Early Thursday schedules

Maze Runner 2 is left on 2 screens while Everest/American Ultra debut with 1. Guia in Love begins with half day showtimes while The Merger comes away with 3 showtimes.

Holdovers will be severely cut this week. More to follow.

Actuals

Minions - $10,134,826
Inside Out - $8,441,788
Mission Impossible 5 - $6,817,359

Thursday schedules

Pacific Place
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 3D - 1 showing	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 5 showings (▼ 6)	A Tale of Three Cities
Everest 3D - 8 showings	A Royal Night Out - 1 showing (▼ 3)	How To Make Love Like An Englishman
American Ultra - 5 showings	Boychoir - 4 showings (▼ 5)	Pixels
La Famille Bélier - 3 showings	Kidnapping Freddy Heineken - 1 showing (=)	Hitman: Agent 47
	No Escape - 2 showings (▼ 3)
	The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - 2 showings (=)
	Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - 1 showing (=)
	Inside Out (Eng.) - 1 showing (▲ 0)

Palace APM
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 3D - 1 showing	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 10 showings (▼ 21)	Assassination Classroom
Everest 3D - 2 showings	A Tale of Three Cities - 1 showing (=)	Undercover Duet
Everest - 8 showings	Love Detective - 3 showings (▼ 5)	Pixels
American Ultra - 7 showings	Fantastic Four - 2 showings (▼ 6)	Attack on Titan
Guia in Love - 3 showings	No Escape - 3 showings (▼ 6)	To The Fore
The Merger - 2 showings	Inside Out (Can.) - 1 showing (=)

Shatin
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 3D - 6 showings	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 1 showing (▼ 8)
Everest 3D - 2 showings	Love Detective - 1 showing (▼ 3)
Everest - 1 showing

Telford
New	Holdovers	Leaving
Everest 3D - 2 showings	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - 8 showings (▼ 11)	Hero 2015
Everest - 5 showings	All You Need is Love - 2 showings (▼ 5)	The Emperor in August
American Ultra - 3 showings	Love Detective - 1 showing (▼ 2)	Pixels
Guia in Love - 3 showings	No Escape - 4 showings (▼ 6)	Inside Out (Can.)
The Merger - 2 showings	Assassination Classroom - 1 showing (▼ 4)
	Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - 1 showing (=)
	Inside Out (Eng.) - 1 showing (▲ 0)

Maze Runner 2 adds 3D to its repertoire this week but UA is the most intent of the 4 big theater chains to switch Maze Runner to 3D. Broadway/AMC will only give schedule it on 3D with 1 or 2 showings. The real surprise is that out of the 2 business district theaters, only 1 3D showtime will be shown on Thursday. Usually they will gladly run 3D for most of a film's run. Even Inside Out did not switch to 2D until its 5th week at those theaters. Maze Runner 2 will be shown on 2 screens almost everywhere. Pre-sales remain the best of all films on Thursday.

Everest shuffles into theaters in 3D and 2D. 3D will mostly be used for the morning and 7 PM showtimes. Pre-sales are slow once again.

American Ultra heads to theaters behind the expected top 2 in Maze Runner 2 and Everest. Scheduling is all over the place with some theaters behind the film with full day showtimes while others like MCL are only leaving this with 3 showtimes. Pre-sales are very slow.

Guia in Love, The Merger and La Famille Bélier are the other openers on Thursday this week but won't be contending.

The 2nd Attack on Titan film, End of the World, will be released on Saturday. Pre-sales are not bad so far. It will be interesting to see how the addition of Titan will affect both the new openers and holdovers this weekend.

No Escape and Love Detective remains the big holdovers this week. At this stage, Love Detective has a better outlook than No Escape with more theaters showing this on Thursday. No Escape is gone from half of UA theaters.

PK drops back down to 6 theaters with Everest kicking into IMAX this week.

Besides those 3 holdovers, there will be a massive culling of the rest. Pixels and Hitman shrink to just 1 theater on Thursday and Mission Impossible does not fare much better with 2. Inside Out has longevity on its side as 10 theaters will keep it on weekdays for another week. Worthy of noting is that the one theater that is giving Inside Out a 7 PM showtime on Thursday is surprisingly beating out all other films' 7 PM showtimes at this moment.

	Tuesday adm.				September 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	17,263	--	--
2	No Escape	8,194	3,334	-59.3%	--
3	PK	2,035	2,316	+13.8%	--
4	Love Detective	3,902	1,759	-54.9%	--
5	All You Need is Love	--	1,084	--	--
6	Boychoir	--	1,024	--	--
7	A Tale of Three Cities	2,380	912	-61.7%	--
8	Undercover Duet	1,608	377	-76.6%	--
9	Lady of the Dynasty	--	342	--	--
10	The Assassin	--	319	--	--

Decent for Maze Runner 2. Judging from these admissions Thursday will be down by more than 50%. Mediocre for No Escape. Great for PK.

How does Scorch Trials stack up to the first film's OW?

Here in Oz it is flat with the first film.

Its OW ($1.89m) is up about 30% from the first film ($1.45m). Its screen count is also up about 28% from the first film.

Maze Runner 2 opening weekend actual - HK$14,881,802 [$1,917,765], more than 200,000 admissions OW (+32% from Maze Runner - HK$11,273,894 [$1,45,2827])

It's a great opening weekend even if it did not hit 2m OW. It will make it to 4m. MR2 should make more than the last Hunger Games movie here unless if the finale effect spurs a major increase.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		September 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Everest	--	5,016	--
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	8,563	3,226	-62.3%
3	American Ultra	--	496	--
4	PK	503	388	-22.9%
5	No Escape	673	323	-52.0%
6	Love Detective	590	204	-65.4%
7	Guia in Love	--	180	--
8	La Famille Bélier	--	164	--
9	A Tale of Three Cities	305	144	-52.8%
9	Boychoir	294	144	-51.0%

Not good for Everest. Mediocre for Maze Runner 2. Awful for American Ultra. Very strong for PK despite the loss of the Airport IMAX theater. Iffy drops for No Escape/Love Detective. Man, these are some downright abysmal numbers. #3 did not even hit 500 admissions in pre-sales. Yikes.

Top 50 Local Movies of All-Time (All in HKD)

1 KUNG FU HUSTLE 2004 $61,278,697
2 SHAOLIN SOCCER 2001 $60,739,847
3 POLICE STORY 4 FIRST STRIKE 1996 $57,518,795
4 RUMBLE IN THE BRONX 1995 $56,912,536
5 INFERRAL AFFAIRS 2002 $55,057,176
6 GOD OF GAMBLERS II 1994 $52,541,028
7 CJ7 2008 $51,440,832
8 JUSTICE, MY FOOT 1992 $49,884,734
9 ALL S WELL END S WELL 1992 $48,992,188
10 LUST, CAUTION 2007 $48,758,480
11 Little Big Master 2015 $46,729,492
12 THUNDERBOLT 1995 $45,647,210
13 MR NICE GUY 1997 $45,420,457
14 Unbeatable 2013 $44,631,344
15 FIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL 1991 $43,829,449
16 IP MAN II 2010 $43,313,345
17 Cold War 2012 $42,819,043
18 THE STORM RIDERS 1998 $41,532,235
19 God of Gamblers I: All for the Winner 1990 $41,326,156
20 Golden Chickensss 2014 $41,277,620
21 3D SEX AND ZEN 2011 $41,078,280
22 DRUNKEN MASTER 1994 $40,971,484
23 ROYAL TRAMP 1992 $40,862,831
24 THE GOD OF COOKERY 1996 $40,861,655
25 LOVE ON A DIET 2001 $40,435,886
26 ALL S WELL END S WELL 97 1997 $40,435,675
27 God of Gamblers II: AKA Knight of Gamblers 1991 $40,342,758
28 FLIRTING SCHOLAR 1993 $40,171,804
29 ARMOUR OF GOD II 1991 $39,048,711
30 WHO AM I 1998 $38,852,845
31 TO BE NUMBER ONE 1991 $38,703,363
32 KING OF BEGGARS 1992 $38,622,449
33 INITIAL D 2005 $37,862,364
34 FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE 1994 $37,523,850
35 IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1994 $37,367,669
36 EIGHTH HAPPINESS 1988 $37,090,776
37 God of Gamblers II 1990 $37,042,851
38 TREASURE HUNT 1994 $37,033,685
39 LOVE ON DELIVERY 1994 $36,906,730
40 ROYAL TRAMP II 1992 $36,583,964
41 NOW YOU SEE LOVE...NOW YOU DON T 1992 $36,475,536
42 THE MAGIC TOUCH 1992 $36,399,307
43 FORBIDDEN CITY COP 1996 $36,051,899
44 ALL S WELL END S WELL, TOO 1993 $35,481,480
45 AMOUR OF GOD 1987 $35,469,408
46 SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR MAN 1995 $35,236,551
47 NEEDING YOU 2000 $35,214,661
48 72 TENANTS OF PROSPERITY 2010 $34,760,735
49 SWORDSMAN II 1992 $34,462,861
50 Police Story ii 1988 $34,151,600

Top 50 Foreign Movies of All Time (updated September 16, 2015, in HKD)

1 Avatar 2009 $183,411,471
2 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON 2015 $132,983,949
3 Titanic 1998 $114,939,300
4 Iron Man 3 2013 $106,389,801
5 Transformers : Age of Extinction 2014 $98,196,851
6 Avengers 3D, The 2012 $96,705,670
7 Jurassic World 2015 $96,295,976
8 Toy Story 3 2010 $89,364,118
9 Transformers Dark of the Moon 2011 $84,703,797
10 Dark Knight Rises, The 2012 $80,269,966
11 Minions 2015 $78,403,991
12 Monsters University 2013 $77,372,721
13 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 2011 $76,785,999
14 Inside Out* 2015 $65,404,949
15 Amazing Spiderman, The 2012 $61,983,452
16 Jurassic Park 1993 $61,898,795
17 You are the apple of my eye 2012 $61,862,731
18 Furious 7 2015 $59,634,515
19 Batman the Dark Knight 2008 $58,524,393
20 Inception 2010 $58,380,823
21 The Lost World - Jurassic Park 1997 $58,231,885
22 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 $56,552,117
23 Spider Man 3 2007 $55,016,986
24 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 2014 $54,687,389
25 Mission Impossible： Rogue Nation* 2015 $52,800,509
26 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 $52,417,858
27 Interstellar 2014 $51,786,434
28 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST 2014 $50,768,991
29 Ant Man 2015 $50,697,616
30 Independence Day 1996 $49,655,445
31 Transformers Revenge of Fallen 2009 $48,115,274
32 Life of Pi 2012 $47,334,447
33 2012 2009 $47,027,272
34 STAND BY ME: Doraemon 3D 2015 $46,891,675
35 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 $46,542,244
36 Speed 1994 $46,430,056
37 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 2009 $45,526,732
38 Pirates of Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 $45,506,109
39 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 2010 $44,971,073
40 Men In Black 3 2012 $44,752,201
41 Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol 2011 $44,239,802
42 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $44,105,776
43 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone 2001 $43,409,950
44 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB 2014 $43,386,857
45 World War Z 2013 $42,602,911
46 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 $42,067,777
47 Day After Tomorrow, The 2004 $41,630,063
48 Maleficent 2014 $40,855,289
49 Les Miserables 2012 $40,853,051
50 The Mummy Returns 2001 $40,347,895

* - still in release

	Thursday			September 17
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Everest	--	11,699	--
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	27,530	10,235	-62.8%
3	American Ultra	--	1,881	--
4	No Escape	3,497	1,846	-47.2%
5	PK	1,619	1,504	-7.1%
6	Love Detective	2,273	779	-65.7%
7	A Tale of Three Cities	1,038	587	-43.4%
8	Guia in Love	--	585	--
9	Boychoir	779	570	-26.8%
10	La Famille Bélier	--	418	--

Everest did not do that great. Judging from last weekend's previews, admissions increase on Saturday was below 50% which suggests families/weekend crowd are not interested in this type of movie. Maze Runner 2 had an iffy drop from opening day. Yes, there was some rush factor but reviews for the film are only decent so weekend drops will be mediocre. It will win Saturday/Sunday in admissions this weekend. American Ultra got high and never took off. Average for No Escape. Weekend hold this weekend will grow larger and larger due to theaters having to make room for Attack on Titan 2. Great hold for PK once again. Terrible for Love Detective. Meh for Three Cities. Boring opening for Guia in Love. Excellent hold for Boychoir.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			September 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	1,439	6,213	+331.8%	+23.9%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	12,376	5,724	-53.7%	+77.4%
3	PK	902	856	-5.1%	+120.6%
4	American Ultra	--	618	--	+24.6%
5	No Escape	1,228	483	-60.7%	+49.5%
6	Boychoir	395	381	-3.5%	+164.6%
7	Love Detective	730	292	-60.0%	+43.1%
8	A Tale of Three Cities	560	220	-60.7%	+52.8%
9	La Famille Bélier	--	219	--	+33.5%
10	The Merger	--	117	--	--

Weak increase for Everest. Better for Maze Runner 2. It should squeak out an admissions win today. PK is doing very well. Ghastly for American Ultra. Not good for No Escape, Love Detective or A Tale of Three Cities. Superb hold for Boychoir.

Here are the Saturday showtimes count for the expected top 3

	Saturday Showtimes
	Everest (all)	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (all)	Attack on Titan 2
Hollywood
Friday	9	11	0
Saturday	10	11	9
Palace APM
Friday	10	11	0
Saturday	11	11	10
Cinema City
Friday	9	19	0
Saturday	10	13	11
The One
Friday	11	13	0
Saturday	9	10	10
Pacific Place
Friday	7	6	0
Saturday	8	9	3
Palace IFC
Friday	5	5	0
Saturday	6	6	3
Festival Walk
Friday	12	10	0
Saturday	9	13	8
Cine Times
Friday	8	11	0
Saturday	7	10	4
iSquare
Friday	6 (IMAX)	8	0
Saturday	7 (IMAX)	7	0
Cine Moko
Friday	7 (IMAX)	10	0
Saturday	7 (IMAX)	11	4
STAR Cinema
Friday	7	6	0
Saturday	7	6	5
The Grand Cinema
Friday	12	16	0
Saturday	12	11	8

Some have given Everest/Maze Runner 2 less showings this weekend to accommodate Attack on Titan 2 while others have increased showtimes, taking away from other holdovers/American Ultra. The addition of Attack on Titan 2 will push everyone from #3 on downward below 1 spot. Pre-sales for Attack on Titan 2 look alright for now. It certainly was not as brisk as the first film.

	Friday				September 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	33,520	14,988	-55.3%	+46.4%
2	Everest	3,277	14,283	+335.9%	+22.1%
3	American Ultra	--	2,620	--	+39.3%
4	No Escape	4,967	2,411	-51.5%	+30.6%
5	PK	2,352	2,190	-6.9%	+45.6%
6	Love Detective	2,657	964	-63.7%	+23.7%
7	Boychoir	1,067	914	-14.3%	+60.4%
8	A Tale of Three Cities	1,403	700	-50.1%	+19.3%
9	La Famille Bélier	--	616	--	+47.4%
10	Guia in Love	--	594	--	+1.5%

Not bad for Maze Runner 2. Not good for Everest. Not good for American Ultra. Average for No Escape. Great holds for PK and Boychoir.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			September 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	2,317	10,838	+367.8%	+74.4%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	22,854	8,927	-60.9%	+56.0%
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	4,419	--	--
4	PK	2,028	1,865	-8.0%	+117.9%
5	American Ultra	--	704	--	+13.9%
6	No Escape	1,832	693	-62.2%	+43.5%
7	Our Times	--	662	--	--
8	Boychoir	669	480	-28.3%	+26.0%
9	Wong Ka Yan	--	420	--	--
10	Love Detective	1,005	319	-68.3%	+9.2%

Well well, Everest jumps 74% with Saturday pre-sales. Bad hold for Maze Runner 2. Poor opening for Attack on Titan 2. It did not even beat Attack on Titan's opening day Thursday pre-sales. Excellent for PK. No Escape had a harsh drop. Due to many special screenings this weekend, some upcoming films have jumped right into the top 10 on Saturday. Our Times and Wong Ka Yan both make their debut. Boychoir seems to be slowing down. Awful hold for Love Detective.

		Thursday Actuals						September 17
LW	TW	Movie	Last Thu. (USD)	Thursday (USD)	% chg	Theaters	Days	Total
--	1	Everest	--	$116,961	--	40	1	--
1	2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$332,717	$106,377	-68.0%	41	8	--
2	3	No Escape	$37,168	$19,597	-47.3%	26	15	--
--	4	American Ultra	--	$17,562	--	26	1	$17,562
4	5	PK	$18,886	$16,894	-10.5%	6	15	$337,887
3	6	Love Detective	$22,096	$7,592	-65.6%	23	15	--
--	7	The Merger	--	$6,237	--	14	1	--
--	8	Guia in Love	--	$5,549	--	18	1	--
8	9	Boychoir	$8,986	$5,328	-40.7%	9	8	--
6	10	A Tale of Three Cities	$9,821	$3,840	-60.9%	14	15	$298,900

Some of the numbers are different from Cinetel's because other places are reporting different placements/numbers on Thursday. I have tried my best to piece together Thursday's numbers. Not good for Everest. Maze Runner 2 dropped heavily. Not bad for No Escape though weekend drops will be larger. American Ultra flopped. Excellent hold for PK.

	Saturday				September 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	--	25,492	--	+78.5%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	25,090	--	+67.4%
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	11,875	--	--
4	PK	--	3,867	--	+47.6%
5	No Escape	--	3,060	--	+26.9%
6	American Ultra	--	2,672	--	+2.0%
7	Boychoir	--	1,305	--	+42.8%
8	Love Detective	--	1,185	--	+22.9%
9	Inside Out	--	1,107	--	+200.8%
10	La Famille Bélier	--	864	--	+40.3%

Surprising that Everest won in admissions on Saturday. Terrible for Attack on Titan 2. It lost to the first AOT film by nearly 2,000 admissions...and that was on a Thursday. Great for PK. Not so good for No Escape. Laughable increase for American Ultra. Inside Out rockets back into the top 10.

	Weekend Projections			September 17
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$775,000	-59.6%	$3,142,000
2	Everest	$772,000	+432.4%	$915,000
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	$212,000		$212,000
4	PK	$130,000	-11.6%	$525,000
5	No Escape	$109,000	-57.6%	$1,500,000

Tough call this weekend as Maze Runner dropped quite hard and Everest is not doing very good either. Attack on Titan 2 is a massive failure. Wonderful for PK. Good total overall for No Escape.

So it looks like Attack on Titan - Part 2 is going to be a bust everywhere, then. How much is its opening weekend down compared to the first film? In Japan, it's looking at a 40-50% drop-off.

Well, if those projections hold, it would be down 68% from the opening weekend of the first one, but it's not a fair comparison since the 2nd film only had 2 days on its opening weekend compared with the traditional 4 that the first AOT film had.

Did Attack on Titan open on a Saturday in Japan as well?

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			September 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	2,348	10,735	+357.2%	-1.0%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	23,965	9,028	-62.3%	+1.1%
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	3,797	--	-14.1%
4	PK	2,311	2,081	-10.0%	+11.6%
5	No Escape	2,197	820	-62.7%	+18.3%
6	Our Times	--	799	--	+20.7%
7	American Ultra	--	716	--	+1.7%
8	Boychoir	870	556	-36.1%	+15.8%
9	Inside Out	897	544	-39.4%	+92.2%
10	Love Detective	1,168	421	-64.0%	+32.0%

Everest might be starting to pull away slightly from Maze Runner 2. Not good for Maze Runner 2. Poor for Attack on Titan 2. Excellent hold for PK. No Escape was down by a hefty margin from last Sunday. Horrible for American Ultra. Boychoir is fading. Strong hold for Inside Out. Bad for Love Detective.

Yeah. All domestic films open on Saturday, unless it's the week before a major holiday weekend (or period, like New Year or Obon), then there's sometimes the rare weekday opener(s).

	Sunday				September 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	5,593	23,365	+317.8%	-8.3%
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	55,658	22,667	-59.3%	-9.7%
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	10,286	--	-13.4%
4	PK	4,395	3,905	-11.1%	+1.0%
5	No Escape	7,230	3,170	-56.2%	+3.6%
6	American Ultra	--	2,703	--	+1.2%
7	Inside Out	2,786	1,479	-46.9%	+33.6%
8	Love Detective	3,706	1,328	-64.2%	+12.1%
9	Boychoir	1,777	1,200	-32.5%	-8.0%
10	La Famille Bélier	--	843	--	-2.4%

Steep declines for the top 3 from Saturday. PK is doing very well. Iffy hold for No Escape. Awful for American Ultra. Decent hold for Inside Out.

	Weekend adm.			Sep 17-20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Everest	--	74,839	--
2	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	72,980	--
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	22,161	--
4	PK	--	11,466	--
5	No Escape	--	10,487	--
6	American Ultra	--	9,876	--
7	Love Detective	--	4,256	--
8	Boychoir	--	3,989	--
9	Inside Out	--	3,179	--

	Weekend Estimates			September 17
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$760,000	-60.4%	$3,127,000
2	Everest	$750,000	+417.2%	$893,000
3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	$210,000		$210,000
4	PK	$130,000	-11.6%	$525,000
5	No Escape	$110,000	-57.2%	$1,501,000

Due to Sunday's higher than expected drops, the top 3 were all adjusted down. Maze Runner 2 wins over Everest with the traditional 4 day opening but Everest can be considered the winner if you add in its previews.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)							Sept. 14-20
LW	TW	Title	Last Week (HKD)	This Week (HKD)	Days in release	% chg	Total (HKD)	This Week (USD)	Total (USD)
1	1	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$14,914,307	$10,469,702	11	-29.8%	$25,384,009	$1,343,265	$3,256,774
--	2	Everest	$1,065,241	$6,085,953	4	+471.3%	$7,151,194	$780,829	$917,499
--	3	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	$1,625,666	2	--	$1,625,666	$208,573	$208,573
--	4	No Escape	--	$1,501,067	18	--	$10,352,585	$192,587	$1,328,239
--	5	PK	--	$1,229,324	18	--	$3,303,903	$157,722	$423,891
--	6	American Ultra	--	$678,360	4	--	$678,360	$87,033	$87,033
--	7	Love Detective	--	$615,207	18	--	$5,050,956	$78,931	$648,038
--	8	Boychoir	$352,447	$419,822	11	+19.1%	$772,269	$53,863	$99,082
--	9	All You Need is Love	$509,222	$363,680	11	-28.6%	$872,902	$46,660	$111,993
--	10	Inside Out	--	$333,141	60	--	$65,638,845	$42,742	$8,421,478

Note: Boychoir/All You Need is Love grosses from 'Last Week' are totals that may include previews. It may not accurately reflect the week-to-week drop from last week.

After a 2 week vacation, HK MPIA released last week's box office totals. Better for Maze Runner 2. Meh for Everest. Awful for Attack on Titan. No Escape fell hard. PK is doing great. Amazing to see Inside Out still in the top 10 after 9 weeks.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)		September 24
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Everest	5,016	3,186	-36.5%
2	Office	--	2,226	--
3	The Intern	--	1,797	--
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	3,226	1,262	-60.9%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	524	--
6	PK	388	380	-2.1%
7	The Beauty Inside	--	339	--
8	Irrational Man	--	273	--
9	Northern Limit Line	--	123	--
10	No Escape	323	105	-67.5%

Solid hold for Everest. Mild starts for both Office/The Intern. Office's admissions seem to be limited to the morning only while Intern is doing better at night. Not good for Maze Runner 2. Ouch for Attack on Titan 2. Superb hold for PK.

Hotel Transylvania 2 will begin sneaks this weekend. The Martian will open with previews on Wednesday. It's possible that we might see Martian get previews on the Monday holiday as well.

	Thursday			September 24
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Intern	--	7,565	--
2	Everest	11,699	6,767	-42.2%
3	Office	--	6,278	--
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	10,235	4,349	-57.5%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	2,144	--
6	PK	1,504	1,142	-24.1%
7	The Beauty Inside	--	796	--
8	Irrational Man	--	727	--
9	No Escape	1,846	572	-69.0%
10	Northern Limit Line	--	267	--

Pretty good start for The Intern. It is getting rave reviews with a huge score of 4.8. Decent hold for Everest. Ok start for Office. Another pretty big drop Maze Runner 2. Weak for Attack on Titan 2. Strong hold for PK.

Thursday estimates

1. Everest - $79,290
2. The Intern - $76,732
3. Office - $51,155
4. Maze Runner 2 - $46,039/$3,491,336
5. Attack on Titan 2 - $319,719
6. PK

	Friday adm.	(so far)			September 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Everest	6,213	4,289	-31.0%	+34.6%
2	The Intern	--	3,967	--	+120.8%
3	Office	--	2,839	--	+27.5%
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	5,724	2,014	-64.8%	+59.6%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	944	--	+80.2%
6	PK	856	579	-32.4%	+52.4%
7	The Beauty Inside	--	410	--	+20.9%
8	Irrational Man	--	328	--	+20.1%
9	Northern Limit Line	--	117	--	-4.9%
10	No Escape	483	95	-80.3%	-9.5%

Intern is really turning it on. Great increase. Everest is chugging along while Office looks like it's lagging behind. Terrible hold for Maze Runner 2. Very good hold for PK.

Windsor Cinema has officially re-opened under the MCL brand after UA's lease expired. First showings will begin on Saturday.

	Friday				September 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	13,465	--	+78.0%
2	Everest	14,283	9,538	-33.2%	+40.9%
3	Office	--	7,540	--	+20.1%
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	14,988	5,954	-60.3%	+36.9%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	2,770	--	+29.2%
6	PK	2,190	1,317	-39.9%	+15.3%
7	The Beauty Inside	--	976	--	+22.6%
8	Irrational Man	--	942	--	+29.6%
9	No Escape	2,411	695	-71.2%	+21.5%
10	Boychoir	914	285	-68.8%	--

Intern is pulling away. Good hold for Everest. Decent for Office. Maze Runner 2 dropped quite hard. Bad for Attack on Titan 2. It will make less than half of Attack on Titan. PK is declining a bit more but it's still a nice result.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			September 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	7,532	--	+89.9%
2	Everest	10,838	6,568	-39.4%	+53.1%
3	Office	--	3,576	--	+26.0%
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	8,927	2,929	-67.2%	+45.4%
5	PK	1,865	1,381	-26.0%	+138.5%
6	Attack on Titan: End of the World	4,419	1,181	-73.3%	+25.1%
7	Our Times	662	1,164	+75.8%	--
8	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	901	--	--
9	The Beauty Inside	--	576	--	+40.5%
10	Irrational Man	--	482	--	+47.0%

Intern is firing on all cylinders. It is looking at a Thu-Mon weekend figure of over $900,000. Everest posted a solid hold. Kind of weak for Office. Terrible hold for Maze Runner 2. PK is still doing very good business. Good for Our Times. Not all that good for Hotel Transylvania 2 but this will play much stronger on Sunday/Monday.

	Saturday				September 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	25,805	--	+91.6%
2	Everest	25,492	14,777	-42.0%	+54.9%
3	Office	--	10,290	--	+36.5%
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	25,090	9,794	-61.0%	+64.5%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	11,875	3,864	-67.5%	+39.5%
6	PK	3,867	2,750	-28.9%	+108.8%
7	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	2,216	--	--
8	Irrational Man	--	1,431	--	+51.9%
9	The Beauty Inside	--	1,399	--	+43.3%
10	Our Times	--	1,221	--	--

Really strong for Intern. Decent hold for Everest. Not good for Office. Steep declines for Maze Runner 2/Attack on Titan 2. Great hold for PK. Hotel Transylvania 2 did not do all that great with walk-ins. Perhaps Inside Out still playing at a handful of locations is affecting its previews.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			September 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	10,335	--	+37.2%
2	Everest	10,735	8,073	-24.8%	+22.9%
3	Office	--	5,049	--	+41.2%
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	9,028	4,306	-52.3%	+47.0%
5	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	2,050	--	+127.5%
6	PK	2,081	1,705	-18.1%	+23.5%
7	Attack on Titan: End of the World	3,797	1,348	-64.5%	+14.1%
8	Our Times	799	1,145	+43.3%	-1.6%
9	The Beauty Inside	--	590	--	+2.4%
10	Irrational Man	--	441	--	-8.5%

Excellent for The Intern. Very good hold for Everest. Decent increase for Office. Mediocre for Maze Runner 2. Gigantic jump for Hotel Transylvania 2. Strong hold for PK.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!

	Sunday				September 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	28,740	--	+11.4%
2	Everest	23,365	17,925	-23.3%	+21.3%
3	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	22,667	12,489	-44.9%	+27.5%
4	Office	--	12,045	--	+17.1%
5	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	4,360	--	+96.8%
6	Attack on Titan: End of the World	10,286	3,547	-65.5%	-8.2%
7	PK	3,905	3,320	-15.0%	+20.7%
8	The Beauty Inside	--	1,529	--	+9.3%
9	No Escape	3,170	1,436	-54.7%	+23.3%
10	Irrational Man	--	1,242	--	-13.2%

Great for Intern and Everest. Maze Runner 2 had a much better hold today due to the Monday holiday. Office is slowing down at an alarming rate. Mega jump for Hotel Transylvania 2. Expect another bump on Monday. Awful for Attack on Titan 2. It was one of two to decrease on Sunday and it was off 65% from opening Sunday. Excellent for PK.

	Weekend adm.			Sep 24-27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Intern	--	75,575	--
2	Everest	74,839	49,007	-34.5%
3	Office	--	36,153	--
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	72,980	32,586	-55.3%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	22,161	12,325	-44.4%
6	PK	11,466	8,529	-25.6%
7	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	6,576	--
8	The Beauty Inside	--	4,700	--
9	Irrational Man	--	4,342	--
10	No Escape	10,487	3,868	-63.1%

	Weekend Estimates			September 24
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	The Intern	$760,000		$760,000
2	Everest	$560,000	-28.3%	$1,810,000
3	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$345,000	-60.3%	$3,790,000
4	Office	$290,000		$290,000
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	$115,000	-44.9%	$415,000

Other weekend estimates:
6. PK - $97,000 (-25%)/$565,000
7. Hotel Transylvania 2 - $67,000 (sneak previews)

Wow for The Intern. It is over performing in HK. Its 4-day weekend would be equivalent to 33m in USA alone. Reviews stand at an incredible 4.8/5. 5-day weekend will be over 1m. Everest held up great considering how Intern did this weekend. 2m will happen by Monday or Tuesday. Maze Runner 2 had a rough hold but it will pass 4m with ease by next weekend. Office was the major loser this week. It featured a star-studded cast but failed to connect with young audiences. I thought the trailer was a huge miss as it did not mention what the plot was about. Attack on Titan 2 had a terrible hold falling 44% from its 2-day opening weekend last week. The holiday Monday did not seem to help affairs as it fell on Sunday from Saturday.

Outside the top 5, PK continues its great run. Also in the mix was Hotel Transylvania 2's special screenings. By Monday, it will have grossed over $100,000 in previews.

Tomorrow will feature 5-day projections/estimates and perhaps an update on how The Martian is doing.

	Monday adm.	(so far)			September 28
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	12,410	--	+20.1%
2	Everest	--	8,001	--	-0.9%
3	Office	--	5,006	--	-0.9%
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	4,255	--	-1.2%
5	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	2,997	--	+46.2%
6	PK	--	2,283	--	+33.9%
7	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	1,277	--	-5.3%
8	The Beauty Inside	--	700	--	+18.6%
9	Irrational Man	--	486	--	+10.2%
10	No Escape	--	400	--	--

Strong increases for Intern/Hotel Transylvania 2/PK.

At #11,

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Inside Out

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is Inside Out. I saw a couple of sellouts for IO today. Pretty remarkable in its 11th week with Hotel T 2 out of the gate. There is a small chance this makes the top 10 today.

	5-day Weekend Projections			September 24
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	The Intern	$1,070,000		$1,070,000
2	Everest	$760,000	-2.7%	$2,010,000
3	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$575,000	-33.9%	$3,920,000
4	Office	$380,000		$380,000
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	$140,000	-32.9%	$440,000
5	PK	$140,000	+7.7%	$608,000

Other 5-day projections:
Hotel Transylvania 2 - $130,000 (sneak previews)
Intern begins with a huge opening. Not many people saw this coming. It'll pass 2m by next weekend. Reviews are shaping up to be superb with it still marking a 4.8/5. Everest is holding up pretty well. 3m might happen in around 2 weeks time. Maze Runner 2 might not be holding all that well but it will join its predecessor as one of only 2 films to bank more than 4m. It will pass the first film by the end of this weekend. Office was not very busy this weekend. A lot of admissions came from older people and overall reception does not seem to be good. Attack on Titan 2 succumbed to the first film's bad word of mouth. This weekend turned out to be a disaster and it won't make even half of the first film. It won't even make the opening weekend of the first film. PK will close the gap and essentially tie Titan for #5 this weekend on Monday. Excellent hold to increase from last weekend. Hotel Transylvania 2 is doing pretty well in previews. It should double the first film which only got a theatrical release after the DVD/Blu-Ray came out...and it still grossed nearly 1m.

	Monday adm.				September 28
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Intern	--	32,479	--	+13.0%
2	Everest	--	17,540	--	-2.1%
3	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	--	11,967	--	-4.2%
4	Office	--	11,613	--	-3.6%
5	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	6,479	--	+48.6%
6	PK	--	3,840	--	+15.7%
7	Attack on Titan: End of the World	--	3,708	--	+4.5%
8	The Beauty Inside	--	1,756	--	+14.8%
9	No Escape	--	1,671	--	+16.4%
10	Irrational Man	--	1,375	--	+10.7%

Intern really broke through and gained nearly 4,000 admissions from Sunday. The rest of the major players all took hits from Sunday. Hotel Transylvania 2 saw another big increase on Monday. Attack on Titan 2 increased which is slightly surprising since it fell hard on Sunday.

	Weekend adm.			Sep 24-28
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	The Intern	--	108,054	--
2	Everest	74,839	66,547	-11.1%
3	Office	--	47,766	--
4	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	72,980	44,553	-39.0%
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	22,161	16,033	-27.7%
6	Hotel Transylvania 2	--	13,055	--
7	PK	11,466	12,369	+7.9%
8	The Beauty Inside	--	6,456	--
9	Irrational Man	--	5,717	--
10	No Escape	10,487	5,539	-47.2%

Hotel Transylvania 2 overtook PK for 6th.

	5-day Weekend Estimates			September 24
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	The Intern	$1,090,000		$1,090,000
2	Everest	$765,000	-2.0%	$2,015,000
3	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	$570,000	-34.5%	$3,915,000
4	Office	$385,000		$385,000
5	Attack on Titan: End of the World	$150,000	-28.1%	$450,000

Other 5-day weekend estimates:
6. PK - $140,000 (+7.7%)/$608,000
7. Hotel Transylvania 2 - $135,000 (sneak previews)

Intern inches ever closer to 1.1m for the 5-day weekend.
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The Martian seems to be doing quite well so far. Nearing half full for the 11 AM morning show already on Thursday at a few locations. Lots of places are holding back showtimes or have not released their Thursday schedules yet. Tomorrow should give us a better picture as to where everybody stands. Currently though, Martian looks to be on 2-3 screens, Intern gets 1 screen, Office gets 1 screen at Broadway/AMC. Hotel Transylvania 2 is getting mixed results so far. Most will schedule it on 3 showings though. 1 theater has it on full day showtimes while another has only given it 1 showtime.