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[Corpse]

Top Opening Weekends - 2014

Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [screens] - Film (Distributor)

 

¥1 billion ↨

¥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)

¥691.7 million ($6.8 million) / 500,837 [643] - Maleficent (Disney)

¥649.8 million ($6.4 million) / 539,132 [329] - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (Toho)

¥600.4 million ($5.9 million) / 530,554 [361] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (Toho)

¥542.3 million ($5.3 million) / 429,918 [430] - The Eternal Zero (Toho)

¥500 million ↨

¥491.3 million ($4.8 million) / 365,356 [434] - Thermae Romae II (Toho)

¥420.3 million ($4.1 million) / 272,703 [761] - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony)

¥393.3 million ($3.9 million) / 360,190 [357] - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (Toho)

¥378.9 million ($3.7 million) / 285,234 [461] - Memories of Marnie (Toho)

¥338.9 million ($3.3 million) / 294,599 [329] - Crayon Shin-chan: Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes (Toho)

¥331.7 million ($3.2 million) / 246,099 [314] - Trick: The Last Stage (Toho)

¥313.3 million ($3.1 million) / 244,577 [681] - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.)

¥302.8 million ($3.0 million) / 197,006 [549] - Gravity (Warner Bros.)

¥300 million ↨

¥294.0 million ($2.9 million) / 216,929 [307] - Crows: Explode (Toho)

¥284.3 million ($2.9 million) / 222,822 [456] - The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Toho)

¥282.2 million ($2.8 million) / 209,935 [293] - The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Toho)

¥276.1 million ($2.7 million) / 246,094 [311] - I Want to Hold You (Toho)

¥274.5 million ($2.7 million) / 212,534 [334] - Partners the Movie 3 (Toei)

¥272.5 million ($2.7 million) / 207,475 [648] - X-Men: Days of Future Past (Fox)

¥263.2 million ($2.6 million) / 222,265 [292] - Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (Toei)

¥259.1 million ($2.5 million) / 172,211 [632] - Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Bros.)

¥255.0 million ($2.5 million) / 200,321 [361] - Noah (Paramount)

¥223.5 million ($2.2 million) / 196,252 [284] - Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard (Toei)

¥200.9 million ($2.0 million) / 160,528 [251] - Mission Impossible: Samurai (Shochiku)

¥200 million ↨

¥198.4 million ($1.9 million) / 142,236 [488] - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Disney)

¥194.4 million ($1.9 million) / 162,522 [327] - Monsterz (Warner Bros.)

¥192.6 million ($1.9 million) / 172,278 [210] - Pretty Cure All Stars: New Stage 3 (Toei)

¥187.1 million ($1.8 million) / 144,456 [627] - Thor: The Dark World (Disney)

¥180.5 million ($1.8 million) / 167,300 [408] - Red 2 (Disney)

¥179.9 million ($1.7 million) / 130,898 [300] - A Bolt from the Blue (Toho)

¥169.8 million ($1.6 million) / 138,528 [309] - Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: The Great Soccer Match! (Toei)

¥167.9 million ($1.6 million) / 146,160 [242] - The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)

¥166.5 million ($1.6 million) / 113,178 [575] - Enchanted Kingdom 3D (Toho-Towa)

¥164.0 million ($1.6 million) / 135,797 [284] - The Liar and His Lover (Toho)

¥163.6 million ($1.6 million) / 124,755 [305] - The Snow White Murder Case (Shochiku)

¥160.3 million ($1.5 million) / 133,344 [300] - The Escape Plan (Gaga)

¥159.6 million ($1.5 million) / 135,801 [246] - Say, "I Love You" (Shochiku)

¥157.9 million ($1.5 million) / 123,795 [258] - Hunter X Hunter: The Final Mission (Toho)

¥157.1 million ($1.5 million) / 98,208 [35] - Mobile Suit Gundam UC: Episode 7 - Over the Rainbow (Shochiku)

¥155.4 million ($1.5 million) / 123,007 [282] - Team Batista: Kerberos's Final Portrait (Toho)

¥154.9 million ($1.5 million) / 129,043 [435] - Planes (Disney)

¥149.9 million ($1.5 million) / 81,262 [39] - THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE (Aniplex)

¥149.7 million ($1.4 million) / 127,427 [271] - My Little Nightmare (Toho)

¥147.5 million ($1.4 million) / 112,880 [594] - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Fox)

¥145.6 million ($1.4 million) / 116,253 [327] - Black Butler (Warner Bros.)

¥140.1 million ($1.3 million) / 119,558 [300] - All-Around Appraiser Q: Mona Lisa's Eye (Toho)

¥134.0 million ($1.3 million) / 133,243 [304] - Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! (Toei)

¥132.9 million ($1.3 million) / 89,175 [156] - Ushijima the Loan Shark 2 (Toho)

¥130.5 million ($1.3 million) / 73,716 [94] - Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (Shochiku)

¥126.7 million ($1.2 million) / 116,857 [281] - Kiki's Delivery Service (Toei)

¥123.4 million ($1.2 million) / 112,798 [471] - Captain Phillips (Sony)

¥122.8 million ($1.2 million) / 112,823 [314] - The Little House (Shochiku)

¥121.1 million ($1.2 million) / 98,956 [285] - Silver Spoon (Toho)

¥120.7 million ($1.2 million) / 91,492 [600] - Walking with Dinosaurs (Fox)

¥117.9 million ($1.1 million) / 85,845 [535] - Transcendence (Shochiku/Pony Canyon)

¥112.9 million ($1.1 million) / 92,752 [333] - Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Paramount)

¥112.3 million ($1.1 million) / 83,420 [303] - Thirst (Gaga)

¥109.2 million ($1.1 million) / 85,074 [138] - Kamen Teacher (Showgate)

¥107.0 million ($1.0 million) / 81,862 [310] - Wood Job! (Toho)

¥105.3 million ($1.0 million) / 77,894 [753] - 47 Ronin (Toho-Towa)

¥100.8 million ($1.0 million) / 78,054 [308] - RoboCop (Sony)

¥100 million ↨

 

 

Top Opening Weekends - 2013

Weekend Gross / Admissions :: Film [screen Count]

¥1.372 billion ($16.7 million) / 1,140,081 :: One Piece Film Z [300] *All-Time Domestic Opening Admissions Record*

¥1 billion ↨

¥960.9 million ($9.8 million) / 747,451 :: The Wind Rises [454] 

¥847.4 million ($8.5 million) / 614,969 :: Monsters University [661] 

¥683.9 million ($7.3 million) / 561,098 :: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods [312]

¥671.6 million ($6.9 million) / 565,914 :: Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea [344] 

¥667.3 million ($7.2 million) / 597,899 :: Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum [353]

¥500 million ↨

¥486.3 million ($5.0 million) / 464,839 :: Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens [345] 

¥483.7 million ($5.0 million) / 386,994 :: The Kiyosu Conference [430] 

¥464.9 million ($4.8 million) / 363,451 :: Midsummer Formula [415] 

¥458.0 million ($4.7 million) / 345,901 :: SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part I [290] 

¥456.8 million ($5.5 million) / 357,976 :: Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge [257]

¥454.6 million ($5.4 million) / 398,754 :: 007: Skyfall [578]

¥445.6 million ($4.5 million) / 330,385 :: Fast and Furious 6 [610] 

¥438.6 million ($4.3 million) / 393,522 :: SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 2 [290]

¥414.7 million ($4.3 million) / 273,766 :: Iron Man 3 [535] 

¥402.4 million ($4.4 million) / 318,514 :: A Good Day to Die Hard [643]

¥400.5 million ($4.3 million) / 305,743 :: Platinum Data [310]

¥400.0 million ($4.2 million) / 271,279 :: Magi Madako Magica: The Rebellion Story [129]

¥398.8 million ($4.1 million) / 322,162 :: The After-Dinner Mysteries [306] 

¥355.3 million ($3.6 million) / 289,558 :: Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill [304] 

¥349.7 million ($3.5 million) / 307,701 :: Oblivion [365] 

¥339.7 million ($3.7 million) / 267,276 :: Wreck-It Ralph [416] 

¥336.5 million ($3.5 million) / 257,990 :: Despicable Me 2 [626] 

¥330.6 million ($3.5 million) / 236,910 :: World War Z [644] 

¥329.8 million ($3.7 million) / 219,536 :: Life of Pi [713]

¥326.2 million ($3.6 million) / 229,584 :: Ted [253]

¥317.9 million ($3.6 million) / 241,095 :: Strawberry Night [311]

¥313.2 million ($3.2 million) / 253,370 :: Like Father, Like Son [307] 

¥300.2 million ($3.1 million) / 236,082 :: The Lone Ranger [518]

¥300 million ↨

¥295.4 million ($3.4 million) / 229,295 :: Les Miserables [360]

¥281.9 million ($2.9 million) / 221,469 :: Gintama: The Final Chapter [127]

¥281.6 million ($3.3 million) / 244,870 :: Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze [298]

¥272.4 million ($2.8 million) / 208,028 :: The Girl in the Sunny Place [304] 

¥269.9 million ($2.9 million) / 184,281 :: Oz: The Great and Powerful [582]

¥268.3 million ($2.8 million) / 212,322 :: Man of Steel [610] 

¥267.7 million ($2.8 million) / 206,161 :: The King of Apology [312] 

¥251.8 million ($2.6 million) / 215,560 :: Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land [303]

¥233.5 million ($2.4 million) / 201,006 :: Kamen Rider X Super Sentai X Space Sherrif: Super Hero Z [289]

¥227.8 million ($2.7 million) / 187,422 :: Jack Reacher [321]

¥225.3 million ($2.3 million) / 199,993 :: Crayon Shin-chan: Gourmet Survival Class [324]

¥225.3 million ($2.7 million) / 188,378 :: Today, I Started Loving You [301]

¥220.5 million ($2.6 million) / 146,315 :: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [878]

¥216.8 million ($2.3 million) / 164,178 :: Library Wars [311] 

¥213.4 million ($2.2 million) / 191,918 :: Pretty Cure: The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future! [199] 

¥211.2 million ($2.4 million) / 169,600 :: Aibou Series: X-Day [198] 

¥209.6 million ($2.4 million) / 194,902 :: Tokyo Family [317]

¥208.1 million ($2.2 million) / 134,056 :: Pacific Rim [596] 

¥207.8 million ($2.1 million) / 142,246 :: G.I. Joe: Retaliation [628]

¥206.4 million ($2.3 million) / 166,049 :: Brain Man [302]

¥206.3 million ($2.3 million) / 175,438 :: Humanoid Monster, Bem [331]

¥200.5 million ($2.1 million) / 158,406 :: After Earth [571]

¥200 million ↨

¥198.2 million ($2.1 million) / 161,225 :: Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day [64]

¥197.1 million ($2.1 million) / 134,262 :: Star Trek Into Darkness [693] 

¥196.6 million ($2.1 million) / 175,930 :: Pretty Cure All Stars: New Stage 2 [174] 

¥190.2 million ($2.0 million) / 156,286 :: White House Down [444] 

¥186.9 million ($1.9 million) / 145,148 :: Shield of Straw [325] 

¥184.3 million ($1.9 million) / 138,277 :: The Wolverine [655] 

¥183.2 million ($1.9 million) / 157,964 :: Emperor [301]

¥173.5 million ($1.9 million) / 172,222 :: Inazuma Eleven GO: Ultimate Bonds [270]

¥162.9 million ($1.7 million) / 137,546 :: Lincoln [331]

¥161.8 million ($1.7 million) / 113,172 :: The Great Gatsby [571] 

¥160.6 million ($1.7 million) / 113,835 :: Sadako 3D Part 2 [232] 

¥156.3 million ($1.7 million) / 129,920 :: Flight [321]

¥154.7 million ($1.5 million) / 117,032 :: Phone Call to a Bar 2 [304] 

¥154.6 million ($1.6 million) / 119,092 :: To Cry 100 Times [223] 

¥153.4 million ($1.5 million) / 118,885 :: The Complex [162] 

¥152.7 million ($1.6 million) / 118,872 :: Elysium [323] 

¥147.0 million ($1.6 million) / 131,959 :: A Boy Called H [307] 

¥143.7 million ($1.5 million) / 128,843 :: Unforgiven [327] 

¥137.1 million ($1.6 million) / 138,287 :: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger [175]

¥133.9 million ($1.4 million) / 90,692 :: Space Pirate Captain Harlock [578]

¥126.1 million ($1.3 million) / 107,368 :: Miracle Apples [305] 

¥124.4 million ($1.2 million) / 98,076 :: Prefecture Government's Hospitality Division [293]

¥119.9 million ($1.4 million) / 92,646 :: Looper [201]

¥117.3 million ($1.2 million) / 83,822 :: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters [629] 

¥115.7 million ($1.2 million) / 90,318 :: Gatchaman [307] 

¥114.7 million ($1.3 million) / 94,122 :: Taken 2 [288]

¥113.7 million ($1.2 million) / 93,065 :: We Knit Ship [237] 

¥111.8 million ($1.2 million) / 80,903 :: Frankenweenie [489]

¥108.0 million ($1.1 million) / 96,165 :: Real [270] 

¥107.7 million ($1.1 million) / 89,230 :: Human Trust [260] 

¥105.9 million ($1.1 million) / 81,961 :: The Counselor [470] 

¥100.8 million ($1.1 million) / 69,177 :: A Certain Magical Index [30]

¥100.0 million ($1.1 million) / 76,725 :: Now You See Me [182] 

¥100 million ↑

Edited July 23, 2014 by Corpse

[Corpse]

[rockNrollaDIM]

Wow. So if you look at it outside the context/shadow of Frozen, Maleficent actually is a blockbuster hit in Japan.

 

Also - we were thankfully wrong. BOM did update this weekend.

 

http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2014&wk=29&p=.htm

 

[Mojoguy]

Anyone know how many copies the Tangled Bluray has sold in Japan so far? I really would really like to know so I can compare it to Frozen sales. Wasn't Tangled also rereleased on Bluray last week along with Frozen?

 

Both movies are the same "type" of movies that the Japan people should be interested in.EDIT: Oh wait, I now see it on the list. Huh? Tangled wasn't released in Japan on Bluray before today?

 

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-22/japan-animation-blu-ray-disc-ranking-july-14-20/.76915

Edited July 23, 2014 by Mojoguy

[LABAS]

[順位] [販売数] [映画作品タイトル名]

　*1　*13203　Mal

　*2　*12174　ポケモン・ザ・ムービーＸＹ『…

　*3　*10193　思い出のマーニー

　*4　**3178　Frozen

　*5　**3088　劇場版仮面ライダー鎧武 烈車…

　*6　**2950　プレーンズ２ ファイアー＆レ…

　*7　**2433　好きっていいなよ。

　*8　**1774　超高速！参勤交代

　

With the least seats and showtimes, Frozen still ranks 4th !!

[druv10]

Labas, if it's doing that well why don't theater owners give it more showtimes and seats to movies below it in rankings?

[LABAS]

Labas, if it's doing that well why don't theater owners give it more showtimes and seats to movies below it in rankings?

Well,  the good news is that the biggest chain Aeon Cinema has decided to extend Frozen's run

for a week .  I think if Frozen keeps this pace, everything is possible...

[LABAS]

23日、TSUTAYA店舗における映画『アナと雪の女王』DVD・ブルーレイのレンタル数が、7月16日のレンタル开始后1周间で54万回を突破したことがわかった。これは过去5年间のDVD・ブルーレイレンタル开始后1周间のレンタル回数において、史上最高の数字

 

Frozen also breaks the Japanese first-week BD/DVD rental market record, with more than 540,000 rentals.

The old record holder was Avatar.

[edroger3]

This proves my point about Frozen and the idiotic decision to release the DVD so early in its run.  The Japanese eyeballs that should have been plastered against the silver screen in a Toho cinema are now plastered against the LED TV at home. 

 

 

Time to give it a rest already. It is pointless to be complain about Frozen's video released, which is now long done with.

 

Move on to something else like I have like tracking Frozen's video sales.

 

"Cuiusvis hominis est errare: nullius nisi insipientis, in errore perseverare"

 

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippicae XII. 5

[KATCH-2D2]

Do you even know what I was referring to? Answer: no. Therefore I agree: your comment was pretty stupid.

Katch is someone who, like others here, usually roots for movies aiming at men/boys and not exactly beloved by critics (to use an euphemism). There was the need, then, to clarify that if a country's general taste for movies doesn't meet his (their) 'endorsement', then the same country should feel 'gratified' by that.

Umm.. apart from TF4, all the other films I like are more beloved by the critics than Maleficent. Cap2, DOFP, EOT, Dragons 2 and Apes 2 ALL have better RT ratings than Frozen. I like one bad movie and suddenly my taste is considered inferior. Who's being unfair here?

 

My point have nothing to do with what movies are doing well and more to do with how 'imbalance' the market has turned out to be.

 

Just to develop the argument a little, Japan may have its flaws, but it is clearly one of the best markets. It doesn't let a film succeed just because it's a blockbuster filled with special effects (*cough*China*cough*), it's not 'sick of superhero fever', it doesn't let the many crappy animated sequels make more than peanuts (Ice Age, Madagascar, Shrek all flopped or got very mediocre numbers), it buried the embarassing Hobbit movies, it is very Pixar-friendly, it has a good balance between business from national and imported movies, it's the market where movies can become insanely leggy by modern standards, ecc ecc.

There's nothing else like that around here.

Should I remind you that Japan was one of the only few the markets that craps like Resident Evil series did well? And in what universe the Hobbit movies are considered worse than Maleficent? Fact is, every country have a fair share of liking good/bad movies. Just because Japanese taste and your taste are synchronised doesn't mean you have to hold Japan on a higher standard.

 

I didn't just follow Japan BO last year. I've followed it for ages, long enough to see how far it's changed and not for the better. I remember the day when Japan B.O was great. I remember the day when all big franchises (LOTR, SW, HP, POTC) made gazillion there. They even liked Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible. And if I look back further, Jurassic Park made $120m and ID4 made $92m there. Those were the good days.

 

Now only movies aimed at girls/women with brand recognition can have any hope to thrive in Japan. Where're those audience that used to embrace ID4 type of film?

 

 

Women should just stay in the kitchen right?

 

Stop being so misogynistic. Just because you don't like movies aimed at female audience doesn't mean they shouldn't do well.

 

Also Japan loves PIXAR movies, 13 of their 14 movies have had male leads.

Animations with male leads were still animations, they're still testosterone-free movies.

 

Women should do whatever they please. They're great for supporting the movies they love. It's the absence of Japanese men with the same passion I have problem with.

 

And to prove my point, EOT's admission after 19 days are already behind Frozen on it's 20th week.

 

I can't be a misogynist. I don't hate myself.

Edited July 23, 2014 by KATCH 22

[chasmmi]

This must be the longest the Japanese Box Office has ever gone without a Local film at number 1 too by now right?

[edroger3]

Wednesday

 

*1　*44540　Maleficent -17% LW - Total after 19 days 34,45M$ (Frozen 19-days 57,97M$)
　*2　*27466　Marnie
　*3　*21244 Pokemon
　*4　**9165　好きっていいなよ。
　*5　**6974　Frozen -4% LW  (week 20)
　*6　**5352　劇場版仮面ライダー鎧武 烈車…
　*7　**5070　Planes 2
　*8　**5015　EoT -35% LW

Edited July 23, 2014 by edroger

[BobbyJohn]

Is Malf staying #1 next weekend? Can Disney hit 20 weekends at #1?

[sfran43]

Is Malf staying #1 next weekend? Can Disney hit 20 weekends at #1?

It all depends on Godzilla, and how well its received on OW.Does anyone know if the first one was popular when it opened in Japan. BOM doesn't have individual grosses, just the overall OS total.

[Skinny Vinny]

Is there a website where one sees daily box-office chart of Japan just like BOM for the US?

[BadAtGender]

Is there a website where one sees daily box-office chart of Japan just like BOM for the US?

 

No. There are sites in Japanese that post the daily admissions for various chains, which some members here have used to extrapolate the full day's gross.

[Skinny Vinny]

No. There are sites in Japanese that post the daily admissions for various chains, which some members here have used to extrapolate the full day's gross.

 

Thank you for the quick answer

 

http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0064834

 

I don't speak Japanese but it seems according to google translate, Pokemon 3-day weekend gross was the following:

 

¥559.9 million

[Blackout]

Wow Cap 2 only did 6m... I thought it'd do more after Avengers did 45m lol. 

[Corpse]

It all depends on Godzilla, and how well its received on OW.Does anyone know if the first one was popular when it opened in Japan. BOM doesn't have individual grosses, just the overall OS total.

The first Godzilla earned 5 billion yen, which is considered the blockbuster mark in Japan.  It's kinda the equivalent of a $225 million or so earner in the US if that helps out it into perspective.  

 

The film most likely opened really high (though not high enough that anyone cared to record it!) and had poor legs.  It's a pretty poorly received film, and even Toho later renamed the Godzilla in the film as simply "Zilla".  "Zilla" sees his death at the hands of the actual Godzilla in the 2004 film, Godzilla: Final Wars.  

 

The new film should open at #1 this weekend pretty easily. Maleficent will earn less than 400 million, so a weekend under 400 million for Godzilla would make it a huge bomb.  Unless last weekend was very deflated, holdovers don't normally see exceptional holds this upcoming weekend since they're coming off a holiday weekend and is it's the first weekend after Summer weekdays begin.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Corpse

[Annayya]

We also have Spirited Away's Blu-ray release : 9,560 copies sold.

 

lol