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Godzilla's got those Hulk legs kicking in.

In dollars, yeah. I expect the non-Japanese sources will look at the $201m for Titanic and $230m for SA and announce when Frozen has passed those. I believe when it does so it'll be the highest grossing film in any single non-US territory. It may already be the highest grossing non-local film in such situations.

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Couple of pages late, but here's the Pac Sci IMAX:

Rank the best sequels.

It seems there's significantly less theater capacity in Japan. Despite being a bit over 1/3rd the population of the US + Canada, it seems like the widest releases only get to about 1/6th the number of theaters, give or take. I believe TASM1 was an exception which somehow managed to get into 1000 theaters, but that's still under a fourth of the biggest DOM openings.

I'll take this.

Wow. Matinee numbers.And I missed the intermission discussion. The only intermission I can remember is for the Toy Story double feature. During it I went to the bathroom and then came back to the wrong theater. Which happened to be playing Paranormal Activity. I was very confused.

Welcome to the forums, Andrew. Frozen draws in another member!

1. How to Train Your Dragon 22. Big Hero 63. Edge of Tomorrow4. The Boxtrolls5. Inherent Vice6. Book of Life7. Cinderella8. Into the Woods9. Tomorrowland 10. Interstellar

So, taking in a few assumptions, Frozen could be around 26-27b yen at the time of the video release. The video release should harm the subsequent business, but it won't destroy it. DVDs & BDs are expensive in Japan, so there still could be an audience who will opt for the theater. However, it seems that the bigger culprit will be theater loss rather than audience drift. Even so, Frozen could go from ~800m a week to ~200m a week due to the release. It'll definitely slow down, but if it can then revert to its slow decline, it could still earn another 1-2b or so. So while it's not likely to match Spirited Away, it could come close. And I think there's still a chance it could beat Avengers OS gross. But it could be the same crawl for $400m DOM to see $900m OS.

Adjusted it's the same story: 01 :: 23.50 million - Spirited Away (2001)02 :: 19.50 million - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)03 :: 16.83 million - Titanic (1997)04 :: 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)05 :: 15.59 million - Frozen (2014) [73 days in release]06 :: 15.50 million - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)07 :: 14.20 million - Princess Mononoke (1997)08 :: 14.00 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)09 :: 13.00 million - Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1958)10 :: 12.87 million - Ponyo (2008)11 :: 12.60 million - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)12 :: 12.55 million - Godzilla vs. King Kong (1962)13 :: 12.10 million - The Last Samurai (2003)14 :: 11.00 million - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)15 :: 10.69 million - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)16 :: 10.10 million - Avatar (2009) Frozen has destroyed Avatar's attendance, it will beat Titanic in the next few weeks, and will probably finish up somewhere between 17 and 18 million, quite firmly in the #3 slot. Japanese ticket prices are extremely stable. Prior to this year, there hadn't been an increase since the early 90s, which means that the top films in that time are the same, actual or adjusted. As far as dollars go, Frozen will end up the highest grossing film of all time in Japan.

Damn dude. Do some research. Avatar isn't #1. It's not #2. It's #5. It couldn't pass either of the first two Harry Potters. 02 ¥26.20 billion - Titanic (1997)03 ¥20.30 billion - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)04 ¥19.85 billion - Frozen (2014) [73 days in release]08 ¥17.30 billion - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)09 ¥15.60 billion - Avatar (2009) Edit: and even with the DVD release, Frozen is extremely likely to outgross Titanic. Avatar 2 isn't going to come close to those numbers.

I think you need to go check the definition for "subtext" because there's a hell of a lot more in Frozen than the vast majority of other films.

Avatar had a pretty significant drop in attendance from Titanic. And it doesn't seem that Japan especially goes for sequels of popular films as much as their predecessors. Look at the decreasing attendance of the Harry Potter films. Avatar 2 should do good business, above 10b Yen, but I doubt it'll even match the first.