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Uhh, are you sure you are not combining the votes for Emma and Ema? If not then it's surprisingly high.

Weekend Estimates (02/06-07):01 (01) ¥222,000,000 ($2.1 million), +16%, ¥770,000,000 ($7.3 million), Loved Like a Flower Bouquet (Tokyo Theaters, Co./Little More) WK2 02 (02) ¥145,000,000 ($1.4 million), -14%, ¥37,190,000,000 ($356.1 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK1703 (---) ¥x95,000,000 ($900,000), 0, ¥150,000,000 ($1.4 million), Jukai Village (Toei) NEW 04 (04) ¥x71,000,000 ($670,000), -18%, ¥1,930,000,000 ($18.5 million), Poupelle of Chimney Town (Toho) WK7 05 (03) ¥x69,000,000 ($655,000), -32%, ¥1,420,000,000 ($13.6 million), Gintama: The Final (Warner Bros.) WK506 (---) ¥x50,000,000 ($475,000), 0, ¥110,000,000 ($1.0 million), Endless SHOCK (Toho Video Division) NEW 07 (05) ¥x46,000,000 ($435,000), -30%, ¥220,000,000 ($2.1 million), Yakuza and The Family (Kadokawa/Star Sands) WK2 08 (07) ¥x40,000,000 ($380,000), -11%, ¥1,530,000,000 ($14.8 million), Pokemon: Coco (Toho) WK709 (---) ¥x30,000,000 ($285,000), 0, ¥x45,000,000 ($0.4 million), The Cinderella Addiction (Klock Worx) NEW 10 (10) ¥x28,000,000 ($265,000), -21%, ¥1,865,000,000 ($17.9 million), The Promised Neverland (Toho) WK8 11 (08) ¥x27,000,000 ($255,000), -29%, ¥3,865,000,000 ($36.6 million), New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms (Toho) WK9 12 (06) ¥x24,000,000 ($225,000), -58%, ¥140,000,000 ($1.3 million), The End of the Tiny World (Avex Pictures) WK2And we have yet another great weekend in terms of holds. >Loved Like a Flower Bouquet pulled off an excellent second weekend increase to repeat atop the box office for a second time. I mentioned on Friday that the lack of romance films over better part of 6-months, or more, is likely benefitting this one greatly. In general, romance films tend to have strong legs, but we might see this one develop amazing legs moving forward. It's very likely to reach ¥1.5 billion (~$15 million), and might approach/reach ¥2 billion (~$20 million). This will, without a doubt I believe, become Tokyo Theaters, Co.'s highest grossing film ever. >Demon Slayer: Mugen Train enjoyed another amazing hold to add to its incredible stability since early/mid-January. Unless it suddenly begins to drop heavier, a total above ¥38 billion (~$365 million) is about guaranteed now. And while it will of course take a couple more months, its chances of reaching ¥40 billion (~$380 million+) remain fairly good. >Jukai Village performed much better than its pre-sales were suggesting. It might have missed a ¥100 million (~$1 million) opening weekend, mostly depends on its average ticket price, so I'd consider it a bit of a disappointment if it does. But given this film is likely more dependent on evening/night showings (which don't exist right now due to restrictions), I don't think we can call it an outright disappointment. Its predecessor developed great legs this time last year, so let's wait and see what it does in the long-run versus trying to analyze its opening. >Endless SHOCK's estimate is more of a guess. If its average ticket price is "normal" or even a bit high, it should come in around the estimate tomorrow. But this film could very well have event tickets that will cause its avg. ticket price to skyrocket and come in noticeably higher than estimated. Without knowing this though, we'll just have to wait to see where it came in at tomorrow, at least hopefully. Being a Toho Video Division distribution, it may take an extra day to get the actual. I'll wait until the actuals to analyze the other films. Across the board though, nearly everything continues to have either good or even excellent legs.

Everything has been closed since March... Still no date for opening them.

Israel currently has great relations with the UAE, much better than when the original was released.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (12/12-13):01 (01) ¥939,411,200 ($9.2 million), +43%, ¥30,289,307,700 ($288.9 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK902 (---) ¥593,000,000 ($5.7 million), 0, ¥771,861,100 ($7.2 million), New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms (Toho) NEW 03 (03) ¥186,101,750 ($1.8 million), -24%, ¥1,790,491,100 ($17.2 million), Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 (Toho) WK4 04 (02) ¥140,574,400 ($1.4 million), -65%, ¥1,063,878,000 ($10.2 million), Takizawa Kabuki Zero 2020: The Movie (Shochiku) WK205 (---) ¥x90,000,000 ($865,000), 0, ¥166,537,600 ($1.6 million), Tengaramon (Giggly Box) NEW 06 (04) ¥x61,257,500 ($588,000), -66%, ¥300,937,098 ($2.9 million), Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 (Aniplex) WK2 07 (05) ¥x43,644,610 ($419,000), -52%, ¥284,040,070 ($2.7 million), Silent Tokyo (Toei) WK208 (---) ¥x37,500,000 ($360,000), 0, ¥x59,367,450 ($0.6 million), Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance [4DX re-release] (Toho/Toei/Khara) NEW 09 (06) ¥x32,896,350 ($316,000), -47%, ¥179,043,250 ($1.7 million), The Witches (Warner Bros.) WK2 10 (09) ¥x19,162,800 ($183,000), -19%, ¥395,000,000 ($3.8 million), The Legend of Hei (Aniplex/Team Joy) WK6>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train repeats for a ninth-weekend atop the box-office, experiencing a huge increase to set a new 9th weekend record. It's now only the second film to ever gross over ¥30 billion, behind Spirited Away, and will surpass Spirited Away to become the new #1 film of all-time around Christmas, maybe a day or two earlier. >New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms scores the third biggest debut of the 2020 calendar year, and the second highest for a live-action film (behind the same director's From Today, It's My Turn! back in July). It sold a very impressive 423,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 348 screens, and sold 555,640 admissions over its first 3-days in release. Look for a total around ¥4-5 billion ($40-50 million). >Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 is still holding well, and is doing what it needs to do in order to benefit enough from the upcoming holiday season to get above the ¥3 billion ($30 million) milestone I believe. After four weeks, it has sold 1.43 million admissions. >Tengaramon's weekend box office is still an estimate (revised upward), but its cumulative total was released. Since it's from an independent distributor, it'll be another day or two before its weekend box office is released, but I'll update it when it is. >Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance sold 34,956 admissions in its 4DX re-release over its first 3-days in release.Another great weekend. The Top 10 is up 25% versus the same weekend last year.

1941 Always and Hook were my bottom 3, so glad to see them in their rightful spots. Sugarland Express on the other hand is heavily underrated, I saw it for the first for this list and was a lot of fun and better than half the films that have yet to show up.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Estimates (12/05-06):01 (01) ¥640,000,000 ($6.2 million), -37%, ¥28,826,438,050 ($274.8 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK8 02 (02) ¥241,000,000 ($2.3 million), -18%, ¥1,480,000,000 ($14.2 million), Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 (Toho) WK303 (---) ¥175,000,000 ($1.7 million), 0, ¥260,000,000 ($2.5 million), Takizawa Kabuki Zero 2020: The Movie (Shochiku) NEW04 (---) ¥160,000,000 ($1.5 million), 0, ¥160,000,000 ($1.5 million), Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot 1 (Aniplex) NEW05 (---) ¥x85,000,000 ($820,000), 0, ¥125,000,000 ($1.2 million), Silent Tokyo (Toei) NEW06 (---) ¥x60,000,000 ($580,000), 0, ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million), The Witches (Warner Bros.) NEW07 (---) ¥x35,000,000 ($580,000), 0, ¥x55,000,000 ($0.5 million), Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone [4DX re-release] (Toho/Toei/Khara) NEW 08 (03) ¥x24,000,000 ($230,000), -49%, ¥625,000,000 ($6.0 million), Legacy of Dr. Death: The Black File (Warner Bros.) WK4 09 (04) ¥x23,000,000 ($220,000), -39%, ¥360,000,000 ($3.5 million), The Legend of Hei (Aniplex/Team Joy) WK5 10 (05) ¥x19,000,000 ($185,000), -46%, ¥1,140,000,000 ($11.0 million), The Voice of Sin (Toho) WK6 Time to begin rolling out the Weekend Estimates for the Top 10 again. >Demon Slayer: Mugen Train keeps on dominating. It's almost ¥10 billion ahead of Spirited Away after 8 weeks with almost no holiday support, and will surpass the long-thought unbeatable Hayao Miyazaki film to become the #1 film of all-time (revenue AND admissions) in a a couple weeks or so. Still seems on track for ~¥35 billion ($330 million+) or so, but we'll need to see what it's capable of doing when it reaches the holiday period in a few weeks. >Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 continues to hold well, and with the eventual holiday boost in a few weeks, it'll likely get over the ¥3 billion (~$30 million) milestone. This is much lower than the original film, of course, but a lot of factors have contributed to it under-performing, so getting a gross around the standard of the annual films in the franchise is good enough. >Takizawa Kabuki Zero 2020 debuts in what I'd consider a surprisingly strong third place, which was clearly helped by stage greetings or fan events on Sunday. It's difficult to estimate what it earned this weekend as I suspect its average ticket price is probably quite high, so it could come in higher than I've estimated. >Fate/Grand Order, at least the first film in a two-part series (a second film was announced for Spring), wasn't able to match the success of the recent Fate/stay night films in the overall Fate series, but this is still a decent opening. It'll be very frontloaded of course, so I don't believe it'll reach ¥1 billion (~$10 million), but the holidays and a likely 4DX expansion later in its run could eventually get it there. >The Witches had a disappointing start, especially since Anne Hathaway is a draw in the market, but I question how much it was actually advertised. It was likely just released with little marketing since Warner Bros. didn't give it a particularly impressive release (267 locations). I believe this one could have done better if Warner Bros. had given it proper marketing and locations. >Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone also disappointed, I think. It's hard to really gauge if this is a bad result though since re-releases in generally don't perform well in the market. The series does have a large and loyal fanbase, but perhaps even they didn't want to dish out the high ticket prices to see it in 4DX since they likely own every possible home video release. This is a one-week engagement. The next two films in the Rebuild series open over the next week weeks, also as one-week engagements to help promote the release of the very long-awaited (8-years) final film on January 23rd.

December Release Schedule:12/04[332] - Silent Tokyo (Toei) [267] - The Witches (Warner Bros.) [191] - Takizawa Kabuki ZERO 2020: The Movie (Shochiku)12/05[291] - Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone (Toho/Toei/Khara) [4D/MX4D re-release] *One-Week Only* [178] - Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Part 1 - Wandering; Agateram (Aniplex)12/11[343] - New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms (Toho) [291] - Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (Toho/Toei/Khara) [4D/MX4D re-release] *One-Week Only* [188] - Tengaramon (Giggly Box)12/18[337] - The Promised Neverland (Toho) [333] - Kamen Rider Zero-One: REAL×TIME (Toei) [310] - Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros) [291] - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (Toho/Toei/Khara) [4D/MX4D re-release] *One-Week Only* [160] - Bill & Ted Face the Music (Phantom Film)12/25[372] - Pokemon: Coco (Toho) [307] - Poupelle of Chimney Town (Toho) [149] - Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Shochiku/Kadokawa) [x96] - HoneyWorks 10th Anniversary “LIP×LIP FILM×LIVE” (Toei)-Preliminary theater counts in [brackets] are subject-to-change. -Release schedule posting excludes most very limited releases (<50 locations) unless from a notable distributor.General Theater Count Key: <100: Limited / 101-149: Wide / 150-199: Below Average / 200-249: Average / 250-299: Above Average / 300-349: Very Wide / >350: Optimal.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (11/28-29):01 (01) ¥1,004,503,750 ($9.6 million), -03%, ¥27,521,438,050 ($262.3 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK7 02 (02) ¥294,477,450 ($2.8 million), -24%, ¥1,108,062,500 ($10.6 million), Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 (Toho) WK2 03 (03) ¥x47,040,170 ($453,000), -38%, ¥550,784,880 ($5.3 million), Legacy of Dr. Death: The Black File (Warner Bros.) WK3 04 (05) ¥x37,515,900 ($361,000), -21%, ¥300,588,848 ($2.9 million), The Legend of Hei (Aniplex/Team Joy) WK4 05 (04) ¥x35,241,050 ($339,000), -30%, ¥1,076,975,550 ($10.4 million), The Voice of Sin (Toho) WK506 (---) ¥x35,000,000 ($337,000), 0, ¥x45,000,000 ($0.4 million), One in a Hundred Thousand (Pony Canyon) NEW 07 (08) ¥x24,475,650 ($235,000), -03%, ¥1,973,168,630 ($19.0 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK11 08 (06) ¥x22,376,200 ($215,000), -33%, ¥212,787,440 ($2.0 million), Looking for Magical DoReMi (Toei) WK3 09 (07) ¥x18,517,930 ($178,000), -27%, ¥830,525,880 ($7.9 million), Your Eyes Tell (Gaga) WK6 10 (NA) ¥x17,010,580 ($164,000), N/A, ¥665,870,400 ($6.3 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK10>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train on top again, achieving a seventh-consecutive weekend above ¥1 billion. Before this, the record was "just" three-consecutive weekends above ¥1 billion and four overall weekends above ¥1 billion. And, it's now the second biggest film in the market, surpassing Titanic before the weekend even began. Also, just more absurdity, its seven week total is over ¥10 billion ($100 million+) higher than any other seven week total ever. See the last...many pages for more discussion on this film. >Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 held pretty well in its sophomore frame. Its weekdays are going to be very poor due to its non-traditional release date (due to a COVID delay), but if it can have weekends holds on this level, or better, it could still reach Christmas/New Year with decent enough numbers to really boost its cumulative total when the time comes. I think it'll get over ¥3 billion (~$30 million) still. >One in a Hundred Thousand is an estimate. Being an independent distributor, sometimes it take another day or two for the actual to be released. I'll update it when it's available. >The Legend of Hei is doing amazing. I don't know what the highest grossing Chinese animated film is in the market, but I would bet this one is on track to taking that title since I can't even think of any others. >Violet Evergarden: The Movie earns a tenth weekend in the top 10 now (it fell out a couple weeks back for one week), and is going to exceed the ¥2 billion (~$20 million) milestone next week. Nice success for Shochiku, and even bigger achievement for Kyoto Animation. You guys correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe this has become their highest grossing film ever. Go KyoAni! The Top 10 Films this weekend are down a respectable 27% versus last year. With no Hollywood films, maintaining about three/fourths of last year's box office is pretty impressive. The last weekend of November/first weekend of December is usually bare of notable releases, but there are several bigger local films coming up in mid/late-December that will give the box office a boost.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (11/21-22):01 (01) ¥1,032,345,100 ($9.9 million), -32%, ¥25,456,933,550 ($242.7 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK602 (---) ¥386,000,000 ($3.7 million), 0, ¥451,000,000 ($4.3 million), Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 (Toho) NEW 03 (02) ¥x75,516,040 ($722,000), -44%, ¥408,783,820 ($3.9 million), Legacy of Dr. Death: The Black File (Warner Bros.) WK2 04 (03) ¥x50,340,450 ($481,000), -29%, ¥974,986,050 ($9.4 million), The Voice of Sin (Toho) WK4 05 (07) ¥x47,651,300 ($456,000), +20%, ¥210,158,428 ($2.0 million), The Legend of Hei (Aniplex/Team Joy) WK3 06 (04) ¥x33,600,320 ($321,000), -35%, ¥154,580,740 ($1.5 million), Looking for Magical DoReMi (Toei) WK2 07 (06) ¥x25,539,740 ($244,000), -36%, ¥779,208,780 ($7.4 million), Your Eyes Tell (Gaga) WK5 08 (05) ¥x25,264,700 ($242,000), -46%, ¥1,912,896,400 ($18.4 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK10 09 (08) ¥x23,746,710 ($227,000), -39%, ¥326,165,200 ($3.0 million), Pretty Cure Miracle Leap! A Mysterious Day With Everyone (Toei) WK4 10 (12) ¥x16,966,100 ($162,000), N/A, ¥142,459,300 ($1.4 million), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) [3D/4DX re-release] (Warner Bros.) WK3>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train repeats atop the box-office for a sixth consecutive weekend, and claimed the Biggest Sixth-Weekend Record. As with each week, check the past several pages for further analysis and discussion regarding the film. >Stand By Me, Doraemon 2... disappointed. It beat this past August's release at the usual locations, but ultimately failed to match its opening weekend from poor rural business, and low IMAX attendance that kept its average ticket price lower than expected. It sold 305,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 416 screens, and 542,037 admissions over its first four-days in release. Its four day total ultimately fell below the original film's 2-day opening weekend. There's a lot that went wrong here, so I'll keep it short and just list the reasons: 1. Takashi Yamazki's bad reputation in recent years; 2. COVID has mostly only negatively impacted family films, and this is a family film, so...; 3. Wedding Plot was unappealing for children, its primary audience; 4. Demon Slayer's monopoly on the box office was too large to attract any casual moviegoers. A total projection is tricky to figure out, but for the time being, it'll be hoping to reach the ¥3 billion (~$30 million) milestone. >The Legend of Hei is doing amazing. I don't know what the highest grossing Chinese animated film is in the market, but I would bet this one is on track to taking that title since I can't even think of any others. >Violet Evergarden: The Movie continues to hang in there, and Shochiku will keep it playing long enough now to reach the ¥2 billion (~$20 million) milestone. Very impressive result. And unfortunately, with Doraemon's under-performance and the lack of any Hollywood films (they should be releasing in the market), this weekend is the first in six weeks to be down versus last year by 32%. Still good, but Doraemon should have provided bigger support to Demon Slayer.

Here's my full 32. I dislike everything from War Of The Worlds down and usually wouldn't include them in a list. But having seen every possible film, I may as well list them all. 1 Schindler's List 2 Jaws 3 Saving Private Ryan 4 Empire Of The Sun 5 Ready Player One 6 E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial 7 Raiders Of The Lost Ark 8 Bridge Of Spies 9 Lincoln 10 Minority Report 11 Munich 12 Catch Me If You Can 13 The Sugarland Express 14 The Last Crusade 15 The Colour Purple 16 The Adventures Of Tintin 17 Amistad 18 Jurassic Park 19 The BFG 20 The Temple Of Doom 21 A.I. Artificial Intelligence 22 War Horse 23 The Terminal 24 The Post 25 The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull 26 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 27 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 28 War Of The Worlds 29 Duel 30 Hook 31 Always 32 1941

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (11/14-15):01 (01) ¥1,521,657,050 ($14.5 million), -14%, ¥23,349,291,050 ($222.4 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK502 (---) ¥135,777,760 ($1.3 million), 0, ¥189,590,650 ($1.8 million), Legacy of Dr. Death: The Black File (Warner Bros.) NEW 03 (02) ¥x70,069,750 ($669,000), -37%, ¥835,360,350 ($8.1 million), The Voice of Sin (Toho) WK304 (---) ¥x52,059,760 ($497,000), 0, ¥x74,061,680 ($0.7 million), Looking for Magical DoReMi (Toei) NEW 05 (11) ¥x46,730,900 ($446,000), +86%, ¥1,844,810,900 ($17.7 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK9 06 (03) ¥x39,836,890 ($380,000), -35%, ¥713,973,770 ($6.6 million), Your Eyes Tell (Gaga) WK4 07 (08) ¥x39,574,400 ($378,000), -04%, ¥117,231,128 ($1.1 million), The Legend of Hei (Aniplex/Team Joy) WK2 08 (05) ¥x38,830,790 ($371,000), -27%, ¥233,786,570 ($2.2 million), Pretty Cure Miracle Leap! A Mysterious Day With Everyone (Toei) WK3 09 (06) ¥x25,873,370 ($247,000), -51%, ¥120,408,060 ($1.2 million), Monster Strike: Lucifer - Dawn of Despair (Aeon Entertainment) WK210 (---) ¥x25,174,500 ($241,000), 0, ¥x38,460,100 ($0.4 million), Falner in the Azure: The Beyond Episodes 7, 8 & 9 (Movic) NEW>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train - See Last Many Pages. The film continues its overwhelming performance, earning the Biggest Fifth Weekend ever by a wide margin, has sold 17.505 million admissions as of Sunday, and is far, far from being finished. >The Legacy of Dr. Death: The Black File opened fairly well in second place, selling 102,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 347 screens, and 143,901 admissions over its first three-days in release. Its on that cusp of an opening being high enough to reach the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone, so it's a bit 50/50, but I think it'll managed to get there. >The Voice of Sin, similar to The Legacy of Dr. Death, also had a debut right around that mark that makes reaching ¥1 billion (~$10 million) 50/50, but it's been holding well enough to get there as well. >Violet Evergarden: The Movie received a Dolby expansion this weekend, and it proved very successful from its large weekend increase. It's within range of the ¥2 billion (~$20 million) milestone now, and Shochiku is likely to keep it around long enough to reach the mark. So far, this film has earned 130% more than last year's Violet Evergarden release.The Weekend Top 10 is up 98% versus the same weekend last year.

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(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (11/07-08):01 (01) ¥1,772,925,900 ($17.1 million), -29%, ¥20,483,611,650 ($193.9 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK4 02 (02) ¥110,713,400 ($1.1 million), -39%, ¥626,701,650 ($6.1 million), The Voice of Sin (Toho) WK2 03 (04) ¥x61,087,700 ($591,000), -24%, ¥611,775,480 ($5.6 million), Your Eyes Tell (Gaga) WK3 04 (05) ¥x56,188,750 ($544,000), -18%, ¥606,522,930 ($5.7 million), Twiceborn (Nikkatsu) WK4 05 (03) ¥x53,211,550 ($515,000), -51%, ¥233,786,570 ($2.2 million), Pretty Cure Miracle Leap! A Mysterious Day With Everyone (Toei) WK206 (---) ¥x50,000,000 ($485,000), 0, ¥x50,000,000 ($0.5 million), Monster Strike: Lucifer - Dawn of Despair (Aeon Entertainment) NEW07 (---) ¥x45,000,000 ($415,000), 0, ¥x60,000,000 ($0.6 million), 461 Days of Bento (Toei) NEW08 (---) ¥x41,077,448 ($415,000), 0, ¥x41,077,448 ($0.4 million), The Legend of Hei (Aniplex/Team Joy) NEW 09 (07) ¥x28,879,620 ($279,000), -36%, ¥2,620,429,680 ($24.9 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK8 10 (08) ¥x25,165,900 ($244,000), -44%, ¥1,755,561,700 ($16.8 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK8 11 (06) ¥x20,866,910 ($202,000), -60%, ¥148,356,520 ($1.4 million), Tonkatsu DJ Age-Taro (Warner Bros.) WK2 12 (09) ¥x17,911,900 ($173,000), -46%, ¥1,110,793,250 ($10.5 million), The Asadas! (Toho) WK6>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train threepeats. Biggest Fourth Weekend ever (by 65%), even big enough to be the biggest opening weekend for a local film. Biggest Four Week Total (by a 2:1 margin). Fastest to ¥20 Billion. Fastest to 15 million admissions. And much more that's been discussed the past few pages. >The Voice of Sin enjoyed a decent second weekend dip after opening over a discount weekend last week, and has assured that it'll reach the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone. >Monster Strike: Lucifer - Dawn of Despair is an estimate. Oddly its weekend figure hasn't been released yet despite playing fairly wide (284 locations), so I'll update it when it's available. 461 Days of Bento is also an estimate for the time being; its weekend figure hasn't been released yet either, but I'll update it. >The Legend of Hei performed pretty well for a Chinese important animated film, selling 24,386 admissions over the weekend across 135 screens. I doubt this is the best debut for a Chinese imported animated feature, but it's certainly pretty high because I can't recall ever seeing one debut in the Top 10 (thanks to the lack of Hollywood films, it made it!).The Weekend Top 10 is up 71% (based on the few estimates above) versus the same weekend last year.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (10/31-11/01):01 (01) ¥2,498,667,150 ($23.9 million), -18%, ¥15,799,365,450 ($150.4 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK302 (---) ¥181,555,150 ($1.7 million), 0, ¥257,994,600 ($2.5 million), The Voice of Sin (Toho) NEW03 (---) ¥107,952,960 ($1.0 million), 0, ¥107,952,960 ($1.0 million), Pretty Cure Miracle Leap! A Mysterious Day With Everyone (Toei) NEW 04 (02) ¥x80,547,520 ($769,000), -38%, ¥427,267,160 ($3.8 million), Your Eyes Tell (Gaga) WK2 05 (03) ¥x68,314,430 ($652,000), -43%, ¥497,290,960 ($4.7 million), Twiceborn (Nikkatsu) WK306 (---) ¥x52,440,460 ($501,000), 0, ¥x73,124,170 ($0.7 million), Tonkatsu DJ Age-Taro (Warner Bros.) NEW 07 (04) ¥x45,382,420 ($433,000), -36%, ¥2,535,810,080 ($24.1 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK7 08 (05) ¥x44,668,800 ($426,000), -23%, ¥1,684,039,800 ($16.1 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK7 09 (06) ¥x33,469,300 ($319,000), -41%, ¥1,053,590,950 ($10.0 million), The Asadas! (Toho) WK5 10 (07) ¥x14,710,900 ($140,000), -36%, ¥182,659,910 ($1.7 million), Wife of a Spy (Bitters End) WK3>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train still on top. And like the past two weeks, we've been discussing the film enough to where there's nothing else to really say in this post. If you have any questions, check the past several pages regarding its third weekend (or just ask me or the forum again). >The Voice of Sin opened in second place, selling 145,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 344 screens, and sold 201,214 admissions over its first three-days in release. A very distant second obviously, but this is a pretty solid debut this time of year and should give Toho another ¥1 billion (~$10 million) earner for the year. >Pretty Cure Miracle Leap! A Mysterious Day With Everyone debuted in third place, selling 97,372 admissions over the weekend on 239 screens. This film was originally scheduled back in the Spring, but got delayed and rescheduled here due to COVID. Not a very good opening here, certainly below the average the franchise posts each year, but in its defense, it was very limited in its seating/showtimes due to Demon Slayer and The Voice of Sin getting most of the leftover medium-sized screens. Let's wait and see how legs are before writing this one off. >Tenet exceeded the ¥2.5 billion mark after its seventh weekend in release. As I've mentioned, this is Nolan's second biggest film in the market, very impressive, and it's even grossed 71% of Inception's total now. It's slowing down, but should still add a fair amount more to reach about ¥2.7 billion ($25.5 million+) to get above 3/4ths of Inception's total. >The Asadas! exceed the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone before heading into the weekend, making it a success. It's been well-received by audiences and critics (picking up some notable awards already), but it hasn't really been able to expand its reach very well. A success, but it is coming in a bit below expectations.The Weekend Top 10 is up a whopping 176% versus the same weekend last year.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (10/24-25):01 (01) ¥3,041,448,750 ($29.1 million), -9%, ¥10,754,232,550 ($102.4 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) WK202 (---) ¥130,201,500 ($1.3 million), 0, ¥176,201,050 ($1.7 million), Your Eyes Tell (Gaga) NEW 03 (02) ¥120,003,700 ($1.2 million), -14%, ¥377,166,510 ($3.6 million), Twiceborn (Nikkatsu) WK2 04 (03) ¥x70,973,700 ($675,000), -34%, ¥2,429,956,710 ($23.1 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK6 05 (05) ¥x57,697,800 ($550,000), -25%, ¥1,586,627,000 ($15.2 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK6 06 (04) ¥x56,560,600 ($539,000), -27%, ¥958,703,900 ($9.1 million), The Asadas! (Toho) WK4 07 (06) ¥x23,019,240 ($219,000), -33%, ¥131,468,170 ($1.3 million), Wife of a Spy (Bitters End) WK208 (---) ¥x22,000,000 ($210,000), 0, ¥x34,483,660 ($0.3 million), Living in Your Sky (Asmik Ace) NEW 09 (07) ¥x19,891,500 ($190,000), -34%, ¥1,112,906,400 ($10.6 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK7 10 (10) ¥x19,709,060 ($188,000), -28%, ¥531,268,800 ($5.0 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK5>Demon Slayer: Mugen Train reigns atop the weekend box-office again. Surprise! Like last weekend, we've been discussing this film in depth and analyzing it enough that there's not much else to say in this post. >Your Eyes Tell, although a galaxy-sized distance away in second place, had a solid debut for Gaga. It sold 98,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 346 screens; and sold 132,311 admissions in its first three-days in release. It's a stretch to be sure, but it has a slim shot at reaching the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone. >Tenet continues to hold well, and is going to reach the ¥2.5 billion mark next week. Just in case no one has read this, Tenet is the second highest grossing Nolan film in Japan, only behind Inception. Great performance. >The Asadas! will exceed the ¥1 billion (~$10 million) milestone before next weekend. This one didn't quite live up to expectations I feel, but it'll still become a fair success. >Violet Evergarden: The Movie also continues to hold very well, and has doubled the gross of last year's Violet Evergarden film. Quite a tremendous accomplishment there alone, and I wouldn't rule out a final number reaching the ¥2 billion (~$20 million) mark given the late-legs it's having.The Weekend Top 10 is up what must be a record 226% versus the same weekend last year.

(C)吾峠呼世晴／集英社・アニプレックス・ufotableWeekend Actuals (10/17-18):01 (---) ¥3,354,392,750 ($31.9 million), 0, ¥4,623,117,450 ($43.9 million), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Toho/Aniplex) NEW02 (---) ¥138,872,600 ($1.3 million), 0, ¥185,992,620 ($1.7 million), Twiceborn (Nikkatsu) NEW 03 (01) ¥107,872,170 ($1.0 million), -37%, ¥2,271,164,130 ($21.6 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK5 04 (02) ¥x77,785,700 ($737,000), -33%, ¥801,844,950 ($7.6 million), The Asadas! (Toho) WK3 05 (03) ¥x77,441,300 ($734,000), +05%, ¥1,454,170,500 ($14.0 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK506 (---) ¥x34,550,740 ($327,000), 0, ¥x47,374,980 ($0.4 million), Wife of a Spy (Bitters End) NEW 07 (05) ¥x30,384,000 ($288,000), -45%, ¥1,085,377,700 ($10.4 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK6 08 (04) ¥x29,962,590 ($284,000), -54%, ¥200,476,970 ($1.9 million), Hope (Kadokawa) WK209 (---) ¥x29,794,090 ($284,000), 0, ¥x42,069,550 ($0.4 million), Mio's Cookbook (Toei) NEW 10 (07) ¥x27,309,400 ($259,000), -24%, ¥469,850,180 ($4.4 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK4New Biggest Aggregated Weekend (Top 10) Ever. Biggest Weekend of 2020 (duh). A day later than usual posting the Weekend Actuals, but I wanted all the numbers to be available this week before posting them so the aggregated Top 10 total is 100% accurate. >Demon Slayer: Mugen Train takes #1. I think it's been discussed and analyzed over the last 12 pages to skip discussing it here now. It's broken every opening record possible. >Tenet held well despite losing all of its IMAX screens. It's already become Nolan's second biggest film in the market, only behind Inception now, and is going to finish with a very good ¥2.5 billion ($25 million) total or so.The Weekend Top 10 is up what must be a record 210.4% versus the same weekend last year.

(C)2020 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights ReservedWeekend Actuals (10/10-11):01 (01) ¥170,105,760 ($1.6 million), -19%, ¥2,021,650,400 ($19.2 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK4 02 (02) ¥115,218,500 ($1.1 million), -32%, ¥596,929,150 ($5.6 million), The Asadas! (Toho) WK2 03 (03) ¥x73,879,300 ($697,000), -44%, ¥1,283,803,400 ($12.4 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK404 (---) ¥x69,304,000 ($654,000), 0, ¥x89,613,590 ($0.8 million), Hope (Kadokawa) NEW 05 (04) ¥x55,139,000 ($520,000), -21%, ¥1,037,505,700 ($10.0 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK5 06 (05) ¥x38,909,340 ($367,000), -35%, ¥2,239,578,280 ($21.2 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK7 07 (06) ¥x35,904,040 ($339,000), -24%, ¥379,210,480 ($3.5 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK3 08 (08) ¥x35,654,550 ($336,000), -12%, ¥3,219,738,200 ($30.3 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK10 09 (07) ¥x28,408,070 ($268,000), -33%, ¥x97,574,100 ($0.9 million), Trolls: World Tour (Toho-Towa/Gaga) WK210 (---) ¥x27,500,000 ($260,000), 0, ¥x38,011,680 ($0.4 million), Under the Stars (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) NEW 11 (09) ¥x25,707,900 ($243,000), -33%, ¥2,159,314,800 ($20.3 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK7>Tenet is now Nolan's second biggest film in Japan, only behind Inception, after another excellent hold. A total north of ¥2.5 billion (~$25 million) is locked up now, and it might even get pretty close to reaching the ¥3 billion (~$30 million) milestone. But I wouldn't expect a total quite that high, however, since it's losing all its IMAX screens to Demon Slayer next weekend. >The Asadas! opened to a so-so result last weekend, but as expected since it's an older-skewing film, it did exceptionally well over the weekdays (around 40% better than its opening weekend) and won't end up with a disappointing total after all. It'll probably end up finishing near the ¥1.5 billion (~$15 million) mark.The Weekend Top 10 is down a respectable 23% versus the same weekend last year.

(C)2020 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights ReservedWeekend Estimates(10/10-11):01 (01) ¥170,000,000 ($1.6 million), -19%, ¥2,065,000,000 ($19.6 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK4 02 (02) ¥119,000,000 ($1.1 million), -31%, ¥650,000,000 ($6.1 million), The Asadas! (Toho) WK2 03 (03) ¥x70,000,000 ($660,000), -46%, ¥1,330,000,000 ($12.8 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK404 (---) ¥x65,000,000 ($615,000), 0, ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million), Hope (Kadokawa) NEW 05 (04) ¥x55,000,000 ($520,000), -21%, ¥1,040,000,000 ($10.0 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK5 06 (05) ¥x39,000,000 ($370,000), -35%, ¥2,255,000,000 ($21.3 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK7 07 (08) ¥x35,000,000 ($330,000), -12%, ¥3,220,000,000 ($30.3 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK10 08 (06) ¥x35,000,000 ($330,000), -25%, ¥380,000,000 ($3.5 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK3 09 (07) ¥x32,000,000 ($300,000), -26%, ¥x85,000,000 ($0.8 million), Trolls: World Tour (Toho-Towa/Gaga) WK210 (---) ¥x30,000,000 ($285,000), 0, ¥x45,000,000 ($0.4 million), Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (Klockworks) NEW11 (---) ¥x25,000,000 ($235,000), 0, ¥x35,000,000 ($0.3 million), Under the Stars (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) NEW 12 (09) ¥x24,000,000 ($225,000), -34%, ¥2,165,000,000 ($20.3 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK7>Tenet is now Nolan's second biggest film in Japan, only behind Inception, after another excellent hold. A total north of ¥2.5 billion (~$25 million) is locked up now, and it might even get pretty close to reaching the ¥3 billion (~$30 million) milestone. But I wouldn't expect a total quite that high, however, since it's losing all its IMAX screens to Demon Slayer next weekend. >The Asadas! opened to a so-so result last weekend, but as expected since it's an older-skewing film, it did exceptionally well over the weekdays (around 50% better than its opening weekend) and won't end up with a disappointing total after all. It'll probably end up finishing near the ¥1.5 billion (~$15 million) mark.The Weekend Top 10 is down a respectable 24% versus the same weekend last year, based on estimates. Monday is a national holiday, so the Weekend Actuals will be delayed until Tuesday. I'll post Monday's estimates tomorrow though while we wait.

(C)2020 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights ReservedWeekend Actuals (10/03-04):01 (01) ¥210,166,260 ($2.0 million), -15%, ¥1,674,531,690 ($15.9 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK302 (---) ¥172,045,900 ($1.6 million), 0, ¥280,330,250 ($2.7 million), The Asadas! (Toho) NEW 03 (02) ¥128,641,400 ($1.2 million), -03%, ¥1,117,052,200 ($10.7 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK3 04 (03) ¥x69,681,900 ($660,000), -31%, ¥958,691,700 ($9.1 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK4 05 (04) ¥x60,084,130 ($570,000), -31%, ¥2,162,791,570 ($20.4 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK6 06 (06) ¥x46,979,800 ($445,000), -41%, ¥276,288,100 ($2.5 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK207 (---) ¥x42,695,320 ($404,000), 0, ¥x48,934,740 ($0.5 million), Trolls: World Tour (Toho-Towa/Gaga) NEW 08 (08) ¥x40,336,300 ($382,000), -30%, ¥3,173,949,500 ($29.8 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK9 09 (07) ¥x36,560,700 ($346,000), -40%, ¥2,096,150,050 ($19.7 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK7 10 (09) ¥x31,034,400 ($294,000), -38%, ¥1,879,521,300 ($17.8 million), Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song (Aniplex) WK8>Tenet earns its third-consecutive weekend atop the box-office, delivering an excellent hold off just 15% to sell a further 122,000 admissions. After 17-days in release, Nolan's latest has sold 1.03 million admissions. The film is holding astoundingly better than any of Nolan's past films, and it has already outgross both The Dark Knight and Dunkirk to become his third biggest film in the market; and it's very likely to surpass The Dark Knight Rises next weekend to become his second biggest film. It won't be able to match the success of Inception, but it's on track for an impressive ¥2.5 billion (~$25 million) total. >The Asadas! settled for a second place debut in revenue, but actually managed a first place start in admissions by selling 126,000 over the weekend frame across 343 screens. This is likely a little below expectations, but I expect this one to be quite leggy as it's going to be a weekday film since it's skewing toward older audiences (50+). It should finish near ¥1.5 billion (~$15 million). >Violet Evergarden: The Movie remained nearly flat compared to last weekend and exceeded the ¥1 billion milestone after 17-days in release. It already surpassed the total of the last Violet Evergarden film, and at this rate, might come close to doubling it wit ha total around/above ¥1.5 billion ($15 million). >Trolls: World Tour bombed, but that's not surprising and completely expected. I don't even think the first one received a theatrical release in the market, and if it did, it was a limited release. While DreamWorks animated films have been able to find a little more success in the market after Toho-Towa took over distribution rights, it's still a rare occurrence when one does find success in the market.

(C)2020 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights ReservedWeekend Estimates (10/03-04):01 (01) ¥199,000,000 ($1.9 million), -19%, ¥1,645,000,000 ($15.6 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK302 (---) ¥150,000,000 ($1.4 million), 0, ¥235,000,000 ($2.2 million), The Asadas! (Toho) NEW 03 (02) ¥122,000,000 ($1.2 million), -07%, ¥1,110,000,000 ($10.6 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK3 04 (03) ¥x64,000,000 ($605,000), -37%, ¥930,000,000 ($8.8 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK4 05 (04) ¥x54,000,000 ($510,000), -38%, ¥2,150,000,000 ($20.3 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK6 06 (06) ¥x44,000,000 ($415,000), -45%, ¥260,000,000 ($2.4 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) WK207 (---) ¥x40,000,000 ($380,000), 0, ¥x55,000,000 ($0.5 million), Trolls: World Tour (Toho-Towa/Gaga) NEW 08 (08) ¥x36,000,000 ($340,000), -37%, ¥3,155,000,000 ($29.7 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK9 09 (07) ¥x33,000,000 ($310,000), -46%, ¥2,080,000,000 ($19.6 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK7 10 (05) ¥x32,000,000 ($305,000), -61%, ¥170,000,000 ($1.6 million), Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Toho Video Division) WK2 11 (12) ¥x27,000,000 ($255,000), -38%, ¥610,000,000 ($5.8 million), The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Phantom Film) WK4 12 (09) ¥x26,000,000 ($245,000), -47%, ¥1,865,000,000 ($17.7 million), Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song (Aniplex) WK7 Not a very exciting weekend, especially compared to the last 6-8 weeks.Tenet achieves a great third weekend though, and was able to defend its hold atop the box-office. Depending on where the actual figure ends up, after just three weeks in release it has already outgrossed The Dark Knight and possibly Dunkirk as well. And it's a lock to reach the ¥2 billion milestone now, so it'll end up outgrossing The Dark Knight Rises to become Nolan's second biggest film in the market after Inception. It should get near a ¥2.5 billion (~$25 million) total.The Asadas!, I would say, opened below expectations, becoming one of the first films not appealing to younger audiences to under-perform on opening weekend. But I won't call it a disappointment at this time because: 1. Sometimes opening weekends aren't indicative of a final total (especially in a leggy market like Japan) and 2. This could definitely be a weekday film that appeals toward much older moviegoers (50-65+), and these films can earn more than 60% of their total on the weekdays versus weekends. We'll see what happens over the next few days. And Trolls: World Tour bombed, but that's not surprising and completely expected. I don't even think the first one received a theatrical release in the market, and if it did, it was a limited release. While DreamWorks animated films have been able to find a little more success in the market after Toho-Towa took over distribution rights, it's still a rare occurrence when one does find success in the market. I'll have more analysis when when I post the Weekend Actuals tomorrow. The holdovers, a couple aside, largely experienced rough drops this weekend based on estimates. This isn't exactly unusual for this time of year as October is one of the weakest months of the year (weakest on average), but I was expecting some better holds and hope I underestimate a bit.

(C)2020 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights ReservedWeekend Actuals (09/26-27):01 (01) ¥246,302,200 ($2.3 million), -25%, ¥1,203,822,590 ($11.4 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) WK2 02 (02) ¥131,910,200 ($1.3 million), -48%, ¥813,039,200 ($7.7 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) WK2 03 (03) ¥101,628,900 ($964,000), -40%, ¥849,613,900 ($8.1 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK3 04 (04) ¥x87,289,250 ($828,000), -37%, ¥2,040,215,420 ($19.3 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK505 (---) ¥x75,000,000 ($711,000), 0, ¥130,000,000 ($1.2 million), Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Toho Video Division) NEW06 (---) ¥x70,000,000 ($664,000), 0, ¥120,769,260 ($1.1 million), Midnight Swan (Kino Films) NEW 07 (05) ¥x60,639,100 ($575,000), -32%, ¥1,989,832,200 ($18.7 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK6 08 (06) ¥x57,732,850 ($547,000), -25%, ¥3,115,915,200 ($29.3 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK8 09 (09) ¥x49,595,600 ($470,000), -25%, ¥1,815,660,200 ($17.2 million), Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song (Aniplex) WK610 (---) ¥x45,000,000 ($427,000), 0, ¥x60,000,000 ($0.6 million), The Addams Family (Parco) NEW 11 (07) ¥x43,671,500 ($414,000), -44%, ¥542,370,500 ($5.1 million), Break the Silence: The Movie (Avex Pictures) WK3 12 (08) ¥x42,862,460 ($406,000), -35%, ¥524,498,820 ($4.9 million), The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Phantom Film) WK3 13 (10) ¥x29,815,900 ($283,000), -34%, ¥5,265,764,650 ($49.4 million), From Today, It's My Turn! (Toho) WK11>Tenet remains the #1 film at the box-office, and delivered a very good second weekend hold by selling 144,707 admissions in its sophomore frame, bringing its cumulative admissions up to 742,190 admissions. After two-weeks, Tenet has already nearly outgrossed Interstellar (will have as of Monday or Tuesday) and is running ahead of every other Nolan film aside from Inception. Look for Nolan's latest to become his second highest-grossing film in the market, again behind Inception, as it's targeting a total between ¥2-2.5 billion ($20-25 million). >Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and the Almost Four Heroes hasn't been able to adjust to its rescheduled release after being delayed from its traditional mid-April slot, and experiences a pretty poor hold in its third weekend. September is a very poor month to release a younger-skewing film. The 27th entry in the long-running film franchise will still earn a profitable gross, but it will finish noticeably below many of its predecessors. But Toho had little to lose here, unlike their other annual franchises, and didn't really have much choice but to release it here since they rescheduled the latest Pokemon film in December. >Stigmatized Properties exceeded the ¥2 billion milestone after its fifth-week in release, exceeding expectations and giving Shochiku a welcomed success. It won't reach the ¥2.5 billion ($25 million) mark, but it will get fairly close to that mark as well. >Tapestry is right on the cusp of exceeding the ¥2 billion milestone, and did so on Monday. Like Stigmatized Properties, this is another film that has exceeded expectations and while Toho has been doing very well during these times, it's still a nice success for them. >Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song became the highest-grossing film in the trilogy last week, but isn't slowing down quite yet, with a very good hold in its sixth-weekend of release. It's not exactly necessary for Aniplex to give it a push (or just let it play longer) to reach the ¥2 billion milestone, as it may fall just short, but they'll probably do so. >And finally, except for the cumulative total for Midnight Swan, it, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! and The Addams Family are estimated based on their weekend admissions ranking. All three were released by independent distributors, and they're often a day or so late in having their figures released. I'll update them later.And taking the estimated numbers for the independent films, the Top 10 this weekend is only down 3.2% versus the same weekend last year.

(C)2020 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. All Rights ReservedWeekend Actuals (09/19-20/22):01 (---) ¥326,785,290 ($3.1 million), 0, ¥752,996,550 ($7.1 million), Tenet (Warner Bros.) NEW02 (---) ¥252,281,500 ($2.4 million), 0, ¥559,522,200 ($5.3 million), Violet Evergarden: The Movie (Shochiku) NEW 03 (01) ¥170,753,850 ($1.6 million), -35%, ¥722,389,850 ($6.9 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Rakuga Kingdom and the Four Heroes (Toho) WK2 04 (02) ¥138,953,360 ($1.3 million), -32%, ¥1,897,000,000 ($17.9 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK4 05 (04) ¥x89,751,250 ($854,000), -20%, ¥1,873,285,700 ($17.6 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK5 06 (03) ¥x77,179,400 ($734,000), -32%, ¥3,047,565,250 ($28.7 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK7 07 (05) ¥x72,658,000 ($691,000), -33%, ¥453,791,300 ($4.2 million), Break the Silence: The Movie (Avex Pictures) WK2 08 (06) ¥x66,107,900 ($629,000), -34%, ¥421,000,000 ($3.9 million), The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Phantom Film) WK2 09 (08) ¥x65,970,100 ($627,000), -06%, ¥1,719,689,300 ($16.3 million), Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song (Aniplex) WK5 10 (09) ¥x45,314,650 ($431,000), -30%, ¥5,220,975,950 ($49.0 million), From Today, It's My Turn! (Toho) WK10 11 (07) ¥x38,576,480 ($367,000), -53%, ¥269,137,720 ($2.5 million), Midway (Kino Films) WK2 12 (11) ¥x34,252,050 ($326,000), -28%, ¥3,601,752,350 ($33.4 million), The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess (Toho) WK9NOTE: Cumulative Totals are as of Tuesday, Sept. 22nd, due to the back-to-back national holidays on Monday and Tuesday.>Tenet debuted atop the long Silver Week holiday period, selling 199,559 admissions over the weekend frame itself across 488 screens. And over the long 5-day holiday period, Nolan's latest sold 468,229 admissions. For just the weekend frame itself, Tenet debuts higher than both Dunkirk (though a little lower in admissions) and Interstellar, and only trailed The Dark Knight Rises by 13%. This is also the biggest opening weekend for a Hollywood film of 2020, granted, Hollywood keeps delaying their films, so not much competition on that front. But more important than the good weekend numbers is the impressive five-day total. Nolan's films are fairly frontloaded from appealing heavily toward his dedicated fanbase in the market, but even with mediocre legs, it's likely going to reach ¥2 billion (~$20 million) to become his second highest grossing film in the market, behind just Inception. >Violet Evergarden: The Movie enjoyed a healthy second place debut, selling 174,636 admissions over the weekend frame itself on just 153 screens. And over the long 5-day holiday period, it sold 392,072 admissions. Very good opening and five-day total here, and we can expect a total between ¥1.5-2.0 billion ($15-20 million). >Stigmatized Properties and Tapestry continue to have good performances, and thanks to the healthy holiday boost, both films are going to exceed the ¥2 billion ($20 million) milestone quite comfortably. The former in particular might be able to approach ¥2.5 billion (~$25 million). >Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur exceeded the ¥3 billion milestone after its seventh week in release (plus the two holidays). This was the desired goal to reach, as it's the standard for the franchise until the series saw an uptick over the past few years. So while it's going to finish 30/35% below its most recent predecessors, it was still able to reach a satisfactory total despite capacity restrictions during the majority of its run and a big release date change from its tradtional March release. >Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song surpassed its predecessor after its fifth weekend in release, and became the highest grossing film in the Fate/stay night trilogy of films. Big success. >From Today, It's My Turn! holds onto a spot in the Top 10, achieving its tenth-weekend there. The surprise blockbuster continues to hold quite well, too, against a lot more competition in its first few weeks in release, and will finish close to the ¥5.5 billion ($52/53 million) mark.

(C)臼井儀人／双葉社・シンエイ・テレビ朝日・ADK 2020Weekend Actuals (09/12-13):01 (---) ¥262,000,000 ($2.5 million), 0, ¥289,403,500 ($2.7 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes (Toho) NEW 02 (01) ¥204,537,360 ($2.0 million), -20%, ¥1,456,180,050 ($13.7 million), Stigmatized Properties (Shochiku) WK3 03 (02) ¥113,783,750 ($1.1 million), -18%, ¥2,844,505,250 ($26.8 million), Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (Toho) WK6 04 (03) ¥112,583,550 ($1.1 million), -19%, ¥1,550,559,350 ($14.5 million), Tapestry (Toho) WK405 (---) ¥105,000,000 ($989,000), 0, ¥195,084,200 ($1.8 million), Break the Silence: The Movie (Avex Pictures) NEW06 (---) ¥x89,000,000 ($838,000), 0, ¥153,027,300 ($1.4 million), The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Phantom Film) NEW07 (---) ¥x75,000,000 ($705,000), 0, ¥114,280,200 ($1.1 million), Midway (Kino Films) NEW 08 (04) ¥x70,232,800 ($661,000), -35%, ¥1,570,029,700 ($14.8 million), Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III - Spring Song (Aniplex) WK4 09 (05) ¥x64,752,850 ($610,000), -23%, ¥5,081,545,200 ($47.8 million), From Today, It's My Turn! (Toho) WK9 10 (06) ¥x51,924,610 ($489,000), -31%, ¥702,738,770 ($6.6 million), Onward (Disney) WK4 11 (07) ¥x47,357,300 ($446,000), -30%, ¥3,479,115,300 ($32.4 million), The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess (Toho) WK8The Top 10 came in a little below estimates, but they still delivered a good total. >Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and the Almost Four Heroes, the 28th-entry in the long-running animated franchise opened well, selling 212,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 364 screens, and sold 233,592 admissions after its first three-days in release. This debut is about 25% or so below the opening weekends of the last few films in the series, but I'd consider it a win with the capacity restrictions in place and the reschedule release outside of its traditional mid-April slot. Expect a finish between ¥1.5-2.0 billion ($15-20 million). >Stigmatized Properties delivered another good hold, selling 105,000 admissions in its third-weekend, bringing its 17-day admissions above 1 million with 1,093,799. It's definitely going to reach the ¥2 billion ($20 million) milestone now, and will probably finish near ¥2.5 billion (~$25 million). >Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur keeps putting up the strong holds and has locked up reaching the ¥3 billion ($30 million) milestone. It has sold 2.36 million admissions after six-weeks in release, and will end up selling over 2.5 million. >Break the Silence: The Movie (BTS movie) enjoyed a healthy four-day opening, selling 105,492 admissions since opening on Thursday across 265 screens. >The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese and Midway didn't put up impressive figures on their own, but they are notably strong for being released by independent distributors Phantom Film and Kino Films, respectively, which is another sign of a strong box-office. Their weekend frame admissions haven't been released, but the former sold 106,508 admissions after its first three-days in release, while the latter sold 86,320 admissions after its first three-days. >From Today, It's My Turn! achieved blockbuster status by exceeding ¥5 billion after its ninth-week of release and also exceeded 4 million admissions with 4,012,663. It became the first film released in 2020 to achieve blockbuster status. This is an incredible accomplishment, and it will probably finish as high as ¥5.5 billion ($51/52 million) on 4.3 million admissions. >Onward still isn't holding too well, and unless it's really, really able to take advantage of the upcoming four-day holiday weekend (Sept. 19-22), is probably going to finish below Brave and become Pixar's lowest-grossing film in the market. As I've mentioned, there wasn't much going for this one even before the pandemic delayed it, but almost every other film released since July has been meeting/exceeding expectations, so I don't really know why this one is under-performing so much.

Analysis of change by district shows some tightening in the differences, with the two least attended districts per capita, North and South, being the two districts with by far the highest growth. Jerusalem district theatres screens seats admissions change in admissons change in admissons since 2006 population (M) admissions per capita pop growth 2006 3 16 2,900 688,889 0.87 0.79 2007 3 16 2,900 667,371 -3.12% -3.12% 0.89 0.75 2.21% 2008 4 18 3,366 741,220 11.07% 7.60% 0.91 0.81 2.36% 2009 4 16 3,197 787,574 6.25% 14.33% 0.92 0.85 1.52% 2010 4 16 3,197 828,905 5.25% 20.32% 0.95 0.88 2.26% 2011 4 16 3,197 684,396 -17.43% -0.65% 0.97 0.71 2.42% 2012 4 16 3,197 722,257 5.53% 4.84% 0.99 0.73 2.01% 2013 4 16 3,197 659,226 -8.73% -4.31% 1.01 0.65 2.13% 2014 5 23 4,689 1,222,195 85.40% 77.42% 1.03 1.18 2.56% 2015 4 33 5,552 1,396,734 14.28% 102.75% 1.06 1.32 2.30% 2016 4 33 5,543 1,530,397 9.57% 122.15% 1.08 1.41 2.39% 2017 4 33 5,558 1,565,916 2.32% 127.31% 1.11 1.41 2.36% 2018 4 33 5,561 1,455,710 -7.04% 111.31% 1.13 1.28 2.24% 2019 4 33 5,541 1,462,649 0.48% 112.32% 1.16 1.26 2.31% North district theatres screens seats admissions change in admissons change in admissons since 2006 population (M) admissions per capita pop growth 2006 3 12 1,824 200,424 1.20 0.17 2007 2 7 1,054 151,115 -24.60% -24.60% 1.22 0.12 1.55% 2008 3 8 1,276 134,920 -10.72% -32.68% 1.24 0.11 1.65% 2009 4 11 1,553 145,648 7.95% -27.33% 1.26 0.12 1.22% 2010 4 11 1,553 174,512 19.82% -12.93% 1.28 0.14 1.75% 2011 4 11 1,668 196,160 12.40% -2.13% 1.30 0.15 1.67% 2012 4 11 1,665 234,645 19.62% 17.07% 1.32 0.18 1.56% 2013 5 11 1,866 265,077 12.97% 32.26% 1.34 0.20 1.57% 2014 6 12 2,355 303,109 14.35% 51.23% 1.36 0.22 1.27% 2015 5 11 1,855 330,741 9.12% 65.02% 1.38 0.24 1.60% 2016 6 17 2,484 390,401 18.04% 94.79% 1.40 0.28 1.51% 2017 7 23 3,078 538,855 38.03% 168.86% 1.43 0.38 1.74% 2018 7 27 3,397 511,841 -5.01% 155.38% 1.45 0.35 1.57% 2019 6 20 2,670 569,800 11.32% 184.30% 1.47 0.39 1.47% Haifa district theatres screens seats admissions change in admissons change in admissons since 2006 population (M) admissions per capita pop growth 2006 8 42 6,195 768,960 0.86 0.89 2007 7 41 5,784 958,503 24.65% 24.65% 0.87 1.10 0.81% 2008 6 50 7,255 1,350,066 40.85% 75.57% 0.88 1.53 1.01% 2009 3 40 5,918 1,654,016 22.51% 115.10% 0.90 1.84 2.09% 2010 4 45 6,576 1,911,642 15.58% 148.60% 0.91 2.09 1.63% 2011 4 46 7,046 1,858,110 -2.80% 141.64% 0.93 2.01 1.37% 2012 3 40 5,918 1,947,816 4.83% 153.31% 0.94 2.07 1.46% 2013 3 40 5,918 2,172,290 11.52% 182.50% 0.95 2.28 1.37% 2014 3 41 6,265 2,224,198 2.39% 189.25% 0.97 2.30 1.55% 2015 3 41 6,265 2,391,015 7.50% 210.94% 0.98 2.44 1.51% 2016 4 58 7,737 2,704,945 13.13% 251.77% 1.00 2.71 1.53% 2017 5 70 9,562 3,119,801 15.34% 305.72% 1.01 3.08 1.77% 2018 5 70 9,562 2,914,492 -6.58% 279.02% 1.03 2.82 1.86% 2019 6 76 10,291 3,047,204 4.55% 296.28% 1.05 2.89 1.99% Centre district theatres screens seats admissions change in admissons change in admissons since 2006 population (M) admissions per capita pop growth 2006 17 104 15,985 2,002,608 1.69 1.18 2007 14 81 11,682 1,909,639 -4.64% -4.64% 1.73 1.10 2.35% 2008 14 83 11,598 1,907,573 -0.11% -4.75% 1.77 1.08 2.29% 2009 14 83 11,476 2,063,925 8.20% 3.06% 1.81 1.14 2.49% 2010 14 101 14,061 3,972,790 92.49% 98.38% 1.85 2.14 2.24% 2011 13 92 13,323 4,189,625 5.46% 109.21% 1.89 2.22 1.88% 2012 14 116 17,276 4,844,053 15.62% 141.89% 1.93 2.51 2.18% 2013 13 110 15,447 5,529,068 14.14% 176.09% 1.98 2.80 2.35% 2014 14 118 16,260 5,362,396 -3.01% 167.77% 2.02 2.65 2.44% 2015 14 115 15,740 6,179,151 15.23% 208.56% 2.07 2.98 2.32% 2016 18 146 21,017 6,737,471 9.04% 236.43% 2.12 3.18 2.14% 2017 16 138 19,167 7,418,284 10.10% 270.43% 2.16 3.44 1.97% 2018 15 127 18,067 6,690,717 -9.81% 234.10% 2.20 3.05 1.79% 2019 14 133 18,216 6,858,355 2.51% 242.47% 2.23 3.07 1.68% Tel Aviv district theatres screens seats admissions change in admissons change in admissons since 2006 population (M) admissions per capita pop growth 2006 20 105 19,106 4,832,136 1.20 4.02 2007 16 107 19,413 4,978,748 3.03% 3.03% 1.22 4.09 1.08% 2008 20 108 19,529 5,125,234 2.94% 6.07% 1.23 4.18 0.86% 2009 18 94 17,129 5,392,067 5.21% 11.59% 1.28 4.22 4.08% 2010 18 92 16,572 4,961,005 -7.99% 2.67% 1.29 3.86 0.62% 2011 18 92 16,224 4,693,978 -5.38% -2.86% 1.30 3.60 1.43% 2012 16 83 14,428 4,782,265 1.88% -1.03% 1.32 3.63 1.14% 2013 15 83 14,620 4,846,826 1.35% 0.30% 1.33 3.64 0.99% 2014 15 84 14,680 4,832,328 -0.30% 0.00% 1.35 3.58 1.40% 2015 14 84 15,033 4,745,597 -1.79% -1.79% 1.37 3.47 1.39% 2016 14 84 15,033 4,873,691 2.70% 0.86% 1.39 3.51 1.43% 2017 14 84 15,033 4,627,284 -5.06% -4.24% 1.41 3.29 1.30% 2018 13 81 14,636 4,161,748 -10.06% -13.87% 1.43 2.92 1.48% 2019 13 81 14,639 4,237,701 1.83% -12.30% 1.45 2.92 1.77% South district theatres screens seats admissions change in admissons change in admissons since 2006 population (M) admissions per capita pop growth 2006 8 34 6,203 538,827 1.02 0.53 2007 6 23 4,078 477,098 -11.46% -11.46% 1.04 0.46 1.62% 2008 7 33 5,289 478,548 0.30% -11.19% 1.05 0.45 1.56% 2009 7 33 5,292 637,610 33.24% 18.33% 1.08 0.59 2.90% 2010 6 29 4,441 858,257 34.61% 59.28% 1.11 0.78 2.09% 2011 6 29 4,495 840,268 -2.10% 55.94% 1.12 0.75 1.57% 2012 9 32 5,158 884,018 5.21% 64.06% 1.15 0.77 1.98% 2013 9 32 5,148 971,959 9.95% 80.38% 1.17 0.83 1.92% 2014 9 32 5,181 965,019 -0.71% 79.10% 1.19 0.81 2.03% 2015 10 33 5,657 1,081,843 12.11% 100.78% 1.22 0.89 2.11% 2016 10 51 8,839 1,307,056 20.82% 142.57% 1.24 1.05 2.19% 2017 10 54 8,868 1,453,117 11.17% 169.68% 1.27 1.14 2.24% 2018 9 53 8,710 1,374,143 -5.43% 155.02% 1.30 1.06 2.35% 2019 11 68 12,831 1,552,211 12.96% 188.07% 1.33 1.17 2.20%