Pacific Rim has started pre-selling. Business is very slow so far but it has only had 1 day of pre-selling.

Part 2 of Monsters University pre-sales

Let's check out more Monsters University pre-sales.

iSquare
	Monsters University (3D Can.)
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	7:50 PM	149	192	77.60%
Total		149	192	77.60%
Jul. 12	5:40 PM	71	192	36.98%
Total		71	192	36.98%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	102	192	53.13%
Total		102	192	53.13%
3-day total		322	576	55.90%

UA iSQUARE is a high traffic area. They have high pre-sales and lower walk-ins. Showings are very hard to fill here. Very strong for the 3 showtimes. Wow, that 9 AM Saturday morning is fantastic. Over 50% full.

tmtplaza
	Monsters University (3D Can.)
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	49	184	26.63%
	11:10 AM	25	184	13.59%
	1:20 PM	65	184	35.33%
	3:30 PM	76	184	41.30%
	5:40 PM	94	184	51.09%
Total		309	920	33.59%
Jul. 12	9:00 AM	17	184	9.24%
	11:10 AM	3	184	1.63%
	1:20 PM	26	184	14.13%
	3:30 PM	61	184	33.15%
	5:40 PM	48	184	26.09%
Total		155	920	16.85%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	108	184	58.70%
	11:10 AM	88	184	47.83%
	1:20 PM	91	184	49.46%
	3:30 PM	115	184	62.50%
	5:40 PM	116	184	63.04%
Total		518	920	56.30%
Jul. 14	9:00 AM	109	184	59.24%
	11:10 AM	101	184	54.89%
	1:20 PM	117	184	63.59%
	3:30 PM	124	184	67.39%
	5:40 PM	114	184	61.96%
Total		565	920	61.41%
4-day total		1547	3680	42.04%

Over at tmtplaza, this is one of the easier theaters to fill and Monsters University is showing powerful pre-sales here. On Sunday, every showtime is more than 50% full and is 60% filled for the whole day. Incredible.

Megabox
	Monsters University (3D Can.)
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	7	154	4.55%
	11:10 AM	48	154	31.17%
	1:20 PM	36	154	23.38%
	3:30 PM	37	154	24.03%
	5:40 PM	41	154	26.62%
	7:50 PM	95	154	61.69%
Total		264	924	28.57%
Jul. 12	9:00 AM	11	154	7.14%
	11:10 AM	14	154	9.09%
	1:20 PM	12	154	7.79%
	3:30 PM	11	154	7.14%
	5:40 PM	31	154	20.13%
	7:50 PM	83	154	53.90%
Total		162	924	17.53%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	51	154	33.12%
	11:10 AM	77	154	50.00%
	1:20 PM	58	154	37.66%
	3:30 PM	81	154	52.60%
	5:40 PM	74	154	48.05%
	7:50 PM	76	154	49.35%
Total		417	924	45.13%
Jul. 14	9:00 AM	73	154	47.40%
	11:10 AM	106	154	68.83%
	1:20 PM	66	154	42.86%
	3:30 PM	81	154	52.60%
	5:40 PM	84	154	54.55%
	7:50 PM	54	154	35.06%
Total		464	924	50.22%
4-day total		1307	3696	35.36%

Megabox has very low pre-sales but high walk-ins so to see Monsters University's Sunday already 50% full here is amazing news. This is huge.

Man of Steel and Despicable Me 2 aren't having good word of mouth. Man of Steel currently sits at 60% approval and 3.7/5 rating. Despicable Me 2 is rated slightly higher with 70% liking it & a score of 3.7/5 but for an animated release, it's not good.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		July 4
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Despicable Me 2	--	6,290	--
2	Man of Steel	12,350	5,106	-58.7%
3	Blind Detective	--	4,403	--
4	World War Z	3,876	2,175	-43.9%
5	Epic	2,256	1,728	-23.4%
6	Midsummer Formula	--	1,421	--
7	Now You See Me	1,624	1,155	-28.9%
8	American Dreams in China	89	208	+133.7%
9	Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge	--	132	--
10	Liv & Ingmar	--	116	--

Good for Despicable Me 2. It is aiming for $800,000 this weekend and 1.1m including previews. It will need to make all it can because the big one is coming next week. Weak hold for Man of Steel. Word of mouth is not good enough. It's barely in the decent range. Decent for Blind Detective. Good hold for World War Z. Excellent hold for Epic. Alright for Midsummer Formula. Very good for Now You See Me. American Dreams in China shot up today due to a heavily booked showtime at Tsuen Wan. It will come crashing down on Friday. Not good for Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge. Great for Liv & Ingmar.

Pacific Rim update: 2 MCL theaters have taken away its pre-selling. Tucking the pre-sales away looks really bad. Even if they don't mess around with the times or screens (putting it in a smaller house), it still looks bad to have a couple extra days less of pre-selling. It seems to me like the theaters want to wait a bit more to see how Monsters University is doing before giving away the bigger screen to a smaller film.

NW: Monsters University is currently tracking in the 80,000 admissions range on opening day.

	Thursday			July 4
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Despicable Me 2	--	16,978	--
2	Blind Detective	--	13,441	--
3	Man of Steel	30,254	12,374	-59.1%
4	World War Z	14,326	8,480	-40.8%
5	Now You See Me	6,457	4,447	-31.1%
6	Midsummer Formula	--	3,986	--
7	Epic	5,115	2,962	-42.1%
8	American Dreams in China	342	296	-13.5%
9	A Story of Yonosuke	--	265	--
10	Miracle in Cell No. 7	354	262	-26.0%

Good for Despicable Me 2 and Blind Detective. Bad for Man of Steel. 4m is looking shaky. World War Z and Now You See Me were solid.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			July 5
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Man of Steel	16,825	6,906	-59.0%	+35.3%
2	Despicable Me 2	--	6,746	--	+7.2%
3	Blind Detective	--	6,513	--	+47.9%
4	World War Z	6,651	3,247	-51.2%	+49.3%
5	Midsummer Formula	--	2,317	--	+63.1%
6	Now You See Me	3,015	1,924	-36.2%	+66.6%
7	Epic	2,615	1,526	-41.6%	-11.7%
8	Tales from the Dark Pt. 1	--	605	--	--
9	The Way We Dance	--	186	--	--
10	Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge	--	151	--	+14.4%

Blind Detective might actually beat Man of Steel this weekend. Weak increases for the animated films.

		Thursday Actuals						July 4
LW	TW	Movie	Last Thu. (USD)	Thursday (USD)	% chg	Screens	Days	Total
--	1	Despicable Me 2	--	$177,978	--	58	1	$481,056
1	2	Man of Steel	$381,600	$125,100	-67.2%	68	8	$3,104,298
--	3	Blind Detective	--	$105,755	--	38	1	$254,070
2	4	World War Z	$159,859	$83,830	-47.6%	52	15	$4,547,467
4	5	Now You See Me	$51,567	$32,242	-37.5%	28	22	$3,176,521
--	6	Midsummer Formula	--	$28,373	--	27	6	$394,646
3	7	Epic	$55,435	$24,504	-55.8%	49	8	$638,399

Others:
Badges of Fury - $2,837/$107,044
A Story of Yonosuke - $1,418/$2,837 (opening day actual)
American Dreams in China - $621,633
Miracle in Cell No. 7 - $168,950

July 4 Thursday actuals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Very strong increase for Despicable Me 2.

Weekend estimates to come soon.

When does the next HK sex movie come out?

Sex & Zen 3D, then Due West 3D, what's next?

They're great fun.

Probably Sex & Zen 3D in October.

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

July 4 Weekend Estimates

Oh, I thought that had already been made.

I meant Sex & Zen 2 3D.

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

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

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

July 4 Weekend Estimates

Pacific Rim IMAX: It's currently doing well here. So far, fastest selling showtimes are about 20-25% full. Ticket prices are the same as Man of Steel for some reason. Is Warner Bros. deliberately setting higher prices just so it can try and beat Monsters University? That's pathetic if it's true. There's no justification for any surcharge and it is under the runtime required for an extra surcharge. They can try and slap a blockbuster charge on it but as we've seen in the past, people will ignore films with high ticket prices.

Warner Bros. has not been having a very good year so far. Outside of Cloud Atlas (which got a late release), The Great Gatsby and Jack the Giant Slayer (only OK), all of their films have flopped or massively underperformed.

July 4 Weekend Actuals

1. Despicable Me 2 - $1,413,243 (opening weekend actual)
2. Blind Detective - $825,251 (opening weekend actual)
3. Man of Steel - $3,783,264
4. World War Z - $4,945,064
5. Epic - $794,304
6. Midsummer Formula - $538,992
7. Now You See Me - $3,308,744
Badges of Fury - $121,208
Searching for Sugar Man - $176,655
A Story of Yonosuke - $10,960 (opening weekend actual)

Everything increased from estimates. Despicable Me 2 had a very good opening weekend. Excellent for Blind Detective. Man of Steel is not doing that great. World War Z keeps on impressing. Epic brushes off Midsummer Formula for 5th. Midsummer Formula won't make even half of Suspect X. Now You See Me did great.

Tracking for the rest of summer:

Pacific Rim - $1.7m
The Wolverine - $1.4m
SDU: Sex Duties Unit - $1m
The Smurfs - $1.2m
The Lone Ranger - $500,000
The Heat - $425,000
The Way We Dance - $260,000
Kick-Ass 2 - $450,000
The Midas Touch - $300,000
Percy Jackson 2 - $800,000
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - $650,000
The Internship - $125,000

The one I'm most worried about is The Lone Ranger. It still has no HK poster and release date has only been confirmed in the past week.

Part 3 of Monsters University pre-sales

Over at MCL, Monsters University is also having high pre-selling. At the higher traffic theaters such as Telford, STAR and JP, all have registered showtimes more than 60% full, closing in on 70%. STAR even has a weekend morning showing filled at 85% capacity. More rural theaters such as Metro are about 20-30% full, which is quite good already. Kornhill, meanwhile, is having really good pre-sales as well.

Festival Walk
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	3D Eng.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	11:25 AM	182	354	51.41%	Jul. 11	9:20 AM	119	354	33.62%
	1:30 PM	108	354	30.51%		3:35 PM	104	354	29.38%
	5:40 PM	113	354	31.92%
	7:45 PM	206	354	58.19%
Total		609	1416	43.01%	Total		223	708	31.50%

In just a few short days, Monsters University is 39% filled at Festival Walk. And that is for opening day!

Something interesting is brewing over at The ONE...

The One
	Monsters University	3D Eng.				Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	11:25 AM	94	163	57.67%	Jul. 11	9:20 AM	59	163	36.20%
	1:30 PM	49	163	30.06%
	3:35 PM	68	163	41.72%
	5:40 PM	63	163	38.65%
	7:45 PM	120	163	73.62%
	9:50 PM	63	163	38.65%
Total		457	978	46.73%	Total		59	163	36.20%
Jul. 12	11:25 AM	49	163	30.06%	Jul. 12	9:20 AM	21	163	12.88%
	1:30 PM	5	163	3.07%
	3:35 PM	29	163	17.79%
	5:40 PM	19	163	11.66%
	7:45 PM	120	163	73.62%
	9:50 PM	99	163	60.74%
	11:55 PM	11	163	6.75%
Total		332	1141	29.10%	Total		21	163	12.88%

English seems to be the main preference at this theater. Very good ticket sales.

Over at UA, Cityplaza has some great news to report.

Cityplaza
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	162	277	58.48%
	11:10 AM	103	277	37.18%
	1:20 PM	90	277	32.49%
	3:30 PM	160	277	57.76%
	5:40 PM	139	277	50.18%
	7:50 PM	156	277	56.32%
	10:00 PM	30	277	10.83%
Total		840	1939	43.32%
Jul. 12	9:00 AM	120	277	43.32%
	11:10 AM	47	277	16.97%
	1:20 PM	61	277	22.02%
	3:30 PM	73	277	26.35%
	5:40 PM	94	277	33.94%
	7:50 PM	153	277	55.23%
	10:00 PM	73	277	26.35%
Total		621	1939	32.03%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	210	277	75.81%
	11:10 AM	136	277	49.10%
	1:20 PM	150	277	54.15%
	3:30 PM	200	277	72.20%
	5:40 PM	184	277	66.43%
	7:50 PM	145	277	52.35%
	10:00 PM	77	277	27.80%
Total		1102	1939	56.83%
Jul. 14	9:00 AM	219	277	79.06%
	11:10 AM	168	277	60.65%
	1:20 PM	175	277	63.18%
	5:40 PM	143	277	51.62%
	7:50 PM	129	277	46.57%
	10:00 PM	40	277	14.44%
Total		874	1662	52.59%
4-day total		3437	7479	45.96%

Cityplaza becomes the first theater to sell 1,000 Monsters University tickets on any day. Huge weekend morning showings with both more than 75% booked.

Langham Place
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	128	202	63.37%
	11:10 AM	109	202	53.96%
	1:20 PM	107	202	52.97%
	3:30 PM	133	202	65.84%
	5:40 PM	126	202	62.38%
	7:50 PM	147	202	72.77%
	8:00 PM	144	202	71.29%
	10:00 PM	123	202	60.89%
Total		1017	1616	62.93%
Jul. 12	9:00 AM	95	202	47.03%
	11:10 AM	61	202	30.20%
	1:20 PM	58	202	28.71%
	3:30 PM	86	202	42.57%
	5:40 PM	92	202	45.54%
	7:50 PM	151	202	74.75%
	8:00 PM	142	202	70.30%
	10:00 PM	113	202	55.94%
Total		798	1616	49.38%
Jul. 13	9:00 AM	132	202	65.35%
	11:10 AM	133	202	65.84%
	1:20 PM	125	202	61.88%
	3:30 PM	148	202	73.27%
	5:40 PM	143	202	70.79%
	7:50 PM	136	202	67.33%
	10:00 PM	116	202	57.43%
Total		933	1414	65.98%
Jul. 14	9:00 AM	147	202	72.77%
	11:10 AM	156	202	77.23%
	1:20 PM	116	202	57.43%
	3:30 PM	128	202	63.37%
	5:40 PM	127	202	62.87%
	7:50 PM	131	202	64.85%
	10:00 PM	64	202	31.68%
Total		869	1414	61.46%
4-day total		3617	6060	59.69%

Langham Place is doing exceptionally well. Opening day is over 60% full and has sold over 1,000 tickets. Amazing. I especially like how Sunday night's 7:50 PM showing is beating Sunday afternoon's showings. Its 4-day of showings combined is almost 60% full. Wonderful news.

Moving to Palace APM now and it is the only theater to release more than 1 screen of ticketing for Monsters University.

* This is not the full day showings for Monsters University. All showings will be listed tomorrow.

Palace APM
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:05 AM	37	167	22.16%	Jul. 11	11:55 AM	80	112	71.43%
	9:50 AM	57	112	50.89%
	11:40 AM	117	286	40.91%
	1:15 PM	6	167	3.59%
	2:00 PM	23	112	20.54%
	3:20 PM	13	167	7.78%
	4:05 PM	24	112	21.43%
	5:25 PM	13	167	7.78%
	6:10 PM	43	112	38.39%
	7:30 PM	82	167	49.10%
	8:15 PM	84	112	75.00%
	9:35 PM	50	167	29.94%
	11:40 PM	6	167	3.59%
Total		555	2015	27.54%	Total		80	112	71.43%

Extremely good for Monsters University here. This is doing twice the business of what Man of Steel did 3 days in advance.

At Olympian City, pre-sales are hard to come by.

Olympian City
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:20 AM	65	265	24.53%
	11:25 AM	104	265	39.25%
	1:30 PM	28	265	10.57%
	3:35 PM	43	265	16.23%
	5:40 PM	28	265	10.57%
	7:45 PM	142	265	53.58%
	9:50 PM	53	265	20.00%
Total		463	1855	24.96%
Jul. 12	9:20 AM	10	265	3.77%
	11:25 AM	44	265	16.60%
	1:30 PM	14	265	5.28%
	3:35 PM	26	265	9.81%
	5:40 PM	20	265	7.55%
	7:45 PM	141	265	53.21%
	9:50 PM	81	265	30.57%
Total		336	1855	18.11%

But Monsters University is looking strong as well. This is doing great all around.

	Monday adm.				July 8
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Despicable Me 2	12,957	16,142	+24.6%	-57.6%
2	Blind Detective	5,693	11,266	+97.9%	-57.3%
3	Man of Steel	45,814	8,569	-81.3%	-58.3%
4	World War Z	24,358	7,058	-71.0%	-51.4%
5	Now You See Me	9,298	3,991	-57.1%	-36.7%
6	Midsummer Formula	11,835	2,901	-75.5%	-55.5%
7	Epic	17,493	2,208	-87.4%	-74.0%
8	A Story of Yonosuke	--	261	--	-40.1%
9	Miracle in Cell No. 7	702	216	-69.2%	-37.4%
10	Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge	--	172	--	--

Good for Despicable Me 2 and Blind Detective. Man of Steel is fading fast.

Currently at Mongkok, Monsters University is outselling Tales from the Dark Part 1 10:1 on Friday night. At Festival Walk, the gap is much larger, MU is selling out faster than Tales from the Dark Part 1 by 40:1 in ticket sales on Friday.

Palace APM
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:05 AM	71	167	42.51%	Jul. 11	9:35 AM	76	98	77.55%
	9:50 AM	75	112	66.96%		11:55 AM	80	112	71.43%
	11:40 AM	177	286	61.89%		1:40 PM	49	98	50.00%
	1:15 PM	29	167	17.37%		5:50 PM	49	98	50.00%
	2:00 PM	38	112	33.93%		12:05 AM	11	98	11.22%
	3:20 PM	40	167	23.95%
	3:45 PM	13	98	13.27%
	4:05 PM	30	112	26.79%
	5:25 PM	25	167	14.97%
	6:10 PM	50	112	44.64%
	7:30 PM	98	167	58.68%
	7:55 PM	51	98	52.04%
	8:15 PM	84	112	75.00%
	9:35 PM	91	167	54.49%
	10:00 PM	30	98	30.61%
	11:40 PM	17	167	10.18%
Total		919	2309	39.80%	Total		265	504	52.58%

Still doing good at Palace APM. Both 2D and 3D are very strong. 3D accounts for 78% of ticket sales here.

Langham Place
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	141	202	69.80%
	9:10 AM	18	202	8.91%
	11:10 AM	116	202	57.43%
	11:20 AM	24	202	11.88%
	1:20 PM	112	202	55.45%
	1:30 PM	8	202	3.96%
	2:30 PM	10	180	5.56%
	3:10 PM	12	191	6.28%
	3:30 PM	146	202	72.28%
	3:40 PM	18	202	8.91%
	5:40 PM	137	202	67.82%
	5:50 PM	32	202	15.84%
	7:20 PM	70	191	36.65%
	7:50 PM	156	202	77.23%
	8:00 PM	148	202	73.27%
	9:30 PM	66	191	34.55%
	10:00 PM	145	202	71.78%
	11:40 PM	4	191	2.09%
	12:10 AM	4	202	1.98%
Total		1367	3772	36.24%

Very good for Monsters University albeit pre-sales have slowed down considerably here.

Monsters University will have a high 3D ratio because there are very few places showing 2D. More than 80% of admissions will be from 3D.

Monsters University is heading toward a 40,000+ pre-sales start and then ending with about 65-70k admissions on opening day.

Let's check Monsters University pre-sales one final time...

Langham Place
	Monsters University	3D Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	144	202	71.29%
	9:10 AM	53	202	26.24%
	11:10 AM	116	202	57.43%
	11:20 AM	44	202	21.78%
	1:20 PM	112	202	55.45%
	1:30 PM	17	202	8.42%
	2:30 PM	30	180	16.67%
	3:10 PM	27	191	14.14%
	3:30 PM	146	202	72.28%
	3:40 PM	50	202	24.75%
	5:40 PM	139	202	68.81%
	5:50 PM	51	202	25.25%
	7:20 PM	111	191	58.12%
	7:50 PM	156	202	77.23%
	8:00 PM	150	202	74.26%
	9:30 PM	110	191	57.59%
	10:00 PM	150	202	74.26%
	11:40 PM	28	191	14.66%
	12:10 AM	15	202	7.43%
Total		1649	3772	43.72%

Admissions have moved nearly 300 since last check. Not bad. Its late night time showings are doing quite well.

Palace APM
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	Can.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:05 AM	89	167	53.29%	Jul. 11	9:35 AM	83	98	84.69%
	9:50 AM	83	112	74.11%		11:55 AM	86	112	76.79%
	11:40 AM	200	286	69.93%		1:40 PM	66	98	67.35%
	1:15 PM	39	167	23.35%		5:50 PM	70	98	71.43%
	2:00 PM	42	112	37.50%		12:05 AM	11	98	11.22%
	3:20 PM	49	167	29.34%
	3:45 PM	13	98	13.27%
	4:05 PM	38	112	33.93%
	5:25 PM	32	167	19.16%
	6:10 PM	55	112	49.11%
	7:30 PM	98	167	58.68%
	7:55 PM	69	98	70.41%
	8:15 PM	84	112	75.00%
	9:35 PM	98	167	58.68%
	10:00 PM	32	98	32.65%
	11:40 PM	24	167	14.37%
Total		1045	2309	45.26%	Total		316	504	62.70%

Very good pre-sales here. If we take out the midnight 2D showing, 2D pre-sales would be at 75% capacity.

Not enough screens are going toward Monsters U here. Weekend might see a 4th screen added.

Festival Walk
	Monsters University	3D Can.				Monsters University	3D Eng.				Monsters University	Eng.
Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled	Day	Time	Seats sold	Seats available	% filled
Jul. 11	9:00 AM	97	156	62.18%	Jul. 11	9:20 AM	201	354	56.78%	Jul. 11	1:35 PM	85	127	66.93%
	11:25 AM	273	354	77.12%		11:05 AM	109	156	69.87%
	1:30 PM	180	354	50.85%		1:10 PM	50	156	32.05%
	3:15 PM	44	156	28.21%		3:35 PM	160	354	45.20%
	4:40 PM	34	118	28.81%		5:20 PM	66	156	42.31%
	5:40 PM	180	354	50.85%		6:00 PM	28	127	22.05%
	7:45 PM	243	354	68.64%		7:25 PM	74	156	47.44%
	8:05 PM	77	127	60.63%		9:30 PM	65	138	47.10%
	10:10 PM	37	156	23.72%		9:55 PM	77	354	21.75%
Total		1165	2129	54.72%	Total		830	1951	42.54%	Total		85	127	66.93%

One of Monsters U's best performing theaters, Festival Walk, has recorded more than 2,000 admissions on opening day. 3D accounts for a whopping 96% at this theater.

Pre-sales are high at most locations. Let's see how it does with walk-ins tomorrow.