel's OD

Friday admissions (October 4)

1. Joker - 26,603 (-32.7% from Thursday)

Normally films do not drop on Friday, however, 30 theaters closed today during the 6 PM hour or later due to the ongoing riots/unrest which means more than 15,000 potential ticket sales were affected. All IMAX showtimes were cancelled as well. Now, I'm not sure how studios/theaters calculate grosses after theaters close but if they also count revenue from tickets sold for showtimes after 6 PM then Joker's Friday gross should be a lot closer to its OD gross.

Due to the sudden closures of more than half of the theaters today, I am revising Joker's 4-day OW to anywhere between 1.5-2.5m. The reason for the large spread is because if we see theater closures like this again this weekend, Joker's OW will be severely disrupted. With a 5-day OW, I see an OW of around 2-3.4m.

Sunday will be almost every film's best day with the holiday Monday, however, we have seen animation films top their Sunday admissions on Monday.

Joker's OD admissions - 42,000

Comparisons:
Shazam - 25,000
Venom - 41,000
Aquaman - 42,000 (deflated by advanced screenings)
Captain Marvel - 74,000

It's neck-and-neck with Venom. Like Venom, Joker is PG-13 in Hong Kong. It's looking at ~$4.5m total.

Regarding the massive pro-democracy protests, how can the HK government be so inept? The short answer is the government answers not to the people of Hong Kong but to Beijing. HK people do not have meaningful* voting power, thus no control over the government. What started as anti-extradition bill protests have morphed into an anti-authoritarian movement because people have awakened to a government that de-legitimized itself by using draconian and sometimes extralegal measures to silence people.

I'm glad the support for Hong Kong's democracy movement is deep within society. If the people stand in solidarity, they have a chance to take back the government.

*To have meaningful voting power, HK people should have equal rights to stand for elections, whether in governor (CE) or Legislative Council elections . It means no more puppets picked by Beijing or political screening by HK government. And to abide by the law and alleviate people's discontent, Beijing needs to stop interfering in HK's internal affairs.

	Saturday				October 5
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	--	43,298	--	+62.8%
2	Abominable	--	5,132	--	+184.3%
3	Ready or Not	--	1,889	--	--
4	Ad Astra	--	1,647	--	-18.7%

25 theaters were affected today either with full day closures or partial ones.

Good increase for Joker. Really bad for Abominable. It even has a better user score than Joker (4.7 vs. 4.6 for Joker) but it looks like families are staying away from theaters for the time being. Terrible for Ad Astra.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)							Sep 23-29
LW	TW	Title	Last Week (HKD)	This Week (HKD)	Days in release	% chg	Total (HKD)	This Week (USD)	Total (USD)
--	1	Ad Astra	--	$3,931,992	4	--	$3,931,992	$501,647	$501,647
--	2	Rambo: The Last Blood	--	$3,056,336	11	--	$6,861,413	$389,930	$875,385
--	3	Ready or Not	--	$2,439,295	4	--	$2,439,295	$311,207	$311,207
--	4	It: Chapter 2	--	$2,388,394	18	--	$14,810,011	$304,713	$1,889,475
--	5	Fagara	--	$1,679,898	18	--	$6,350,377	$214,323	$810,187
--	6	Anna	--	$743,511	25	--	$7,089,824	$94,857	$904,526
--	7	Exit	--	$579,687	25	--	$5,347,093	$73,957	$682,187
--	8	Angel Has Fallen	--	$478,380	32	--	$16,391,190	$61,032	$2,091,203
--	9	Ossan's Love: Love or Dead	--	$443,222	18	--	$3,095,024	$56,546	$394,866
--	10	Good Boys	--	$315,511	25	--	$3,732,900	$40,253	$476,247

Really bare at the moment. When the top film is only making $500,000 in 7 days, there's something extremely wrong going on.

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$223,089,935	$28,462,030
2	Avatar*	$178,248,295	$22,964,414
3	Avengers: Infinity War	$153,301,337	$19,549,780
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$133,061,397	$17,121,674
5	Titanic**	$115,306,690	$14,826,276
6	Captain America: Civil War	$112,654,686	$14,365,941
7	Iron Man 3	$106,389,801	$13,723,457
8	Transformers 4	$98,196,851	$12,601,288
9	The Avengers	$96,705,670	$12,474,280
10	Jurassic World	$96,295,976	$12,357,355
11	Toy Story 3	$89,364,118	$11,527,276
12	Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom	$88,649,003	$11,304,980
13	Toy Story 4*	$88,541,985	$11,296,272
14	Spider-Man: Far From Home*	$85,393,469	$10,894,581
15	Transformers 3	$84,703,797	$10,804,696
16	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,512,900
17	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,354,201
18	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,088,659
19	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,984,987
20	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,904,797
21	Captain Marvel	$76,590,738	$9,767,247
22	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,644,176
23	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,080,282
24	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,672,080
25	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,573,598
26	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,447,583
27	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,418,611
28	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,385,880
29	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,073,682
30	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,942,948
31	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,904,299
32	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,893,452
33	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,857,826	$7,888,228
34	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,863,699
35	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,794,550
36	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,708,675
37	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,684,650
38	Aladdin*	$60,026,865	$7,658,285
39	Doctor Strange	$59,793,472	$7,627,170
40	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,604,707
41	The Dark Knight	$58,524,393	$7,531,944
42	Inception	$58,380,823	$7,513,467
43	Deadpool	$58,332,555	$7,535,722
44	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$58,231,885	$7,494,299
45	Police Story 4: First Strike	$57,518,795	$7,402,526
46	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$57,068,721	$7,277,512
47	Rumble in the Bronx	$56,912,536	$7,257,595
48	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	$56,552,117	$7,211,634
49	The Mermaid	$56,224,292	$7,169,829
50	Infernal Affairs	$55,057,176	$7,085,722

* - without re-release (Re-release included: $183,411,471 HK)
** - without re-release (Re-release included: $128,003,033 HK)
* - still in release

Avengers 4 finished its run weeks ago. Toy Story 4 will end up missing its predecessor's total by less than 1m HK. There's a slim chance that it could pass Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom for #12 but it's only about a 10% chance. Aladdin finally passes 60m HK.

Sunday pre-sales

Joker - 11,155

Sunday pre-sales are down from Saturday's pre-sales by about 20%. It seems like everyone including theater owners are taking a wait-and-see approach to today. Yesterday, 17 theaters made the decision to close down for the entire day by 1 AM. Today, only 6 theaters have purged their Sunday schedules so far.

Re-posting this.

7 PM update: The sun has set and more theaters have closed.

Broadway/AMC - 11/14 theaters closed
UA - 7/7 theaters closed
MCL - 6/10 theaters closed + 2 more to be closed
Golden Harvest - 5/7 theaters closed
Cinema City - 4/5 theaters closed
Emperor - 2/3 theaters closed
Newport Circuit - 1/4 theaters closed

If you include the 2 theaters that will close after 8 PM, 38 theaters will have been affected by the riots today. That is 2/3 of the city's entire theater count. Not surprisingly, movies have been greatly affected.

Within a 2 and a half hour period from 4:40 - 7:10 pm, Ad Astra only picked up 400 admissions and it was the top performer over any other film in that time frame. Normally, the top films gains 1,000+ admissions per hour and upwards for 4,000-5,000 admissions for blockbusters on regular weekends.

National Day Admissions - taken at 8 PM

1. Abominable - 12,158 adm.
2. Ad Astra - 6,218
3. Ready or Not - 3,226
4. Rambo: The Last Blood - 2,497 (-67.8%)
5. The Climbers - 1,805
6. Fagara - 1,779 (-49.2%)
7. It: Chapter 2 - 1,468 (-62.3%)

Abominable would have possibly claimed 40,000 admissions today with all theaters operating. The holdovers were crushed hard including Fagara which has been a standout for the past 2 weeks. The remaining 4 hours won't matter much to each film's final admissions.

We started with 44 films with showtimes today but only 30 films managed to squeak out showtimes that have run completely with all the closures popping up.
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	Sunday				October 6
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	--	44,787	--	+3.4%
2	Abominable	--	10,000	--	+94.9%
3	Ad Astra	--	2,156	--	+30.9%
4	Ready or Not	--	2,023	--	+7.1%
5	The Climbers	--	1,319	--	--
6	Fagara	--	1,266	--	--
7	Rambo: The Last Blood	--	1,221	--	--

37 theaters closed fully or partially. 1 more stayed open but reduced showtimes at night.
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Decent number for Joker. Abominable rebounded from its horrid Saturday number. Most of its showtimes were not affected. Ad Astra also bounced back from Saturday.

Joker 4-day opening weekend admissions - 154,235

Joker 4-day opening weekend estimate - $1,630,000

October 7 pre-sales

Joker - 11,173

There are no theater closures as of yet.

Joker 5-day opening weekend projection - $2,250,000

	Monday adm.				October 7
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	--	59,847	--	+33.6%
2	Abominable	--	12,740	--	+27.4%
3	Ad Astra	--	3,192	--	+48.1%
4	Ready or Not	--	2,759	--	+36.4%
5	The Climbers	--	1,848	--	+40.1%
6	Rambo: The Last Blood	--	1,783	--	+46.0%
7	Fagara	--	1,503	--	+18.7%

Only 16 theaters were affected today which allowed many films to climb from yesterday.

Joker's 5-day opening weekend admissions - 214,082
Joker's 5-day opening weekend estimate - $2,270,000

Joker went up from projections so that is good news. Relief probably set in for many theaters after many closures the past few days. I saw a lot of sellouts for Joker yesterday and today and it looks like theaters are retaining most of its Wednesday showtimes on Thursday.

	Thursday				October 10
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	39,547	23,796	-39.8%	--
2	Gemini Man	--	9,389	--	--
3	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	3,748	--	--
4	Ready or Not	--	770	--	--
5	Bento Harassment	--	639	--	--
6	Abominable	--	603	--	--
7	Fagara	--	530	--	--
8	Ad Astra	--	517	--	--
9	Rambo: The Last Blood	--	445	--	--
10	A Rainy Day in New York	--	438	--	--

Decent hold for Joker. After last weekend's muted admissions, there was going to be some spillover into this weekend. Not great for Gemini Man. It opens with a 3.9/5 from users. Very little interest for 47 Meters Down: Uncaged.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			October 11
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	--	7,117	--	--
2	Gemini Man	--	2,867	--	--
3	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	984	--	--
4	Fagara	--	326	--	--
5	Abominable	--	267	--	--
6	Bento Harassment	--	238	--	--
7	A Rainy Day in New York	--	189	--	--
8	Ready or Not	--	186	--	--
9	Ad Astra	--	173	--	--
10	My People, My Country	--	153	--	--

If there are no riots and terrorism today, Joker should increase from last Friday's admissions.

I believe this weekend will be quieter which should see very solid holds for most films after last weekend's mayhem.

	Friday				October 11
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	26,603	32,543	+22.3%	+36.8%
2	Gemini Man	--	9,532	--	+1.5%
3	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	4,636	--	+23.7%
4	Ready or Not	--	875	--	+13.6%
5	Abominable	1,805	792	-56.1%	+31.3%
6	Bento Harassment	--	666	--	+4.2%
7	Fagara	--	638	--	+20.4%
8	A Rainy Day in New York	--	579	--	+32.2%
9	Ad Astra	2,025	557	-72.5%	+7.7%
10	Rambo: The Last Blood	--	387	--	-13.0%

Fantastic hold for Joker. These superb holds will continue to last for at least the next week or so barring any fresh waves of violence/terrorism.

Notice how Joker posted the best increase from Thursday? That is due to the spillover effect.

Terrible gain from Gemini Man. It collapsed. OK increase from 47 Meters Down 2.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			October 12
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	--	11,101	--	+56.0%
2	Gemini Man	--	3,425	--	+19.5%
3	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	1,177	--	+19.6%
4	Abominable	--	1,028	--	+285.0%
5	Fagara	--	333	--	+2.1%
6	Bento Harassment	--	298	--	+25.2%
7	A Rainy Day in New York	--	250	--	+32.3%
8	My People, My Country	--	245	--	+60.1%
9	Ad Astra	--	232	--	+34.1%
10	Ready or Not	--	184	--	-1.1%

Very solid hold from Joker. It is down about -15% from last Saturday's pre-sales. Ugly increases for both Gemini Man and 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. Abominable could realistically increase from last Saturday's admissions if it does well with walk-ins.

	Saturday				October 12
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	43,298	57,184	+32.1%	+75.7%
2	Gemini Man	--	12,978	--	+36.2%
	Abominable	5,132	4,170	-18.7%	+426.5%

The only accurate numbers here are Joker's and Abominable's.

Joker 2nd weekend projection - $1,745,000 (+1.8% from 4-day opening weekend [$1,715,000])/(-26.3% from 5-day opening weekend [$2,355,150])

With the rampant violence and terror overshadowing box office last weekend, this weekend is shaping up to be a relatively quieter weekend. There were some pockets of criminal acts today but nowhere near the massive destruction of the past week. There were still some demonstrations and occupations of the road held today which affected some theaters on Kowloon side but I did not see any closures. We'll see if that changes tomorrow but should it be relatively quiet like today, Joker will nudge ahead of last weekend's 4-day opening weekend.

The real losers of this weekend are Gemini Man, 47 Meters Down 2 and holdovers like Ad Astra and Ready or Not who fell over -50% today.

	Sunday				October 13
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Joker	44,787	46,185	+3.1%	-19.2%
2	Gemini Man	--	14,051	--	+8.3%
3	Abominable	10,000	6,729	-32.7%	+61.4%
4	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	5,666	--	--
5	Bento Harassment	--	1,123	--	--
6	Ready or Not	2,023	1,020	-49.6%	--
7	Ad Astra	2,156	926	-57.1%	--
8	Fagara	1,266	730	-42.3%	--
9	A Rainy Day in New York	--	579	--	--
10	Rambo: The Last Blood	1,221	510	-58.2%	--

Joker's 2nd weekend admissions - 159,708 (+3.5% from 4-day opening weekend)
Joker's 2nd weekend estimate - $1,645,000 (-4.1% from 4-day opening weekend/-30.2% from 5-day opening weekend)

Although Joker actually increased in admissions from its 4-day opening weekend, no holiday discounts and other various pricing options helped its gross last week.

Joker saw huge declines today with violence and terrorism occurring in all main regions of the city. The bulk of the violence was situated over the areas that comprise 70% of all theaters in HK including the attempted murder of a police officer that prompted the immediate shutdown of APM mall which houses Palace APM, one of the premier theaters in HK.

5 theaters closed but 12 theaters were affected overall. That still does not compare to the tens of theaters that were severely affected by clashes while remaining open. Theaters in Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok were playing to a reduced capacity as many stayed away while rioters dispersed their mayhem to multiple locations.

Gemini Man slightly rebounded after its mostly lackluster weekend. Good for Abominable.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			October 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	6,101	--	--
2	Joker	--	3,462	--	--
3	Gemini Man	--	1,024	--	--
4	Downton Abbey	--	746	--	--
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	593	--	--
6	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	341	--	--
7	Pavarotti	--	164	--	--
8	The Captain	--	163	--	--
9	Abominable	--	123	--	--
10	Fagara	--	87	--	--

Good start for Maleficent 2. It is up 40% from the original in opening day pre-sales. In admissions, it has amassed almost 50% of Maleficent's opening day ticket sales. For reference, the first one opened in the summer and conjured up over 1m in 4 days.

Decent hold for Joker.

Maleficent did $5.2M.
Maleficent 2 won't make more than $3.5M...

I'll have to disagree with you there. Maleficent 2 is aiming for 1.3-1.4m OW if there are no riots which is around 30-40% above Maleficent's OW. With slightly weaker word of mouth than the first one, this can make it to 4m total.

Of course, this is all dependent on if there are any clashes the next 2 weeks.

	Thursday				October 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	17,328	--	--
2	Joker	23,796	14,484	-39.1%	--
3	Gemini Man	9,389	3,608	-61.6%	--
4	Downton Abbey	--	1,698	--	--
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	1,296	--	--
6	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	3,748	1,275	-66.0%	--
7	The Captain	--	453	--	--
8	Ready or Not	770	298	-61.3%	--
9	Pavarotti	--	220	--	--
10	Abominable	603	219	-63.7%	--

Maleficent 2 opens +38% above Maleficent's opening day admissions. Good hold for Joker. Every other holdover fell hard. Weak for Downton Abbey.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			October 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	6,674	--	+9.4%
2	Joker	7,117	5,131	-27.9%	+48.2%
3	Gemini Man	2,867	1,182	-58.8%	+15.4%
4	Downton Abbey	--	838	--	+12.3%
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	476	--	-19.7%
6	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	984	387	-60.7%	+13.5%
7	The Captain	--	162	--	-0.6%
8	Abominable	267	127	-52.4%	+3.3%
9	Pavarotti	--	122	--	-25.6%
9	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	122	--	--

Slightly concerning for Maleficent 2. Great hold for Joker.

Saturday schedules

It's a 2 horse race this weekend and the theater chains are having a bit of a dilemma with who to give extra screens to. At the biggest theater chain, Broadway/AMC, Joker is ahead of Maleficent 2 with it getting either the bigger screen or more screens overall. Maleficent 2 has the biggest screen at most Broadway/AMC locations, however, Joker has 2 or 3 screens to offset the seat difference.

UA is leaning slightly towards Maleficent 2.

Meanwhile MCL, Golden Harvest, Cinema City and Emperor are all heavily skewed toward Maleficent 2.

Thursday Actuals (October 17)

1. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil - $178,517 (opening day actual)
2. Joker - $140,263 (-42.1%)/$5,164,242
3. Gemini Man - $31,878 (-62.7%)/$663,063
4. Downton Abbey - $14,026 (opening day actual)
5. Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV - $10,857 (opening day actual)

Maleficent 2 opens about 15% above Maleficent's OD. It is aiming for around 1.3m this weekend barring any disruptions to moviegoing. Good hold for Joker. It is going to pass 6m this weekend and final tally should be around 8-8.5m. Poor hold for Gemini Man. It is looking at a 1m total. Terrible opening for Downton Abbey. Atrocious for Brave Father Online.

	Friday				October 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	21,302	--	+22.9%
2	Joker	32,543	21,157	-35.0%	+46.1%
3	Gemini Man	9,532	4,235	-55.6%	+17.4%
4	Downton Abbey	--	2,079	--	+22.4%
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	1,607	--	+24.0%
6	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	4,636	1,218	-73.7%	-4.5%
7	The Captain	--	437	--	-3.5%
8	Ready or Not	875	284	-67.5%	-4.7%
9	Abominable	792	272	-65.7%	+24.2%
10	Pavarotti	--	223	--	+1.4%

Solid for Maleficent 2. It almost matched the % increase that the first one had on Friday in admissions. Nice hold for Joker. Not great for Gemini Man.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			October 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	10,853	--	+62.6%
2	Joker	11,101	7,344	-33.8%	+43.1%
3	Gemini Man	3,425	1,487	-56.6%	+25.8%
4	Downton Abbey	--	972	--	+16.0%
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	647	--	+35.9%
6	Abominable	1,028	442	-57.0%	+248.0%
7	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	1,177	378	-67.9%	-2.3%
8	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	333	--	+173.0%
9	Fagara	333	191	-42.6%	--
10	Pavarotti	--	144	--	+18.0%

These increases don't look spectacular. Maleficent 2 is targeting around 35k admissions today. Joker looks to get around 33k.

	Saturday				October 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	41,375	--	+94.2%
2	Joker	57,184	37,247	-34.9%	+76.1%
3	Gemini Man	12,978	6,420	-50.5%	+51.6%
4	Downton Abbey	--	2,871	--	+38.1%
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	2,489	--	+54.9%
6	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	2,186	--	--
7	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	1,719	--	+41.1%
8	Abominable	4,170	1,465	-64.9%	+438.6%
9	Ready or Not	--	547	--	+92.6%
10	The Captain	--	435	--	-0.5%

Excellent increase for Maleficent 2. It actually increased its gap over Joker at night. Very good hold for Joker.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			October 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	12,807	--	+18.0%
2	Joker	--	6,489	--	-11.6%
3	Gemini Man	--	1,675	--	+12.6%
4	Downton Abbey	--	854	--	-12.1%
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	635	--	-1.9%
6	Abominable	--	583	--	+31.9%
7	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	453	--	+19.8%
8	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	284	--	-14.7%
9	Fagara	--	168	--	-12.0%
10	Pavarotti	--	143	--	-0.7%

Wow, most films are either seeing double digit increases or decreases from Saturday pre-sales.

Weekend projections/estimates to come later today.

	Weekend Projections			October 17
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	$1,225,000		$1,225,000
2	Joker	$990,000	-39.8%	$6,015,000
3	Gemini Man	$185,000	-59.1%	$815,000
4	Downton Abbey	$80,000		$80,000
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	$70,000		$70,000

Maleficent 2 will open above its predecessor's OW even with its muted Sunday this time around. As riots and terrorism continue, Sunday's box office take will be much lower than usual. It may even cause Joker to miss grossing 1m on its 3rd weekend. It does, however, move past 6m total in 3 weekends. Poor hold for Gemini Man. Soft openings for Downton Abbey and Brave Father Online: Final Fantasy XIV.

	Sunday				October 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	38,561	--	-6.8%
2	Joker	46,185	24,826	-46.2%	-33.3%
3	Gemini Man	14,051	5,458	-61.2%	-15.0%
4	Abominable	6,729	2,285	-66.0%	+56.0%
5	Downton Abbey	--	2,166	--	-24.6%
6	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	2,108	--	-15.3%
7	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	2,014	--	-7.9%
8	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	5,666	1,624	-71.3%	-5.5%
9	The Captain	--	441	--	+1.4%
10	Ready or Not	1,020	342	-66.5%	-37.5%

Huge Sunday crash for most films except for Abominable.

2 theaters shut down while a 3rd theater stopped showing movies early. The trail of destruction and terror caused by the rioters meant a huge chunk of theaters saw lesser than normal admissions for the whole day. If we look at the week-week drops for all holdovers, all of them fell harder on Sunday than Saturday.

Joker's Sunday drop from Saturday is especially ugly. Going from a 200 admissions loss on Friday to a 13,500+ one on Sunday looks awful. I haven't seen a spread like that in a while.

	Weekend adm.			Oct 17-20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	--	118,566	--
2	Joker	159,708	97,714	-38.8%
3	Gemini Man	--	19,721	--
4	Downton Abbey	--	8,814	--
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	--	7,500	--
6	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	5,836	--
7	Abominable	12,294	4,241	-65.5%
8	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	4,200	--
9	The Captain	--	1,766	--
10	Ready or Not	--	1,471	--

	Weekend Estimates			October 17
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	$1,230,000		$1,230,000
2	Joker	$960,000	-41.6%	$5,985,000
3	Gemini Man	$175,000	-61.3%	$805,000
4	Downton Abbey	$75,000		$75,000
5	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	$65,000		$65,000

Maleficent 2 increased while everything else decreased. With that number, Maleficent 2's OW is +19% above Maleficent's OW. It might take Joker an extra day to make 6m.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			October 24
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	6,101	3,829	-37.2%	--
2	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	2,447	--	--
3	Joker	3,462	2,190	-36.7%	--
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	1,176	--	--
5	Downton Abbey	746	382	-48.8%	--
6	Paradise Hills	--	373	--	--
7	Gemini Man	1,024	258	-74.8%	--
8	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	593	99	-83.3%	--
9	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	341	97	-71.6%	--
10	The King's Avatar: For the Glory	--	85	--	--

Decent holds for Maleficent 2 and Joker. Meh for A Witness Out of the Blue. Zombieland 2 bombed.

	Thursday				October 24
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	17,328	10,877	-37.2%	--
2	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	9,124	--	--
3	Joker	14,484	8,209	-43.3%	--
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	4,592	--	--
5	Downton Abbey	1,698	988	-41.8%	--
6	Paradise Hills	--	884	--	--
7	Gemini Man	3,608	834	-76.9%	--
8	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	1,296	332	-74.4%	--
9	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	1,275	265	-79.2%	--
10	Ready or Not	298	158	-47.0%	--

Good hold for Maleficent 2. OK start for A Witness Out of the Blue. Decent for Joker. Bad for Zombieland 2.

There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of movement for any film in screens or showtime count this weekend. Zombieland 2 will decrease in showtimes or screens and Maleficent 2 is looking at a slight upgrade but other than that, theaters are content with the trio of Maleficent 2, Joker and A Witness Out of the Blue.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			October 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	6,674	5,390	-19.2%	+40.8%
2	Joker	5,131	3,216	-37.3%	+46.8%
3	A Witness Out of the Blue	122	2,674	+2091.8%	+9.3%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	1,178	--	+0.2%
5	Downton Abbey	838	623	-25.7%	+63.1%
6	Paradise Hills	--	417	--	+11.8%
7	Gemini Man	1,182	286	-75.8%	+10.9%
8	Fagara	--	160	--	--
9	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	476	111	-76.7%	+12.1%
9	Abominable	127	101	-20.5%	--

Very good hold for Maleficent 2. Decent hold for Joker. A Witness's Friday increase is on par with Maleficent 2's increase from last Friday. Poor for Zombieland 2.

	Friday				October 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	21,302	16,408	-23.0%	+50.9%
2	Joker	21,157	12,702	-40.0%	+54.7%
3	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	9,453	--	+3.6%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	5,493	--	+19.6%
5	Downton Abbey	2,079	1,663	-20.0%	+68.3%
6	Paradise Hills	--	1,239	--	+40.2%
7	Gemini Man	4,235	1,137	-73.2%	+36.3%
8	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	1,607	414	-74.2%	+24.7%
9	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	1,218	332	-72.7%	+25.3%
10	Abominable	272	252	-7.4%	+90.9%

Very good hold for Maleficent 2. Not bad for Joker. Very poor increase for A Witness Out of the Blue. It has received a 4.0/5 from users so far. Zombieland 2 didn't fare very well. Nice hold for Downton Abbey.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			October 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	10,853	7,870	-27.5%	+46.0%
2	Joker	7,344	4,231	-42.4%	+31.6%
3	A Witness Out of the Blue	333	3,856	+1058.0%	+44.2%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	1,532	--	+30.1%
5	Downton Abbey	972	607	-37.6%	-2.6%
6	Paradise Hills	--	449	--	+7.7%
7	Gemini Man	1,487	425	-71.4%	+48.6%
8	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	647	288	-55.5%	+159.5%
9	Fagara	191	160	-16.2%	+0.0%
10	Abominable	442	139	-68.6%	+37.6%

Great hold for Maleficent 2. Joker's drops in pre-sales are getting bigger with each passing day. Meh for A Witness Out of the Blue. Weak for Zombieland. It had the smallest increase of the top 4 on Saturday.

	Saturday				October 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	41,375	27,842	-32.7%	+69.7%
2	Joker	37,247	19,610	-47.4%	+54.4%
3	A Witness Out of the Blue	--	14,662	--	+55.1%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	8,638	--	+57.3%
5	Downton Abbey	2,871	2,151	-25.1%	+29.3%
6	Gemini Man	6,420	1,841	-71.3%	+61.9%
7	Paradise Hills	--	1,202	--	-3.0%
8	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	2,489	987	-60.3%	+138.4%
9	Abominable	1,465	535	-63.5%	+112.3%
10	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	1,719	491	-71.4%	+47.9%

These increases are a bit pedestrian. I wonder if we're seeing more people watch movies on the weekdays and staying away on the weekends.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			October 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	12,807	8,935	-30.2%	+13.5%
2	A Witness Out of the Blue	284	4,085	+1338.4%	+5.9%
3	Joker	6,489	3,911	-39.7%	-7.6%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	1,657	--	+8.2%
5	Downton Abbey	854	605	-29.2%	-0.3%
6	Paradise Hills	--	466	--	+3.8%
7	Gemini Man	1,675	444	-73.5%	+4.5%
8	Abominable	583	306	-47.5%	+120.1%
9	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	635	261	-58.9%	-9.4%
10	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	453	162	-64.2%	--

If we had anything like last Sunday's walk-ins, Maleficent 2 could be headed for a 45% drop from last Sunday while Joker could lose more than 55% of last Sunday's business. OK for A Witness Out of the Blue.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)							Oct 7-13
LW	TW	Title	Last Week (HKD)	This Week (HKD)	Days in release	% chg	Total (HKD)	This Week (USD)	Total (USD)
1	1	Joker	$13,617,562	$21,731,379	11	+59.6%	$35,348,941	$2,772,814	$4,510,346
--	2	Gemini Man	$146,942	$3,746,480	4	+2449.6%	$3,893,422	$478,031	$496,781
2	3	Abominable	$2,529,584	$1,871,179	13	-26.0%	$4,400,763	$238,753	$561,515
--	4	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	--	$1,480,693	4	--	$1,480,693	$188,928	$188,928
--	5	My People, My Country	$961,087	$974,841	13	+1.4%	$1,935,928	$124,384	$247,014
4	6	Ready or Not	$2,363,972	$743,511	18	-68.5%	$4,803,267	$94,868	$612,872
3	7	Ad Astra	$2,436,811	$579,687	18	-76.2%	$6,368,803	$73,965	$812,627
6	8	Fagara	$1,352,031	$478,380	32	-64.6%	$7,702,408	$61,038	$982,788
5	9	Rambo: The Last Blood	$1,556,929	$443,222	25	-71.5%	$8,418,342	$56,552	$1,074,137
--	10	A Rainy Day in New York	$237,687	$354,598	11	+49.2%	$592,285	$45,244	$75,572

	Sunday				October 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	38,561	28,159	-27.0%	+1.1%
2	Joker	24,826	16,600	-33.1%	-15.3%
3	A Witness Out of the Blue	2,014	14,899	+639.8%	+1.6%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	7,910	--	-8.4%
5	Gemini Man	5,458	1,788	-67.2%	-2.9%
6	Downton Abbey	2,166	1,680	-22.4%	-21.9%
7	Paradise Hills	--	1,069	--	-11.1%
8	Abominable	2,285	1,043	-54.4%	+95.0%
9	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	2,108	876	-58.4%	+78.4%
10	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	1,624	617	-62.0%	+25.7%

Better than what happened last Sunday but still below what films were doing on Sunday's pre-riots.

	Weekend adm.			Oct 24-27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	118,566	83,286	-29.8%
2	Joker	97,714	58,036	-40.6%
3	A Witness Out of the Blue	4,200	47,223	+1024.4%
4	Zombieland: Double Tap	--	26,633	--
5	Downton Abbey	8,814	6,482	-26.5%
6	Gemini Man	19,721	5,600	-71.6%
7	Paradise Hills	--	4,394	--
8	Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV	7,500	2,609	-65.2%
9	Abominable	4,241	1,962	-53.7%
10	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	5,836	1,705	-70.8%