HK 3/13 WKD Est: Ne Zha 2 shows strength on Sat/Sun
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i.hope
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 Re: HK 12/28 SAT: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shines bri Walter Mitty is doing really great. Its number of showings has increased from 120 on Christmas day to 175 today. I applaud theater chains' fast reaction to demands.
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Re: HK 12/28 SAT: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shines bri I can't see Police Story 2013 doing very well in Hong Kong considering Chan's reputation there now. Plus, the film is just not that thrilling to grip audiences. I thought it may have opened at a similar time to China..
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Re: HK 12/28 SAT: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shines bri Algren wrote: I can't see Police Story 2013 doing very well in Hong Kong considering Chan's reputation there now. Plus, the film is just not that thrilling to grip audiences. I thought it may have opened at a similar time to China.. It will open on January 16 here. Not a great release date for it.
| Sunday adm. | (so far) | | | December 29 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 7,216 | -- | -- |
| 2 | Frozen | -- | 7,052 | -- | -- |
| 3 | The Wind Rises | -- | 6,705 | -- | -- |
| 4 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 4,346 | -- | -- |
| 5 | Firestorm | -- | 3,921 | -- | -- |
| 6 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 2,995 | -- | -- |
| 7 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 2,728 | -- | -- |
| 8 | Walking With Dinosaurs | -- | 2,239 | -- | -- |
| 9 | 47 Ronin | -- | 1,834 | -- | -- |
| 10 | The White Storm | -- | 992 | -- | -- |
| Sunday | | | | December 29 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 19,176 | -- | -10.5% |
| 2 | Frozen | -- | 12,507 | -- | +9.8% |
| 3 | Firestorm | -- | 12,015 | -- | -8.7% |
| 4 | The Wind Rises | -- | 10,910 | -- | +4.1% |
| 5 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 8,042 | -- | -1.6% |
| 6 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 7,897 | -- | -6.9% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 6,950 | -- | +12.1% |
| 8 | 47 Ronin | -- | 5,261 | -- | -7.5% |
| 9 | Walking With Dinosaurs | -- | 4,504 | -- | +24.6% |
| 10 | The White Storm | -- | 3,506 | -- | -17.1% |
Good for Walter Mitty. All family films saw increases on Sunday. Solid increase for Frozen. Awful for Firestorm. Decent for The Wind Rises. Pretty good for The Hobbit 2. Still nice for As The Light Goes Out. Great for Cloudy 2. Another poor showing from 47 Ronin. Awesome for Walking With Dinosaurs. Dreadful for The White Storm.
| Monday adm. | (so far) | | | December 30 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | Frozen | -- | 3,277 | -- | -53.5% |
| 2 | The Wind Rises | -- | 2,408 | -- | -64.1% |
| 3 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 2,390 | -- | -66.9% |
| 4 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 2,334 | -- | -46.3% |
| 5 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 2,135 | -- | -28.7% |
| 6 | Firestorm | -- | 1,515 | -- | -61.4% |
| 7 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 1,330 | -- | -51.2% |
| 8 | Walking With Dinosaurs | -- | 1,082 | -- | -51.7% |
| 9 | 47 Ronin | -- | 907 | -- | -50.5% |
| 10 | The White Storm | -- | 763 | -- | -23.1% |
Lethargic looking Monday. It's worthy of noting that Cloudy 2 dropped just 29% in pre-sales from Sunday. Dishonourable mention to Firestorm which continues its self-destruction, nearly getting passed by the preview showings of As The Light Goes Out.
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Re: HK 12/28 SAT: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shines bri It will be out at the same time as Grudge Match. Cool.
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Re: HK 12/28 SAT: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shines bri December 26 Weekend Actuals1. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - $1,289,687 (including previews) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - $386,906 (including previews) 47 Ronin - $335,318 Holdover Totals Firestorm - $2,579,375 Frozen - $1,676,594 The Wind Rises - $1,289,687 Walking With Dinosaurs - $541,668 The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - $3,482,156 The White Storm - will pass $3,869,063 on December 30 Algren wrote: It will be out at the same time as Grudge Match. Cool. Grudge Match has been delayed until further notice.
| Monday adm. | | | | December 30 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 12,363 | -- | -35.5% |
| 2 | Frozen | -- | 7,695 | -- | -36.0% |
| 3 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 6,450 | -- | -18.3% |
| 4 | Firestorm | -- | 6,265 | -- | -47.9% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | -- | 6,139 | -- | -43.7% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 4,914 | -- | -37.8% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 4,610 | -- | -33.7% |
| 8 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 2,826 | -- | -- |
| 9 | The White Storm | -- | 2,778 | -- | -20.8% |
| 10 | 47 Ronin | -- | 2,710 | -- | -48.5% |
| Tuesday adm. | (so far) | | | December 31 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 11,949 | -- | +400.0% |
| 2 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 6,420 | -- | +382.7% |
| 3 | The Wind Rises | -- | 5,022 | -- | +108.6% |
| 4 | Frozen | -- | 5,020 | -- | +53.2% |
| 5 | Firestorm | -- | 4,653 | -- | +207.1% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 3,860 | -- | +65.4% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 3,042 | -- | +42.5% |
| 8 | The White Storm | -- | 2,344 | -- | +207.2% |
| 9 | 47 Ronin | -- | 1,927 | -- | +112.5% |
| 10 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 1,866 | -- | -- |
| Tuesday adm. | | | | December 31 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 23,539 | -- | +90.4% |
| 2 | Firestorm | -- | 12,521 | -- | +99.9% |
| 3 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 10,274 | -- | +59.3% |
| 4 | Frozen | -- | 9,812 | -- | +27.5% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | -- | 9,029 | -- | +47.1% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 6,731 | -- | +37.0% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 5,934 | -- | +28.7% |
| 8 | 47 Ronin | -- | 4,290 | -- | +58.3% |
| 9 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 4,106 | -- | +45.3% |
| 10 | The White Storm | -- | 3,765 | -- | +35.5% |
| Wednesday adm. | (so far) | | | January 1 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 10,070 | -- | -15.7% |
| 2 | Frozen | -- | 7,438 | -- | +48.2% |
| 3 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 7,329 | -- | +14.2% |
| 4 | The Wind Rises | -- | 5,856 | -- | +16.6% |
| 5 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 4,628 | -- | +52.1% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 4,596 | -- | +19.1% |
| 7 | Firestorm | -- | 4,013 | -- | -13.8% |
| 8 | Walking With Dinosaurs | -- | 2,517 | -- | +60.5% |
| 9 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 2,465 | -- | +32.1% |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty continues its strong first week by eclipsing its opening day Christmas admissions on New Year's Eve. It follows Les Misérables from last year which also saw its biggest admissions on New Year's Eve. Walter Mitty will have passed 1.6m after New Year's Day and should be able to grab 3m. Firestorm is really burning admissions fast. It has gone from a clear #1 on Christmas to out of the top 3 in a matter of days. As the Light Goes Out is doing great numbers. It sets up really well for its opening weekend beginning on Thursday. Frozen is doing OK but it should have done better. Having the worst increase on New Year's Eve does not help but it won't be enough to deter it from making 2m. As much as it will make 2m, that figure is a far cry from what it is doing in the rest of the world. The Wind Rises has been slightly disappointing. Reviews have not been great and there has been no holiday push the past week in admissions. This is unlikely to pass either Ponyo or Howl's Moving Castle and might not even gross 2m. The Hobbit has been looking stagnant. There has not been much in the way of increases or decreases. 4m is there for the taking but it will come down to the wire. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 did very poorly. Including previews, it still lost to Cloudy 1's OW (without previews). Granted, there was a lot of competition this year from Frozen, The Wind Rises and Walking With Dinosaurs but Sony should have noticed this and moved it to another date instead of pushing it to come out a week after the other cartoons come out. 47 Ronin did terrible numbers. No one was really interested in a Japanese mythological movie about samurais and had plenty of other action offerings this year. Combine that with the troubling delays and re-shoots and weak response from the public and it's a huge recipe for disaster. Lan Kwai Fong 3 finally moved into the top 10 after spending several days at #11 with only previews. LKF 3 will move into full release on Thursday and reviews have been excellent. The White Storm is down but certainly not out. It continues to target 4m and will be looking to end its run with the winter crown. Top 20 Surprises of 2013I've got my list filled. Still waiting on 1 or 2 films performances before I can start counting down. What are your top 5 surprises from this year?
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Re: HK 12/28 SAT: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty shines bri Bluebomb wrote: Algren wrote: It will be out at the same time as Grudge Match. Cool. Grudge Match has been delayed until further notice. Oh for fucks sake! Same thing happened with Escape Plan. I just planned with my friends to go and see it too. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma
| Wednesday adm. | | | | January 1 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 22,433 | 23,224 | +3.5% | -1.3% |
| 2 | Frozen | 21,790 | 13,107 | -39.8% | +33.6% |
| 3 | As The Light Goes Out | 7,393 | 13,002 | +75.9% | +26.6% |
| 4 | Firestorm | 34,674 | 10,323 | -70.2% | -17.6% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | 16,844 | 9,911 | -41.2% | +9.8% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 15,482 | 7,939 | -48.7% | +17.9% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 7,390 | 7,846 | +6.2% | +32.2% |
| 8 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 6,028 | -- | +46.8% |
| 9 | 47 Ronin | 6,481 | 4,621 | -28.7% | +7.7% |
| 10 | Walking With Dinosaurs | 8,003 | 4,222 | -47.2% | -- |
| 11 | The White Storm | 9,538 | 3,888 | -59.2% | +3.3% |
Amazing for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It will strut past 2m after Sunday. OK for Frozen. It had the biggest increase of the top 11 on New Year's but the New Year's Day increase was to compensate for having the worst increase on New Year's Eve. As The Light Goes Out got more screenings today ahead of its official Thursday bow but that is an outstanding number. Downright ugly for Firestorm. Tepid reviews have effectively cut its run short in just a few days. One of the worst collapses I've ever seen in one week. Not good for The Wind Rises. It should have had a better increase than just 10%. The Hobbit had a decent gain today but week-to-week hold is quite weak. Like Frozen, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 saw a huge gain today but it was only for balancing out the weaker New Year's Eve increase. OK for Lan Kwai Fong 3. Bad for 47 Ronin. Walking With Dinosaurs is calming down from its surge earlier in the week. The White Storm is losing a lot of admissions still but it has been losing a lot of showtimes as well.
| Thursday adm. | (so far) | | | January 2 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | 4,111 | 4,453 | +8.3% | -39.2% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 12,724 | 1,504 | -88.2% | -85.1% |
| 3 | Frozen | 13,106 | 1,189 | -90.9% | -84.0% |
| 4 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 813 | -- | -67.0% |
| 5 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 7,950 | 779 | -90.2% | -83.1% |
| 6 | The Wind Rises | 10,784 | 749 | -93.1% | -87.2% |
| 7 | Commitment | -- | 715 | -- | -- |
| 8 | Firestorm | 10,445 | 551 | -94.7% | -86.3% |
| 9 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 6,022 | 549 | -90.9% | -88.1% |
| 10 | 47 Ronin | 3,942 | 449 | -88.6% | -79.2% |
| 11 | Walking With Dinosaurs | 5,143 | 261 | -94.9% | -89.6% |
| 12 | The White Storm | 3,802 | 225 | -94.1% | -- |
Very nice for As the Light Goes Out. Everything besides that, however, pretty much died after the holidays. I expected better for Lan Kwai Fong 3.
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma Bluebomb wrote:
| Wednesday adm. | | | | January 1 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 22,433 | 23,224 | +3.5% | -1.3% |
| 2 | Frozen | 21,790 | 13,107 | -39.8% | +33.6% |
| 3 | As The Light Goes Out | 7,393 | 13,002 | +75.9% | +26.6% |
| 4 | Firestorm | 34,674 | 10,323 | -70.2% | -17.6% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | 16,844 | 9,911 | -41.2% | +9.8% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 15,482 | 7,939 | -48.7% | +17.9% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 7,390 | 7,846 | +6.2% | +32.2% |
| 8 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 6,028 | -- | +46.8% |
| 9 | 47 Ronin | 6,481 | 4,621 | -28.7% | +7.7% |
| 10 | Walking With Dinosaurs | 8,003 | 4,222 | -47.2% | -- |
| 11 | The White Storm | 9,538 | 3,888 | -59.2% | +3.3% |
Those were some big drops all around from Christmas. I think January 2 not being a public holiday did have an effect.
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma This past December may have been the strongest for Chinese-language releases in years. Hollywood movies' share of the market in December used to be 70-80 %, I believe. With the strong performances from The White Storm, Firestorm, The Wind Rises, and possibly As the Light Goes out, Hollywood's market share could see a drop to below 50% this year.
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma I heard that more than 10,000 people turned out New Year's Day to protest the badly-reviewed Firestorm and demand full refund for their tickets to the trashy movie.  
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma Do they refund money like that? I am surprised people will spend SO MUCH TIME for ticket money
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma 2013 Year End ReportIn 2013, HK box office accumulated $1,625,331,294 HK ($209,589,590 US), +4.24% from 2012 which amassed $1,559,237,866 ($201,066,716 US). Altogether 310 films saw the light of day in HK screens which was up 3% from last year (301 films). Non-local films took a huge dive from 52 last year to 42 this year ( -19.23%) but foreign films went up 7.63% from the previous year (249 to 268 this year)
| 2013 Top Ten Local Movies | | |
| Rank | Movie | Total (HK$) | Total (US$) |
| 1 | Unbeatable | $44,631,344 | $5,755,297 |
| 2 | The White Storm* | $30,299,024 | $3,907,117 |
| 3 | Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons | $28,401,227 | $3,662,392 |
| 4 | Firestorm* | $21,737,836 | $2,803,135 |
| 5 | The Grandmaster | $21,292,885 | $2,745,758 |
| 6 | Out of Inferno | $20,333,828 | $2,622,086 |
| 7 | Hotel Deluxe | $19,443,275 | $2,507,247 |
| 8 | Rigor Mortis | $17,164,014 | $2,213,332 |
| 9 | I Love Hong Kong 2013 | $16,953,263 | $2,186,155 |
| 10 | SDU: Sex Duties Unit | $16,747,563 | $2,159,630 |
| 2013 Top Ten Foreign Movies | | |
| Rank | Movie | Total (HK$) | Total (US$) |
| 1 | Iron Man 3 | $106,389,801 | $13,719,169 |
| 2 | Monsters University | $77,407,664 | $9,981,866 |
| 3 | World War Z | $42,602,911 | $5,493,727 |
| 4 | Thor: The Dark World | $36,675,250 | $4,729,343 |
| 5 | Man of Steel | $33,328,214 | $4,297,737 |
| 6 | Despicable Me 2 | $32,603,704 | $4,204,310 |
| 7 | Pacific Rim | $31,724,872 | $4,090,983 |
| 8 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $28,679,709 | $3,698,303 |
| 9 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug* | $28,265,390 | $3,644,876 |
| 10 | Now You See Me | $27,817,183 | $3,587,079 |
| 2013 Top Ten Movies | | |
| Rank | Movie | Total (HK$) | Total (US$) |
| 1 | Iron Man 3 | $106,389,801 | $13,719,169 |
| 2 | Monsters University | $77,407,664 | $9,981,866 |
| 3 | Unbeatable | $44,631,344 | $5,755,297 |
| 4 | World War Z | $42,602,911 | $5,493,727 |
| 5 | Thor: The Dark World | $36,675,250 | $4,729,343 |
| 6 | Man of Steel | $33,328,214 | $4,297,737 |
| 7 | Despicable Me 2 | $32,603,704 | $4,204,310 |
| 8 | Pacific Rim | $31,724,872 | $4,090,983 |
| 9 | The White Storm* | $30,299,024 | $3,907,117 |
| 10 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $28,679,709 | $3,698,303 |
* - still in release
| Thursday | | | January 2 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | 8,245 | 16,245 | +97.0% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 22,761 | 7,848 | -65.5% |
| 3 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 4,987 | -- |
| 4 | Frozen | 18,950 | 3,133 | -83.5% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | 14,328 | 2,813 | -80.4% |
| 6 | Firestorm | 21,632 | 2,514 | -88.4% |
| 7 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 11,338 | 2,013 | -82.2% |
| 8 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 8,387 | 1,721 | -79.5% |
| 9 | Commitment | -- | 1,647 | -- |
| 10 | The White Storm | 5,910 | 1,580 | -73.3% |
January 2 Thursday Actuals1. As the Light Goes Out - $128,951 ( opening day actual)/$902,663 2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - $1,805,326 Lan Kwai Fong 3 - $51,580 ( opening day actual)/$451,331 Firestorm - $2,927,208 The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - $3,765,396 Frozen - $2,063,230 The Wind Rises - $1,611,899 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - $606,074 The White Storm - $3,958,823 Excellent number for As The Light Goes Out. Pretty good for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It'll pass 2m by this weekend. OK for Lan Kwai Fong 3. Good total for Firestorm but Frozen made more in the past 4 days (Mon-Thu) than it and The Wind Rises nearly matched its 4 day gross. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is still clinging on to the hopes of reaching 4m but time is running out. The holidays are over and it must rely on legs from here on out. Frozen passed 2m but it's had an underwhelming run so far. The Wind Rises blew through 1.5m but 2m looks unlikely at this point. Cloudy 2 is running a little ahead of the first one. Whether or not it finishes above the first one remains to be seen. Strong for The White Storm. It will win the winter crown over all those other hyped movies.
| Friday adm. | (so far) | | | January 3 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 6,662 | -- | +49.6% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 3,028 | -- | +101.3% |
| 3 | The Wind Rises | -- | 1,143 | -- | +52.6% |
| 4 | Frozen | -- | 1,140 | -- | -4.1% |
| 5 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 1,010 | -- | +24.2% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 931 | -- | +19.5% |
| 7 | Firestorm | -- | 897 | -- | +62.8% |
| 8 | Commitment | -- | 740 | -- | +3.5% |
| 9 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 643 | -- | +17.1% |
| 10 | 47 Ronin | -- | 572 | -- | +27.4% |
Good for As the Light Goes Out. Impressive increase for Walter Mitty. Solid for The Wind Rises. Extremely bad for Frozen. Not that good for Lan Kwai Fong 3.
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma I'm glad I contributed towards The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug reaching the Top Ten for the year.
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma Monster's University was such a monster 
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma Yeah, but it's all about robots these days. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma
| Friday | | | | January 3 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 19,166 | -- | +18.0% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 11,383 | -- | +45.0% |
| 3 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 5,730 | -- | +14.9% |
| 4 | Firestorm | -- | 3,385 | -- | +34.6% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | -- | 3,067 | -- | +9.0% |
| 6 | Frozen | -- | 2,789 | -- | -11.0% |
| 7 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 2,136 | -- | +6.1% |
| 8 | Commitment | -- | 1,964 | -- | +19.2% |
| 9 | The White Storm | -- | 1,874 | -- | +18.6% |
| 10 | 47 Ronin | -- | 1,722 | -- | +31.9% |
Quite good for As The Light Goes Out. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty had a nice bump. OK for Lan Kwai Fong 3. Firestorm had a good increase but it is trying to make up for the poor Thursday showing. Alright for The Wind Rises but it does manage to beat Frozen in admissions for the first time this week. Very poor for Frozen. Slow for The Hobbit 2. Good for both Commitment and The White Storm. Decent for 47 Ronin.
| Saturday adm. | (so far) | | | January 4 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 12,004 | -- | +80.2% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 4,436 | -- | +46.5% |
| 3 | Frozen | -- | 1,957 | -- | +71.7% |
| 4 | The Wind Rises | -- | 1,891 | -- | +65.4% |
| 5 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 1,840 | -- | +97.6% |
| 6 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 1,319 | -- | +30.6% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 1,300 | -- | +102.2% |
| 8 | Commitment | -- | 1,156 | -- | +56.2% |
| 9 | Firestorm | -- | 1,000 | -- | +11.5% |
| 10 | The White Storm | -- | 817 | -- | +100.2% |
Incredibly strong for As the Light Goes Out. Not bad for Walter Mitty. Good bounce back for Frozen. Healthy increase for The Wind Rises. Very good for The Hobbit 2. Lan Kwai Fong 3 did alright. Great increase for Cloudy 2. OK for Commitment. Dreadful for Firestorm Superb for The White Storm.
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Re: HK 1/1 WED: Secret Life of Walter Mitty up from Christma
| Saturday | | | | January 4 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | 8,479 | 33,282 | +292.5% | -- |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 21,424 | 17,291 | -19.3% | -- |
| 3 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 6,703 | -- | -- |
| 4 | The Wind Rises | 10,476 | 4,913 | -53.1% | -- |
| 5 | Frozen | 11,387 | 4,584 | -59.7% | -- |
| 6 | Firestorm | 13,154 | 4,048 | -69.2% | -- |
| 7 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 8,171 | 3,872 | -52.6% | -- |
| 8 | Commitment | -- | 2,958 | -- | -- |
| 9 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 6,200 | 2,922 | -52.9% | -- |
| 10 | The White Storm | 4,227 | 2,813 | -33.5% | -- |
Fantastic for As The Light Goes Out. Superb hold for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. OK for Lan Kwai Fong 3. Average for The Wind Rises. Weak for Frozen.
| Sunday adm. | (so far) | | | January 5 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | 2,728 | 12,585 | +361.3% | +4.8% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 7,216 | 3,874 | -46.3% | -12.7% |
| 3 | Frozen | 7,052 | 2,538 | -64.0% | +29.7% |
| 4 | The Wind Rises | 6,705 | 2,533 | -62.2% | +34.0% |
| 5 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 4,346 | 1,833 | -57.8% | -0.4% |
| 6 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 2,995 | 1,722 | -42.5% | +32.5% |
| 7 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 1,137 | -- | -13.8% |
| 8 | Commitment | -- | 1,049 | -- | -9.3% |
| 9 | Firestorm | 3921 | 1,049 | -73.2% | +4.9% |
| 10 | The White Storm | 992 | 804 | -19.0% | -1.6% |
Great for As The Light Goes Out. Good for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. All the way down at #10, that is an outstanding hold for The White Storm.
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good
| Sunday | | | | January 5 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | WKD % chg | QD % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | 7,897 | 30,469 | +285.8% | -8.5% |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | 19,176 | 13,746 | -28.3% | -20.5% |
| 3 | Frozen | 12,507 | 5,041 | -59.7% | +10.0% |
| 4 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 4,866 | -- | -27.4% |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | 10,910 | 4,543 | -58.4% | -7.5% |
| 6 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | 8,042 | 3,424 | -57.4% | -11.6% |
| 7 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | 6,950 | 3,397 | -51.1% | +16.3% |
| 8 | Firestorm | 12,015 | 3,198 | -73.4% | -21.0% |
| 9 | Commitment | -- | 2,450 | -- | -17.2% |
| 10 | The White Storm | 3,506 | 2,306 | -34.2% | -18.0% |
Very good for As The Light Goes Out. Meh Sunday decrease for Walter Mitty but great hold week to week. Frozen gets the Sunday bump. Terrible drop for Lan Kwai Fong 3. Bad decrease for The Wind Rises.
| Weekend adm. | | | Jan 2-5 |
| Rank | Movie | LW | TW | % chg |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | -- | 99,162 | -- |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | -- | 50,268 | -- |
| 3 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | -- | 22,286 | -- |
| 4 | Frozen | -- | 15,547 | -- |
| 5 | The Wind Rises | -- | 15,336 | -- |
| 6 | Firestorm | -- | 13,145 | -- |
| 7 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | -- | 11,445 | -- |
| 8 | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 | -- | 9,606 | -- |
| 9 | Commitment | -- | 9,019 | -- |
| 10 | The White Storm | -- | 8,573 | -- |
Great showing from As The Light Goes Out. Pretty good for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Not good from Lan Kwai Fong 3. Maybe good reviews will help its legs. Frozen ultimately passes The Wind Rises due to Sunday bump. The Wind Rises didn't do anything to help its cause for next week.
| Weekend Estimates | | | January 2 |
| Rank | Movie | TW | % chg | Total |
| 1 | As The Light Goes Out | $750,000 | | $1,525,000 |
| 2 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | $375,000 | -71.0% | $2,120,000 |
| 3 | Lan Kwai Fong 3 | $160,000 | | $560,000 |
| 4 | The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug | $140,000 | | $3,880,000 |
| 5 | Frozen | $130,000 | | $2,170,000 |
Excellent for As The Light Goes Out. 2.5m is a lock. Huge triumph for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. 3m might happen. Weak from Lan Kwai Fong 3. It did worse than the 2nd one. The Hobbit 2 is getting ever so close to 4m. It will depend on how theaters distribute their screens next week. Not terribly great for Frozen considering the success worldwide but it's still OK for a winter animated release.
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good I have to see Lan Kwai Fong 2.
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good Hobbit sneaking in above Frozen...surprising but then again the ticket prices are quite different for it and Frozen.
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good Algren wrote: I have to see Lan Kwai Fong 2. And Lan Kwai Fong 1. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good Algren wrote: Algren wrote: I have to see Lan Kwai Fong 2. And Lan Kwai Fong 1. True. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good Algren wrote: Algren wrote: Algren wrote: I have to see Lan Kwai Fong 2. And Lan Kwai Fong 1. True. Have you been to Lan Kwai Fong, the Soho area of Hong Kong?
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good Sir Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul, dies aged 106Quote: Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong media mogul and philanthropist whose movie studio exported Chinese cinema to a global audience in the 1960s, has died. He was 106.
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Shaw Brothers movies from the 1960s such as the kung-fu film “The One-Armed Swordsman” and the musical “The Kingdom and the Beauty” once accounted for more than half of Asia’s box-office receipts. “The Magnificent Concubine,” a picture about a Tang Dynasty beauty, became the first Chinese movie to receive an international award when it won a prize at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
“He really will be considered as a great pioneer in Chinese film-making history,” said William Pfeiffer, chief executive officer of Dragongate Entertainment Ltd. and former head of Celestial Pictures Ltd., which acquired a library of about 760 films from Shaw in 2000. “He certainly was the shining light in Hong Kong’s illustrious film industry.”
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He copied Hollywood by setting up a permanent production site on 46 acres purchased from the British Crown government in Clearwater Bay, in eastern Hong Kong. At its opening in December 1961, Shaw Studios was the world’s largest privately owned film-production outfit, with about 1,200 workers shooting and editing films around the clock.
“He trained quite a lot of people that went on to be very successful,” Pfeiffer said. “So many people came out of the Shaw Studio including Chow Yun-fat, Maggie Cheung, and of course, John Woo.”
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(Raymond) Chow left Shaw Brothers in 1970 to start Golden Harvest Films, becoming a major competitor of Shaw Brothers. The market was moving away from Shaw’s trademark Chinese themes of loyalty and sacrifice and tapping a demand for martial arts movies with stars such as Jackie Chan.
As Shaw’s television business flourished, his movie unit floundered. Chow signed the young Bruce Lee for $7,500 a film after Shaw Brothers refused to budge from its standard $2,000-a-film contract for newcomers. Lee went on to make hits such as “The Big Boss” -- titled “Fists of Fury” in the U.S. -- for Chow’s studio.
After the decline of the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s, Shaw looked to the U.S. for opportunities. In 1982, he invested in Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner,” starring Harrison Ford, which became a cult classic.
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i.hope
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Re: HK 1/2: As The Light glows radiantly; Walter Mitty good Upcoming releases:
January 9
The Legend of Hercules
Last Vegas
Tony Jaa's Tom Yum Goong 2 (Thailand)
Girl in the Sunny Place (Japan)
Hwayi (South Korea)
Jinx (South Korea)
January 16
Seventh Son
The Butler
Enough Said
Homefront (to be confirmed)
Hours
Once upon a Time in Shanghai (HK/China)
Control (HK/China)
Police Story 2013 (China/HK)
Mobius (France)
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