FYI it moved to #10 WW after 6 days WW so I don't think being #7 in HK after 6 days is that far off.

	Wednesday adm.				May 1
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avengers: Endgame	144,870	138,923	-4.1%	+45.8%
2	Still Human	2,540	7,094	+179.3%	+50.1%
3	The Queen's Corgi	961	3,631	+277.8%	+349.4%
4	Hotel Mumbai	468	1,781	+280.6%	+8.5%
5	Wonder Park	937	1,297	+38.4%	--
6	The Curse of La Llorona	606	888	+46.5%	+72.8%
7	Chibi Maruko Chan Movie: Ono & Sugiyama	320	854	+166.9%	--
8	The Upside	--	756	--	+185.3%
9	P Storm	322	606	+88.2%	+63.3%
10	Cold War	315	372	+18.1%	+51.8%

The holiday really brought out some joy for all films. Every film in the top 10 besides Avengers 4 enjoyed some sort of increase with animation films and Hotel Mumbai leading the way with triple % gains.

Avengers 4 day 8 estimate - $2,388,000
Total (to date -- 8 day, estimate) - $17,400,000

That total would push it past Avengers 2 for #3 all time.

Beating Avengers 3 will likely take a few more days as walk-ins have looked troublesome since Monday and theaters will start to add more 2D showtimes into the mix. Saturday seems most likely at this point while Avatar could be dethroned as early as Tuesday next week but most likely on Thursday or Friday if walk-ins continue to be sluggish.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			May 2
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avengers: Endgame	77,530	26,459	-65.9%	-77.1%

Hard to judge this drop as it is coming off of a holiday but it could have held better as there was no major new release this week. It will need to have much better walk-ins if it wants to break 35-40m.

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$179,958,364	$22,930,508
2	Avatar*	$178,248,295	$22,712,609
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	Transformers 3	$84,703,797	$10,926,131
14	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,512,900
15	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,354,201
16	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,088,659
17	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,984,987
18	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,904,797
19	Captain Marvel	$76,590,738	$9,767,247
20	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,644,176
21	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,080,282
22	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,672,080
23	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,573,598
24	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,447,583
25	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,418,611
26	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,385,880
27	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,073,682
28	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,942,948
29	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,904,299
30	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,893,452
31	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,857,826	$7,888,228
32	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,863,699
33	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,794,550
34	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,708,675
35	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,684,650
36	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,604,707
37	The Dark Knight	$58,524,393	$7,531,944
38	Inception	$58,380,823	$7,513,467
39	Deadpool	$58,332,555	$7,535,722
40	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$58,231,885	$7,494,299
41	Police Story 4: First Strike	$57,518,795	$7,402,526
42	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$57,068,721	$7,277,512
43	Rumble in the Bronx	$56,912,536	$7,257,595
44	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	$56,552,117	$7,211,634
45	The Mermaid	$56,224,292	$7,169,829
46	Infernal Affairs	$55,057,176	$7,085,722
47	Spider-Man 3	$55,016,986	$7,080,550
48	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$54,692,104	$6,974,441
49	Deadpool 2	$54,597,460	$6,962,372
50	Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds	$54,431,267	$6,941,179

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

Avengers: Endgame is now the #1 film of all time in Hong Kong. Many sites are still using the $183m HK number for Avatar, however, I have decided to remove Avatar's re-release numbers from its total.

Avengers: Endgame managed to beat Avatar's 9 and a half year record in 13 days. With Avatar's re-release included, Avengers: Endgame will definitively pass Avatar on Wednesday in 15 days.

	Top 10 Single Days
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$22,244,356	$2,846,582
2	Avengers: Endgame	$20,875,620	$2,661,704
3	Avengers: Endgame	$19,873,480	$2,543,184
4	Avengers: Endgame	$17,113,779	$2,190,029
5	Avengers: Endgame	$16,180,698	$2,070,624
6	Avengers: Infinity War	$15,868,268	$2,022,749
7	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$15,763,405	$2,009,382
8	Avengers: Infinity War	$14,930,841	$1,903,254
9	Captain America 3	$14,273,486	$1,819,460
10	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$14,270,111	$1,819,030

Now updated with official figures. #1 is Saturday's gross. #2 is Wednesday's (opening day). #3 is Sunday's. #4 is Friday's and #5 is Thursday's gross.

	Top 25 Opening Weekends
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$96,288,283	$12,321,893
2	Avengers: Infinity War	$60,123,409	$7,665,537
3	Captain America 3	$50,929,068	$6,570,480
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$49,517,186	$6,405,895
5	Transformers 3	$39,672,804	$5,132,356
6	Captain Marvel	$38,950,000	$4,822,105
7	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$37,274,585	$4,738,124
8	Iron Man 3	$36,625,419	$4,450,499
9	Minions	$34,402,090	$4,431,091
10	The Avengers	$34,252,069	$4,211,876
11	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$32,603,311	$4,156,815
12	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$32,357,961	$4,125,533
13	Jurassic World	$31,253,631	$3,984,735
14	Deadpool	$28,930,446	$3,648,661
15	Spider-Man 3	$28,663,114	$3,633,084
16	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$28,326,143	$3,611,490
17	Harry Potter 7-2	$28,203,934	$3,447,541
18	The Mermaid	$28,160,742	$3,443,409
19	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$26,645,964	$3,333,614
20	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$26,617,352	$3,332,877
21	Deadpool 2	$26,116,168	$3,329,725
22	Incredibles 2	$25,957,682	$3,309,519
23	Monsters University	$25,768,640	$3,285,176
24	The Dark Knight Rises	$25,762,940	$3,284,449
25	Toy Story 3	$25,703,435	$3,276,863

Official opening weekend number now in for Avengers: Endgame.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			June 28
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	46,628	--	--

Decent for Spider-Man: Far From Home.

	Top 15 Opening Days
Rank	Movie	US Gross	HK Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$2,661,704	$20,875,620
2	Avengers: Infinity War	$1,322,460	$10,371,539
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$1,231,169	$9,616,749
4	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$1,224,002	$9,560,768
5	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$1,161,266	$9,070,735
6	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$1,005,746	$7,889,383
7	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$1,002,263	$7,862,060
8	Captain America 3	$972,500	$7,628,590
9	Spider-Man 3	$963,280	$7,556,265
10	Pirates of the Caribbean 3	$889,366	$6,976,457
11	Iron Man 3	$851,192	$6,614,837
12	Captain Marvel	$819,689	$6,429,897
13	Harry Potter 7-2	$811,801	$6,368,018
14	The Avengers	$779,647	$6,044,881
15	Deadpool	$753,891	$5,848,267

Spider-Man: Far From Home's opening day comes in at #5, however, if you add in the Thursday midnight previews, it all adds up to $9.56m HK. Spider-Man: Far From Home's opening day was the 2nd highest attended movie in opening day history with 105,790 admissions behind only Avengers: Endgame.

	Top 25 Opening Weekends
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$96,288,283	$12,321,893
2	Avengers: Infinity War	$60,123,409	$7,665,537
3	Captain America 3	$50,929,068	$6,570,480
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$49,517,186	$6,405,895
5	Transformers 3	$39,672,804	$5,132,356
6	Captain Marvel	$38,950,000	$4,822,105
7	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$37,274,585	$4,738,124
8	Iron Man 3	$36,625,419	$4,450,499
9	Minions	$34,402,090	$4,431,091
10	The Avengers	$34,252,069	$4,211,876
11	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$32,603,311	$4,156,815
12	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$32,357,961	$4,125,533
13	Jurassic World	$31,253,631	$3,984,735
14	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$30,614,409	$3,919,362
15	Deadpool	$28,930,446	$3,648,661
16	Spider-Man 3	$28,663,114	$3,633,084
17	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$28,326,143	$3,611,490
18	Harry Potter 7-2	$28,203,934	$3,447,541
19	The Mermaid	$28,160,742	$3,443,409
20	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$26,645,964	$3,333,614
21	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$26,617,352	$3,332,877
22	Deadpool 2	$26,116,168	$3,329,725
23	Incredibles 2	$25,957,682	$3,309,519
24	Monsters University	$25,768,640	$3,285,176
25	The Dark Knight Rises	$25,762,940	$3,284,449

This Spider-Man: Far From Home opening weekend number is only an estimate at this time. A news source reported it taking in $27.50m HK up until 5:40 pm on Sunday so this number looks pretty close to accurate.

Spider-Man: Far From Home's gross up until yesterday (Tuesday) stands at $67,044,829 HK ($8,583,310), surpassing Spider-Man: Homecoming's gross in 12 days and is ranked #24 all time.

	Daily adm. (OW)
	Previews	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Toy Story 4	110,636	0	0	0	0	110,636
Toy Story 3		71,663	71,042	112,971	119,140	374,816
Monsters University		59,870	60,944	84,282	90,898	295,994
Gap (from Toy Story 3)	110,636	38,973	-32,069	-145,040	-264,180
Gap (from Monsters University)	110,636	50,766	-10,178	-94,460	-185,358

It's time to turn our attention to Toy Story 4 where it just had 5 days of previews. It has already amassed 110,000 admissions and Wednesday's admissions were +6% higher than Monday's which is an encouraging sign for this weekend.

Toy Story 4 won't beat Toy Story 3's opening weekend admissions on a day-to-day basis, however, it has a shot at beating Monsters University's though.

Does it have a chance at beating Minion's OW? Yeah, it does. To this day, Toy Story 3 holds the all time animated record and was only knocked out of the top 10 by Avengers 4 almost 9 years after its release. With inflation on its side, revenue will be sky high.

It has already taken away some IMAX showings of Spider-Man: Far From Home from Friday onwards and theaters have responded to the demand by adding more showtimes on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will see more showtimes head toward Toy Story 4.

The loss of 3D will barely be felt so right now it is aiming for an OW of 4.5m-5m including previews.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			July 11
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	18,123	--	--
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	3,811	--	--

Toy Story 4 matches 56% of Toy Story 3's 3D Cantonese admissions only. Walk-ins during the past 3 weekday previews have been strong with less than 50% coming from pre-sales so we may see 60-65% of opening day admissions come from walk-ins.

At 3 PM, Toy Story 4 has crossed 31,000 admissions. It is aiming for about 50,000 admissions today.
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As of Tuesday, Avengers: Endgame has grossed $222,098,372 HK or $28,413,652 US. I believe this total also includes the longer clips version too.

	Thursday				July 11
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	46,329	--	--
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	14,201	--	--

OK opening day for Toy Story 4. It came in at the lower end of my expectations today. Spider-Man: Far From Home had a good hold. I believe it's only down 50-60% from last Thursday.

Reviews for Toy Story 4 are in and it's sitting at a very good 4.5/5 from users.

Toy Story 4 opening day actual (including previews) - $1,630,048

Spider-Man: Far From Home will either pass $70m HK ($8.95m US) on Friday or very early Saturday.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			July 12
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	24,935	--	+37.6%
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	6,055	--	+58.9%

Good increases for both.

	Daily admissions (OW)
	Previews	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Toy Story 4	110,636	46,329	0	0	0	156,965
Toy Story 3		71,663	71,042	112,971	119,140	374,816
Monsters University		59,870	60,944	84,282	90,898	295,994
Gap (from Toy Story 3)	110,636	85,302	14,260	-98,711	-217,851
Gap (from Monsters University)	110,636	97,095	36,151	-48,131	-139,029

Opening day for Toy Story 4 comes in well below Monsters University's OD, however, Monsters University did not have any sneaks unlike Toy Story 4.

We can't really compare how Toy Story 4's opening weekend will play out using Toy Story 3 or MU's multiplier. I expect Toy Story 4 to sport a solid Friday increase and it will really blossom this weekend, potentially flirting with 100,000 admissions on both Saturday/Sunday.

Minions' OW record is still within reach but Thursday has definitely let it down so this record might come down to the wire.

Why did Toy Story 4 have previews when it's a big tentpole?

This is mainly due to what's coming. The White Storm 2 will be opening on Tuesday and it made over 1.3m OW/4.1m total back in 2013. If Toy Story 4 stuck to its opening day date, it would have only 5 days to itself and theaters would have to cut back for the new local movie. Also, Spider-Man is still playing well so TS4's opening weekend gross would have been muted because theaters would not be able to accommodate the demand for both Toy Story 4 and Spider-Man: Far From Home plus the other new openers and holdovers.

Note: The White Storm made 1.3 OW and 4.1m total back in 2013. I corrected the above post.

	Friday				July 12
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	58,820	--	+27.0%
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	18,446	--	+29.9%
3	Annabelle Comes Home	--	6,423	--	--
4	Child's Play	--	4,256	--	--
5	Parasite	--	2,786	--	--
6	Aladdin	--	1,683	--	--
7	The Secret Life of Pets 2	--	772	--	--
8	Avengers: Endgame	--	565	--	--
9	Jinpa	--	475	--	--
10	A Long Goodbye	--	410	--	--

Very strong walk-ins for Toy Story 4. For most of the day, Toy Story 4 had a better daily % increase (QD % change) from Thursday's final admissions than Spider-Man: Far From Home, even though Spider-Man started off Friday 21% above Toy Story 4's pre-sales. Spider-Man: Far From Home seems to be fading.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			July 13
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	45,296	--	+81.7%
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	8,512	--	+40.6%
3	Annabelle Comes Home	--	1,637	--	--
4	Child's Play	--	1,114	--	--
5	Parasite	--	1,033	--	--
6	Aladdin	--	583	--	--
7	The Secret Life of Pets 2	--	414	--	--
8	Avengers: Endgame	--	251	--	--
9	A Long Goodbye	--	211	--	--
10	Jinpa	--	153	--	--

Very good jump for Toy Story 4. I think it will land in the 85-90k range. 100,000 admissions seems like a stretch. Not good for Spider-Man.

A rant about theater scheduling. I am shocked at how theaters scheduled Toy Story 4 this weekend. Here's what I saw with Toy Story 4's showtimes on Saturday/Sunday from some theaters.

1. One 11 AM showtime in high traffic weekend morning theaters. (what?! This completely backfired as Toy Story 4 was already more than 50% full by 12 PM today.)
2. Giving Spider-Man the biggest theater at 11 AM on Saturday over Toy Story 4 (WHAT?! -- They weren't oblivious about it because they actually gave Toy Story 4 the biggest theater on Sunday.)
3. Decreasing Saturday/Sunday showtimes from Friday (what?!) (Have they seen how kids movies act on the weekend?)
4. Having more screens allocated at 9 PM than in the morning (Shouldn't this be flipped? I know Toy Story 4 isn't a regular kids movie but it's still a kids movie.)

	Daily admissions (OW)
	Previews	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Toy Story 4	110,636	46,329	58,820	0	0	215,785
Toy Story 3		71,663	71,042	112,971	119,140	374,816
Monsters University		59,870	60,944	84,282	90,898	295,994
Gap (from Toy Story 3)	110,636	85,302	73,080	-39,891	-159,031
Gap (from Monsters University)	110,636	97,095	94,971	10,689	-80,209

After an exceptional Friday, Toy Story 4 is on pace to beat Toy Story 3's OW admissions.

	Saturday				July 13
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	100,246	--	+70.4%
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	28,754	--	+55.9%
3	Annabelle Comes Home	--	7,464	--	+16.2%
4	Child's Play	--	5,013	--	+17.8%
5	Parasite	--	4,947	--	+77.6%
6	Aladdin	--	2,419	--	+43.7%
7	The Secret Life of Pets 2	--	1,509	--	+95.5%
8	Avengers: Endgame	--	834	--	+47.6%
9	A Long Goodbye	--	776	--	+89.3%
10	Jinpa	--	583	--	+3.2%

"Hi, I'm Toy Story 4 and I'm going to prove Bluebomb wrong."

Shocking. I really thought it wasn't going to break 100,000 admissions today. Some theaters were being really stingy with their showtimes today but when you have an 11:45 PM showtime 82% full for a kids movie, it was going to get there. I didn't see a whole lot of sellouts today but every showtime, except after 10:30 PM, was over 80% full.

If Toy Story 4 was given an extra screen from every theater, I believe it could have cleared 130,000 today.

OK for Spider-Man. Anything was going to look weaker when being compared with Toy Story 4.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			July 14
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	55,887	--	+23.4%
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	9,712	--	+14.1%
3	Annabelle Comes Home	--	1,568	--	-4.2%
4	Parasite	--	1,388	--	+34.4%
5	Child's Play	--	1,335	--	+19.8%
6	Aladdin	--	721	--	+23.7%
7	The Secret Life of Pets 2	--	570	--	+37.7%
8	Avengers: Endgame	--	295	--	+17.5%
9	A Long Goodbye	--	227	--	+7.6%
10	Jinpa	--	213	--	+39.2%

Strong for Toy Story 4. I wonder if it could hit 110k today.

	Daily adm. (OW)
	Previews	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Toy Story 4	110,636	46,329	58,820	100,246	0	316,031
Toy Story 3		71,663	71,042	112,971	119,140	374,816
Monsters University		59,870	60,944	84,282	90,898	295,994
Gap (from Toy Story 3)	110,636	85,302	73,080	60,355	-58,785
Gap (from Monsters University)	110,636	97,095	94,971	110,935	20,037

The quick progression away from Monsters University's gap is interesting. Going from a -13,000 gap on Thursday to an almost +16,000 gap on Saturday.

Toy Story 4 opening weekend estimate - $4,510,000 (including previews)

After a somewhat muted Thursday, Toy Story 4 has come back fighting with huge increases on Friday and Saturday. This is after theaters didn't give it enough showtimes on the weekend.

Looking forward to the animated OW record, Minions also had sneak previews on its opening weekend so it will come down to multiplier but I think Toy Story 4 will win the animated OW record when actuals come in.

	Sunday				July 14
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	101,793	--	+1.5%
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	26,401	--	-8.2%
3	Annabelle Comes Home	--	6,723	--	-9.9%
4	Parasite	--	4,613	--	-6.8%
5	Child's Play	--	4,512	--	-10.0%
6	Aladdin	--	2,751	--	+13.7%
7	The Secret Life of Pets 2	--	1,834	--	+21.5%
8	A Long Goodbye	--	766	--	-1.3%
9	Avengers: Endgame	--	719	--	-13.8%
10	Jinpa	--	504	--	-13.6%

Aside from family friendly films, every film fell on Sunday.

	Weekend adm.			Jul 11-14
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	307,188	--
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	87,802	--

	Weekend Estimates			July 11
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Toy Story 4	$4,510,000		$4,510,000
2	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$965,000	-57.3%	$9,640,000

Great opening for Toy Story 4. Spider-Man: Far From Home is close to passing 10m. It should break 10m by Wednesday or Thursday depending on how badly it is affected by The White Storm 2 opening on Tuesday.

From Deadline

	Daily adm. (OW)
	Previews	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Toy Story 4	110,636	46,329	58,820	100,246	101,793	417,824
Toy Story 3		71,663	71,042	112,971	119,140	374,816
Monsters University		59,870	60,944	84,282	90,898	295,994
Gap (from Toy Story 3)	110,636	85,302	73,080	60,355	43,008
Gap (from Monsters University)	110,636	97,095	94,971	110,935	121,830

Toy Story 4 finishes with over 400,000 admissions including previews.

	Tuesday adm.	(so far)			July 16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	14,898	--	+14.6%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	8,386	--	--
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	3,086	--	--

Solid increase for Toy Story 4 despite White Storm 2 opening. Slightly disappointing for The White Storm 2. These types of movies can come back with walk-ins though.

Top Animated Films (in HKD)

Toy Story 3 - $89,364,118
Minions - $78,404,191
Monsters University - $77,407,664
Incredibles 2 - $71,205,663
Inside Out - $66,016,979
Zootopia - $51,865,101
Despicable Me 3 - $49,892,324
Finding Dory - $49,524,251
Stand By Me Doraemon - 46,891,675
Kung Fu Panda 2 - $39,469,375
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - $38,236,658
Toy Story 2 - $35,732,127
Big Hero 6 - $34,340,162 (estimate)
The Incredibles - $33,777,162
Up - $33,248,227
Despicable Me 2 - $32,603,704
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - $32,446,094
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - $32,191,416
Finding Nemo - $31,816,876
Your Name - more than $31,478,296
Kung Fu Panda - $31,457,738
The Secret Life of Pets - $30,460,851

Note: This list does not include Toy Story 4's gross.

Since HK MPIA only publishes box office based on the calendar year, winter animation releases such as Big Hero 6 and Your Name's full grosses were not revealed.

For Big Hero 6, I used the number from BOM to convert it into HKD. Your Name's gross is the official number up until December 31.

	Tuesday adm.				July 16
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	--	40,336	--	+6.1%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	29,359	--	--
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	--	10,272	--	+3.6%
4	Annabelle Comes Home	--	3,324	--	-20.7%
5	Child's Play	--	2,170	--	-7.1%
6	Parasite	--	1,861	--	-2.6%
7	Aladdin	--	1,317	--	-19.1%
8	The Secret Life of Pets 2	--	773	--	+2.8%
9	Avengers: Endgame	--	364	--	-15.3%
10	A Long Goodbye	--	309	--	-9.4%

Good increase for Toy Story 4. Much better for The White Storm 2. Toy Story 4 increased its lead in admissions in the morning, afternoon and early evening but The White Storm 2 pushed back late at night. The White Storm 2's opening day score stands at an OK 3.9/5. We'll see if that average word of mouth will sink its weekend.

Toy Story 4 opening weekend actual - $34,490,000 HKD (#9 opening weekend all time, +34.2% higher than Toy Story 3's opening weekend)

This is being reported from news sources. Official number will be released later.

	Top 25 Opening Weekends
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame	$96,288,283	$12,321,893
2	Avengers: Infinity War	$60,123,409	$7,665,537
3	Captain America 3	$50,929,068	$6,570,480
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$49,517,186	$6,405,895
5	Transformers 3	$39,672,804	$5,132,356
6	Captain Marvel	$38,950,000	$4,822,105
7	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$37,274,585	$4,738,124
8	Iron Man 3	$36,625,419	$4,450,499
9	Toy Story 4	$34,490,000	$4,412,461
10	Minions	$34,402,090	$4,401,214
11	The Avengers	$34,252,069	$4,382,021
12	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$32,603,311	$4,156,815
13	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$32,357,961	$4,125,533
14	Jurassic World	$31,253,631	$3,984,735
15	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$30,614,409	$3,919,362
16	Deadpool	$28,930,446	$3,648,661
17	Spider-Man 3	$28,663,114	$3,633,084
18	Ant-Man and the Wasp	$28,326,143	$3,611,490
19	Harry Potter 7-2	$28,203,934	$3,447,541
20	The Mermaid	$28,160,742	$3,443,409
21	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$26,645,964	$3,333,614
22	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$26,617,352	$3,332,877
23	Deadpool 2	$26,116,168	$3,329,725
24	Incredibles 2	$25,957,682	$3,309,519
25	Monsters University	$25,768,640	$3,285,176

	Thursday				July 18
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	46,329	30,895	-33.3%	-8.9%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	21,754	--	-5.0%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	14,201	7,101	-50.0%	-12.6%

Decent hold for Toy Story 4 but last Thursday was deflated due to sneak previews. The real test will be this weekend. Good for The White Storm 2. The White Storm 2 closed the gap by 2,000 admissions from Wednesday's gap. Not bad for Spider-Man although it will experience some screen/showtime cuts this weekend due to the Toy Story 4/White Storm 2 battle.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			July 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	24,935	16,392	-34.3%	+49.8%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	8,236	--	+55.3%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	6,055	2,912	-51.9%	+50.0%

Good hold for Toy Story 4. It was the only movie in the top 3 to increase from its Tuesday pre-sales today. It is aiming for about 43,000-44,000 admissions today. OK for The White Storm 2 but this is a walk-in movie. Every day since its release on Tuesday, it has done 70% of its business through walk-ins. It is shooting for 32,000 today. Spider-Man: Far From Home, like White Storm 2, has also seen 70% or more of its business come from walk-ins. It should slip under the 70% mark today so a total of about 9,000 admissions is expected.

Theater reports

Toy Story 4 is doing well with pre-sales, however, theaters have been reluctant to give Toy Story 4 another screen this weekend even though it broke 100,000 admissions on both Saturday/Sunday last weekend. Some theaters have given the biggest screen to White Storm 2 with the 10 PM and midnight showings while earlier showtimes has seen Toy Story 4 grab the biggest screen. Most seem content to give both films 2 screens each. Spider-Man is still on almost 1 screen and the last screen (if any) goes to any other film.
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The Lion King has started IMAX pre-selling but it is looked pretty weak so far. There's a chance that Toy Story 4 could threepeat if it does not get its act together.

	Friday				July 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	58,820	40,303	-31.5%	+30.5%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	27,364	--	+25.8%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	18,446	9,087	-50.7%	+28.0%
4	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	--	3,581	--	--
5	Parasite	2,786	1,981	-28.9%	--
6	Annabelle Comes Home	6,423	1,637	-74.5%	--
7	Child's Play	4,256	1,558	-63.4%	--
8	Aladdin	1,683	1,314	-21.9%	--
9	Ma	--	1,196	--	--
10	The Secret Life of Pets 2	772	567	-26.6%	--

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			July 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	45,296	27,553	-39.2%	+68.1%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	12,253	--	+48.8%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	8,512	3,883	-54.4%	+33.3%
4	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	--	1,433	--	--
5	Parasite	1,033	642	-37.9%	--
6	Ma	--	459	--	--
7	Child's Play	1,114	424	-61.9%	--
8	Annabelle Comes Home	1,637	359	-78.1%	--
9	Aladdin	583	341	-41.5%	--
10	The Secret Life of Pets 2	414	224	-45.9%	--

	Saturday				July 20
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	100,246	68,045	-32.1%	+68.8%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	44,291	--	+61.9%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	28,754	13,704	-52.3%	+50.8%
4	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	--	4,739	--	+32.3%
5	Parasite	4,947	3,600	-27.2%	+81.7%
6	Child's Play	5,013	1,954	-61.0%	+25.4%
7	Annabelle Comes Home	7,464	1,749	-76.6%	+6.8%
8	Ma	--	1,702	--	+42.3%
9	Aladdin	2,419	1,679	-30.6%	+27.8%
10	The Secret Life of Pets 2	1,509	887	-41.2%	+56.4%

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			July 21
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	55,887	32,982	-41.0%	+19.7%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	14,638	--	+19.5%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	9,712	3,946	-59.4%	+1.6%
4	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	--	1,767	--	+23.3%
5	Parasite	1,388	853	-38.5%	+32.9%
6	Annabelle Comes Home	1,568	488	-68.9%	+35.9%
7	Child's Play	1,335	468	-64.9%	+10.4%
8	Ma	--	453	--	-1.3%
9	Aladdin	721	356	-50.6%	+4.4%
10	Jesus	--	317	--	--

	Sunday				July 21
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Toy Story 4	101,793	68,186	-33.0%	+0.2%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	42,286	--	-4.5%
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	26,401	12,028	-54.4%	-12.2%
4	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	--	5,799	--	+22.4%
5	Parasite	4,613	2,974	-35.5%	-37.2%
6	Aladdin	2,751	1,734	-37.0%	+3.3%
7	Child's Play	4,512	1,544	-65.8%	-21.0%
8	Annabelle Comes Home	6,723	1,487	-77.9%	-15.0%
9	Ma	--	1,436	--	-15.6%
10	The Secret Life of Pets 2	1,834	964	-47.4%	+8.7%

Very good for Toy Story 4. It not only had the best hold of the top 10 but it also was the only holdover film to slip less than 1% from its week-to-week Saturday % drop. Family film holdovers such as Aladdin and The Secret Life of Pets fell more than 6% on Sunday from its Saturday % drop. Good for White Storm 2. Spider-Man has seen its week-to-week drops increase every day this weekend.

	Weekend adm.			Jul 18-21
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg
1	Toy Story 4	307,188	207,429	-32.5%
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	--	135,695	--
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	87,802	41,920	-52.3%

	Weekend Estimates			July 18
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Toy Story 4	$2,105,000	-52.3%	$7,625,000
2	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	$1,815,000		$1,815,000
3	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$445,000	-53.9%	$10,495,000
4	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	$165,000		$165,000

Very good hold for Toy Story 4. Its drop is being compared to its opening weekend with 5 days of sneak previews added in. By its 4th weekend, it will have passed 10m and Minions. Taking down Toy Story 3 should be done by its 5th week.

The White Storm 2: Drug Lords opened pretty well. It will finish higher than its predecessor but it may only barely crack 5m. It doesn't have strong word of mouth and these types of films tend to fade faster than most.

Spider-Man: Far From Home broke 10m this week but it has steadily dropped larger every day this weekend. A finish of about 11.5-12m looks likely, putting it just below the top 10 of all time.

Not great for Crayon Shin-Chan: Honeymoon Hurricane.
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The Lion King IMAX pre-sales continue to look very weak. Pre-sales for the 7 PM showtime on Friday at the 2 biggest IMAX theaters are 20% and <20% full respectively. Pre-sales at regular theaters seem to be slow as well.

I still think it will win next weekend with about 2m but it is tracking like The Jungle Book in pre-sales so far, which made 1.23m OW.

Actuals

Toy Story 4 - $59,886,759 HK ($7,669,473 US)
Spider-Man: Far From Home - $81,863,074 HK ($10,483,898 US)

Spider-Man: Far From Home scurries into the top 15 all time (#14) while Toy Story 4 enters the top 40 (#38).

Thursday Schedules

The Lion King will be on either 1 or 2 screens and has taken away the biggest screen from Toy Story 4. Toy Story 4 gets the 2nd biggest screen at almost all locations during the entire day with the exception of its 10 PM showtime. The White Storm 2 is 3rd. Spider-Man: Far From Home is down to 1 or 2 showtimes at most theaters. At the remaining theaters, they have either cut it completely or put it on 3 or 4 showtimes.

Pre-sales

The Lion King is still looking sluggish in IMAX at the moment. It is now up to 40% filled capacity Thursday night and 25-30% on Friday night. At regular theaters, The Lion King is crushing it in the business district and in most places on HK Island. In Kowloon though, Toy Story 4 is out in front Friday night at most locations. Right now, The Lion King leads 65-35% over Toy Story 4 on Friday night excluding IMAX theaters and early pre-selling showtimes of The Lion King. That number increases to about 80-20% including everything.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			July 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	13,263	--	--
2	Toy Story 4	10,939	5,293	-51.6%	-29.5%
3	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	1,992	--	--
4	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	5,303	1,981	-62.6%	-42.3%
5	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	958	--	--
6	Spider-Man: Far From Home	1,941	451	-76.8%	-67.3%

Decent for The Lion King. It should be able to get over 35,000 admissions today. Good hold for Toy Story 4. Great for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. It actually beat The Hateful Eight's opening day admissions with just its pre-sales. Not great for The White Storm 2. Terrible for The Confidence Man JP. A lot of theaters are reporting showtimes nearly empty aside from a handful of showtimes. Disaster for Spider-Man.

	Thursday				July 25
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	% chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	34,670	--	--
2	Toy Story 4	30,895	17,249	-44.2%	-16.6%
3	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	21,754	8,983	-58.7%	-28.3%
4	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	6,985	--	--
5	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	2,837	--	--
6	Spider-Man: Far From Home	7,101	2,184	-69.2%	-54.4%
7	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	--	1,616	--	-43.7%
8	Parasite	--	727	--	-40.1%
9	Children of the Sea	--	690	--	--
10	Annabelle Comes Home	--	542	--	-48.6%

The Lion King couldn't break through 35,000 admissions. It's still a good opening day though. Opening day reviews are in and its user score sits at an average 3.5/5. If that continues throughout this weekend, this might be worrying for the lions.

Opening day estimate - $375,000

Solid for Toy Story 4. Meh for White Storm 2. Great opening day for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. Poor opening for Confidence Man JP. Spider-Man was wiped out.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			July 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	13,758	--	+3.7%
2	Toy Story 4	16,392	7,717	-52.9%	+45.8%
3	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	8,236	2,974	-63.9%	+50.1%
4	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	2,537	--	+27.4%
5	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	1,029	--	+7.4%
6	Spider-Man: Far From Home	2,912	622	-78.6%	+37.9%

Wow. That is a troubling sign for The Lion King. If it decreases on Friday, that would be shocking. All the holdovers saw slightly bigger drops on Friday. Another good hold for Toy Story 4. Ho-hum for White Storm 2. Very nice for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.

	Friday				July 26
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	34,939	--	+0.8%
2	Toy Story 4	40,303	21,322	-47.1%	+23.6%
3	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	27,364	11,452	-58.1%	+27.5%
4	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	7,900	--	+13.1%
5	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	3,544	--	+24.9%
6	Spider-Man: Far From Home	9,087	2,688	-70.4%	+23.1%
7	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	3,581	1,586	-55.7%	-1.9%
8	Parasite	1,981	1,163	-41.3%	+60.0%
9	Annabelle Comes Home	1,637	651	-60.2%	+20.1%
10	Children of the Sea	--	606	--	-12.2%

The Lion King managed to squeak out an increase within the last 2 hours. User score is still at a very low 3.6/5. Aside from horror films, it is the lowest major release out in theaters right now. Not bad for Toy Story 4. Average for The White Storm 2. Excellent for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. Not good for Confidence Man JP. Disaster for Spider-Man.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			July 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	19,129	--	+39.0%
2	Toy Story 4	27,553	10,765	-60.9%	+39.5%
3	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	12,253	3,531	-71.2%	+18.7%
4	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	3,427	--	+35.1%
5	Spider-Man: Far From Home	3,883	940	-75.8%	+51.1%
6	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	925	--	-10.1%
7	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	1,433	635	-55.7%	--
8	Parasite	642	330	-48.6%	--
9	Children of the Sea	--	172	--	--
10	Little Q	--	156	--	--

Terrible increases all around. The Lion King had a very poor increase for Saturday pre-sales. After only increasing 4% from Thursday's pre-sales on Friday, it really should have went above 60% today. If this doesn't make 2m this weekend after its pretty good opening day, it will be a travesty. Bad hold for Toy Story 4. Ugly holds for White Storm 2 and Spider-Man. The best performer out of the top 5 was Once Upon A Time in Hollywood but its gain wasn't all that great either.

	Saturday				July 27
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	51,827	--	+48.3%
2	Toy Story 4	68,045	31,422	-53.8%	+47.4%
3	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	44,291	15,200	-65.7%	+32.7%
4	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	11,763	--	+48.9%
5	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	4,005	--	+13.0%
6	Spider-Man: Far From Home	13,704	3,563	-74.0%	+32.6%
7	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	4,739	1,902	-59.9%	+19.9%
8	Parasite	3,600	1,696	-52.9%	+45.8%
9	Children of the Sea	--	803	--	+32.5%
10	Aladdin	1,679	745	-55.6%	--

Not one movie increased more than 50% from Friday's admissions. There are several reasons for this but the main reason of the sudden slowdown is the tightening of the belt. People are saving money and going out less so this will affect box office. Many places were virtually empty today. The Lion King having mediocre word of mouth didn't help either. Neither does the ongoing violence, riots and unrest.

After the closure of 8 theaters and 9 theaters being affected in total on Monday, moviegoing returned to normal levels on Tuesday. There's been several weeks of data on how protests affect the box office but I've come to the conclusion that they only dent it minimally.

Today, some theaters had near normal business but most saw muted ticket sales which points to a bigger problem than just riots or protests. Though at the site of today's protests, the IMAX theater in Yuen Long recorded ticket sales of just 43, 17 and 8 (from 5-10 pm) for The Lion King. This is a 409 seater that should be more than 75% full on weekends. Toy Story 4 saw above and beyond last weekend on that screen.

Onto next week where Fast & Furious 8 isn't looking great with early pre-sales either. It comes out in just 4 days and showings are bare at the moment.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			July 28
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The Lion King	--	20,723	--	+8.3%
2	Toy Story 4	32,982	14,288	-56.7%	+32.7%
3	Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration	--	7,952	--	--
4	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	14,638	4,321	-70.5%	+22.4%
5	Once Upon A Time in Hollywood	--	3,798	--	+10.8%
6	The Confidence Man JP: The Movie	--	1,187	--	+28.3%
7	Spider-Man: Far From Home	3,946	861	-78.2%	-8.4%
8	Crayon Shin-chan: Honeymoon Hurricane	1,767	600	-66.0%	-5.5%
9	Parasite	853	411	-51.8%	+24.5%
10	The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: The Great Jail-Breaker	--	348	--	--

The Lion King is still in trouble. A 2m opening weekend is most likely out of the question now with those pre-sales unless if it has robust walk-ins today. Holdovers don't look impressive at all although Toy Story 4 has closed the gap in pre-sales from The Lion King to about 6,500. Very good for Doraemon 2019. These are sneak previews and most have only given it 2 showtimes today.

Weekend Projections

1. The Lion King - $1,882,000
2. Toy Story 4 - $1,000,000 (-53.2%)/$9,265,000
3. The White Storm 2: Drug Lords - $500,000 (-72.5%)/$2,625,000
4. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - $430,000
5. The Confidence Man JP: The Movie - $155,000