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Can't complain about a new record placement, hopefully it continues to improve and takes its rightful place at number 1 some day.

The film isn't bad, but not only is it nowhere near as good as The Princess and the Frog, It isn't even as good as Bolt.

Glad to see it drop significantly, I can only hope that it does the same next time and falls entirely out of the top 100. Being the first doesn't excuse being the worst, and this abominable crap is still the the worst animation I have ever seen, and having it above a great film like Princess Kaguya is a travesty.

I usually find WDAS to be overrated on this list, but The Princess And The Frog is an exception. I saw it for this list and it was surprisingly good, one of the few WDAS to be too low, I personally have it as the second best WDAS ever.

Peter Pan and Sleeping Beauty are both films I saw getting ready for this list, and both were bad. HTTYD3 is good though.

Another snub from the top 100.

Why were films from 1986 and 2003 not eligible for the 2013 list?

I mentioned it a few minutes ago, it will be on my list.

Ox-Bow incident is great will feature highly on my list.

I will, It's harder to fit in westerns and go through the to watch list the way I did with the animation's because westerns are so much longer, so I could definitely use the time. As for those I have seen, I have had mixed results. The Searchers was bad. The basic story is fine and could be remade today into a good film without making major changes, but the acting was so incredibly bad that it completely overshadows the good. Martin is supposed to be a serious character with dramatic moments, but I couldn't take him seriously when he acts like a little child the entire time. When you combine that with the often poor dialogue and obviously fake studio parts, this is one of the most disappointing and overrated films I have seen in a while. The Magnificent Seven is better than the modern remake and was enjoyable enough, but it has its issues and I certainly wouldn't consider it a great film. Tombstone is very good and The Wild Bunch is even better, so I would definitely recommend seeing those for this list.

This film is so good, such a low ranking is a travesty especially since now that I have seen all of 2018's top 100 I know just how many bad to average films are going to show up on this list, particularly all those random Disney films. Yup... a mediocre Disney film immediately shows up.

I think a different Chas snub is more likely to make it: Wolfwalkers.

1 The Good The Bad And The Ugly 2 Gladiator 3 Interstellar 4 Once Upon A Time In The West 5 Lawrence Of Arabia 6 The Gremlins 2: The New Batch 7 Black Hawk Down 8 Inception 9 Psycho 10 The Lord Of The Rings 11 Pan's Labyrinth 12 Vertigo 13 If Beale Street Could Talk 14 Princess Mononoke 15 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 16 For A Few Dollars More 17 The Mission 18 Raiders Of The Lost Ark 19 Mad Max: Fury Road 20 The Godfather 21 Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind 22 The Last Of The Mohicans 23 Suspiria (1977) 24 Rebecca 25 Chariots Of Fire 26 Schindler's List 27 Edward Scissorhands 28 Doctor Zhivago 29 E.T The Extraterrestrial 30 Planet of the Apes (1968) 31 A Fistful Of Dollars 32 Star Wars 33 Catch Me If You Can 34 Jurassic Park 35 Sunset Boulevard 36 The Right Stuff 37 Amelie 38 Rocky 39 Pirates Of The Caribbean 40 Batman 41 North By Northwest 42 Tenet 43 Titanic 44 Akira 45 Superman 46 Jaws 47 Blade Runner 48 The Bridge On The River Kwai 49 Robocop (1987) 50 Spirited Away 51 Batman Begins 52 The Green Mile 53 Braveheart 54 Spartacus 55 Cloud Atlas 56 How To Train Your Dragon 57 Dunkirk 58 Totoro 59 Halloween 60 Back To The Future 61 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 62 The Dark Knight 63 The Lion King 64 The Third Man 65 The Grand Budapest Hotel 66 Goldfinger 67 Patton 68 Laputa: Castle In The Sky 69 Up 70 The Great Escape 71 Gone With The Wind 72 Tron Legacy 73 The Mummy 74 Forrest Gump 75 Escape From New York 76 Avatar 77 Chinatown 78 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 79 Once Upon A Time In America 80 The Shawshank Redemption 81 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 82 Ben-Hur 83 The Legend Of 1900 84 King Kong (1933) 85 Terminator 86 Hobson's Choice 87 Road To Perdition 88 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 89 Alien 90 Thunderball 91 Casablanca 92 Laura 93 Breakfast At Tiffany 94 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 95 The Incredibles 96 Aliens 97 On The Waterfront 98 Apollo 13 99 Wall-E 100 On Golden Pond

I managed to see all the films from last years list and some others from my watchlist, which means that unlike the last list I needed to exclude films that I like. Rank Film Year 1 Princess Mononoke 1997 2 Grave Of The Fireflies 1988 3 Wolf Children 2012 4 Wall-E 2008 5 Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind 1984 6 Ratatouille 2007 7 Spirited Away 2001 8 The Tale Of Princess Kaguya 2013 9 April And The Extraordinary World 2015 10 Ghost In The Shell 1995 11 Isle Of Dogs 2018 12 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 13 The Plague Dogs 1982 14 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2009 15 Mary And Max 2009 16 Zootopia 2016 17 Coco 2017 18 Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse 2018 19 The Prince Of Egypt 1998 20 Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm 1993 21 Wolfwalkers 2020 22 Long Way North 2015 23 I Lost My Body 2019 24 Shrek 2 2004 25 Perfect Blue 1997 26 The Iron Giant 1999 27 Toy Story 2 1999 28 Felidae 1994 29 The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit 2005 30 The Princess And The Frog 2009 31 When Marnie Was There 2014 32 Toy Story 3 2010 33 Rango 2011 34 Toy Story 1995 35 Watership Down 1978 36 Frankenweenie 2012 37 Paranorman 2012 38 Persepolis 2007 39 Wreck-It-Ralph 2012 40 How To Train Your Dragon 2 2014 41 The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 1996 42 Inside Out 2015 43 The Lego Movie 2014 44 Fantasia 1940 45 Waltz With Bashir 2008 46 The Cat Returns 2002 47 Antz 1998 48 A Bug's Life 1998 49 Akira 1988 50 Whisper Of The Heart 1995 51 Chicken Run 2000 52 The Secret Of Nimh 1982 53 Soul 2020 54 Megamind 2010 55 Aladdin 1992 56 The Wind Rises 2013 57 My Neighbour Totoro 1988 58 Ernest & Celestine 2012 59 Ninja Scroll 1993 60 The Book Of Life 2014 61 The Adventures Of Tintin 2011 62 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 63 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 64 Finding Nemo 2003 65 Sword Of The Stranger 2007 66 Up 2009 67 The Castle Of Cagliostro 1979 68 Kirikou And The Sorceress 1998 69 The Great Mouse Detective 1986 70 The Boy And The Beast 2015 71 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 72 Coraline 2009 73 Shrek 2001 74 In This Corner Of The World 2016 75 Kung Fu Panda 3 2016 76 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006 77 How To Train Your Dragon 3 2019 78 Summer Wars 2009 79 Kubo And The Two Strings 2016 80 Big Hero 6 2014 81 Your Name 2016 82 The Little Prince 2015 83 How To Train Your Dragon 2010 84 Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 85 Paprika 2006 86 The Simpsons Movie 2007 87 The Little Mermaid 1989 88 The Rescuers 1977 89 The Lion King 1994 90 Pinocchio 1940 91 Arrietty 2010 92 The Rabbi's Cat 2011 93 Brave 2012 94 Porco Rosso 1992 95 The Lego Batman Movie 2017 96 Song Of The Sea 2014 97 The Emperor's New Groove 2000 98 Loving Vincent 2017 99 All Dogs Go To Heaven 1989 100 The Incredibles 2004

Weekend Actuals (06/19-20):01 (---) ¥232,620,000 ($2.1 million), 0, ¥297,350,000 ($2.7 million), The Fable II (Shochiku) NEW 02 (01) ¥194,019,800 ($1.8 million), -41%, ¥1,016,249,400 ($9.2 million), Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (Shochiku) WK2 03 (03) ¥171,841,980 ($1.6 million), -30%, ¥1,485,665,140 ($13.6 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning (Warner Bros.) WK3 04 (04) ¥143,516,580 ($1.3 million), -25%, ¥631,376,170 ($5.7 million), Character (Toho) WK2 05 (02) ¥121,991,280 ($1.1 million), -54%, ¥9,328,595,240 ($85.4 million), Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Toho/Toei/Khara) WK1506 (---) ¥x77,000,000 ($697,000), 0, ¥107,654,450 ($0.98 million), A Quiet Place - Part II (Toho-Towa) NEW 07 (05) ¥x75,000,620 ($679,000), -24%, ¥3,843,531,400 ($35.2 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK9 08 (06) ¥x56,258,950 ($510,000), -27%, ¥7,064,366,850 ($65.1 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK1009 (---) ¥x55,000,000 ($500,000), 0, ¥x68,982,130 ($0.62 million), Hinomaru Soul: Behind the Scenes (Toho) NEW10 (---) ¥x35,000,000 ($315,000), 0, ¥x47,391,190 ($0.43 million), Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros.) NEW 11 (07) ¥x33,347,780 ($302,000), -36%, ¥157,428,280 ($1.4 million), Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor (Asmik Ace) WK2 12 (08) ¥x29,760,220 ($270,000), -35%, ¥387,681,710 ($3.5 million), Cruella (Disney) WK4 13 (09) ¥x24,306,970 ($220,000), -44%, ¥656,209,760 ($5.9 million), Hell's Garden (Warner Bros.) WK5The Fable II finally releases after two delays, debuting atop the box office selling 168,000 admissions over the weekend frame on 349 screens, and sold 215,923 admissions since Friday. This is a 24% decline from its predecessor, but still a respectable hold considering some capacity restrictions that were still in place over the weekend in various prefectures. Expect a finish around ¥1.5 billion (~$15 million).Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway becomes the first Gundam film in 33-years(!) to exceed the ¥1 billion milestone. I made a mistake last week in saying that the new film was going to become the highest grossing film in the long-running series, and as a poster pointed out, that isn't true as 1982's Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space grossed ¥2.3 billion. Hathaway is unlikely to reach that milestone, but being the second biggest film after 40+ years is clearly nothing to be ashamed of.Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter two-part finale films continue to do very well. The Beginning is beginning (heh) to display stronger holds as fans who are still going out to see The Final are gradually making their way to see it. And The Final continues to have strong holds as well, and will exceed the ¥4 billion milestone soon. Despite the delays (they were suppose to released last July and August), and opening during a SOE in Tokyo/Osaka (among others), the films are doing very, very well. Depending on where The Beginning ends up, as projecting it right now is difficult as fans continue to make their way over after seeing The Final, the two-part finale is looking at a gross of ¥7/8 billion.A Quiet Place 2 misses the Top 5, and comes in 28% below its predecessor, but again, given some capacity restrictions, this is satisfactory enough. Its 2-day is estimated, but its 3-day total above is accurate, and it sold 72,657 admissions over its first three-days in release on 444 screens. The first film was a mini-breakout of sorts when it opened, so a sequel doing almost 3/4ths of that business is pretty good when they're usually expected to be worse and can often lose some of the original's audience. Expect a finish around ¥500 million ($4/5 million).Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet held noticeably better than estimated, and cleared the ¥7 billion milestone right before going into its tenth weekend. And after ten weeks, it has now exceeded 5 million admissions with 5,044,958. I don't think Toho is planning any sort of special events for it, judging by its gradual seating/screening cuts, so it'll probably play its way out normally over the next several weeks. Depending on how deep into Summer it gets while still on enough screens/seats, it might be able to reach ¥7.5 billion.Hinomaru Soul and Mortal Kombat are estimated currently for their opening weekends, but over their first three-days in release, they sold 52,741 admissions and 32,737 admissions, respectively, on 334 and 429 screens. And lastly, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is no longer being tracked, having entered limited release now on just 36 screens as it's on home video. It'll add a tiny, tiny bit from them until they stop showing it, but its total won't go up much beyond its last reported total of ¥40,127,186,250 ($383.5 million) and 29,040,541 admission. So its run is practically over! It'll probably finish at ¥40.15 billion and 29.05/29.06 million admissions when Toho/Aniplex release its final total.

Weekend Estimates (06/19-20):01 (---) ¥250,000,000 ($2.3 million), 0, ¥315,000,000 ($2.9 million), The Fable II (Shochiku) NEW 02 (01) ¥192,000,000 ($1.7 million), -42%, ¥980,000,000 ($8.9 million), Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (Shochiku) WK2 03 (03) ¥176,000,000 ($1.6 million), -28%, ¥1,480,000,000 ($13.5 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning (Warner Bros.) WK3 04 (04) ¥145,000,000 ($1.3 million), -24%, ¥620,000,000 ($5.6 million), Character (Toho) WK2 05 (02) ¥122,000,000 ($1.1 million), -54%, ¥9,345,000,000 ($85.5 million), Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Toho/Toei/Khara) WK15 06 (05) ¥x76,000,000 ($690,000), -23%, ¥3,840,000,000 ($35.2 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK907 (---) ¥x75,000,000 ($680,000), 0, ¥105,000,000 ($0.95 million), A Quiet Place 2 (Toho-Towa) NEW08 (---) ¥x55,000,000 ($500,000), 0, ¥x65,000,000 ($0.59 million), Hinomaru Soul: Behind the Scenes (Toho) NEW 09 (06) ¥x50,000,000 ($455,000), -35%, ¥7,055,000,000 ($65.0 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK1010 (---) ¥x35,000,000 ($315,000), 0, ¥x50,000,000 ($0.45 million), Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros.) NEW 11 (07) ¥x32,000,000 ($290,000), -38%, ¥150,000,000 ($1.4 million), Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor (Asmik Ace) WK2 12 (08) ¥x27,000,000 ($245,000), -41%, ¥385,000,000 ($3.5 million), Cruella (Disney) WK4 13 (09) ¥x25,000,000 ($225,000), -43%, ¥655,000,000 ($5.9 million), Hell's Garden (Warner Bros.) WK5Good start for The Fable II, which suffered from at least two delays over the last year. Based on my estimates, its opening weekend is only about 15-20% below its predecessor.A Quiet Place 2 experienced around a 30% decline from its predecessor's opening weekend, but considering the first one was actually a bit of a breakout in the market, this isn't too bad. And I'm being a little conservative here, too, so it may end up coming in a little higher.Mortal Kombat bombed, but not because of HBO Max (which doesn't exit in Japan). Without looking it up, I don't believe the franchise is particularly well-known or popular in the market if I base this on the video game sales. Definitely more of a western-style appeal here that wouldn't translate well in the market. Good holds for the holdovers, overall. Of note: Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time exceeded ¥9 billion. If the distributors really want it to reach ¥10 billion, they could let it play long enough to get there. It is a major milestone to achieve, so it's definitely worth it in this case, so we'll see what happens. Part one of the Rurouni Kenshin finale is closing in on ¥4 billion, and Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet exceeded ¥7 billion.

With the added time you should consider seeing April And The Extraordinary world. I found it to be the best of all the Animations I have seen recently.

I was working on finishing the list today, but I'm sure I could improve it by the new deadline so I will wait until then.

Weekend Actuals (06/12-13):01 (---) ¥330,656,900 ($3.0 million), 0, ¥523,943,800 ($4.8 million), Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (Shochiku) NEW 02 (12) ¥265,876,900 ($2.4 million), +1,458%, ¥8,965,306,780 ($82.1 million), Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Toho/Toei/Khara) WK14 03 (01) ¥245,212,670 ($2.2 million), -32%, ¥1,088,521,340 ($9.9 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning (Warner Bros.) WK204 (---) ¥190,644,300 ($1.7 million), 0, ¥257,373,680 ($2.3 million), Character (Toho) NEW 05 (02) ¥x98,831,960 ($900,000), -09%, ¥3,668,995,870 ($33.6 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK8 06 (03) ¥x77,142,500 ($703,000), -21%, ¥6,939,659,450 ($64.0 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK907 (---) ¥x52,165,470 ($475,000), 0, ¥x64,349,070 ($0.58 million), Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor (Asmik Ace) NEW 08 (06) ¥x45,662,660 ($416,000), -21%, ¥314,192,230 ($2.8 million), Cruella (Disney) WK3 09 (04) ¥x43,113,980 ($393,000), -37%, ¥597,754,200 ($5.4 million), Hell's Garden (Warner Bros.) WK410 (---) ¥x36,551,070 ($333,000), 0, ¥x50,288,390 ($0.46 million), Nobody (Toho-Towa) NEWLooking at the films at the top six right now, you'd think this was the 1990s! Five of the top 6 films right now (Gundam, Evangelion, Detecitve Conan, and Rurouni Kenshin x2) are 80s/90s properties.Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway debuts atop the box-office in a big way, selling 165,000 admissions over the weekend frame on just 215 screens, and 259,074 admissions since Friday. That gave it an average ticket price of ¥2,004 ($18.26) over the weekend and ¥2,022 ($18.42) after its first three-days. That's almost 50% higher than the national average, and about 25% higher than a typical premium format release. Also, this is the biggest opening weekend ever for a Gundam film, and it's going to become the highest grossing film in the series in just a few days from now. Pretty incredible start.Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time experienced a truly massive increase to rise back into the top 10, and it even ranked #1 in admissions over the weekend by selling 169,296 admissions. Why? Because of a major giveaway event marketed as the farewell/good-bye for both the film and Evangelion series. And Evangelion fans came out, and continue to do so this week (as of Monday), as they always do. The fans for this series are perhaps the most loyal and diehard of any domestic or foreign franchise in history. It'll be leaving theaters over the next few weeks (beginning with a 72% drop this upcoming weekend), but it's making its presence felt this week in true farewell fashion.Character enjoyed a solid debut in fourth place, selling 133,000 admissions over the weekend frame on 319 screens, and 181,255 admissions since Friday. This should be good enough to get it to the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone, a respectable figure for a June release.Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning rounds out the Top 3, seeing a fair hold by selling an additional 167,000 admissions over the weekend. I was expecting a better hold here, but Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final is still holding very well (seems possible for it to actually reach ¥4 billion now), meaning that a decent number of fans still haven't caught in in theaters yet, therefore the second part is only attracting the fans that have seen part one still. I'm expecting part one to eventually see a fairly sudden decline as fans come out to see it before seeing part two, and when/if that happens, part two will probably begin to show its legs.Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet held well in its ninth-weekend of release, and surpassed Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter to become the third highest grossing film in the long-running franchise. It's also less than 50,000 admissions away from reaching 5 million admissions now, too. It should continue to see good/great holds for awhile.Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is nearing its end, falling outside the Top 25 films now, so its weekend grosses won't be reported any longer. However, its total continues to be reported, thankfully, and it's up to ¥40,127,186,250 ($383.5 million) and 29,040,541 admissions after thirty-five weeks of release. Its losing more theaters this upcoming Friday, so this could be the last update it receives. The home video release is on TUESDAY! Crazy to think it's 2 days, or 1 day technically, away.

Weekend Actuals (06/05-06):01 (---) ¥363,000,000 ($3.3 million), 0, ¥508,072,400 ($4.6 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning (Warner Bros.) NEW 02 (01) ¥108,505,540 ($990,000), -04%, ¥3,451,819,800 ($31.6 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK7 03 (03) ¥x97,259,050 ($888,000), +14%, ¥6,777,862,250 ($62.5 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK8 04 (02) ¥x68,927,600 ($629,000), -20%, ¥501,607,430 ($4.5 million), Hell's Garden (Warner Bros.) WK3 05 (04) ¥x61,097,600 ($558,000), -17%, ¥573,882,230 ($5.3 million), Beautiful Lure - A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin" (Nikkatsu) WK4 06 (06) ¥x57,762,720 ($527,000), -01%, ¥212,387,920 ($1.9 million), Cruella (Disney) WK2 07 (05) ¥x54,277,660 ($495,000), -22%, ¥555,854,390 ($5.1 million), A Morning of Farewell (Toei) WK3 08 (10) ¥x52,700,000 ($481,000), +208%, ¥228,412,800 ($2.1 million), Fate/Grand Order: Paladin; Agateram (Aniplex) WK409 (---) ¥x50,000,000 ($456,000), 0, ¥118,774,720 ($1.1 million), Kakegurui: Desperate Russian Roulette (Gaga) NEW10 (---) ¥x45,000,000 ($411,000), 0, ¥x60,000,000 ($0.54 million), It's Your Fault My Heart Beats (Toei) NEW . . . 14/15 (11) ¥x16,293,950 ($149,000), -02%, ¥40,096,913,600 ($383.2 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK34Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning debuted atop the box office, selling 247,600 admissions over the weekend frame across 449 screens, and 350,199 admissions over its first three-days in release. This is about 30% less than The Final, but if you've read many of my last posts, it's very likely due to a high number of fans who haven't had the opportunity to see part one yet due to the SOEs that affected most of its run over its first six weeks. If The Beginning displays strong legs early on, we can likely determine this to be the case.Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final held onto second place with another crazy strong hold that's become the norm for it in recent weeks, and in doing so, marks the first time ever that both parts of a two-part finale have occupied the Top 2 spots at the weekend box-office! Despite the SOEs affecting it almost immediately out of the gate (day 3) and over its first six weeks in release, it has displayed very good legs and is probably going to finish around ¥4 billion ($36 million or so).Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet enjoyed a nice increase to round out the Top 3, a much needed increase it's been waiting for as theaters in Tokyo/Osaka (among others) have reopened (though under capacity restrictions). It looked like it may have finished just slightly above ¥7 billion, but I expect it'll have a pretty long run now with theaters reopened and summer vacation a little over a month away. We'll need to see how it performs in the next few weeks, but this weekend is a good sign that it could be targeting ¥7.5 billion (about $70 million) or more.Kakegurui: Desperate Russian Roulette's weekend figure remains an estimate, and I didn't realize it actually opened on Tuesday as soon as theaters reopened in Tokyo/Osaka (among others), so its cumulative total above is a 6-day total, and it's sold 88,194 admissions since then.Fate/Grand Order: Paladin; Agateram experienced a massive increase, either due to theaters reopening in Tokyo/Osaka (where a film like this makes the vast majority of its sales) or Aniplex giving it a event over the weekend with theaters reopened now. Or perhaps it was a result of both. Either way, it was enough to keep it in the Top 10 for another week.Demon Slayer: Mugen Train dropped to either 14th or 15th place, depending on the weekend actual for the 2gether movie. Its 34 week admissions have reached 29,019,995. Unless there's an interest among the most diehard of fans to check it out in theaters ahead of the home video release on June 16th (so close now!), this will probably be its last weekend that's tracked.

Weekend Actuals (05/29-30):01 (04) ¥113,985,560 ($1.04 million), -04%, ¥3,174,456,060 ($29.1 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK6 02 (03) ¥x86,104,330 ($787,000), -28%, ¥349,711,910 ($3.2 million), Hell's Garden (Warner Bros.) WK2 03 (05) ¥x85,531,550 ($782,000), -15%, ¥6,587,579,700 ($60.8 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK7 04 (02) ¥x73,434,950 ($671,000), -14%, ¥476,086,250 ($4.4 million), Beautiful Lure - A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin" (Nikkatsu) WK3 05 (01) ¥x69,195,190 ($632,000), -53%, ¥383,573,490 ($3.5 million), A Morning of Farewell (Toei) WK206 (---) ¥x60,000,000 ($548,000), 0, ¥x86,665,080 ($0.79 million), Cruella (Disney) NEW07 (---) ¥x29,000,000 ($265,000), 0, ¥x38,707,950 ($0.35 million), Hokusai (Sony) NEW 08 (06) ¥x27,287,900 ($249,000), -21%, ¥8,605,093,500 ($78.9 million), Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Toho/Toei/Khara) WK1209 (---) ¥x20,000,000 ($183,000), 0, ¥x26,428,180 ($0.24 million), Unhinged (Kadokawa) NEW 10 (07) ¥x17,107,900 ($156,000), -40%, ¥157,699,900 ($1.4 million), Fate/Grand Order: Paladin; Agateram (Aniplex) WK3 11 (08) ¥x16,708,150 ($153,000), -18%, ¥40,059,064,900 ($382.8 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK33After six weeks in release, Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final claims the #1 spot at the weekend box-office after falling short over its first five weekends. This is Warner Bros. first film to rank #1 at the weekend box office since Tenet back in September. Part one of the finale has continued to have absolutely incredible holds on the weekdays and weekends alike now, and has outgrossed the original film in the 5-film saga. Its 38-day admissions have reached an impressive 2,260,298, and it should easily clear 2.5 million admissions. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning, part two of the finale, opens this upcoming weekend.Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet finally had a weekend hold that it's been really needing for a few weeks now, and with theaters in Tokyo and Osaka (among others) reopened beginning this week, let's see if it can recoup some of its lost earrings in the major prefectures over the upcoming weekends. After six-weeks of release, it has sold 4,703,967 admissions.Cruella is a huge bomb as expected from multiple theater chains boycotting Disney releases, most notably Toho Cinemas (the busiest chain in the country). It was given a four-day release, presumably due to its annoying same-day Disney+ release, and only sold 63,948 admissions after its first four-days in release. Look for a finish around ¥300 million (~$3 million). Disney obviously isn't hurting for money, but at this point, I wonder if they're actually making a profit from theatrical earnings in Japan right now.Demon Slayer: Mugen Train finally falls outside the Top 10 in its 33rd week of release (second highest ever), and just barely at that. After 33 weeks in release, its admissions are now up to 28,994,796. I'll continue to track its weekend grosses for as long as they're available, but I'd only expect one, maybe two more at the most. The biggest film of all-time's run is quickly approaching its conclusion now, so look for a projected final gross in the coming weeks.

Weekend Actuals (05/22-23):01 (---) ¥148,000,000 ($1.36 million), 0, ¥179,681,920 ($1.7 million), A Morning of Farewell (Toei) NEW 02 (01) ¥119,788,170 ($1.10 million), -14%, ¥360,342,080 ($3.3 million), Beautiful Lure - A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin" (Nikkatsu) WK203 (---) ¥119,000,000 ($1.09 million), 0, ¥152,590,900 ($1.4 million), Hell's Garden (Warner Bros.) NEW 04 (02) ¥118,573,820 ($1.09 million), -14%, ¥2,918,920,440 ($26.8 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK5 05 (03) ¥101,145,800 ($928,000), -25%, ¥6,411,687,500 ($59.1 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK6 06 (04) ¥x34,566,350 ($317,000), -49%, ¥8,543,384,400 ($78.3 million), Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Toho/Toei/Khara) WK11 07 (05) ¥x28,300,600 ($260,000), -51%, ¥122,451,700 ($1.1 million), Fate/Grand Order: Paladin; Agateram (Aniplex) WK2 08 (06) ¥x20,346,650 ($187,000), -04%, ¥40,016,942,050 ($382.4 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK3209 (---) ¥x15,000,000 ($138,000), 0, ¥x25,000,000 ($0.23 million), Police × Heroine Lovepatrina! The Movie (Kadokawa) NEW *est.* 10 (08) ¥x10,555,120 ($x97,000), -13%, ¥x47,148,260 ($0.43 million), The Father (Showgate) WK2Pretty decent weekend, the best since Golden Week ended.A Morning Farewell, based on the novel by Kyoko Minami, debuted atop the weekend box office, selling 135,000 admissions across 299 screens, and 161,132 admissions over its first three-days of release. This is a pretty good start, and with normal legs it should be able to reach the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone for Toei.Beautiful Lure - A Tale of "Painted Skin" "surprised" again this weekend by coming in second place (looked like a distant fourth this weekend, just as it looked like a distant third last weekend) with a great hold, selling an additional 88,343 admissions in its sophomore frame to reach a two-week total of 289,087 admissions. I would have expected some frontloading, but the strong reviews came through for it.Hell's Garden barely missed second place, selling 87,000 admissions over the weekend frame on 259 screens, and reached 111,961 admissions over it first three-days in release. This likely isn't enough to reach the ¥1 billion milestone, so I'd expect a total around ¥750 million ($7 million) for now.Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final barely missed third place, and second place, in its fifth weekend of release. The very impressive holds continue for the film, and it exceeded 2 million admissions after 31 days in release. I expect the strong holds to continue at least until part two, Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Beginning opens on June 4th, however, I also wouldn't be surprised if it continues to have good legs afterwards as business appears to be being stretched out a lot more than usual right now due to the SOEs in effect. Expect a total north of ¥3.5 billion (~$35 million) and over 2.5 million admissions.Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet rounds out the Top 5 with a solid hold. After six weeks in release, the 24th Detective Conan film has sold over 4.5 million admissions. I don't want to make a final prediction here still since I am expecting Toho to do something for it once the SOEs are lifted in Tokyo and Osaka, but if nothing special is announced, look for a total around ¥7 billion ($65 million) and a bit over 5 million admissions.Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time sees a hefty decline, but it's also coming off a near 70% increase last weekend due to a mini-poster giveaway that boosted it. The likelihood of it remaining the highest grossing film of 2021 have gone way, way up in recent weeks as Detective Conan has been impacted by the SOEs and nothing on paper for the rest of the year is likely to challenge it. We'll see if it receives any other events to further boost its total a bit, but for the time being, expect a total around ¥8.7 billion ($80 million) and 5.7 million admissions.Demon Slayer: Mugen Train keeps on keeping on, delivering a strong hold in its 32nd weekend of release, and in the process, became the first film to ever reach the ¥40 billion milestone, now just ¥387 million away from outgrossing the previous #1 film of all-time, Spirited Away, by a totally ridiculous ¥10 billion (minus re-releases). Its 220-day admissions are up to 28,966,806.

I knew it would take a while, but the long 14 month wait is finally over, with the big cinemas finally opening this week. It looks like the openers will all be old films right now other than a new local film: Tenet, WW84, Soul, Unhinged, Honest Thief, The War With Grandpa, Nomadland, Trolls 2, Bill And Ted 3, with the most recent new film in terms of DOM release being Nobody. Not sure if it's final but it looks like F9 will only open in a another month. I expect box office lack of data to remain the same as it was pre-Covid.

Weekend Actuals (05/15-16):01 (---) ¥140,119,380 ($1.28 million), 0, ¥189,394,060 ($1.73 million), Beautiful Lure - A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin" (Nikkatsu) NEW 02 (03) ¥137,295,900 ($1.26 million), -12%, ¥2,637,694,310 ($24.2 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final (Warner Bros.) WK4 03 (01) ¥134,966,800 ($1.24 million), -24%, ¥6,201,184,450 ($57.2 million), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Toho) WK5 04 (03) ¥x67,180,950 ($615,000), +69%, ¥8,457,752,400 ($77.5 million), Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Toho/Toei/Khara) WK1005 (---) ¥x58,972,000 ($540,000), 0, ¥x58,972,000 ($0.5 million), Fate/Grand Order: Paladin; Agateram (Aniplex) NEW 06 (05) ¥x21,197,750 ($194,000), +01%, ¥39,973,049,900 ($382.0 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK31 07 (04) ¥x15,153,480 ($139,000), -35%, ¥x74,665,040 ($0.68 million), The Gentlemen (Kino Films) WK208 (---) ¥x12,000,000 ($110,000), 0, ¥x17,317,720 ($0.16 million), The Father (Showgate) NEW09 (---) ¥x10,000,000 ($x92,000), 0, ¥x20,000,000 ($0.18 million), Remnants in Twilight (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) NEW 10 (06) ¥xx8,719,210 ($x80,000), -30%, ¥396,208,300 ($3.7 million), Nomadland (Disney) WK8As mentioned yesterday, surprise new #1 film this weekend!Beautiful Lure - A Modern Tale of "Painted Skin", based on the work/teachings of messiah claimant Ryuho Okawa, debuted atop the weekend box office selling 112,564 admissions over the weekend frame on 202 screens, and 151,939 admissions since Friday. This is quite good, especially for a Nikkatsu release barely on 200 screens, and reviews are strong. All of this points to a likely leggy performance to come, but it's possible that the worshippers of Okawa could be skewing the numbers at this stage, so we should wait a week or so to see where it goes from here.Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter - The Final edges out Detective Conan to stay in the second place position with an excellent weekend hold. And the strong weekend hold, in combination with its very strong weekdays, have locked up a total north of ¥3 billion (~$30 million), so it'll very likely outgross the first film of the 5-film saga. Part 2 of the finale film opens on June 4th.Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet slips to third place, though it still enjoyed a good weekend hold. It looks like strong holds are in store for the next couple weeks, so it's a little harder to project where this one could end up as Toho is likely to reschedule its postponed stage greetings in June and I wouldn't be surprised by a giveaway event of some sort to recoup some of the loss earnings from the SOEs in Tokyo/Osaka. As it is, it should be on track to break ¥7 billion (~$65 million), but depending on what Toho does next month (if anything), it could go higher still.Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time rose a very impressive 69% in its tenth-weekend of release, due to a mini-poster giveaway. It remains to be seen if any additional giveaways or stage greetings occur post-SOEs, which would benefit it greatly, but I'd say it's aiming to finish around ¥8.7 billion (about $80 million) or so at the moment. But again, circumstances could change next month.Fate/Grand Order: Paladin; Agateram rounds out the Top 5 with a disappointing debut, selling 37,951 admissions over the weekend, down 66% compared to the first film. This isn't a totally unexpected result it doesn't have Tokyo (or Osaka) right now which films like this heavily rely on in order to post significant numbers. It probably "should" have been delayed if earning more money was vital, and while more money is always better, Aniplex isn't exactly losing much here (especially with Demon Slayer) and probably didn't see any real need to delay it in order to earn what was probably not significantly more in the end.Demon Slayer: Mugen Train keeps on chugging along, setting a new 31st Weekend Record! After 31 weeks of release, it has sold 28,937,578 admissions, and the ¥40 billion milestone is only days away now. 30 days until the home video release (as of Sunday) now!The Father (except for its 3-day total) and Remnants in Twilight are estimated. The Father sold 13,019 admissions over its first three-days in release.

I will submit my list near the deadline, and for the first time I can actually submit a full list and even have to cut some films that I like. if anyone is looking for suggestions here is the list from 2018, I personally still have 18 of these to see: rank film 100 Kung Fu Panda 3 99 When Marnie Was There 98 The Sword In The Stone 97 The Rescuers 96 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 95 Song Of The Sea 94 Watership Down 93 Anastasia 92 The Fox And The Hound 91 Millenium Actress 90 Tokyo Godfathers 89 Cars 88 Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm 87 Treasure Planet 86 Brave 85 The Tale Of Princess Kaguya 84 Paprika 83 Alice In Wonderland 82 The Simpsons 81 Wolf Children 80 Basil, The Great Mouse Detective 79 The Princess And The Frog 78 Lady And The Tramp 77 Despicable Me 76 The Curse Of The Wererabbit 75 Peter Pan 74 Ice Age 73 The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh 72 Finding Dory 71 Whisper Of The Heart 70 The Wind Rises 69 Team America: World Police 68 Sleeping Beauty 67 Persepolis 66 Dumbo 65 Rango 64 Robin Hood 63 A Bug's Life 62 Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind 61 Castle In The Sky 60 Ponyo 59 Tarzan 58 Kiki's Delivery Service 57 The Land Before Time 56 Hercules 55 Bambi 54 The Secret Of NIMH 53 Kung Fu Panda 2 52 Chicken Run 51 Ghost In The Shell 50 Kubo And The Two Strings 49 Fantastic Mr. Fox 48 101 Dalmations 47 Big Hero 6 46 The Emperor's New Groove 45 Shrek 2 44 South Park 43 Coraline 42 Hunchback Of Notre Dame 41 How To Train Your Dragon 2 40 Your Name 39 The Jungle Book 38 Fantasia 37 Tangled 36 My Neighbor Totoro 35 Howl's Moving Castle 34 The Prince Of Egypt 33 The Little Mermaid 32 Moana 31 Mulan 30 Kung Fu Panda 29 Lilo And Stitch 28 Shrek 27 Wreck It Ralph 26 Akira 25 A Nightmare Before Christmas 24 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs 23 Frozen 22 The Iron Giant 21 Pinocchio 20 The Lego Movie 19 How To Train Your Dragon 18 Monsters Inc. 17 Grave Of The Fireflies 16 Up 15 Zootopia 14 Coco 13 Ratatouille 12 Princess Mononoke 11 Finding Nemo 10 Aladdin 9 Beauty And The Beast 8 Toy Story 7 The Incredibles 6 Toy Story 2 5 Toy Story 3 4 Wall-E 3 Spirited Away 2 The Lion King 1 Inside Out