Thursday Estimated Actuals

1. Avatar 2 - $156,220 (-62.9%)/$14,723,115
2. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre - $20,359 (opening day actual)
3. The Narrow Road - $17,926 (-26.8%)/$563,417
4. The Sparring Partner - $10,115 (-28.3%)/$5,210,328
5. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - $8,963 (opening day actual)
6. Puss in Boots 2 - $7,554 (-84.3%)/$1,015,128

What a disaster of a weekend. Only The Sparring Partner achieved higher than 15 admissions per showing while I Wanna Dance With Somebody brought up the rear with just 7 per showing.

Avatar 2 will pass Titanic today but catching Spider-Man: No Way Home for #5 will have to wait until after this weekend is over.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			January 6
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avatar: The Way of Water	13,861	5,985	-56.8%	+18.3%
2	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	--	1,213	--	+24.5%
3	The Narrow Road	1,346	982	-27.0%	+27.5%
4	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	1,436	792	-44.8%	--
5	I Wanna Dance With Somebody	--	530	--	+13.2%
6	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	2,558	453	-82.3%	+25.1%

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In response to high demand for The First Slam Dunk this weekend in previews, it is being gifted a couple of IMAX showtimes next week in at least 2 IMAX theaters when it officially opens. That is a big surprise because Avatar will most likely achieve more than 50% occupancy rate with most of this weekend's IMAX showtimes at those 2 theaters.

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			January 7
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	Avatar: The Way of Water	17,368	8,406	-51.6%	+40.5%
2	The First Slam Dunk	--	5,595	--	--
3	The Narrow Road	2,330	1,552	-33.4%	+58.0%
4	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	2,396	1,551	-35.3%	+95.8%
5	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	--	1,502	--	+23.8%
6	A Guilty Conscience	--	1,124	--	--
7	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	2,785	936	-66.4%	+106.6%

Avatar 2 will pass 15m today. The First Slam Dunk did well with most of its 33 sneak preview showings above 60% full. A Guilty Conscience also begins its run today with 5 preview showings and they are all 100% filled.

Saturday admissions: I think Avatar 2 amassed around 15,000 admissions yesterday, however, it is offset by at least 2 theater chains reducing their prices. Some theaters at Golden Harvest actually increased their prices this week. Some regular theater showings had about 10-15 people while others lassoed over 100. Overall, I think it did around $270,000 for the day, which is about a -59% hold from New Year's Eve.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			January 8
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	--	10,983	--	+96.3%
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	16,606	8,844	-46.7%	+5.2%
3	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	1,946	1,514	-22.2%	-2.4%
4	The Narrow Road	2,186	1,513	-30.8%	-2.5%
5	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	--	1,425	--	-5.1%
6	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	2,827	1,371	-51.5%	+46.5%

With The First Slam Dunk adding another showtime at each theater from yesterday, it moves into 1st place in pre-sales. This is one of the major contenders to win the Chinese New Year weekend.

Avatar 2 dips to #2 but it should see another increase from Saturday today. The 1 admission separation between To My Nineteen Year Old Self and The Narrow Road continues.

Saturday: So it seems like Avatar 2 made about $330,000 from a little more than 15,000 admissions, however, I went over the math and it seems like average ticket price was not lowered this week. It seems to have stayed flat or went slightly up from Avatar 2's opening weekend which is strange. At least 2 theater chains lowered their 3D prices this week by $30-$35 HK. That's a significant price cut. Also, all credit card/theater chain discounts have resumed this week after the holiday period ended. Even with the handful of Golden Harvest theaters that increased their prices this week, 1/3 of all theaters in HK/Macau reduced 3D tickets. What am I missing here?

	Weekend Projections			January 5
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Avatar: The Way of Water	$1,015,000	-55.6%	$15,580,000
2	The First Slam Dunk	$275,000		$275,000
3	The Narrow Road	$115,000	-30.3%	$660,000
3	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$115,000		$575,000
5	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	$100,000		$100,000

With those numbers, Avatar 2 enters the top 5 all time and declines about 56% from New Year's weekend which I consider to be a very good hold. In the years since Avatar's release, no other film has managed to drop below 50% or gross more than 1m the first weekend after New Year's. If this number holds, Avatar 2 will only be the 2nd film released before Christmas week to earn more than 1m the weekend after New Year's. It only took Avatar 2 4 weeks to have a very good hold but it couldn't have come at a better time.

The First Slam Dunk towered over its competition with only 2 days of sneaks. It had an average admissions of nearly 200 on Saturday and is headed for at least a 1m opening weekend next week. With Chinese New Year still to come, this could gross 4-5m+ total.

The Narrow Road once again had a very good hold but it won't be enough to survive the coming onslaught in the next couple of weeks. It could head toward $900,000 final.

To My Nineteen Year Old Self continues its sneak previews run with another excellent $115,000 added this weekend. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this grossed 1m in previews before it officially opens on January 26.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is the lone opener in the top 5. It didn't generate much interest beyond its target audience. $300,000 is looking unlikely at this point.

	Weekend Estimates			January 5
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	Avatar: The Way of Water	$1,020,000	-55.4%	$15,585,000
2	The First Slam Dunk	$275,000		$275,000
3	The Narrow Road	$115,000	-30.3%	$660,000
3	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$115,000		$575,000
5	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	$100,000		$100,000

Minor adjustment upward for Avatar 2 as it played better than expected Sunday night.

If that number holds, Avatar 2 will be the 2nd film ever to gross 1m the weekend after New Year's weekend and the 2nd film released before Christmas week to do so as well (both following Avatar).

The First Slam Dunk will get 3-5 screens at most places this week which means theaters will dump Avatar 2 onto half-day showings or less. Some theaters do retain Avatar 2 on 1.5 screens but Avatar 2 will lose 2 IMAX theaters to The First Slam Dunk on Thursday. Other openers include Megan, The Son and Shotgun Wedding.

With this development, The First Slam Dunk is aiming for about 2-2.5m this weekend (previews excluded). Avatar 2 is looking at a -45% drop.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)								Jan 2-8
LW	TW	Title	Last Week (HKD)	This Week (HKD)	Days	% chg	Total (HKD)	Last Week (USD)	This Week (USD)	Total (USD)
1	1	Avatar: The Way of Water	$36,367,947	$16,100,857	26	-55.7%	$121,613,240	$4,654,149	$2,062,159	$15,575,933
--	2	The First Slam Dunk	--	$2,048,878	0	--	$2,048,878	--	$262,415	$262,415
3	3	The Narrow Road	$2,125,915	$1,620,132	18	-23.8%	$5,146,871	$272,061	$207,502	$659,198
2	4	Puss In Boots: The Last Wish	$4,168,954	$1,523,621	18	-63.5%	$8,578,102	$533,517	$195,141	$1,098,662
4	5	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$1,650,731	$1,350,247	0	-18.2%	$4,519,162	$211,250	$172,936	$578,803
5	6	The Sparring Partner	$1,173,917	$881,238	74	-24.9%	$41,042,504	$150,230	$112,866	$5,256,625
--	7	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	--	$801,371	4	--	$801,371	--	$102,637	$102,637
--	8	The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes	--	$516,026	4	--	$751,328	--	$66,091	$66,091
8	9	Triangle of Sadness	$538,596	$510,162	11	-5.3%	$1,100,758	$68,926	$65,340	$140,982
7	10	The Fabelmans	$578,312	$378,324	11	-34.6%	$1,103,888	$74,008	$48,454	$141,383

Now confirmed with actuals. Avatar 2 officially has the 2nd biggest weekend the weekend after New Year's. It's also the 2nd film to gross more than 1m the weekend after New Year's and is only the 2nd film released before Christmas week to collect 1m on this particular weekend, all behind Avatar.

Very strong previews from The First Slam Dunk.

In terms of multipliers, Avatar 2 has already done 4x its opening weekend while The Narrow Road and Puss in Boots 2 have both crossed a 3x multiplier.

All of these multipliers pale in comparison to The Sparring Partner's multiplier from opening weekend + sneaks which has already blown past 12x and is closing in on 13x.

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame*	$221,895,530	$28,441,141
2	Avatar**	$178,248,295	$22,846,719
3	Avengers: Infinity War***	$153,301,337	$19,649,179
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron****	$133,061,397	$17,054,953
5	Avatar: The Way of Water*	$121,613,240	$15,575,933
6	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$121,002,669	$15,509,343
7	Titanic*****	$115,306,690	$14,779,269
8	Captain America: Civil War******	$112,654,686	$14,439,353
9	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,756,639	$13,811,552
10	Iron Man 3	$106,389,801	$13,636,360
11	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$98,196,851	$12,586,240
12	The Avengers	$96,705,670	$12,395,110
13	Jurassic World	$96,295,976	$12,342,598
14	Toy Story 3	$89,364,118	$11,454,117
15	Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom	$88,649,003	$11,362,459
16	Toy Story 4	$88,537,419	$11,348,156
17	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$84,788,927	$10,867,699
18	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$84,703,797	$10,856,787
19	Warriors of Future	$81,888,311	$10,495,917
20	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,471,933
21	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,288,488
22	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,049,345
23	Table for Six*	$77,460,655	$9,912,945
24	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,906,164
25	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,841,935
26	Captain Marvel	$76,043,088	$9,746,714
27	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,693,211
28	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,126,684
29	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,716,396
30	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,617,411
31	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,490,751
32	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,461,631
33	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,428,733
34	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,623,783	$8,411,234
35	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,114,940
36	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	$63,079,202	$8,085,086
37	Anita	$62,519,889	$8,013,397
38	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,983,537
39	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,944,691
40	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,933,789
41	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,862,731	$7,929,167
42	Joker	$61,497,005	$7,882,290
43	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,854,309
44	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,785,243
45	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,748,068
46	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,723,919
47	Doctor Strange	$59,793,472	$7,663,942
48	Aladdin	$59,754,798	$7,658,985
49	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,643,568
50	The Dark Knight	$58,524,393	$7,501,280

Avatar 2 enters the top 5, beating Spider-Man: No Way Home which had its box office run cut short from the COVID-19 pandemic closure. What this means is that only 2 film franchises represent the top 5 all time in Hong Kong.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			January 12
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	--	18,880	--	--
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	5,059	1,706	-66.3%	--
3	M3gan	--	900	--	--
4	The Narrow Road	770	396	-48.6%	--
5	The Son	--	394	--	--

		Thursday Actuals						January 12
LW	TW	Movie	Last Thu. (USD)	Thu. (USD)	% chg	Theaters	Days	Total
--	1	The First Slam Dunk	--	$334,286	--	64	1	$601,972
1	2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$156,220	$73,645	-52.9%	54	30	$16,006,043
--	3	M3gan	--	$30,739	--	58	1	$30,739
3	4	The Narrow Road	$17,926	$12,552	-30.0%	48	22	$742,859
--	5	The Son	--	$6,660	--	26	1	$6,660

Note 1: Theater counts were not published for The First Slam Dunk or The Narrow Road. The figures in the table are estimated theater counts.

Note 2: It is unknown if M3gan's Thursday gross and total include special screenings from last weekend.

Nice start for The First Slam Dunk. It is aiming for an OW higher than Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's OW collecting about 2m OW without previews.

With the fierce competition, Avatar 2 dropped more than 50% on Thursday, however, the loss of 2 IMAX theaters on Thursday really hurt its hold. Those theaters will show Avatar 2 this weekend.

M3gan began its campaign in Hong Kong this weekend but its OW is merely just OK. Horror films don't do especially well in HK. Most horror films make around $200,000-$300,000 OW. I think the decision to release this the weekend before Chinese New Year is the wrong move. Had this been shown in February, I think it would have done a lot more.

The Narrow Road is still on its quest to 1m but it's unclear how next week's openers will affect smaller holdovers like this one.

The Son had a tepid opening. The starpower of Hugh Jackman wasn't enough to get people to watch this one.

Not listed in the chart is Shotgun Wedding where no estimated Thursday actual was given but it did amass less than 800 people. You know it's bad when they don't even tell what the film grossed when it is an opener! It will be one and done.

	Friday adm.	(so far)			January 13
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	--	18,345	--	-2.8%
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	5,985	2,631	-56.0%	+54.2%
3	M3gan	--	1,195	--	+32.8%
4	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	792	829	+4.7%	--
5	The Narrow Road	982	631	-35.7%	+59.3%

Previews and high opening day demand means that Friday will be slightly frontloaded. If it can manage to increase maybe 10-15% today, then it will be on track for a nice gain this weekend.

Avatar 2 is on the back foot once again but it does gain one IMAX theater today which is very good news. OK increase for M3gan.

The Future of Avatar 2

Avatar 2 will likely lose all of its premium theaters to BTS when it officially opens on February 1. Normally, these hot concert movies play well for 1-2 weeks and then fade. Pre-sales for BTS are looking great which means even if it fades in its 2nd weekend, by that time, Avatar 2 won't be able to regain the premium theaters due to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opening the weekend after.

The good news is that despite the loss of premium theaters, Avatar 2 will likely retain its IMAX showings after 2 theater losses on Thursday. It will get back one theater on Friday and the other IMAX theater not showing it comes back on Saturday. 3 IMAX theaters have either taken away weekend The First Slam Dunk IMAX showings to give to Avatar 2 or they held back its weekend 9 PM showtimes and determined who gets those showtimes based on Saturday/Sunday pre-sales and Avatar 2 was the clear winner. Avatar 2 will likely take back IMAX showings on Monday, if not on Thursday so chances are, it will have a very strong hold next week.

Friday: I believe The First Slam Dunk is looking at 375-400k (+12%-+20% from Thursday) while Avatar 2 is around 110-120k (-44%--39% from last Friday), an increase of about 49%-63% from Thursday)

	Saturday adm.	(so far)			January 14
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	5,595	23,389	+318.0%	+27.5%
2	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	--	5,336	--	--
3	Avatar: The Way of Water	8,406	4,076	-51.5%	+54.9%
4	M3gan	--	1,548	--	+29.5%
5	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	1,551	1,518	-2.1%	+83.1%
6	A Guilty Conscience	1,124	1,300	+15.7%	--
7	The Narrow Road	1,552	961	-38.1%	+52.3%

Not as big of an increase as I expected for The First Slam Dunk. Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is having special screenings this weekend. 22 of its 50 showings were fully pre-booked before going on sale. Another good increase for Avatar 2.
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Some theaters are increasing showtimes for Avatar 2 on Monday by giving it another screen or a few more showtimes or bigger houses including some in IMAX. It is entirely possible that Avatar 2's gross on Monday ends up higher than its 5th Thursday gross with the increase in showtimes.

Saturday: I believe The First Slam Dunk grossed around 700k while Avatar 2 came in with about 180k.

I saw at one theater for The First Slam Dunk where every regular showing from morning to night (except for 9-10 PM showings) was above 65 admits. This theater also showed Slam Dunk in IMAX and that also had more than 250 admissions for one of the night showings. It looked very strong in other theaters as well from what I saw with over 100-150 admissions with certain showings.

Avatar 2 made a ton of money in IMAX. One IMAX showing sold over 300 admissions and that showing alone came close to $10,000. The additional IMAX theater on Saturday played alright with $7,900 taken in from 2 showings. Regular theaters had some very strong showings for its 5th week. One theater had each regular theater showing above 90 admissions. I saw a couple of showings as well above 100.

	Sunday adm.	(so far)			January 15
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	10,983	24,688	+124.8%	+5.6%
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	8,844	4,476	-49.4%	+9.8%
3	M3gan	--	1,631	--	+5.4%
4	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	1,514	1,313	-13.3%	-13.5%
5	The Narrow Road	1,513	953	-37.0%	-0.8%
6	A Guilty Conscience	--	782	--	-39.8%

OK increase for The First Slam Dunk. Good increase for Avatar 2. Decent increase for M3gan.

	Weekend Projections			January 12
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	The First Slam Dunk	$1,605,000	+511.6%	$1,867,000
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$555,000	-45.0%	$16,485,000
3	M3gan	$225,000		$225,000
4	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$80,000	-32.2%	$665,000
5	The Narrow Road	$75,000	-34.2%	$800,000

Very good opening for The First Slam Dunk. Theaters that I was tracking turned out to be extreme outliers. Slam Dunk's Friday was flat with Thursday but it is heading for an increase on Sunday to push it ahead of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's OW with previews. Theaters will give it at least 1 screen next week so I'm curious to see how well it holds up in the face of really big competition.

Avatar 2 did what it could to survive this week. On Saturday, it lost about 61% of showings from last Saturday. It's a decent hold for what turned out to be very big competition. Despite the plethora of films next week, it should be able to ease 25% next weekend provided that it gets back most of its IMAX showings.

OK for M3gan. It is going to fall hard next week despite coming in 3rd this weekend. Only the top film will survive in regular theaters next weekend and I don't expect the #2 movie Avatar 2 to get many regular showings. Those will be dominated by new films. M3gan might be able to eke out some late night showings if possible.

	Weekend Estimates			January 12
Rank	Movie	TW	% chg	Total
1	The First Slam Dunk	$1,595,000	+507.8%	$1,857,000
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$555,000	-45.0%	$16,485,000
3	M3gan	$225,000		$225,000
4	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$80,000	-32.2%	$665,000
5	The Narrow Road	$75,000	-34.2%	$800,000

Sunday looked slightly worse than expected for The First Slam Dunk.

Rank	Movie	Last Thu. Presales	Mon. Presales	% chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	18,880	6,777	-64.1%
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	1,706	1,711	+0.3%
3	M3gan	900	750	-16.7%
4	The Narrow Road	396	334	-15.7%
5	The Son	394	167	-57.6%

I've been noticing a slight uptick in pre-sales this week for top holdovers and 1 opener. It could mean that some people are starting their CNY holidays early.

Obviously, The First Slam Dunk is burning off a lot of demand after a strong opening weekend so it has lost a lot of upfront pre-sales. The Son, meanwhile, is not doing well at all. It seems those that are heading to the theater would rather watch other films. Avatar 2, M3gan and The Narrow Road all are seeing good holds from last Thursday's pre-sales. With the return of 2 IMAX theaters, Avatar 2 was just able to increase from last Thursday's pre-sales. Good pre-sales hold for M3gan. Some horror films typically fade as soon as opening weekend but early pre-sales are still there for the film which suggests at least good WOM. The Narrow Road is also benefiting from this collective lift in pre-sales.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)								Jan 9-15
LW	TW	Title	LW (HKD)	TW (HKD)	Days	% chg	Total (HKD)	LW (USD)	TW (USD)	Total (USD)
2	1	The First Slam Dunk	$2,048,878	$12,236,358	4	+497.2%	$14,285,236	$262,415	$1,565,499	$1,827,629
1	2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$16,100,857	$7,067,795	33	-56.1%	$128,681,035	$2,062,159	$904,242	$16,463,239
--	3	M3gan	$277,202	$1,449,634	4	+423.0%	$1,726,836	$35,464	$185,463	$220,928
3	4	The Narrow Road	$1,620,132	$1,121,692	25	-30.8%	$6,268,728	$207,502	$143,507	$802,010
5	5	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$1,350,247	$676,635	0	-49.9%	$5,196,917	$172,936	$86,567	$664,884
8	6	The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes	$516,026	$540,623	11	+4.8%	$1,291,951	$66,091	$69,166	$165,290
4	7	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$1,523,621	$465,590	25	-69.4%	$9,043,692	$195,141	$59,566	$1,157,035
6	8	The Sparring Partner	$881,238	$439,412	81	-50.1%	$41,487,144	$112,866	$56,217	$5,307,796
7	9	Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre	$801,371	$432,525	11	-46.0%	$1,233,896	$102,637	$55,336	$157,862
RE	10	Mama's Affair	--	$288,330	158	--	$41,360,767	--	$36,888	$5,291,628

The First Slam Dunk achieves a higher OW than Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's $14.06m HK OW. It will pass 2m on Tuesday and perhaps 3m by the end of the CNY holidays. Avatar 2 is closing in on Avengers: Age of Ultron for #4 all time and it might be able to cross 17m by Sunday pending scheduling. I think it will pass Avengers: Age of Ultron by Tuesday at the latest. M3gan opened alright. Down the list, The Sparring Partner surpassed Mama's Affair's total this week.

Scheduling

New opener Sakra gets 1-2 screens at Cinema City. Only half of MCL will show this with about 3-4 showings. Emperor has about half of its chain screening it on Thursday with 3 showings. Broadway only has 3 theaters playing this but it does get full day showtimes there. GH has more than half showing it with 3-4 showtimes per theater.

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is getting the most support from Cinema City and MCL with about 5 showings or even full day showtimes (minus 9 PM). It will get half day showings from GH theaters but less than half of Broadway theaters are picking this up with only 2-3 showings per day.

The top holdovers are keeping most of their showtimes from earlier this week but that will change on Saturday. To make room for the new openers on Thursday, bottom feeders such as Shotgun Wedding and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre are getting the axe.

2 IMAX theaters will give the IMAX screen back to Avatar 2 completely on Thursday while the other 3 retains the same number of showings from last weekend.

Actuals

Avatar 2 made HK$460,060 (US$62,700) on Monday with a cumulative total of HK$129,171,095 (US$16,526,723) in 34 days of release. By Friday, it will be around HK$131m with only 2m and change behind Avengers: Age of Ultron for #4 on the all time list.

Saturday schedules are not out yet, however, even if Avatar 2 loses 90-95% of regular theater showings on Saturday, it can still gross up to 250k in IMAX alone if it keeps its showtimes from Thursday.

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame*	$221,895,530	$28,441,141
2	Avatar**	$178,248,295	$22,846,719
3	Avengers: Infinity War***	$153,301,337	$19,649,179
4	Avengers: Age of Ultron****	$133,061,397	$17,054,953
5	Avatar: The Way of Water*	$129,171,095	$16,526,724
6	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$121,002,669	$15,509,343
7	Titanic*****	$115,306,690	$14,779,269
8	Captain America: Civil War******	$112,654,686	$14,439,353
9	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,756,639	$13,811,552
10	Iron Man 3	$106,389,801	$13,636,360
11	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$98,196,851	$12,586,240
12	The Avengers	$96,705,670	$12,395,110
13	Jurassic World	$96,295,976	$12,342,598
14	Toy Story 3	$89,364,118	$11,454,117
15	Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom	$88,649,003	$11,362,459
16	Toy Story 4	$88,537,419	$11,348,156
17	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$84,788,927	$10,867,699
18	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$84,703,797	$10,856,787
19	Warriors of Future	$81,888,311	$10,495,917
20	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,471,933
21	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,288,488
22	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,049,345
23	Table for Six*	$77,542,271	$9,921,103
24	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,906,164
25	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,841,935
26	Captain Marvel	$76,043,088	$9,746,714
27	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,693,211
28	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,126,684
29	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,716,396
30	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,617,411
31	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,490,751
32	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,461,631
33	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,428,733
34	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,623,783	$8,411,234
35	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,114,940
36	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	$63,079,202	$8,085,086
37	Anita	$62,519,889	$8,013,397
38	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,983,537
39	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,944,691
40	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,933,789
41	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,862,731	$7,929,167
42	Joker	$61,497,005	$7,882,290
43	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,854,309
44	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,785,243
45	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,748,068
46	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,723,919
47	Doctor Strange	$59,793,472	$7,663,942
48	Aladdin	$59,754,798	$7,658,985
49	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,643,568
50	The Dark Knight	$58,524,393	$7,501,280

* - without re-release (Re-release included: $223,089,935 HK)
** - without re-release (Re-release included: $183,411,471 HK)
*** - without re-release (Re-release included: $154,700,588 HK)
**** - without re-release (Re-release included: $133,072,933 HK)
***** - without re-release (Re-release included: $128,003,033 HK)
****** - without re-release (Re-release included: $113,470,676 HK)
* - still in release

Updated through Monday.

	Thursday adm.	(so far)			January 19
Rank	Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
1	The First Slam Dunk	18,880	7,786	-58.8%	--
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	1,706	2,087	+22.3%	--
3	Sakra	--	1,267	--	--
4	M3gan	900	950	+5.6%	--
5	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	--	682	--	--
6	The Narrow Road	396	516	+30.3%	--

Holiday bumps all around. The big question will be how many theaters will still opt to show holdovers outside of The First Slam Dunk this weekend.

Early scheduling for holdovers has The First Slam Dunk on one screen or with half day showtimes everywhere. Avatar 2 is very lucky to still have premium screens and IMAX as 50% of its 2D/3D Saturday schedules so far are in those small VIP houses. Combine that with IMAX and more than 60% of showings so far are represented by those 2 formats. M3gan and The Narrow Road seem around neck and neck so far in showings on Saturday.

Update on Avatar 2 in IMAX: It will lose IMAX showings in 2 Broadway theaters and 1 Emperor theater as both theater chains have a big movie coming out this weekend. Those 3 combined have left Avatar 2 with only 1 IMAX showing each. The IMAX theater with MCL has given all IMAX showings to Avatar 2 through next weekend while the IMAX theater in GH looks to be full day showings for Avatar 2 as well with 3 showings publicly showing so far. No other film has gotten the IMAX screen there yet. Total number of IMAX showings for Avatar 2 on Saturday is 11 (▼ from 15 on Thursday).

Consequently due to this development, The First Slam Dunk is left with just 1 IMAX showing at 1 IMAX theater.

Avatar 2 is looking at a weekend of about $400,000 (-25.0%). It's an excellent drop considering the massive showtime loss in IMAX and regular theaters as well as competition from local films.

Weekend breakdown:
Thu - $70,000 (estimated actual)
Fri - $90,000
Sat - $89,000 (estimated actual)
Sun - $150,000
Total - $17.023m

Saturday was severely deflated due to it being Chinese New Year's Eve. Most of Avatar 2's showings fell in between late afternoon to early evening and that is the time when people are having their reunion dinner.

Sunday was definitely an eye opener as some theaters haven't seen these robust admissions since Christmas Day. 2 Broadway theater's 3D showings of Avatar 2 for the day averaged more than 70 admissions.

That Sunday estimate may even be conservative given that some theaters doubled-quintupled its Saturday showings.

That $400,000 weekend would get Avatar 2 close to Avengers: Age of Ultron's gross for #4 all time, however, if Sunday is underestimated, it might just be enough for it to pass Avengers: Age of Ultron for #4.

With 3 more holidays Mon-Wed, it should be close to 17.4m, if not more by then. 18m will be crossed on the first weekend of February.
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The First Slam Dunk was close to 2.9m on Saturday but will certainly break the 3m mark on Sunday. I've seen it start to falter just a bit in IMAX and in regular theaters but it will definitely reach 4m and 5m is looking likely.

Avatar 2 Chinese New Year Holiday Breakdown:

Mon - $175,000
Tue - $175,000
Wed - $130,000
Total (3-day) - $480,000 ($17.5m 43-day running total)

Amazing admissions on Monday for Avatar 2. There was a sizable increase in admissions at all theater chains. Some IMAX theaters doubled or tripled their Sunday admissions just because of more favorable showtimes. With regular theater showings, I even saw some sellouts.

I have seen some sellouts already on Tuesday with only presales and regular theater presales look even better than Monday's but some theaters took away showtimes for Avatar 2 on Tuesday, especially the 9-10 PM hour ones, therefore, even though I have not suggested any decrease above, it won't be a surprise if Avatar 2 falls on Tuesday from Monday.

As a result of strong demand from showings at other theaters, some theaters are adding Avatar 2 back into their schedules on Thursday or increasing showtimes. If Avatar 2 grosses higher than what I've posted, there is a chance that 18m could be achieved by this weekend but if not, 18m will definitely be passed by next weekend.

Avatar 2 had a really strong hold on Wednesday. It should gross about $150,000, down about 10-15% from Tuesday. Some theaters added showtimes on Wednesday and they performed very well. One theater even added a 7 PM showtime and it still sold more than 150 tickets.

As for Thursday, Avatar 2 might see an increase from last Thursday due to the holiday still influencing admissions. While there are no more public holidays left, some people take the week off regardless and most showings still see large pre-sales. Avatar 2 is being added in some theaters on Thursday and pre-sales are quite high. I could see it making $80,000 (+14%). Avatar 2's admissions for the rest of the weekend will taper off as we get further away from the holidays so bigger drops are expected as the weekend progresses. Total through Sunday should be around 17.8m and 18m will be surpassed by next week.
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The First Slam Dunk has already passed 3.7m today and 4m will happen either on Friday or Saturday. Barring a catastrophic collapse, it will gross more than 5m.

Actuals (through Wednesday)

The First Slam Dunk - $3,804,914 ($776,304 4-day weekend [-50.4%], $715,017 Mon-Wed 3-day holiday)
Avatar: The Way of Water - $17,563,892 ($403,474 4-day weekend [-24.3%]), $508,173 Mon-Wed 3-day holiday)

Great holidays for The First Slam Dunk as it runs past 3.8m which means that 4m will happen on Friday. 5m will occur sometime late next weekend or in the first few weekdays after next weekend.

Avatar: The Way of Water had an excellent hold on the 4-day weekend but its 3 day holidays' gross really soared with $500,000 obtained from only 30 theaters. 18m will happen sometime next week. I believe the huge bump in gross was due to Mainland Chinese people coming to watch this. If this does get an Oscar bump, 20m is achievable even with Ant-Man on the horizon.

Thursday adm.	(so far)			January 26
Movie	LW	TW	WKD % chg	QD % chg
The First Slam Dunk	7,786	4,773	-38.7%	--
Avatar: The Way of Water	2,087	2,297	+10.1%	--

Holiday infused drops means holds will be better than normal. This will continue into Friday.

January 26 Weekend Actuals

The First Slam Dunk - $555,678 (-28.4%)/$4,518,659
Avatar: The Way of Water - $389,052 (-3.6%)/$17,925,403

Good hold for The First Slam Dunk. I did see it fade a bit more on Sunday so demand seems to have been spent. 5m will be crossed later this week.

Avatar 2 had an exceptional hold considering the IMAX/VIP theater showings loss. It will pass 18m on Tuesday. 19m is possible but it does face the 1-2-3 punch of BTS, Titanic and Ant-Man for its remaining IMAX and premium showings.

Note: Please do not repost these charts/tables elsewhere without credit.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)								Jan 16-22
LW	TW	Title	LW (HKD)	TW (HKD)	Days	% chg	Total (HKD)	LW (USD)	TW (USD)	Total (USD)
--	1	A Guilty Conscience	--	$11,898,864	2	--	$12,148,852	--	$1,519,891	$1,551,823
1	2	The First Slam Dunk	$12,236,358	$9,873,669	11	-19.3%	$24,159,070	$1,565,499	$1,261,204	$3,085,938
2	3	Avatar: The Way of Water	$7,067,795	$4,738,244	40	-33.0%	$133,426,029	$904,242	$605,235	$17,043,063
--	4	Everything Under Control	--	$4,659,798	2	--	$4,659,798	--	$595,215	$595,215
3	5	M3gan	$1,449,634	$1,435,110	11	-1.0%	$3,172,186	$185,463	$183,312	$405,196
--	6	Sakra	--	$1,344,767	4	--	$1,381,747	--	$171,772	$176,496
--	7	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	--	$815,754	4	--	$1,622,594	--	$104,199	$207,260
10	8	Mama's Affair	$288,330	$727,652	165	+152.4%	$42,088,419	$36,888	$92,946	$5,376,129
4	9	The Narrow Road	$1,121,692	$688,097	32	-38.7%	$6,956,825	$143,507	$87,893	$888,624
5	10	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$676,635	$616,618	0	-8.9%	$5,813,535	$86,567	$78,763	$742,587

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)								Jan 23-29
LW	TW	Title	LW (HKD)	TW (HKD)	Days	% chg	Total (HKD)	LW (USD)	TW (USD)	Total (USD)
1	1	A Guilty Conscience	$11,898,864	$43,994,466	9	+269.7%	$56,361,845	$1,519,891	$5,614,421	$7,192,704
4	2	Everything Under Control	$4,659,798	$10,243,314	9	+119.8%	$14,957,657	$595,215	$1,307,216	$1,908,844
2	3	The First Slam Dunk	$9,873,669	$9,957,134	18	+0.8%	$35,408,102	$1,261,204	$1,270,695	$4,518,659
3	4	Avatar: The Way of Water	$4,738,244	$7,030,638	47	+48.4%	$140,462,997	$605,235	$897,225	$17,925,403
7	5	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	$815,754	$2,268,576	11	+178.1%	$3,919,266	$104,199	$289,507	$500,163
6	6	Sakra	$1,344,767	$1,908,462	11	+41.9%	$3,307,475	$171,772	$243,551	$422,088
10	7	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$616,618	$1,696,542	0	+175.1%	$7,510,077	$78,763	$216,506	$958,410
--	8	Say I Do to Me	$239,410	$1,673,771	4	+599.1%	$1,913,181	$30,552	$213,600	$244,153
--	9	A Man Called Otto	$158,353	$1,429,539	4	+802.8%	$1,587,892	$20,208	$182,432	$202,641
5	10	M3gan	$1,435,110	$892,547	18	-37.8%	$4,073,955	$183,312	$113,903	$519,904

Nearly everything increased, however, you can see how much of its fanbase The First Slam Dunk has used up from last week to this week. Despite this, it already is the #2 Japanese animated film of all time behind Stand by Me Doraemon (HK$46,891,675). Still, films always fall hard after the Chinese New Year holidays. It is expected to collect a final total of about 41-43m HK$ ($5.2-5.48m US). Meanwhile, Avatar 2 rushed past 140m HK this week and very nearly increased from last week's 4-day weekend. The BTS movie will take away some of its IMAX and premium showings starting on Wednesday and then you have the Titanic rerelease next Thursday and then Ant-Man the following Wednesday to grab its remaining IMAX and VIP showtimes. Right now I'm expecting a final total of about 147-148m HK (18.75-18.88m US) if there is no expansion for an Oscar win.

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame*	$221,895,530	$28,441,141
2	Avatar**	$178,248,295	$22,846,719
3	Avengers: Infinity War***	$153,301,337	$19,649,179
4	Avatar: The Way of Water*	$140,462,997	$17,925,403
5	Avengers: Age of Ultron****	$133,061,397	$17,054,953
6	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$121,002,669	$15,509,343
7	Titanic*****	$115,306,690	$14,779,269
8	Captain America: Civil War******	$112,654,686	$14,439,353
9	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,756,639	$13,811,552
10	Iron Man 3	$106,389,801	$13,636,360
11	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$98,196,851	$12,586,240
12	The Avengers	$96,705,670	$12,395,110
13	Jurassic World	$96,295,976	$12,342,598
14	Toy Story 3	$89,364,118	$11,454,117
15	Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom	$88,649,003	$11,362,459
16	Toy Story 4	$88,537,419	$11,348,156
17	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$84,788,927	$10,867,699
18	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$84,703,797	$10,856,787
19	Warriors of Future	$81,888,311	$10,495,917
20	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,471,933
21	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,288,488
22	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,049,345
23	Table for Six*	$77,542,271	$9,921,103
24	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,906,164
25	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,841,935
26	Captain Marvel	$76,043,088	$9,746,714
27	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,693,211
28	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,126,684
29	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,716,396
30	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,617,411
31	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,490,751
32	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,461,631
33	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,428,733
34	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,623,783	$8,411,234
35	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,114,940
36	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	$63,079,202	$8,085,086
37	Anita	$62,519,889	$8,013,397
38	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,983,537
39	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,944,691
40	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,933,789
41	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,862,731	$7,929,167
42	Joker	$61,497,005	$7,882,290
43	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,854,309
44	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,785,243
45	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,748,068
46	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,723,919
47	Doctor Strange	$59,793,472	$7,663,942
48	Aladdin	$59,754,798	$7,658,985
49	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,643,568
50	The Dark Knight	$58,524,393	$7,501,280

* - without re-release (Re-release included: $223,089,935 HK)
** - without re-release (Re-release included: $183,411,471 HK)
*** - without re-release (Re-release included: $154,700,588 HK)
**** - without re-release (Re-release included: $133,072,933 HK)
***** - without re-release (Re-release included: $128,003,033 HK)
****** - without re-release (Re-release included: $113,470,676 HK)
* - still in release

Updated through January 29.

		Weekly Gross (Mon-Sun)								Jan 30-Feb 5
LW	TW	Title	LW (HKD)	TW (HKD)	Days	% chg	Total (HKD)	LW (USD)	TW (USD)	Total (USD)
1	1	A Guilty Conscience	$43,994,466	$23,334,270	16	-47.0%	$80,132,162	$5,614,421	$2,973,406	$10,210,969
3	2	The First Slam Dunk	$9,957,134	$2,833,948	25	-71.5%	$38,242,275	$1,270,695	$361,120	$4,873,083
7	3	To My Nineteen Year Old Self	$1,696,542	$2,788,119	4	+64.3%	$10,298,796	$216,506	$355,280	$1,312,340
4	4	Avatar: The Way of Water	$7,030,638	$1,989,944	54	-71.7%	$142,452,941	$897,225	$253,571	$18,152,294
--	5	Plane	--	$1,858,471	4	--	$1,858,471	--	$236,818	$236,818
2	6	Everything Under Control	$10,243,314	$1,314,047	16	-87.2%	$16,271,704	$1,307,216	$167,444	$2,073,448
8	7	Say I Do to Me	$1,673,771	$1,276,020	11	-23.8%	$3,189,201	$213,600	$162,598	$406,389
9	8	A Man Called Otto	$1,429,539	$785,189	11	-45.1%	$2,378,201	$182,432	$100,053	$303,046
--	9	The Point Men	$79,841	$738,327	4	+824.7%	$818,168	$10,173	$94,082	$104,256
--	10	Babylon	--	$582,336	4	--	$582,336	--	$74,205	$74,205

Big declines for The First Slam Dunk and Avatar 2. The First Slam Dunk is still on track to pass both 40m HK and 5m US although Avatar 2 fell too much to reach the 147-148m HK expectation in the previous post. Now, it will probably leave theaters with about 143-144m HK. Working against both films is the heavy competition coming in the next 3 weeks alone. You have Someday or One Day opening this week, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania next Wednesday, Where the Wind Blows next Friday then Demon Slayer: To the Swordsmith Village the following Thursday. It'll be a very crowded 3 weeks and those films are expected to fight it out for showings with A Guilty Conscience too.

To My Nineteen Year Old Self ends its HK run after it was yanked from theaters after allegations that two of the girls interviewed did not give consent. To be honest, I believe those are bogus claims as they could have pulled consent when they were interviewed again 10 years later as an adult. Also, the timing is suspicious given that it had 6 weeks of sneak previews but not a peep was made until its official opening weekend. If it was such an issue, why would the girls not come forward before the first screening or before when they announced a theatrical release?

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame*	$221,895,530	$28,441,141
2	Avatar**	$178,248,295	$22,846,719
3	Avengers: Infinity War***	$153,301,337	$19,649,179
4	Avatar: The Way of Water*	$142,557,360	$18,165,601
5	Avengers: Age of Ultron****	$133,061,397	$17,054,953
6	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$121,002,669	$15,509,343
7	Titanic*****	$115,306,690	$14,779,269
8	Captain America: Civil War******	$112,654,686	$14,439,353
9	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,756,639	$13,811,552
10	Iron Man 3	$106,389,801	$13,636,360
11	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$98,196,851	$12,586,240
12	The Avengers	$96,705,670	$12,395,110
13	Jurassic World	$96,295,976	$12,342,598
14	Toy Story 3	$89,364,118	$11,454,117
15	Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom	$88,649,003	$11,362,459
16	Toy Story 4	$88,537,419	$11,348,156
17	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$84,788,927	$10,867,699
18	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$84,703,797	$10,856,787
19	Warriors of Future	$81,888,311	$10,495,917
20	A Guilty Conscience*	$81,770,927	$10,419,792
21	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,410,906
22	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,288,488
23	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,049,345
24	Table for Six*	$77,674,664	$9,921,103
25	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,906,164
26	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,841,935
27	Captain Marvel	$76,043,088	$9,746,714
28	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,693,211
29	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,126,684
30	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,716,396
31	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,617,411
32	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,490,751
33	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,461,631
34	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,428,733
35	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,623,783	$8,411,234
36	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,114,940
37	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	$63,079,202	$8,085,086
38	Anita	$62,519,889	$8,013,397
39	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,983,537
40	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,944,691
41	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,933,789
42	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,862,731	$7,929,167
43	Joker	$61,497,005	$7,882,290
44	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,854,309
45	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,785,243
46	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,748,068
47	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,723,919
48	Doctor Strange	$59,793,472	$7,663,942
49	Aladdin	$59,754,798	$7,658,985
50	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,643,568

Updated as of February 6.

2022 Year in Review

Total box office revenue for 2022 was $1,143,848,662, -5.38% from 2021 when it collected $1,208,910,411. 217 films made their way into theaters and 27 of those were local films or co-productions. That is off from 2021 where 278 movies showed in Hong Kong (-21.94%) and 46 of those were either local or co-productions.

The COVID-19 pandemic halted any chance of a box office recovery when it forced the closure of theaters for 3 months and 2 weeks (104 days total) between January 7 to April 20.

Summary

	Box Office (HKD)	% chg from 2022	Total # of films	# of local or co-prod. Films
2010	$1,339,103,136	-14.6%	286	54
2011	$1,392,170,518	-17.8%	276	56
2012	$1,559,237,866	-26.6%	301	52
2013	$1,625,579,205	-29.6%	310	43
2014	$1,647,105,559	-30.6%	310	52
2015	$1,986,449,621	-42.4%	332	59
2016	$1,947,596,448	-41.3%	349	62
2017	$1,853,957,566	-38.3%	331	53
2018	$1,957,519,527	-41.6%	353	53
2019	$1,923,194,409	-40.5%	329	49
2020	$536,925,187	+113.0%	218	34
2021	$1,208,910,411	-5.4%	278	46
2022	$1,143,848,662		217	27

2022 was the second worst performing year in the past 13 years for box office behind 2020.

	2022 Top Ten Local Movies
Rank	Movie	Total (HK$)	Total (US$)
1	Warriors of Future	$81,783,591	$10,419,849
2	Table for Six	$77,077,393	$9,820,244
3	Mama's Affair	$40,988,037	$5,222,186
4	The Sparring Partner	$39,414,517	$5,021,708
5	Chilli Laugh Story	$32,624,642	$4,156,627
6	Detective vs. Sleuths	$16,223,882	$2,067,045
7	Hong Kong Family	$12,016,833	$1,531,036
8	Far Far Away	$10,660,247	$1,358,196
9	Sunshine of My Life	$3,801,085	$484,287
10	Life Must Go On	$3,645,941	$464,521

Warriors of Future, Table for Six, Mama's Affair, The Sparring Partner, Hong Kong Family, Far Far Away and Sunshine of My Life are still in release.

The strongest year on record for local films. The top 3 accounted for HK$199.8m alone while the top 7 amassed HK$300.1m. This was also the first year where any film made over 9m US$ and also the first year that any local film has surpassed 10m US$. While there are many accomplishments at the top, further down the chart and you can see how weak it is beyond the top 8 films. No other local film managed to break $500,000 in 2022.

	2022 Top Ten Foreign Movies
Rank	Movie	Total (HK$)	Total (US$)
1	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,702,455	$13,722,109
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$97,009,504	$12,359,746
3	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,484,607	$8,343,235
4	Jurassic World: Dominion	$51,332,743	$6,540,180
5	Thor: Love and Thunder	$48,568,367	$6,187,978
6	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	$48,470,616	$6,175,524
7	Minions: The Rise of Gru	$38,976,800	$4,965,940
8	Black Adam	$24,402,499	$3,109,063
9	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	$23,361,764	$2,976,466
10	The Batman	$17,460,118	$2,224,551

Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Adam are still in release.

Disrupted by the pandemic, many foreign films struggled to reach their ultimate potential. While Top Gun breathed new life into the box office, a lot of foreign films had to contend with hot local titles especially in the latter half of 2022. It was another year of struggles for animation films at the box office as Minions 2 decreased by more than half from its predecessor.

	2022 Top Ten Movies
Rank	Movie	Total (HK$)	Total (US$)
1	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,702,455	$13,722,109
2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$97,009,504	$12,359,746
3	Warriors of Future	$81,783,591	$10,419,849
4	Table for Six	$77,077,393	$9,820,244
5	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,484,607	$8,343,235
6	Jurassic World: Dominion	$51,332,743	$6,540,180
7	Thor: Love and Thunder	$48,568,367	$6,187,978
8	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	$48,470,616	$6,175,524
9	Mama's Affair	$40,988,037	$5,222,186
10	The Sparring Partner	$39,414,517	$5,021,708

An impressive 4 local films made the top 10. A local film made the top 3 for the 3rd year running while animation films were shut out of the top 10 for the first time since 2014.

	Top 50 Films of All Time (Hong Kong)
Rank	Movie	HK Gross	US Gross
1	Avengers: Endgame*	$221,895,530	$28,441,141
2	Avatar**	$178,248,295	$22,846,719
3	Avengers: Infinity War***	$153,301,337	$19,649,179
4	Avatar: The Way of Water*	$142,557,360	$18,165,601
5	Avengers: Age of Ultron****	$133,061,397	$17,054,953
6	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$121,002,669	$15,509,343
7	Titanic*****	$115,306,690	$14,779,269
8	Captain America: Civil War******	$112,654,686	$14,439,353
9	Top Gun: Maverick	$107,702,455	$13,722,109
10	Iron Man 3	$106,389,801	$13,636,360
11	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$98,196,851	$12,586,240
12	The Avengers	$96,705,670	$12,395,110
13	Jurassic World	$96,295,976	$12,342,598
14	Toy Story 3	$89,364,118	$11,454,117
15	Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom	$88,649,003	$11,362,459
16	Toy Story 4	$88,537,419	$11,348,156
17	Spider-Man: Far From Home	$84,788,927	$10,867,699
18	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$84,703,797	$10,856,787
19	Warriors of Future	$81,888,311	$10,495,917
20	A Guilty Conscience*	$81,770,927	$10,419,792
21	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$81,701,193	$10,410,906
22	The Dark Knight Rises	$80,269,966	$10,288,488
23	Minions	$78,404,191	$10,049,345
24	Table for Six*	$77,674,664	$9,921,103
25	Monsters University	$77,407,664	$9,906,164
26	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$76,785,999	$9,841,935
27	Captain Marvel	$76,043,088	$9,746,714
28	Aquaman	$75,625,663	$9,693,211
29	Incredibles 2	$71,205,663	$9,126,684
30	Train to Busan	$68,004,629	$8,716,396
31	Beauty and the Beast	$67,232,357	$8,617,411
32	Cold War 2	$66,244,171	$8,490,751
33	Inside Out	$66,016,979	$8,461,631
34	Spider-Man: Homecoming	$65,760,306	$8,428,733
35	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$65,484,607	$8,343,235
36	Black Panther	$63,312,121	$8,114,940
37	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	$63,079,202	$8,085,086
38	Anita	$62,519,889	$8,013,397
39	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$62,286,926	$7,983,537
40	The Amazing Spider-Man	$61,983,852	$7,944,691
41	Jurassic Park	$61,898,795	$7,933,789
42	You Are the Apple of My Eye	$61,862,731	$7,929,167
43	Joker	$61,497,005	$7,882,290
44	Kung Fu Hustle	$61,278,697	$7,854,309
45	Shaolin Soccer	$60,739,847	$7,785,243
46	Mission Impossible: Fallout	$60,449,812	$7,748,068
47	Ip Man 3	$60,261,407	$7,723,919
48	Doctor Strange	$59,793,472	$7,663,942
49	Aladdin	$59,754,798	$7,658,985
50	Furious 7	$59,634,515	$7,643,568

Top Gun: Maverick and Doctor Strange 2's HK and US totals have been updated.