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

[Mojoguy]

they dont have large opening weekends and their annual admissions are lower per capita than other countries.this a constant wave of WOM spreading to non movie goers who are spreading to others and they dont have the capacity to burn off 50m+ for one movie like they do in the US. It spreads out in a steady flow. Im sure repeat viewings play a part as well.

I'm really glad at how well Frozen has been doing in Japan, but I think I would have preferred an American like run with huge OW and small weekend drops afterwards. It would mathematically have ended up with a higher total since it was making most of its money OW, than what it will be getting now with the same weekend after same weekend.

 

An American like boxoffice run would also have been a more exiciting run as well.

Edited May 30, 2014 by Mojoguy

[BadAtGender]

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

[Queen Elsa Arendelle]

People, I have been thinking that Disney knows how badass frozen has been in japan and they know about the possibility of beating spirit away. I find difficult to believe that they dont know what is going on there. maybe they dont care because they are making crazy money and give a fuck about being the number 1 movie in japan. I mean, you have to be blind to not notice how wonderful frozens performance is in japan. I really dont understand disney!! 

Edited May 30, 2014 by Queen Elsa Arendelle

[Mojoguy]

You know what? It is SO nerve wrecking to me that movies in Japan depend so much on GREAT legs to become successful. It takes weeks or even months to finally to get a clear picture of how successful a movie really was in Japan. I'm too used to how films behave in the US, when the success of a movie can be determined by its first weekend. The chance that a film finally dies one week in Japan without warning is much more of a risk since it takes so freaking long to make its money.

 

If this has been Frozen's weekly run in Japan, it would be less stressful.

 

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

 

Instead of this, which an early dvd release threatens more.

7

14

14

14

14

14

14

 

Frozen had a $2m weekend when it came out on dvd in the US, but there is a chance Frozen could still be making over $10M in Japan when it comes out in July...

Edited May 30, 2014 by Mojoguy

[Mojoguy]

I think it has been stated that the dubbed showings for Frozen have been about 50% full each weekend, so its not like there isn't enough room. Japanese people just aren't filling showings as much as they could.

[Mojoguy]

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

They gave WAY too many screens to ASM1, which just ended up floundering in Japan. They learned their lesson for ASM2.

[tupek]

So people is not happy with this movie grossing $200m ?  Interesting.

[mfantin65]

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

spidey had 1000screens. In the US you can have4000 theaters, 10000 screens. You have HMC at 13m opening but thats just 1,000,000 admissions. Avengers at $9 p ticket and was 22m admissions. 7x per capita

[Mojoguy]

So people is not happy with this movie grossing $200m ?  Interesting.

People are happy, but they just don't want Frozen's legs cut short because of an early video release.

[Mojoguy]

spidey had 1000screens. In the US you can have4000 theaters, 10000 screens. You have HMC at 13m opening but thats just 1,000,000 admissions. Avengers at $9 p ticket and was 22m admissions. 7x per capita

The US is all about OW since studios make the most money in the first couple of weeks. Also it's also exciting as hell whenever an OD or OW record is broken.

[rhfqkddl45]

Presales Numbers 5/31 (Sat) - Toho  some Theaters

 

*Shibuya 

-Today 5/31_____  958 / 1422 - 67.3%

-Last Sat 5/24__ 1040 / 1485 - 70%

 

*Yurakucho/Hibiya 

-Today 5/31_______ 395 / 915  - 43.1% 

-Last Sat 5/24____ 582 / 3270 - 17.8% 

 

 

*Roppongi Hills

-Today 5/31________ 563 / 3532 - 15.9%

-Last Sat 5/24_____ 596 / 4195 - 14.2%

 

 

*Nihonbashi  

-Today 5/31 ______ 695 / 3584 - 19.3%

-Last Sat 5/24____ 781 / 3826 - 20.4%

 

 

*4 Theaters Total

-Today 5/31 ________ 2611 /  9453 - 27.6% 

-Saturday 5/24 _____ 2999 / 12776 - 23.4% (Toho 44460 x14.82) 

 

*Prediction (Toho Admissions)...  37,000--42,000 ($2.5m-3m range)

 

*Tomorrow presales are very strong.  $6.5m+ Weekend is possible.

 

 

-Saturday 5/17 ___ 3453 / 12540 - 26.5% (Toho 51979 x15.05)

-Saturday 5/3_____ 5630 / 11864 - 47.4% (Toho 82960 x14.7)

-Sunday 5/18______ 3837 / 11670 - 32.8% (Toho 61998 x16.15)

-Sunday 5/11______ 3846 / 9134  - 42.1% (Toho 57118 x14.85)

-Sunday 5/4_______ 7150 / 10106 - 70.7% (Toho 96537 x13.5)

Edited May 31, 2014 by Hans13

[Quigley]

So it's headed for another ~$13M week (Mon-to-Sun).

 

I really hope there is a double feature release with Maleficent in the US. It could add at least $5M to its total - if not more, so it will need less in Japan to reach HP7:P2.

[Mojoguy]

Wow, crazy that Frozen just refuses to drop hard with each new week.

 

What exactly happens to blockbusters when they are released on video in Japan? Do they completely die off, or do they still make good money? Could Frozen have a couple of $5M-9M weeks in it even after the video release?

Edited May 31, 2014 by Mojoguy

[mfantin65]

That one theater cut a lot of seats for xmen cutting a lot of presales.other chains have been picking up market share. I think 42+ toho is possible, 3m + for sat

[Mojoguy]

Corpse

 

DVD/Blu-Ray sales are generally very low in Japan. Prices are very high, so it's largely a music industry market with anime/movie sales being driven by otaku crowds mostly, who literally pay hundreds and thousands on single releases.Most Studio Ghibli films are released in July, with their home video release being the following July, so a full year.Rentals are popular though, and I believe that's what hurts any film still in release by that point the most.This July sees the Blu-ray release of Spirited Away and The Wind Rises, as well as Frozen now. It's going to be a big month for Blu-ray/DVD sales.Here is an incomplete list of the top-selling DVDs in Japan:01. 2,401,992 - Spirited Away02. 1,565,000 - Finding Nemo03. 1,514,000 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban04. 1,384,000 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl05. 1,370,000 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest06. 1,327,915 - Howl's Moving Castle07. 1,265,000 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret08. 1,247,560 - My Neighbor Totoro09. 1,197,000 - The Matrix Reloaded10. 1,158,000 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire11. 1,125,000 - Michael Jackson's This is It12. 1,122,000 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone13. 1,032,000 - The Last Samurai948,451 - Ponyo943,000 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith937,000 - The Matrix Revolution932,999 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End794,696 - Castle in the Sky743,000 - The Incredibles732,000 - Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix667,504 - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind640,000 - Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance598,000 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince585,000 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory580,000 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones574,434 - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo570,000 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King570,000 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2536,110 - Kiki's Delivery Service510,000 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1-catlover provided many of these last year and noted that most were their yearly totals, not overall totals. I don't track weekly DVD sales, so it's hard to say how accurate they are.The Studio Ghibli ones are accurate though. My Neighbor Totoro has been on the DVD sales chart for nearly 700-consecutive weeks, and most of the Ghibli DVDs appeared on the charts again last year after Miyazaki announced his retirement.

[Mojoguy]

Corpse

 

Weekend Forecast [05/31-06/01]

01 (01) ¥616 million ($6.1 million), -12%, ¥21.10 billion ($206.9 million), Frozen (Disney) Week 12
02 (--) ¥220 million ($2.1 million), 0, ¥290 million ($2.9 million), X-Men: Days of Future Past (Fox) NEW
03 (--) ¥205 million ($2.0 million), 0, All-Around Appraiser Q: Mona Lisa's Eye (Toho) NEW
04 (--) ¥135 million ($1.3 million), 0, ¥170 million ($1.6 million), Monsterz (Warner Bros.) NEW
05 (02) ¥129 million ($1.3 million), -27%, ¥480 million ($4.7 million), A Bolt from the Blue (Toho) Week 2
06 (03) ¥103 million ($1.0 million), -30%, ¥4.07 billion ($40.0 million), Thermae Romae II (Toho) Week 6
07 (04) ¥62 million ($610,000), -39%, ¥2.97 billion ($29.1 million), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony) Week 6
08 (05) ¥55 million ($540,000), -35%, ¥3.92 billion ($38.4 million), Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (Toho) Week 7
09 (06) ¥51 million ($500,000), -37%, ¥510 million ($5.0 million), Ushijima the Loan Shark 2 (Toho) Week 3
10 (08) ¥36 million ($350,000), -35%, ¥1.67 billion ($16.3 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes (Toei) Week 7

>Frozen will effortlessly claim a 12th-consecutive week atop the box-office and very, very likely achieve the biggest 12th weekend ever in the process, too.

It also surpassed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on Thursday to become the #3 film of all-time in Japan. After 80 days in release, it has earned ¥20,377,433,900($199.8 million) with 16,013,713 admissions. Sometime during next week (probably next Wednesday), it will overtake Titanic (16.83 million) in admissions to become the most-attended imported film of all-time.

>X-Men: Days of Future's Past should top the opening weekends of two Wolverine films and First Class, but will still fall well short of the debuts of the original three films. It opened on Friday, and looking at admissions at Toho yesterday, it earned around ¥70/80 million ($700/800,000) before heading into the weekend.

>All-Around Appraiser Q: Mona Lisa's Eye has weak pre-sales and looks to debut lower than expected. However, it will be attracting a wide, older female audience that may not be keen on buying advance tickets. It may still give X-Men a run at the #2 spot over the weekend.

>Thermae Romae II will exceed the ¥4 billion (~$40 million) this weekend, making it just the 2nd live-action film (imported or domestic) along side The Eternal Zero from earlier this year to reach the mark in the past 15 months.

Also of note this weekend is that Sunday is the 1st of the Month (it's been 3 months since the 1st landed on a weekend), so expect strong admission showings with the 40% discount, but lower than avg. ticket prices.

[mfantin65]

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[mfantin65]

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[mfantin65]

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Edited May 31, 2014 by T E Lawrence

[LABAS]

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