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

[Hernan Gonzalez]

Does anyone know how is The Lion king doing on Pre Sales ?

[cannastop]

Corpse

https://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2243210#p2243210

Pre-Obon Festival Daily Estimates (08/05-09)

08/05 (Monday)
¥189 million ($1.8 million), -19%, ¥6.097 billion ($56.6 million), Weathering With You (Day 18)
¥126 million ($1.2 million), -22%, ¥6.843 billion ($63.5 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 25)
¥108 million ($1.0 million), 0, ¥820 million ($7.7 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 04)
¥x60 million ($565,000), 0, ¥505 million ($4.8 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 04)
¥x58 million ($545,000), -10%, ¥834 million ($7.9 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 11)
¥x36 million ($340,000), -31%, ¥11.399 billion ($105.0 million), Aladdin (Day 60)
¥x35 million ($330,000), -22%, ¥2.065 billion ($19.1 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 25)
¥x35 million ($330,000), -49%, ¥902 million ($8.4 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 11) 
¥x18 million ($170,000), -46%, ¥607 million ($5.6 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 11) 
¥x10 million ($x95,000), +11%, ¥385 million ($3.6 million), Free! Road to the World - The Dream (Day 31)

08/06 (Tuesday)
¥166 million ($1.6 million), -18%, ¥6.263 billion ($58.2 million), Weathering With You (Day 19)
¥107 million ($1.0 million), -21%, ¥6.950 billion ($64.5 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 26)
¥x89 million ($840,000), 0, ¥909 million ($8.6 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 05)
¥x50 million ($475,000), -17%, ¥884 million ($8.3 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 12)
¥x42 million ($400,000), 0, ¥547 million ($5.2 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 05)
¥x38 million ($360,000), +676%, ¥1.282 billion ($12.1 million), Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: Maji LOVE Kingdom (Day 61)
¥x31 million ($295,000), -31%, ¥11.430 billion ($105.3 million), Aladdin (Day 61)
¥x30 million ($285,000), -22%, ¥2.095 billion ($19.4 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 26)
¥x30 million ($285,000), -47%, ¥932 million ($8.7 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 12) 
¥x15 million ($140,000), -38%, ¥622 million ($5.7 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 12)

08/07 (Wednesday)
¥209 million ($2.0 million), -17%, ¥6.472 billion ($60.2 million), Weathering With You (Day 20)
¥152 million ($1.4 million), -20%, ¥7.102 billion ($65.9 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 27)
¥x91 million ($855,000), 0, ¥1.000 billion ($9.5 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 06)
¥x73 million ($690,000), -14%, ¥957 million ($9.0 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 13)
¥x47 million ($440,000), 0, ¥594 million ($5.6 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 06)
¥x46 million ($430,000), -31%, ¥11.476 billion ($105.7 million), Aladdin (Day 62)
¥x40 million ($375,000), -17%, ¥2.135 billion ($19.8 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 27)
¥x39 million ($365,000), -38%, ¥971 million ($9.1 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 13) 
¥x30 million ($285,000), 0, ¥x30 million ($285,000), Bring the Soul: The Movie (NEW)
¥x18 million ($170,000), -35%, ¥640 million ($5.9 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 13)

% changes versus same day last week.

[KP1025]

It doesn't look like there's any pre-Obon boost yet, nor recovery from the deflated weekend due to sunny weather. 

[pepsa]

8 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

It doesn't look like there's any pre-Obon boost yet, nor recovery from the deflated weekend due to sunny weather. 

There is a heat wave in Japan atm. And I do think dropping 17% and 20% is pretty good considering the weekend drops where a lot harsher. 

Edited August 7, 2019 by pepsa

[cannastop]

Corpse

http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2243222#p2243222

Will the August 10-11 weekend be one of the biggest ever?

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It's a good candidate. I doubt it competes for for the top spot, but a Top 10 ranking is certainly doable.

As for the weekend, One Piece Film Stampede is receiving the most seating on Friday, followed by The Lion King, and then Weathering With You (losing ~30/35% of its seating, which isn't bad against two big openers). One Piece is guaranteed to be huge out of the gate, so it's no surprise that most theaters are playing it on their biggest screens to begin. Depending on how the weekend plays out, I expect One Piece and The Lion King to be pretty close in terms of seating on Monday and throughout the Obon Festival holiday period, with Weathering With You being a close third.

And remember: more seating/biggest screens doesn't always result in a bigger opening weekend, just the potential of having one.

And I was expecting Aladdin to experience a likely collapse given Disney's release strategy in the market, but it's "only" losing 45/50% of its seating on Friday. This is high, of course, but it certainly could have been much higher (easily 60/70%+).

 

[SURAJ]

I have a question guys, I checked mimorin it says that WEATHERING movie sold 478k Admissions but then I checked TokyoHive or basically Jpn BO Sites, it says that WEATHERING sold 505k Admissions. Why there's difference? Also isn't 1400 Yen the ATP for most of the movies? Thanks in advance

[cannastop]

29 minutes ago, SURAJ said:

I have a question guys, I checked mimorin it says that WEATHERING movie sold 478k Admissions but then I checked TokyoHive or basically Jpn BO Sites, it says that WEATHERING sold 505k Admissions. Why there's difference? Also isn't 1400 Yen the ATP for most of the movies? Thanks in advance

Never heard of tokyohive.

 

Mimorin only reports a percentage of the total box office, from major theater chains in Japan. I think at least.

Edited August 8, 2019 by cannastop

[catlover]

2 hours ago, SURAJ said:

I have a question guys, I checked mimorin it says that WEATHERING movie sold 478k Admissions but then I checked TokyoHive or basically Jpn BO Sites, it says that WEATHERING sold 505k Admissions. Why there's difference? Also isn't 1400 Yen the ATP for most of the movies? Thanks in advance

First of all, where did you get 478k? The weekend number for last weekend (Sat-Sun) on mimorin site was 340,211. Second of all, this is just partial, only from main theater chains, not all theaters. It's about 65-70% of the whole admissions. So it makes sense that the total admission for the weekend was 505k.

 

Ticket prices vary between movies. For TS4 it's around ¥1300, for WWY around ¥1360 and for Hobbs & Shaw around ¥1500.

Edited August 8, 2019 by catlover

[SURAJ]

13 minutes ago, catlover said:

First of all, where did you get 478k? The weekend number for last weekend (Sat-Sun) on mimorin site was 340,211. Second of all, this is just partial, only from main theater chains, not all theaters. It's about 65-70% of the whole admissions. So it makes sense that the total admission for the weekend was 505k.

 

Ticket prices vary between movies. For TS4 it's around ¥1300, for WWY around ¥1360 and for Hobbs & Shaw around ¥1500.

That 478k number is including Fri too. Then where we can see top 20 movies at the JPN box office other than Mimorin including all theaters cume? 

 

Also Tokyohive: https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2019/08/japan-box-office-report-8-38-4-2019

[cannastop]

8 minutes ago, SURAJ said:

That 478k number is including Fri too. Then where we can see top 20 movies at the JPN box office other than Mimorin including all theaters cume? 

 

Also Tokyohive: https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2019/08/japan-box-office-report-8-38-4-2019

I believe it's only sometimes we see those numbers? I think there's some place that gives out yen totals publicly, but I'm not sure about admissions. Corpse subscribes to a trade magazine that reports precise numbers though.

[catlover]

1 hour ago, SURAJ said:

That 478k number is including Fri too. Then where we can see top 20 movies at the JPN box office other than Mimorin including all theaters cume? 

 

Also Tokyohive: https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2019/08/japan-box-office-report-8-38-4-2019

Oh okay. That 505k was only Sat and Sun. Weekend numbers on Japanese sites are always for Sat and Sun only. Unless it's a new opener, and it opens on Friday, then they usually will give both numbers, the 3-day and 2-day weekend.

 

And to answer your question: nowhere. We only have Corpse, who kindly give us numbers for the top 10 every week, because he/she has access to the data. Sometimes for movies outside the top 10 too. But other than that, we can only get box office numbers from reports or news or articles or twitter feeds, even then not all movies are available.

Edited August 8, 2019 by catlover

[cannastop]

Japan has a lot of interesting quirks to its box office. First of the month discount, discount Wednesday, women's discount, ( I think there's a 14th of the month discount, but correct me if I'm wrong.)

 

I'm just now remembering this.

[Avatree]

5 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Japan has a lot of interesting quirks to its box office. First of the month discount, discount Wednesday, women's discount, ( I think there's a 14th of the month discount, but correct me if I'm wrong.)

 

I'm just now remembering this.

Women's discount?

[cannastop]

7 minutes ago, Avatree said:

Women's discount?

https://tokyocheapo.com/entertainment/discount-cinema/

 

For the various discounts.

 

I actually think it's Wednesday when women have discounted cinema tickets. lol

 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/15/reference/ladies-plans/#.XUxGGDfYrnE

 

https://www.japan-experience.com/to-know/understanding-japan/going-to-the-cinema-in-japan

 

Different chains have different discount days of course.

Edited August 8, 2019 by cannastop

[cannastop]

Corpse

http://www.worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2243235#p2243235

Pre-Obon Festival Daily Estimates (08/05-09)

08/05 (Monday)
¥189 million ($1.8 million), -19%, ¥6.097 billion ($56.6 million), Weathering With You (Day 18)
¥126 million ($1.2 million), -22%, ¥6.843 billion ($63.5 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 25)
¥108 million ($1.0 million), 0, ¥820 million ($7.7 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 04)
¥x60 million ($565,000), 0, ¥505 million ($4.8 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 04)
¥x58 million ($545,000), -10%, ¥834 million ($7.9 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 11)
¥x36 million ($340,000), -31%, ¥11.399 billion ($105.0 million), Aladdin (Day 60)
¥x35 million ($330,000), -22%, ¥2.065 billion ($19.1 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 25)
¥x35 million ($330,000), -49%, ¥902 million ($8.4 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 11) 
¥x18 million ($170,000), -46%, ¥607 million ($5.6 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 11) 
¥x10 million ($x95,000), +11%, ¥385 million ($3.6 million), Free! Road to the World - The Dream (Day 31)

08/06 (Tuesday)
¥166 million ($1.6 million), -18%, ¥6.263 billion ($58.2 million), Weathering With You (Day 19)
¥107 million ($1.0 million), -21%, ¥6.950 billion ($64.5 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 26)
¥x89 million ($840,000), 0, ¥909 million ($8.6 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 05)
¥x50 million ($475,000), -17%, ¥884 million ($8.3 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 12)
¥x42 million ($400,000), 0, ¥547 million ($5.2 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 05)
¥x38 million ($360,000), +676%, ¥1.282 billion ($12.1 million), Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: Maji LOVE Kingdom (Day 61)
¥x31 million ($295,000), -31%, ¥11.430 billion ($105.3 million), Aladdin (Day 61)
¥x30 million ($285,000), -22%, ¥2.095 billion ($19.4 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 26)
¥x30 million ($285,000), -47%, ¥932 million ($8.7 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 12) 
¥x15 million ($140,000), -38%, ¥622 million ($5.7 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 12)

08/07 (Wednesday)
¥209 million ($2.0 million), -17%, ¥6.472 billion ($60.2 million), Weathering With You (Day 20)
¥152 million ($1.4 million), -20%, ¥7.102 billion ($65.9 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 27)
¥x91 million ($855,000), 0, ¥1.000 billion ($9.5 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 06)
¥x73 million ($690,000), -14%, ¥957 million ($9.0 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 13)
¥x47 million ($440,000), 0, ¥594 million ($5.6 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 06)
¥x46 million ($430,000), -31%, ¥11.476 billion ($105.7 million), Aladdin (Day 62)
¥x40 million ($375,000), -17%, ¥2.135 billion ($19.8 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 27)
¥x39 million ($365,000), -38%, ¥971 million ($9.1 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 13) 
¥x30 million ($285,000), 0, ¥x30 million ($285,000), Bring the Soul: The Movie (NEW)
¥x18 million ($170,000), -35%, ¥640 million ($5.9 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 13)

08/08 (Thursday)
¥167 million ($1.6 million), -31%, ¥6.639 billion ($61.8 million), Weathering With You (Day 21)
¥109 million ($1.0 million), -36%, ¥7.211 billion ($66.9 million), Toy Story 4 (Day 28)
¥x75 million ($705,000), 0, ¥1.075 billion ($10.2 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Day 07)
¥x53 million ($500,000), -29%, ¥1.010 billion ($9.5 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Day 14)
¥x37 million ($350,000), -38%, ¥11.513 billion ($106.1 million), Aladdin (Day 63)
¥x35 million ($330,000), 0, ¥629 million ($5.9 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Day 07)
¥x31 million ($290,000), -25%, ¥2.166 billion ($20.1 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Day 28)
¥x30 million ($280,000), -44%, ¥1.001 billion ($9.4 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Day 14) 
¥x27 million ($255,000), 0, ¥x57 million ($540,000), Bring the Soul: The Movie (Day 2)
¥x14 million ($130,000), -42%, ¥654 million ($6.1 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Day 14)

[cannastop]

Early rumblings are that One Piece might have the biggest opening Friday of the year?

And that The Lion King is probably not going to make over 1 billion yen Saturday + Sunday.

[catlover]

2 hours ago, cannastop said:

Early rumblings are that One Piece might have the biggest opening Friday of the year?

And that The Lion King is probably not going to make over 1 billion yen Saturday + Sunday.

I won't be surprised with the first one. One Piece franchise is frontloaded, so whatever day its OD is, it's gonna be huge. And since other Friday openers were not that frontloaded (hence, relatively low OD), it's easy for One Piece to have the biggest opening Friday.

 

The second one is kinda surprising for me. I mean it'a not a princess story like BatB or Aladdin, but I thought the popularity of the musical would give TLK the same opening as those two.

[RealLyre]

can One Piece open above ¥1.46B and claim the biggest OW of the year? the last 2 one piece movies opened to ¥1.15B and ¥1.37B respectively. though I believe in 2012 it was around the peak of one piece's popularity after marineford arc. 

[KP1025]

3 minutes ago, RealLyre said:

can One Piece open above ¥1.46B and claim the biggest OW of the year? the last 2 one piece movies opened to ¥1.15B and ¥1.37B respectively. though I believe in 2012 it was around the peak of one piece's popularity after marineford arc. 

Doubtful. One Piece is extremely frontloaded, and Corpse thinks opening on a Friday this time will deflate the weekend numbers overall.

 

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The last three One Piece films have opened above ¥1 billion, but they all opened on Saturday. Stampede would easily open above ¥1 billion with a Saturday release (it's celebrating the anime's 20th anniversary, too), but the Friday release this time around could prevent it from doing so. There haven't been many cases of Friday openings affecting the weekend business too much since it became the standard last year, but it could in this case since it's a frontloaded franchise during the summer vacation (granted, One Piece's audience skews older anyway).  

It appears on course to have the biggest Friday of the year so far.

 

[cannastop]

4 minutes ago, RealLyre said:

can One Piece open above ¥1.46B and claim the biggest OW of the year? the last 2 one piece movies opened to ¥1.15B and ¥1.37B respectively. though I believe in 2012 it was around the peak of one piece's popularity after marineford arc. 

probably not. But are you including Friday in that total?