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

[Dingdong123]

When is Godzilla opening? Will it hurt the Dame?

imdb lists it at July 25. I think the market can hold both movies. Or atleast I hope they can.

[Blackout]

imdb lists it at July 25. I think the market can hold both movies. Or atleast I hope they can.

Maleficent should be able to hold off Godzilla me thinks

[jj99]

What's that red sat% number? Increase over Friday?

I think its Saturation.

[Peeta Tong Karanasios]

Looks like Disney has another hit in Japan with Maleficent!

That's true!

First Frozen,now Maleficent!

Disney is in fire!

   

[Godzilla]

Angie showing how it's done. 

 

[edroger3]

 

Toho Cinemas Saturday/Weekend Admissions (Overall Weekend Admissions)

 

85,115/167,188 (747,451) - The Wind Rises (07/20/13)

64,398/133,273 (649,865) - Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (04/19/14)

62,250/???,??? (???,???) - Maleficent (07/05/14)

59,492/121,802 (614,969)  - Monsters University (07/06/13)

59,192/123,606 (602,347) - Frozen (03/15/14)

51,800/108,724 (539,132) - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (12/07/13)

42,541/94,650 (530,544) - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (03/08/14)

42,537/91,182 (429,918) - The Eternal Zero (12/21/13)

40,414/74,131 (363,451)  - Midsummer Formula (06/29/13)

39,836/84,982 (365,356) - Thermae Romae II (04/26/14)

38,885/85,462 (464,839) - Pokemon: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (07/13/13)

37,960/88,488 (393,522) - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 2 (11/30-12/1/13)

 

Very, very huge for Maleficent.  This likely locks up 600,000+ admissions for the weekend, meaning we could see a weekend north of ¥800 million ($8 million+).  And an opening over ¥800 million makes a total of ¥5-6 billion ($50-60 million) resonable.

 

Edge of Tomorrow did 15,234 admissions at Toho yesterday, which would out it on track for 150-200,000 admissions and ¥200-250 million ($2-2.5 million).  Remember though that this doesn't include what it made on Friday, or last weekend's previews.

 

it's very interesting that Frozen did its better on 8th weekend (golden week - 82.492 sat -  96.392 sun - 849.699 tot adm) and the following monday was its biggest toho day with 117.374 adm (near 80% saturation)

[rockNrollaDIM]

Queen slays Japan premiere, now show us dem legs!!

 

[edroger3]

What's that red sat% number? Increase over Friday?

It's the saturation, the percentage of tickets sold on the basis of available seats. 29.1% is a number rather low compared for example to Frozen that sometimes did near 80%. (even if in opening saturday it did 36%, but opened on friday).

We'll see tomorrow

Edited July 5, 2014 by edroger

[Incarnadine]

So, it looks like Maleficent has a shot at the biggest opening weekend of 2014. I figured it might open big, but not that big.

 

Current biggest openers (#1 and #2) of 2014:

 

¥789.3 million ($7.8 million) / 649,865 [341] - Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (Toho)
¥763.4 million ($7.5 million) / 602,347 [598] - Frozen (Disney)

Edited July 5, 2014 by Incarnadine

[Cynosure]

Top OW of 2014 in revenue seems quite likely. Probably not happening in admissions though.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Cynosure

[HesAPooka]

I think Maleficents success in Japan comes off the back of Frozen being a huge successful Disney movie as well. Something similar happened back when Clash of The Titans 3D and Alice in Wonderland 3D opened after Avatar's success, and the public were on a 3D craze so they went in droves to see these movies despite their mediocrity.

[Ajbg]

I think Maleficents success in Japan comes off the back of Frozen being a huge successful Disney movie as well. Something similar happened back when Clash of The Titans 3D and Alice in Wonderland 3D opened after Avatar's success, and the public were on a 3D craze so they went in droves to see these movies despite their mediocrity.

Not exactly. People don't pay for a movie because they liked of another. Like it or not, a movie only have good word of mouth if people liked it.Maleficent is even bigger than Frozen in Latin America, and Frozen was a big hit in France, Germany, Australia and South Korea, the four markets where Maleficent numbers are good but not great.People liked Alice -it would be a hit anyway - but I agree that it only got 1billion because of 3D fever.Clash of the Titans is a stupid explosions movie. This kind of movies allways have public (Michael Bay says hello). But I agree that it was bigger because of 3D fever too.

[mrules14]

I think Maleficents success in Japan comes off the back of Frozen being a huge successful Disney movie as well. Something similar happened back when Clash of The Titans 3D and Alice in Wonderland 3D opened after Avatar's success, and the public were on a 3D craze so they went in droves to see these movies despite their mediocrity.

 

Might be too early to talk about its success yet, this is the opening weeking after all. It could easily drop off quickly if they don't like it.

[Corpse]

Biggest Opening Weekends Since 2010 (Live-Action Films)

 

 

Weekend Gross ¥($) / Admissions - Film (Dis.) Year

¥1.316 billion ($14.3 million) / 828,149 - Alice in Wonderland (Disney) 2010

¥1.301 billion ($16.4 million) / 880,697 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 (Warner Bros.) 2011

¥1.209 billion ($14.8 million) / 773,184 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney) 2011

¥971.9 million ($11.1 million) / 707,399 - Bayside Shakedown: Set the Guys Loose! (Toho) 2010

¥956.9 million ($11.3 million) / 612,211 - Umizaru: The Last Message (Toho) 2010

¥937.4 million ($11.2 million) / 766,633 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 (Warner Bros.) 2010

¥878.2 million ($11.1 million) / 686,981 - Umizaru: Brave Hearts (Toho) 2012

¥804.3 million ($10.3 million) / 604,089 - Bayside Shakedown: The Final (Toho) 2012

¥775-850 million ($7.6-8.3 million) / 575,000-625,000 - Maleficent (Disney) 2014 *Early Projection*

¥698.5 million ($8.2 million) / 427,973 - Resident Evil: Afterlife (Sony) 2010

¥676.9 million ($8.6 million) / 433,940 - Resident Evil: Retribution (Sony) 2012

¥592.8 million ($7.3 million) / 454,220 - Gantz (Toho) 2010

¥583.9 million ($7.6 million) / 426,162 - The Amazing Spider-Man (Sony) 2012

¥581.0 million ($7.5 million) / 431,090 - Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie (Toho) 2011

¥573.6 million ($7.4 million) / 372,973 - Men in Black 3 (Toho-Towa) 2012

¥572.8 million ($7.3 million) / 437,749 - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Paramount) 2011

¥571.7 million ($7.4 million) / 363,912 - Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) 2011

¥563.1 million ($6.1 million) / 437,613 - Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score 2 (Toho) 2010

¥555.6 million ($7.2 million) / 421,274 - Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (Toho) 2012

¥551.1 million ($6.7 million) / 423,675 - Gantz: The Perfect Answer (Toho) 2011

¥542.3 million ($5.3 million) / 429,918 - The Eternal Zero (Toho) 2013

¥529.1 million ($6.6 million) / 406,288 - SP: The Motion Picture (Toho) 2010

¥528.2 million ($6.4 million) / 412,129 - Space Battleship Yamato (Toho) 2010

¥503.3 million ($6.4 million) / 390,102 - A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) 2011

¥500.9 million ($6.3 million) / 326,110 - The Avengers (Disney) 2012

¥500 million+

 

Maleficent is easily going earn itself the biggest live-action opening weekend since 2012, and depending on how Sunday plays out, maybe 2011, though that'll be difficult. 

[Fake]

Very underwhelming opening for EoT.Spectacular for Maleficent. Should easily do 50m+.

[Kalel009Shel]

Adjusted it's the same story:

 

01 :: 23.50 million - Spirited Away (2001)02 :: 19.50 million - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)03 :: 16.83 million - Titanic (1997)04 :: 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)05 :: 15.59 million - Frozen (2014) [73 days in release]06 :: 15.50 million - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)07 :: 14.20 million - Princess Mononoke (1997)08 :: 14.00 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)09 :: 13.00 million - Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1958)10 :: 12.87 million - Ponyo (2008)11 :: 12.60 million - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)12 :: 12.55 million - Godzilla vs. King Kong (1962)13 :: 12.10 million - The Last Samurai (2003)14 :: 11.00 million - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)15 :: 10.69 million - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)16 :: 10.10 million - Avatar (2009)

 

Frozen has destroyed Avatar's attendance, it will beat Titanic in the next few weeks, and will probably finish up somewhere between 17 and 18 million, quite firmly in the #3 slot.

 

Japanese ticket prices are extremely stable. Prior to this year, there hadn't been an increase since the early 90s, which means that the top films in that time are the same, actual or adjusted.

 

As far as dollars go, Frozen will end up the highest grossing film of all time in Japan.

 

Adjusted it's the same story:

 

01 :: 23.50 million - Spirited Away (2001)02 :: 19.50 million - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)03 :: 16.83 million - Titanic (1997)04 :: 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)05 :: 15.59 million - Frozen (2014) [73 days in release]06 :: 15.50 million - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)07 :: 14.20 million - Princess Mononoke (1997)08 :: 14.00 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)09 :: 13.00 million - Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1958)10 :: 12.87 million - Ponyo (2008)11 :: 12.60 million - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)12 :: 12.55 million - Godzilla vs. King Kong (1962)13 :: 12.10 million - The Last Samurai (2003)14 :: 11.00 million - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)15 :: 10.69 million - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)16 :: 10.10 million - Avatar (2009)

 

Frozen has destroyed Avatar's attendance, it will beat Titanic in the next few weeks, and will probably finish up somewhere between 17 and 18 million, quite firmly in the #3 slot.

 

Japanese ticket prices are extremely stable. Prior to this year, there hadn't been an increase since the early 90s, which means that the top films in that time are the same, actual or adjusted.

 

As far as dollars go, Frozen will end up the highest grossing film of all time in Japan.

Only until Avatar 2 Debuts..

[Kalel009Shel]

I think Maleficents success in Japan comes off the back of Frozen being a huge successful Disney movie as well. Something similar happened back when Clash of The Titans 3D and Alice in Wonderland 3D opened after Avatar's success, and the public were on a 3D craze so they went in droves to see these movies despite their mediocrity.

Without a doubt, they are flocking it to get that Let it go Experience and visual beauty thing, also they really

feeling Disney Princesses over in Japan right now. Mal is not even close to Frozen or Dragon2 in Quality so its going

to be interesting on how the legs go in Japan.

[Kalel009Shel]

Hey when does Godzilla Hit  Japan my friends? ?

[Quigley]

For me it is dead,its run was way too long,I completely lost interest despite I love the movie.Japanese people seem very slow.Japanese runs are too lengthy,Russian ones are too short,two extremes.Something like the US BO is the best : it can be huge at the beginning and going on for 3 months after that.

 

Yeah, well, this summer has shown that the American box office can be far more front-loaded than expected. Up until now there hasn't been a single movie to dominate for more than one weekend during the summer. And I wish that was due to very goood openings, but it's actually because of very bad legs. The American BO used to be way less front-loaded but now it's just a matter of what the film makes up until its first 10 days. Then everything is useless.

[Annayya]

Only until Avatar 2 Debuts..

 

You have to wait too long for that. I hope Cameron will do a great job on the next three movies he has planned. If they are really as good as they can be, each movie can make $3 billion worldwide which would be a total of $12 billion for the franchise.

 

Avatar 2 - 2016

Avatar 3 - 2017

Avatar 4 - 2018

 

I see a lot of movies in IMAX 3D and I will still say that Avatar is the best 3D movie and has one of the best effects/CGI ever. There has never been a movie with so much detail to the background.

Edited July 6, 2014 by Annayya