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

[edroger3]

Let's hope the next Disney princess, Furiosa, makes at least 30m here.

Furiosa as a Disney princess

 

[John Rambo]

How much can Mad Max make in Japan? Edge of Tomorrow only made like 15m.

Less than 10m if WOM is good then it may jus touch the 15m mark 

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Forecast (06/13-14)



01 (--) ¥320 million ($2.6 million), 0, ¥320 million ($2.6 million), Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku) NEW
02 (--) ¥240 million ($2.0 million), 0, ¥240 million ($2.0 million), Sea Town Diary (Toho/Gaga) NEW
03 (01) ¥172 million ($1.4 million), -35%, ¥640 million ($5.2 million), Tomorrowland (Disney) Week 2
04 (02) ¥133 million ($1.1 million), -33%, ¥490 million ($4.0 million), Prophecy (Toho) Week 2
05 (03) ¥110 million ($890,000), -31%, ¥950 million ($7.6 million), Shinjuku Swan (Sony) Week 3
06 (04) ¥87 million ($705,000), -24%, ¥5.45 billion ($44.7 million), Cinderella (Disney) Week 8
07 (05) ¥73 million ($590,000), -28%, ¥1.02 billion ($8.3 million), Initiation Love (Toho) Week 4
08 (06) ¥69 million ($570,000), -22%, ¥2.53 billion ($20.6 million), Biri Gal (Toho) Week 7
09 (--) ¥30 million ($240,000), 0, ¥45 million ($365,000), Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie (Toho Video Division) NEW
10 (07) ¥25 million ($200,000), -46%, ¥130 million ($1.0 million), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1) (Kadokawa) Week 2

>Love Live! The School Idol Movie sold over 60,000 tickets in advance at the usual locations, which is nearly double the advance ticket sales for the rest of the Top 10 combined before Saturday showings began two hours ago. Most of its showtimes up until the evening/night (around 8PM) are half-full or better.

However, it's only playing on 121 screens (62% accounted for at the usual locations) so it won't open as high as pre-sales indicate, but the animated idols should easily take the #1 spot over the weekend and could open above ¥300 million, delivering a very, very impressive PSA, as a result.

They'll become the second animated group to have a #1 album and #1 movie in the same year, after K-ON! accomplished the same feat back in 2010.

>Sea Town Diary looks like it'll have a respectable debut based on early ticket sales but in order to debut at #1, it'll need very strong night business and a substantial increase on Sunday. It's the underdog despite playing on almost 3x as many screens as Love Live!, and should turn out to be another success for director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

[keysersoze123]

Less than 10m if WOM is good then it may jus touch the 15m mark 

 

why is that a question. its having phenomenal WOM. I dont see comparison with EOT. They are not similar films.

 

But female dominated movies tend to do better and so I dont have big expectations for Mad Max.

[edroger3]

 

Corpse

 

Weekend Forecast (06/13-14)

01 (--) ¥320 million ($2.6 million), 0, ¥320 million ($2.6 million), Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku) NEW

02 (--) ¥240 million ($2.0 million), 0, ¥240 million ($2.0 million), Sea Town Diary (Toho/Gaga) NEW

03 (01) ¥172 million ($1.4 million), -35%, ¥640 million ($5.2 million), Tomorrowland (Disney) Week 2

04 (02) ¥133 million ($1.1 million), -33%, ¥490 million ($4.0 million), Prophecy (Toho) Week 2

05 (03) ¥110 million ($890,000), -31%, ¥950 million ($7.6 million), Shinjuku Swan (Sony) Week 3

06 (04) ¥87 million ($705,000), -24%, ¥5.45 billion ($44.7 million), Cinderella (Disney) Week 8

07 (05) ¥73 million ($590,000), -28%, ¥1.02 billion ($8.3 million), Initiation Love (Toho) Week 4

08 (06) ¥69 million ($570,000), -22%, ¥2.53 billion ($20.6 million), Biri Gal (Toho) Week 7

09 (--) ¥30 million ($240,000), 0, ¥45 million ($365,000), Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie (Toho Video Division) NEW

10 (07) ¥25 million ($200,000), -46%, ¥130 million ($1.0 million), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1) (Kadokawa) Week 2

>Love Live! The School Idol Movie sold over 60,000 tickets in advance at the usual locations, which is nearly double the advance ticket sales for the rest of the Top 10 combined before Saturday showings began two hours ago. Most of its showtimes up until the evening/night (around 8PM) are half-full or better.

However, it's only playing on 121 screens (62% accounted for at the usual locations) so it won't open as high as pre-sales indicate, but the animated idols should easily take the #1 spot over the weekend and could open above ¥300 million, delivering a very, very impressive PSA, as a result.

They'll become the second animated group to have a #1 album and #1 movie in the same year, after K-ON! accomplished the same feat back in 2010.

>Sea Town Diary looks like it'll have a respectable debut based on early ticket sales but in order to debut at #1, it'll need very strong night business and a substantial increase on Sunday. It's the underdog despite playing on almost 3x as many screens as Love Live!, and should turn out to be another success for director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

 

It seems that Love Live is doing a far better than expected (450/500 Myen if the trend continues on Sunday) and more than double Sea Town Diary on Sat at 5 chains.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Actuals (06/13-14)



01 (--) ¥400,235,800 ($3.3 million), 0, ¥400,235,800 ($3.3 million), Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku) DEBUT
02 (--) ¥229,117,100 ($1.9 million), 0, ¥229,117,100 ($1.9 million), Sea Town Diary (Toho/Gaga) DEBUT
03 (01) ¥203,828,200 ($1.7 million), -23%, ¥712,487,500 ($5.8 million), Tomorrowland (Disney) Week 2
04 (02) ¥165,323,100 ($1.3 million), -17%, ¥563,340,500 ($4.6 million), Prophecy (Toho) Week 2
05 (03) ¥106,285,600 ($865,000), -33%, ¥946,149,500 ($7.7 million), Shinjuku Swan (Sony) Week 3
06 (04) ¥81,091,400 ($655,000), -29%, ¥5,445,946,500 ($44.5 million), Cinderella (Disney) Week 8
07 (05) ¥72,884,200 ($590,000), -28%, ¥1,028,606,400 ($8.3 million), Initiation Love (Toho) Week 4
08 (06) ¥64,348,900 ($520,000), -28%, ¥2,509,484,200 ($20.5 million), Biri Gal (Toho) Week 7
09 (08) ¥28,601,000 ($230,000), -37%, ¥633,351,000 ($5.1 million), The Maze Runner (Fox) Week 4
10 (11) ¥26,720,000 ($215,000), -18%, ¥235,314,350 ($1.9 million), Sweet Red Bean Paste (Elephant House) Week 3

So, for the first time in years, I'll be providing weekend actuals as opposed to the just the weekend ranking every week!

>Love Live! The School Idol Movie wasn't messing around in its debut weekend with the otaku fans coming out in groves, helping the film deliver the best opening weekend since April.

Playing on just 121 screens, the film sold 251,811 admissions resulting in an incredibly high avg. ticket price of ¥1,589. Over 30,000 of its weekend admissions came from a fan meeting event held at the Makuhai Messe convention center, where the film was also screened. The tickets for this event went for ¥2,800 (about 60% above the general admission fee at the average theater).

It's difficult to project films that are driven so much by a fanbase, but with the screenings being so packed due to the low screen count, there should be some significant spillover into this upcoming week causing legs to be somewhat decent. So for now, I expect a finish between ¥1.5-2.0 billion.

>Sea Town Diary comes in at a distant second place, but still posted a respectable debut weekend. Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film sold 181,642 admissions over the weekend on 323 screens.

The film's reception appears pretty strong and without much competition until mid-July, I'm sure legs will turn out quite strong that a total above ¥1.5 billion shouldn't be too difficult to achieve.

>Biri Gal became the third live-action film this year to exceed the ¥2.5 billion milestone, and also exceeded 2 million admissions over the weekend, too.

>Initiation Love broke the ¥1 billion milestone, giving Toho another successful film for the year. If their Summer/Fall slate delivers like the Winter/Fall slate, they could be in for a record year.

>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 has already fallen out of the Top 10 after debuting in seventh place last weekend. And without any immediate holiday support, it's very likely to earn less than its predecessor. It took months for Kadokawa to pick the film up for release after Catching Fire bombed in similar fashion, so I wonder if they'll take the risk of picking up the final film next year.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

I know I posted the upcoming release schedule yesterday, but there were a few additions and changes today!

Changes: Terminator: Genisys moves up one day to 07/10 (Fri.); Jurassic World moves up three days to 08/05 (Wed.); Yo-Kai Watch 2 is set for 12/19; Nobunaga Concerto is delayed to Spring 2016.

So here's the new schedule, including the updates to the November/December schedule. There are still several films without a date for this frame, though. Mid/Late November is quite empty, so one or two notable films should fill those dates in the coming weeks/months.

2015 Key Release Schedule (Notable/Major Releases)

Summer Vacation/Obon Week Releases (July/August):
07/03 - Haikyu!! The Movie: Ending and Beginning (Toho Video Division)
07/04 - Avengers: Age of Ultron (Disney)
07/10 - Terminator: Genisys (Paramount)
07/11 - The Boy and the Beast (Toho)
07/11 - Tag (Shochiku/Asmik Ace)
Summer Vacation (07/18-08/30)
07/18 - Hero 2 (Toho)
07/18 - Inside Out (Disney)
07/18 - Pokemon XY: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (Toho)
07/31 - Minions (Toho-Towa)
08/01 - Attack on Titan - Part 1 (Toho)
08/05 - Jurassic World (Toho-Towa)
08/07 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Paramount)
08/07 - Boruto: The Movie (Toho)
08/08 - Japan's Longest Day (Shochiku)
08/08 - Kamen Rider Drive The Movie: Surprise Drive (Toei)
Obon Festival (08/08-16)
08/28 - Ted 2 (Toho-Towa)

Winter Break/New Year Releases (November/December):
11/07 - Mozu (Toho)
11/07 - Grasshopper (Shochiku/Kadokawa)
12/04 - 007: Spectre (Sony)
12/04 - Peanuts (Fox)
12/05 - Persona Non Grata (Toho)
12/05 - Free! Starting Days (Shochiku)
12/12 - Living With My Mother (Shochiku)
12/18 - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (Disney)
12/19 - Yo-Kai Watch 2: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Toho)
Fall/Winter - Evangelion 4.0: Final (T-Joy)
Winter Break/New Year (12/28-01/04)

[SchumacherFTW]

Attack on Titan SHOULD dominate over obon this year depending on how it's received in the first week. Hope it comes up the west quick

[Travod]

マッドマックスはどう？

[edroger3]

マッドマックスはどう？

Mad Max (it is #2 on saturday +\- 150M¥ OD)

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Usual Locations - Saturday Admissions [43% of Market]

Saturday Admissions, 06/20
#Admissions (% change), [#theaters/#showings] - Film (Week of Release)
65,848 (-25%), [74/432] - Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Week 2)
45,134 (-), [148/895] - Mad Max: Fury Road (NEW)
25,919 (-27%), [140/703] - Sea Town Diary (Week 2)
18,981 (-34%), [143/560] - Tomorrowland (Week 3)
17,718 (-), [76/419] - Ghost in the Shell: Evangelion (NEW)
16,822 (-28%), [138/543] - Prophecy (Week 3)
10,812 (-), [112/542], The Pearls of the Stone Man (NEW)
8,861 (-35%), [134/382] - Shinjuku Swan (Week 4)
8,830 (-), [42/238], Ju-on: The Final (NEW)
6,338 (-36%), [137/220] - Cinderella (Week 9)
6,245 (-41%), [132/281] - Initiation Love (Week 5)
6,090 (-21%), [138/213] - Biri Gal (Week 8)
5,489 (-18%), [18/65] - Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie (Week 2)
2,861 (-), [67/309] - Yakuza Apocalypste: The Great War of the Underworld (NEW)
2,158 (-56%), [96/150] - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1) (Week 3)
1,730 (-10%), [128/130] - Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (Week 10)
1,612 (-58%), [90/108] - The Maze Runner (Week 5)
1,431 (-19%), [133/135] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Week 10)
1,422 (-57%), [115/183] - Mother's Trees (Week 3)
1,404 (-), [19/71] - I'm 20 Again (NEW)
1,276 (-), [15/61] - Selma (NEW)
1,181 (-46%), [77/85] - Kakekomi (Week 6)
1,082 (-38%), [118/119) - Poison Berry in My Head (Week 7)

The race at the top is very, very close.

Love Live! The School Idol Movie won at the usual locations with a great hold, but it's a near limited release with 61% of its overall screen count accounted for above. And Mad Max: Fury Road is the standard wide release that the usual locations accounts for 43% of its total screen count above.

So if we use appropriate multipliers for them, they both sold around 105,000 tickets on Saturday. It's too close to say which one will rank #1 for the weekend right now, it all comes down to how they perform on Sunday. Both films are aiming for around ¥300 million ($2.5 million).

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Estimates (06/20-21)



01 (01) ¥296,000,000 ($2.4 million), -26%, ¥810,000,000 ($6.6 million), Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku) Week 2
02 (--) ¥280,000,000 ($2.3 million), 0, ¥280,000,000 ($2.3 million), Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.) NEW
03 (02) ¥156,000,000 ($1.3 million), -32%, ¥585,000,000 ($4.7 million), Sea Town Diary (Toho) Week 2
04 (03) ¥122,000,000 ($1.0 million), -40%, ¥1,020,000,000 ($8.3 million), Tomorrowland (Disney) Week 3
05 (04) ¥104,000,000 ($845,000), -37%, ¥820,000,000 ($6.7 million), Prophecy (Toho) Week 3
06 (--) ¥75,000,000 ($610,000), 0, ¥75,000,000 ($610,000), Ju-on: The Final (Showgate) NEW
07 (--) ¥70,000,000 ($570,000), 0, ¥70,000,000 ($570,000), The Pearls of the Stone Man (Shochiku/Asmik Ace) NEW
08 (05) ¥67,000,000 ($545,000), -37%, ¥1,100,000,000 ($9.0 million), Shinjuku Swan (Sony) Week 4
09 (--) ¥55,000,000 ($450,000), 0, ¥55,000,000 ($450,000), Ghost in the Shell: Evangelion (Toho Video Division) NEW
10 (06) ¥48,000,000 ($390,000), -41%, ¥5,560,000,000 ($45.4 million), Cinderella (Disney) Week 9
11 (08) ¥47,000,000 ($385,000), -27%, ¥2,620,000,000 ($21.5 million), Biri Gal (Toho) Week 8
12 (07) ¥39,000,000 ($320,000), -46%, ¥1,110,000,000 ($9.1 million), Initiation Love (Toho) Week 5

>Love Live! The School Idol Movie had some stage greeting over the weekend that I didn't account for, so after including those, it's probably going to repeat atop the box office in its second weekend, though it isn't certain yet.

>Mad Max: Fury Road still has a chance at opening at #1 but even if it fails, it's looking at a solid debut in second place. And, also, if the estimate can improve just a little bit (2.6%), it'll outopen The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies to give Warner Bros. their best opening so far this year, too.

I expect legs will be pretty good for Max, too, so a potential total of ¥2 billion could be doable, which would make it the highest-grossing Mad Max film, outgrossing the ~¥1.8 billion earned by the original film. It'll be close.

>Ju-on: The Final is hard to gauge as most of its locations are outside the usual locations, but it looked good at Aeon Cinemas (its primary chain). If the estimate is accurate, it'll be down 13% compared to last year's film. The eighth Ju-on ("The Grudge") film, which includes the original TV movies, certainly doesn't appear to be taking the franchise out on a high-note.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Actuals (06/20-21)



01 (--) ¥264,784,500 ($2.16 million), 0, ¥264,784,500 ($2.16 million), Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.) DEBUT
02 (01) ¥261,241,140 ($2.13 million), -35%, ¥830,647,040 ($6.8 million), Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku) Week 2
03 (02) ¥173,667,500 ($1.42 million), -24%, ¥684,880,700 ($5.6 million), Sea Town Diary (Toho) Week 2
04 (03) ¥131,706,000 ($1.07 million), -35%, ¥1,023,233,200 ($8.3 million), Tomorrowland (Disney) Week 3
05 (04) ¥113,436,700 ($925,000), -31%, ¥833,236,500 ($6.8 million), Prophecy (Toho) Week 3
06 (--) ¥78,126,580 ($640,000), 0, ¥78,126,580 ($640,000), The Pearls of the Stone Man (Asmik Ace) DEBUT
07 (--) ¥78,063,400 ($635,000), 0, ¥78,063,400 ($635,000), Ju-on: The Final (Showgate) DEBUT
08 (05) ¥66,888,100 ($545,000), -37%, ¥1,120,515,400 ($9.1 million), Shinjuku Swan (Sony) Week 4
09 (08) ¥53,809,000 ($440,000), -16%, ¥2,610,049,600 ($21.3 million), Biri Gal (Toho) Week 8
10 (06) ¥53,052,300 ($430,000), -35%, ¥5,572,072,300 ($45.5 million), Cinderella (Disney) Week 9

Weekend Admission Notes:
Love Live! The School Idol Movie was #1 in weekend admissions.
Ghost in the Shell: Evangelion was #9 in weekend admissions.
Cinderella fell out of the Top 10 in weekend admissions.

This weekend was certainly a roller coaster with Mad Max: Fury Road and Love Live! The School Idol Movie changes places at the top depending on which estimates, and sources were being utilized. And in the end, they share the weekend victory.

>Mad Max: Fury Road came out on top in its debut weekend in gross, but came in second place in admissions with 174,807 ticket sold over the weekend across 666 screens.

The film had a particularly high avg. ticket price of ¥1,515, suggesting its primary audiences are adults. That may not sound too surprising, with its R15+ rating and all, but it means very few seniors who may have been fans of the original films in the 80's turned up over the weekend.

The latest Mad Max release is expected to finish above ¥1.5 billion but with good reviews and the chance at good WOM as well, it might reach a total closer to the ¥2 billion ($15 million+) milestone. All-in-all, pretty good numbers.

>Love Live! The School Idol Movie falls to second place in its second weekend, but actually stayed atop the box office in admissions with 188,061 tickets sold over the weekend.

The idol film only dipped 25% from its opening weekend in admissions but after a sharp decline in its avg. ticket price (down 13%), its second weekend gross fell by 35% causing it to come in second place. It's continuing to track nearly identically to the last Madoka Magica film, another anime idol film, from a few years ago, so expect a total close to ¥2 billion ($15 million+).

>Sea Town Diary pulls off an excellent second weekend hold, but that's not why I'm going to include it in this week's analysis. Its earnings over its past weekdays were 24% greater than its opening weekend gross, and 64% greater than its second weekend gross above.

It's not uncommon for films to earn more than 50% of their total over weekdays (a big reason films have very long runs in Japan), but their weekend drops are generally higher than normal as a result. However, when a film is having higher weekdays than weekends while still holding well over the weekend, it's a sign that the film will be in for a long run. I think there's a good chance that latest could reach ¥2 billion ($15 million+), for a multiplier of over 8 which is notably strong for a June release.

>The Pearls of the Stone Man came in at a disappointing sixth place, only selling 67,490 tickets across 244 screens over the weekend. This one certainly wasn't expected to do that well, but a sub-¥100 million debut is rather poor.

>Ju-on: The Final debuted in a very, very close seventh place, selling 61,023 tickets over the weekend on 144 screens. The debut is 10% lower than the last Ju-on ("The Grudge") film, a figure that Showgate probably wasn't expecting after declaring the latest film as "The Final" film in the horror film series.

>Shinjuku Swan exceeded the ¥1 billion milestone this week, becoming Sony's first domestic film to reach the milestone. It's also on track to overtake Annie to become their biggest film so far this year.

[Jaybee]

When is SA releasing in japan!? Any locked dates!?

[picores]

When is SA releasing in japan!? Any locked dates!?

 

What about Kingsman?

[Travod]

What about Kingsman?

 

Schedule says September.

[Olive]

2015 Key Release Schedule (Notable/Major Releases)

Release Date - [Current Theater Count] - Film Title (Distributor) 

[July/August]
07/03 - [18] - Haikyu!! The Movie: Ending and Beginning (Toho Video Division)
07/04 - [258] - Avengers: Age of Ultron (Disney) 
07/04 - [163] - Anpanman: Mija and the Magic Lamp (Tokyo Theaters, Co.)
07/10 - [339] - Terminator: Genisys (Paramount) 
07/11 - [356] - The Boy and the Beast (Toho) 
07/11 - [100] - Tag (Shochiku/Asmik Ace) 
Summer Vacation (07/18 - 08/30)
07/18 - [355] - Pokemon XY: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (Toho)
07/18 - [340] - Hero 2 (Toho) 
07/18 - [238] - Inside Out (Disney) 
Marine Day (07/20)
07/31 - [328] - Minions (Toho-Towa)
08/01 - [328] - Attack on Titan (Toho)
08/05 - [351] - Jurassic World (Toho-Towa) 
08/07 - [267] - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Paramount) 
08/07 - [267] - Boruto: Naruto the Movie (Toho)
08/08 - [294] - Kamen Rider Drive The Movie: Surprise Drive (Toei)
08/08 - [199] - Japan's Longest Day (Shochiku) 
Obon Festival (08/08-16)
08/28 - [N/A] - Ted 2 (Toho-Towa)
08/29 - [228] - S: The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future (Toho)

[september/October]
09/04 - [N/A] - The Virgin Psychics (Gaga)
09/05 - [N/A] - Unfair: The End (Toho)
09/05 - [N/A] - Piece of Cake (Showgate)
09/11 - [N/A] - Kingsman: The Secret Service (Kadokawa)
09/12 - [N/A] - The Big Bee (Shochiku)
09/12 - [N/A] - Pixels (Sony)
09/19 - [142] - The Anthem of the Heart (Aniplex)
09/19 - [N/A] - Attack on Titan: End of the World (Toho)
09/19 - [N/A] - Ant-Man (Disney)
09/19 - [N/A] - No Longer Heroine (Warner Bros.)
Respect for the Aged Day (09/21)
Autumnal Equinox Day (09/23)
09/26 - [N/A] - Gonin Saga (Kadokawa)
10/03 - [N/A] - Bakuman (Toho)
10/09 - [N/A] - Fantastic Four (Fox)
10/10 - [N/A] - Library Wars: The Last Mission (Toho)
10/10 - [N/A] - Gamba and Friends (Toei)
Health and Sports Day (10/12)
10/16 - [N/A] - The Divergent Series: Insurgent (Kadokawa)
10/24 - [N/A] - Galaxy Highway (Toho)
10/31 - [N/A] - Pan (Warner Bros.)

[November/December]
Culture Day (11/03)
11/07 - [N/A] - Mozu (Toho)
11/07 - [N/A] - Grasshopper (Shochiku/Kadokawa) 
11/07 - [N/A] - Terminal (Toei)
11/20 - [N/A] - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (Kadokawa)
11/21 - [N/A] - World of Delight (Showgate)
11/21 - [N/A] - Theatre Spirit (Shochiku)
Labour Day (11/23)
12/04 - [N/A] - 007: Spectre (Sony) 
12/04 - [N/A] - The Peanuts Movie (Fox)
12/05 - [N/A] - Persona Non Grata (Toho)
12/05 - [N/A] - Free! Starting Days (Shochiku)
12/12 - [N/A] - Living With My Mother (Shochiku)
12/18 - [N/A] - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (Disney) 
12/19 - [N/A] - Yo-Kai Watch 2: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Toho) 
The Emperor's Birthday (12/23)
Winter Break/New Year (12/28-01/04)

[ngdinhluat]

what are they thinking?

Marine Day (07/20)
07/31 - [328] - Minions (Toho-Towa)
08/01 - [328] - Attack on Titan (Toho)
08/05 - [351] - Jurassic World (Toho-Towa) 
08/07 - [267] - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Paramount) 
08/07 - [267] - Boruto: Naruto the Movie (Toho)

[Cynosure]

Obon Week.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Forecast (06/27-28)



01 (02) ¥214,000,000 ($1.73 million), -18%, ¥1,150,000,000 ($9.3 million), Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku) Week 3
02 (01) ¥185,000,000 ($1.50 million), -30%, ¥690,000,000 ($5.6 million), Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.) Week 2
03 (03) ¥131,000,000 ($1.06 million), -25%, ¥1,020,000,000 ($8.2 million), Sea Town Diary (Toho) Week 3
04 (--) ¥115,000,000 ($930,000), 0, ¥115,000,000 ($930,000), Strayer's Chronicle (Warner Bros.) NEW
05 (--) ¥90,000,000 ($730,000), 0, ¥90,000,000 ($730,000), Attack on Titan: Wings of Liberty [Anime Compilation] (Pony Canyon) NEW
06 (04) ¥84,000,000 ($680,000), -36%, ¥1,230,000,000 ($10.0 million), Tomorrowland (Disney) Week 4
07 (05) ¥77,000,000 ($625,000), -32%, ¥1,010,000,000 ($8.2 million), Prophecy (Toho) Week 4
08 (06) ¥51,000,000 ($415,000), -34%, ¥220,000,000 ($1.8 million), The Pearls of the Stone Man (Asmik Ace) Week 2
09 (08) ¥42,000,000 ($340,000), -37%, ¥1,220,000,000 ($9.9 million), Shinjuku Swan (Sony) Week 5
10 (07) ¥41,000,000 ($330,000), -48%, ¥170,000,000 ($1.4 million), Ju-on: The Final (Showgate) Week 2
11 (09) ¥38,000,000 ($310,000), -28%, ¥2,690,000,000 ($22.0 million), Biri Gal (Toho) Week 9
12 (10) ¥32,000,000 ($260,000), -39%, ¥5,650,000,000 ($46.1 million), Cinderella (Disney) Week 10

>Love Live! The School Idol Movie appears on target to reclaim the #1 spot in its third weekend (however, it was still #1 in admissions last week), with pre-sales exceeding those from last weekend. There is also another round of stage greetings happening over the weekend, which will keep the film strong over the weekend frame.

I would predict an increase this for it this weekend, but it's hard to get an accurate projection for near limited releases like this one.

>Strayer's Chronicle pre-sales are quite week but they're in-line for a possible ¥100 million debut, though it won't go much higher than that over the weekend. I was hoping for a chance at another ¥1 billion film to come out of May/June (a surprising amount came from these weak months this year), but this one is looking to finish below the mark.

>Attack on Titan: Wings of Liberty, the second compilation film of the anime series, should do similar numbers as the first compilation film and pre-sales are quite solid. It's still a limited release, though, playing on just 78 screens, so its still unlikely to come in higher than fifth place over the weekend.

This weekend serves as a prime example of June being a dumping ground during most years, in preparation for all the big films to come in July/August, the two strongest months of the nearly every year.