JAPAN BOX OFFICE | Demon Slayer breaks all time record for OW

[robertman2]

5 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Probably not great, they have their own version "Super Sentai" still cranking out the movies. 

Okay. I knew about Super Sentai so that's why I was curious. What about Ghost in the Shell and BATB?

[SchumacherFTW]

45 minutes ago, robertman2 said:

Okay. I knew about Super Sentai so that's why I was curious. What about Ghost in the Shell and BATB?

I think Corpse has been saying on KJ that he thinks BATB has a shot at being the biggest movie this year, and that GITS probably won't be that big a deal. 

[robertman2]

2 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

I think Corpse has been saying on KJ that he thinks BATB has a shot at being the biggest movie this year, and that GITS probably won't be that big a deal. 

Okay, thanks

[Planodisney]

Illuminations has really established a consistent box office performance in Japan and The UK.

Thats a big deal!!

[keysersoze123]

Passengers flopped in Japan.

[Olive]

Friday (03/24) ¥110 million ($990,000), -23%, ¥1,515,000,000 ($13.6 million), Sing (Toho-Towa) Day 8 ¥90 million ($810,000), 0, ¥90,000,000 ($810,000), Daytime Shooting Star (Toho) Day 1 ¥85 million ($760,000), +01%, ¥2,330,000,000 ($21.0 million), Moana (Disney) Day 15  ¥55 million ($495,000), +08%, ¥2,385,000,000 ($21.4 million), Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Toho) Day 21 ¥50 million ($450,000), 0, ¥50,000,000 ($450,000), Passengers (Sony) Day 1 ¥40 million ($360,000), -26%, ¥3,275,000,000 ($29.3 million), La La Land (Gaga) Day 29 ¥25 million ($225,000), -19%, ¥735,000,000 ($6.6 million), Let's Go, Jets! (Toho) Day 13 ¥20 million ($180,000), 0, ¥300,000,000 ($2.8 million), March Comes In Like a Lion (Toho) Day 7 ¥20 million ($180,000), 0, ¥360,000,000 ($3.3 million), Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game (Shochiku) Day 7 ¥20 million ($180,000), 0, ¥230,000,000 ($2.1 million), Ancien and the Magic Tablet (Warner Bros.) Day 7 ..... ¥5 million ($45,000), -15%, ¥24,765,000,000 ($234.4 million), Your Name. (Toho) Day 210 % changes versus same day last week.

[Olive]

Kong atm is a little behind Moana 3rd Friday, might catch up later.

300-350M+ yen OW likely

[Mr Impossible]

2 minutes ago, Olive said:

Kong atm is a little behind Moana 3rd Friday, might catch up later.

300-350M+ yen OW likely

 

$20M possible for Kong?

[fmpro]

2 hours ago, keysersoze123 said:

Passengers flopped in Japan.

 

Yep. But should still be enough to bring it over 300 mill WW

[Olive]

By 3 PM

Sing -18% week to week

Moana -13%

KOng 60% of Sing opening saturday

Passenger 18% of Sing opening saturday

[Cookson]

Am I looking at this right? Seems Kong might do over 2m USD opening day. 4m opening weekend wouldn't be so bad for it.

 

[Fullbuster]

Please, tell me Sing won't pass Moana in Japan

[MrFanaticGuy34]

16 minutes ago, Fullbuster said:

Please, tell me Sing won't pass Moana in Japan

What's wrong with a Non-Disney film breaking out in Japan?

 

They deserves some coins as well, not just Disney, lol.

[Fullbuster]

24 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

What's wrong with a Non-Disney film breaking out in Japan?

 

They deserves some coins as well, not just Disney, lol.

 

Moana on Rotten Tomatoes : 95%

Sing : 73%

 

The best movie should win, that's all

[Tower]

1 hour ago, Fullbuster said:

 

Moana on Rotten Tomatoes : 95%

Sing : 73%

 

The best movie should win, that's all

Beauty and the Beast: 70%

Will you start complaining about that one making money as well? 

[Fullbuster]

5 minutes ago, Tower said:

Beauty and the Beast: 70%

Will you start complaining about that one making money as well? 

 

BATB is not an animated movie!

[MrFanaticGuy34]

35 minutes ago, Fullbuster said:

 

Moana on Rotten Tomatoes : 95%

Sing : 73%

 

The best movie should win, that's all

True.... but remember: just because Moana is the better-received movie....does not mean it's the only well-received movie. Sing & The Secret Life of Pets got good reception as well. ?

 

(P.S. Not counting Kubo. Although a very praised animated film.....it wasn't a $200M WW-box office smash, though.)

 

Sing: 73%

Pets: 74%

 

And if Moana is the better-received movie....then how could Sing outgross it DOM, in the long run, despite a lower OW than Moana? Well, simple.....Christmas legs & and the fact that it was well received enough to sustain those legs.

 

Moana: $248M ($56M OW) ?

Sing: $270M ($35M OW) ?

 

And again....if Moana is the better movie....why does it have a lower DOM & WW-gross than Pets? Well, because Pets had a bigger momentum & opening. And it even survived Dory. Heck, Pets even surpassed Zootopia, DOM-wise, WW is another story.

 

I'll compare again:

 

Moana: $248M DOM & $630-650M WW

Pets: $368M DOM & $875M WW

Zootopia: $341M & $1.023.8B WW

 

And even a Non-Disney movie (not from Illumination, but from Dreamworks) like Kung Fu Panda 3, also got great reception.

 

KFP3: 87%

 

I'm just saying that the Disney animated films, shouldn't be the only ones to have great reception. There should be a more balanced way that shows how well an animated is received.

 

And i don't buy the attitude of "Recent Disney animated movies are awesome.....fuck everything else!" Sorry. ?

 

If there is an animated film that will be a huge box office hit...let's not it be only from Disney. Other films also deserves chances.

[pepsa]

70-80% for animation films isn't that good, it's more mediocer. Panda's score is good, altough it average score of 6.9/10 is not that high. But with the audience they were recieved a lot beter, mostly cause they are aimed at kids and do a realy good job at entertaining them. And for kids those movies are probably a lot funnier then some recent disney movies.

[Omni]

Exactly, 70% for an animated film is actually kind of poor (especially if it's from studios that don't have the purpose of quality when making their products), as kids flicks need very small efforts to get an "okay" from a critic (it's just a thing for kids after all). You go to a movie without expecting anything, so a few laughs may make it seem decent. When expectations are higher...

The bar for a good animated film is probably 85%, or even 90% (with possible exceptions, of course). Same may be said about superhero films, too (F**king Iron Man 3 got a 79%!).

Also, one of the problem with Illumination (or should I say Darkness?) movies is that they're filled with the garbage of modernity, and it's not like there is much conscience about that among critics. There is not a group of critics that have the right to put critics under critic, there is a group of opinions that represent the mirror of the 'pub talk' every average joe can express (just organized in a text).

[Planodisney]

Anyway, if you look at the numbers it doesn't seem like Sing can pass Moana in Japan.  Moana is basically 8 million in front of Sing and weekends after this will be virtually even.  Moana could even pull ahead slightly.

Still, strong performances from Illuminations and another lower than expected performance in Japan by Disney.  Seams like animation taste is changing in Japan.

Used to be that quality always excelled and they didn't really go for "gag" humor.

Edited March 25, 2017 by Planodisney