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[Corpse]

$4-5 million.  

[Cynosure]

If it does those exact admissions, then it should come in slightly higher due to the 3D prices.  

 

I see. The multipliers will probably not be as good as the usual Doraemon movie with this one attracting more adults but it's surely going to be close.

[Corpse]

I see. The multipliers will probably not be as good as the usual Doraemon movie with this one attracting more adults but it's surely going to be close.

Keep in mind too that Saturday might be even deflated slightly because of the typoon, which could send the multiplier much higher.  

 

Aeon Cinemas, which is likely playing stronger than Toho, also has many more discount ticket options this Summer than last Spring.

[Bishop54]

Wow, pretty awful Saturday for Godzilla.

[Corpse]

Doraemon is monstrous today.  It's already at 50,000 admissions at the usual places and it's not even 2pm yet. 

 

Biggest debut of the year is looking more and more likely.  

[Cynosure]

63,342 at Toho today. That's 114,523 for the weekend which is very close to the 113,873 which the march multiplier gave yesterday.

[Corpse]

Toho Cinemas Weekend Admissions (08/09-10)

114,523 - Stand By Me, Doraemon (NEW)

64,093 - Transformers: Age of Extinction (NEW)

54,326 (-32%) - Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc (Week 2)

28,221 (-18%) - Maleficent (Week 6)

26,413 (-47%) - Godzilla (Week 3)

24,270 (-04%) - Memories of Marnie (Week 4)

18,950 (-17%) - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (Week 4)

7,117 (-46%) - Eight Ranger 2 (Week 3)

7,110 - Space Brothers 0 (NEW)

5,280 (-28%) - Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: The Great Soccer Match! (Week 4)

 

Toho, Movix, 109, Kinezo Cinema Chains Weekend Admissions (08/09-10)

201,057 - Stand By Me, Doraemon (NEW)

117,605 - Transformers: Age of Extinction (NEW)

110,505 (-31%) - Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc (Week 2)

51,253 (-19%) - Maleficent (Week 6)

46,220 (-48%) - Godzilla (Week 3)

44,783 (-06%) - Memories of Marnie (Week 4)

36,755 (-21%) - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (Week 4)

17,602 - Space Brothers 0 (NEW)

11,473 (-44%) - Eight Ranger 2 (Week 3)

11,162 (-31%) - Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: The Great Soccer Match! (Week 4)

 

>Stand By Me, Doraemon nearly matched the combined admissions of Transformers: Age of Extinction and Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc, and it probably beat them both once Aeon Cinemas is factored in.

 

And considering both Transformers and Kenshin should be over ¥400 million this weekend, then Doraemon likely broke ¥800 million ($8 million) or came really, really close.  And it also opened on Friday, which was also a big day for it, and may result in a 3-day total above ¥1 billion ($10 million+).  The last film to break ¥1 billion in 3 days was The Wind Rises last year.

 

Stand By Me, Doraemon is pretty much the film this Summer has been waiting for.

 

I'll have Weekend Estimates up a little later.  

Edited August 10, 2014 by Corpse

[Corpse]

Toho Cinemas Saturday/Weekend Admissions (Overall Weekend Admissions) [2013-]

 

Opening Day/Weekend (Overall), OD/OW multiplier (OW/Overall Weekend multiplier)

85,115/167,188 (747,451), x1.96 (x4.47) - The Wind Rises (07/20/13)

64,398/133,273 (649,865), x2.07 (x4.88) - Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (04/19/14)

62,250/120,489 (500,837), x1.94 (x4.16) - Maleficent (07/05/14)

59,492/121,802 (614,969), x2.05 (x5.05) - Monsters University (07/06/13)

59,192/123,606 (602,347), x2.09 (x4.87) - Frozen (03/15/14)

51,800/108,724 (539,132), x2.10 (x4.96) - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (12/07/13)

51,181/114,523 (???,???), x2.24 (x?.??) - Stand By Me, Doraemon (08/09/14)

43,669*/75,635 (322,162), x1.73 (x4.26) - The After-Dinner Mysteries (08/03/13)

42,541/94,650 (530,544), x2.22 (x5.60) - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (03/08/14)

42,537/91,182 (429,918), x2.14 (x4.71) - The Eternal Zero (12/21/13)

40,635/79,373 (339,048), x1.95 (x4.27) - Godzilla (07/26/14)

40,414*/74,131 (363,451), x1.83 (x4.90) - Midsummer Formula (06/29/13)

39,836/84,982 (365,356), x2.13 (x4.30) - Thermae Romae II (04/26/14)

38,885/85,462* (464,839), x2.20 (x5.44) - Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (07/13/13)

37,960/88,488* (393,522), x2.33 (x4.45) - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 2 (11/30/13)

37,829/78,485 (433,346), x2.08 (x5.52) - Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc (08/02/14)

36,995/79,454 (386,994), x2.15 (x4.87) - The Kiyosu Conference (11/09/13)

35,447/68,592 (330,385), x1.94 (x4.91) - Fast and Furious 6 (07/06/13)

33,778/67,625 (360,190), x2.00 (x5.33) - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (07/19/14)

33,358/76,023 (345,921), x2.28 (x4.55) - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 1 (11/02/13)

32,618/64,093 (???,???), x1.96 (x?.??) - Transformers: Age of Extinction (08/09/14)

30,000+/60,000+

 

*Stage Greeting/Discount Day boost.

[Mockingjay Raphael]

How much we can expect for T4 here?

[Corpse]

About $30 million.

[Mockingjay Raphael]

About $30 million.

 

Thanks, do u have the numbers for the last 3 movies?

[Corpse]

In USD:

 

Transformers - $37.8 million

Transformers 2 - $24.2 million

Transformers 3 - $55.1 million

 

Transformers 4 - $30 million (projection)

[Mockingjay Raphael]

In USD:

 

Transformers - $37.8 million

Transformers 2 - $24.2 million

Transformers 3 - $55.1 million

 

Transformers 4 - $30 million (projection)

 

Thanks! Any reason for this big drop of T4?

[Ajbg]

Thanks, do u have the numbers for the last 3 movies?

You can get in boxofficemojo. Choose yearly and the year of release for Japan (link below or google).http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2014&wk=31&p=.htm Edited August 10, 2014 by Ajbg

[Corpse]

Thanks! Any reason for this big drop of T4?

It's not really dropping much.  All the films have had similar admissions with the first film leading the bunch.

 

Transformers 3 was just released during the 3D boom (which has since come to a screeching halt) with a very favorable exchange rate.  A drop for Transformers 4 was bound to happen.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Corpse

[Mockingjay Raphael]

You can get in boxofficemojo. Chose yearly and the year of release for Japan (link below or google).http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2014&wk=31&p=.htm

 

Thanks!

[Mockingjay Raphael]

It's not really dropping much.  All the films have had similar admissions with the first film leading the bunch.

 

Transformers 3 was just released during the 3D boom (which has since come to a screeching halt) with a very favorable exchange rate.  A drop for Transformers 4 was bound to happen.

 

I understand, thanks for the explanation!

[Cynosure]

In 2011 one dollar was about 80 yen, now one dollar is over 100 yen so obviously the dollar totals have all decreased quite noticeably.

 

For example with a 400 million yen opening in 2014 you'll get around $3.9 million when you would get $5 million for the same opening 3 years ago.

 

If Frozen was released in Japan in 2011/2012, it would have reached $300 million with no problem.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Cynosure

[alee7915]

In 2011 one dollar was about 80 yen, now one dollar is over 100 yen so obviously the dollar totals have all decreased quite noticeably.

 

For example with a 400 million yen opening in 2014 you'll get around $3.9 million when you would get $5 million for the same opening 3 years ago.

 

If Frozen was released in Japan in 2011/2012, it would have reached $300 million with no problem.

 

You can't compare like that.  How success is a film in Japan or China should always based on local currency and admission!  

Edited August 10, 2014 by SUPER GIRL

[Cynosure]

The best way is based on local currency!

 

Local currency works well for Japan because ticket prices have stayed almost the same for decades, except for a tax hike a few months ago, but otherwise admissions is the way to go imo, especially when comparing films from different eras. I will never understand why the movie industry is the only major industry in the entertainement world that goes by gross. Music sales, video games, books, comics (or mangas in Japan), home video etc, they all go by the amounts sold. Makes far more sense to me. In fact Japan does it.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Cynosure