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

[Corpse]

11/03-04

Weekend Estimates

1 (-) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) ¥400 million ($5 million), 0, NEW

2 (1) Smile Pretty Cure! The Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) ¥145 million ($1.8 million), -24%, Week 2

3 (-) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) ¥122 million ($1.5 million), 0, NEW

4 (-) Fly With The Gold (Shochiku) ¥101 million ($1.3 million ), 0, NEW

5 (-) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) ¥73 million ($910,000), 0, NEW

6 (3) Connection (Toho) ¥52 million ($650,000), -48%, Week 5

7 (-) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) ¥50 million ($620,000), 0, NEW

8 (4) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) ¥43 million ($540,000), -54%, Week 9

9 (6) Outrage 2: Beyond (Warner Bros.) ¥42 million ($520,000), -33%, Week 5

10 (5) 009 RE: Cyborg (T-Joy) ¥33 million ($410,000), -52%, Week 2

Very impressive for 'The Floating Castle'. Since it opened on Friday, it's 3-day total may have exceeded ¥500 million ($6 million+ ). ¥2.5 billion ($30 million+) should be attainable, and perhaps ¥3 billion (near $40 million) is doable, too. Strong film to kick off the last month of the Box Office year that will continue with 'Lesson of the Evil' next weekend, 'Evangelion 3.0' in two weeks, and 'Crow's Thumb' at the end of the month.

Among the other openers, 'Fly with the Gold' did very well. Shochiku needed this one to over-perform.

Some rough drops for this weekend for most holdovers. Seven wide openers would have cut into the showtimes, though, and there wasn't any data for 'The Expendables 2'. It would have required a drop over 60% to fall out of the Top 10... but seeing there are a couple 50%+ drops this weekend maybe it actually did plummet, though I suspect it'll show up in the morning.

[Corpse]

11/05 (Monday Morning Update)

Tracking 17/223 Theaters in 13/47 Prefectures

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:

Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)

16:45 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:55 (Half Full); 01:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)

*Also Sold Out The Same Showtimes For Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:40 (Few Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Half Full); 10:35 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Half Full)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:35 (Half Full); 13:10 (Half Full)

[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)

08:30 (Few Seats Remaining; 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)

08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (52 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)

09:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:30 (Half Full); 21:30 (Half Full)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)

09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)

09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)

08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)

08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)

08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 18:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 15:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 17:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Half Full); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (Sold Out); 23:40 (Half Full); 02:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Edited November 5, 2012 by Corpse

[lab276]

What chances are there the OW record is broken?

[Olive]

Don't know the OW in local currency.In dollars, its SWEP3 18.97M.Needs 15.3 billion 2 day to break the record. very difficult.

[Corpse]

Matrix Reloaded holds the record with 2.22 billion, followed by Chamber of Secrets with 2.05 billion. I'm not sure what it'll take to beat those two seeing as how todays biggest blockbusters open to half that or just a tad higher even with the help of 3D.The biggest local opening is Howl's Moving Castle with 1.48 billion. Easier to achieve, but nothing has opened that high since 2006 (Pirates 2). Since Japan has been a major market for half a century, no inflation to speak of, and an audience that don't rush out opening week, records, especially opening records, hold for a very, very long time. With Evangelion 3.0, we'll be looking at is possibly one of the biggest openings in more recent years, possible PSA/PTA records, theater sellouts all weekend, and stats like that. It may also claim the biggest opening weekend for an animated film not directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It would need to beat One Piece Film Strong World's 1.04 billion opening weekend to do so. It's interesting, not a single Hollywood animated film has ever opened to 1 billion before.

Edited November 5, 2012 by Corpse

[Corpse]

11/03-04

Weekend Ranking

1 (-) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) NEW

2 (-) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) NEW

3 (1) Smile Pretty Cure: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book (TOEI) Week 2

4 (-) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) NEW

5 (-) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) NEW

6 (-) Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount) NEW

7 (2) The Expendables 2 (Shochiku) Week 3

8 (3) Connection (Toho) Week 5

9 (4) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) Week 9

10 (7) Outrage 2: Beyond (Warner Bros.) Week 5

'The Floating Castle' opened to a very impressive ¥504,901,150 ($6.4 million) on 409,352 admissions since opening on Friday on 328 screens. The weekend figure itself hasn't been released yet, but should be around ¥400 million ($5 million), probably enough to earn a Top 15 Opening Weekend for the year.

Toho is projecting the film will reach ¥4 billion ($50 million), but they're just hyping the opening as usual and it's far more likely to settle with around ¥3 billion ($40 million), which is still a very good result.

'Chorus of Angels' (might be romanized as something different) did much better than early estimates were projecting. Playing on 330 screens, the film opened to ¥180,391,800 ($2.3 million) on 164,924 admissions over the weekend. That should be good enough to achieve the ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) milestone.

'Fly with the Gold' opened on 191 screens with ¥100,984,200 ($1.3 million) on 75,120 admissions for the weekend. A solid opening, and much needed for distributor Shochiku.

In fifth was 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'. Fox released the film on 405 screens which brought in ¥99,390,800 ($1.3 million) on 66,343 admissions over the weekend. Not a great debut, but it could have been worse. And since opening on Thursday, it's grossed ¥170,011,300 ($2.2 million) on 123,059 admissions.

And lastly was 'Paranormal Activity 4'. Playing on 156 screens, it earned ¥60,655,700 ($760,000 ) on 48,553 admissions for the weekend. That's a slight improvement over it's predecessor, and it's grossed ¥91,870,300 ($1.2 million) on 77,317 admissions since opening on Thursday as well (Local Holiday).

[Corpse]

And outside the Top 10,'The Intouchables' became the most attended french film in history topping 'Amelie's 1,038,763 admissions after 65 days in release. Since opening on 9/1, the film has grossed ¥1,302,465,000 ($16.4 million) on 1,063,785 admissions (multiplier up to 16.7x). And to become the highest grossing french film in history, it still needs to beat 'Amelie's ¥1.60 billion total. In my opinion, 'The Intouchables' is the most impressive imported release (including Hollywood releases) this year.

Edited November 6, 2012 by Corpse

[lab276]

Why are the tickets for Intouchables significantly cheaper than Amelie? I wouldn't have expected such a huge difference.

[Corpse]

My guess is Amelie played largely in cities resulting in much higher tickets. I'm not sure what it's rating was in Japan, but it seems to be R (or the equivalent of an R) in most other countries. If that was the same in Japan, that would have also driven up the avg. ticket price significantly, too, since adult tickets are more expensive.

Edited November 6, 2012 by Corpse

[Corpse]

11/06 (Monday Morning Update)

(Tracking 18/224 Theaters in 14/47 Prefectures)

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:

Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)

16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (62 Seats Remaining); 21:55 (187 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (424 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)

*Also Sold Out The Same Showtimes On Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (51 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (52 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (328 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (476 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (398 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (136 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (213 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (181 Seats Remaining)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)

08:00 (157 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (148 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (173 Seats Remaining)

[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)

08:30 (Few Seats Remaining; 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)

08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (30 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)

09:30 (118 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (197 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (169 Seats Remaining)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)

09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)

09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)

08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)

08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)

08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 18:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 15:15 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 17:40 (Plenty Seats Remaining); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Half Full); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (58 Seats Remaining); 23:40 (268 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (401 Seats Remaining)

Edited November 6, 2012 by Corpse

[Olive]

1.5 B opening?

[Corpse]

Let's not predict that high, lol. That'd be the biggest opening weekend ever for a local film!

[Corpse]

2012 Box Office Charts

As of Sunday, 11/04:

Top Grossing Films (¥1 billion+)

Rank :: Revenue ¥ (billion) / $ (million) :: Title :: Release :: Admissions (million) :: Days In Release :: Distributor

01 :: ¥7.25 / $92.88 (8.20x) :: Umizaru: Brave Hearts :: July :: 5.70 :: OE :: Toho

02 :: ¥5.95 / $76.03 (13.75x) :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 4.70 :: OE :: Toho

03 :: ¥5.73 / $74.93 (7.13x) :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: 4.53 :: 59 :: Toho

04 :: ¥5.38 / $70.55 (9.39x) :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 4.24 :: OE :: Paramount

05 :: ¥4.18 / $53.49 (11.45x) :: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki :: July :: 3.40 :: OE :: Toho

06 :: ¥3.85 / $48.53 (5.68x) :: Resident Evil: Retribution :: Sept. :: 2.55 :: 52 :: Sony

07 :: ¥3.62 / $46.27 (6.56x) :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 3.35 :: OE :: Toho

08 :: ¥3.56 / $45.56 (7.12x) :: The Avengers :: Aug. :: 2.35 :: TE :: Disney

09 :: ¥3.51 / $44.88 (6.89x) :: Pokemon BW: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo :: July :: 3.35 :: TE :: Toho

10 :: ¥3.44 / $43.68 (6.19x) :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 2.70 :: OE :: Toho

11 :: ¥3.28 / $42.32 (5.21x) :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 2.74 :: OE :: Toho

12 :: ¥3.16 / $40.88 (5.51x) :: Men in Black 3 :: May :: 2.12 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

13 :: ¥3.13 / $40.64 (5.34x) :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 2.39 :: OE :: Toho

14 :: ¥3.11 / $39.49 (5.36x) :: The Amazing Spider-Man :: June :: 2.12 :: TE :: Sony

15 :: ¥2.92 / $37.21 (7.31x) :: Rurouni Kenshin :: Aug. :: 2.34 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

16 :: ¥2.51 / $31.67 (8.50x) :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 2.10 :: OE :: Asmik Ace/Toho

17 :: ¥2.40 / $30.36 (5.16x) :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 1.85 :: OE :: Toho

18 :: ¥2.20 / $27.50 (7.00x) :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 1.76 :: OE :: Toho

19 :: ¥2.16 / $27.21 (5.35x) :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 1.71 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

20 :: ¥2.13 / $27.16 (9.14x) :: Dearest :: Aug. :: 1.99 :: TE :: Toho

21 :: ¥2.04 / $26.01 (8.75x) :: Heruta Skelter :: July :: 1.55 :: TE :: Asmik Ace

22 :: ¥2.01 / $25.87 (11.16x) :: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted :: Aug. :: 1.58 :: TE :: Paramount

23 :: ¥1.96 / $24.49 (6.46x) :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 1.67 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

24 :: ¥1.92 / $24.27 (5.16x) :: The Dark Knight Rises :: July :: 1.46 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

25 :: ¥1.90 / $24.14 (6.01x) :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 1.45 :: OE :: Shochiku

26 :: ¥1.84 / $23.54 (5.88x) :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 1.49 :: TE :: Toho

27 :: ¥1.80 / $23.07 (6.49x) :: In Time :: Feb. :: 1.40 :: TE :: FOX

28 :: ¥1.77 / $22.70 (5.86x) :: Prometheus :: Aug. :: 1.22 :: TE :: FOX

29 :: ¥1.71 / $22.01 (5.45x) :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 1.37 :: TE :: Asmik Ace/Toho

30 :: ¥1.71 / $21.98 (5.67x) :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 1.33 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

31 :: ¥1.70 / $21.97 (6.15x) :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 1.36 :: OE :: Toho

32 :: ¥1.56 / $19.86 (3.81x) :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 1.34 :: TE :: TOEI

33 :: ¥1.55 / $19.85 (4.06x) :: Space Brothers :: May :: 1.21 :: TE :: Toho

34 :: ¥1.51 / $19.78 (4.01x) :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 1.30 :: TE :: TOEI

35 :: ¥1.50 / $19.28 (5.13x) :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 1.18 :: OE :: Toho-Towa

36 :: ¥1.47 / $19.11 (10.42x) :: Friends: Naki On Monster Island :: Dec '10 :: 1.10 :: TE :: Toho

37 :: ¥1.45 / $18.92 (6.41x) :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: OE :: Walt Disney

38 :: ¥1.43 / $18.72 (9.47x) :: Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: TE :: TOEI

39 :: ¥1.43 / $18.22 (7.60x) :: Connection :: Oct. :: 1.17 :: 37 :: Toho

40 :: ¥1.41 / $18.04 (4.67x) :: Naruto: Road to Ninja :: July :: 1.21 :: TE :: Toho

41 :: ¥1.39 / $17.87 (8.47x) :: Tale of Genji :: Dec '10 :: 1.15 :: TE :: Toho

42 :: ¥1.37 / $17.37 (5.57x) :: Sadako 3D :: May :: .969 :: TE :: Kadokawa Pictures

43 :: ¥1.30 / $16.40 (16.69x) :: The Intouchables :: Sept. :: 1.07 :: 65 :: Gaga

44 :: ¥1.29 / $16.22 (4.61x) :: Outrage 2: Beyond :: Oct. :: .970 :: 37 :: Warner Bros.

45 :: ¥1.28 / $15.86 (5.54x) :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: .996 :: TE :: Sony

46 :: ¥1.27 / $15.86 (4.96x) :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 1.04 :: TE :: TOEI

47 :: ¥1.20 / $15.36 (7.04x) :: Puss in Boots :: Mar. :: .925 :: OE :: Paramount

48 :: ¥1.18 / $15.19 (5.84x) :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 1.01 :: TE :: Toho

49 :: ¥1.14 / $14.81 (9.47x) :: Chronicle of My Mother :: Apr. :: .876 :: TE :: Shochiku

50 :: ¥1.12 / $14.58 (8.11x) :: Inazuma Eleven GO :: Dec '10 :: .926 :: TE :: Toho

51 :: ¥1.09 / $14.13 (4.96x) :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: .754 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

52 :: ¥1.05 / $13.44 (6.76x) :: Eight Ranger :: July :: .880 :: TE :: Toho

53 :: ¥1.03 / $12.90 (5.28x) :: Crayon Shin-chan (2012) :: Apr. :: .963 :: TE :: Toho

54 :: ¥1.03 / $12.87 (5.88x) :: Hugo :: Mar. :: .732 :: TE :: Paramount

55 :: ¥1.02 / $12.85 (5.23x) :: Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future :: Mar. :: .881 :: TE :: TOEI

56 :: ¥1.01 / $12.78 (4.69x) :: Total Recall :: Aug. :: .800 :: TE :: Sony

'Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL' is taking awhile to reach 'Thermae Romae', but it should surpass it by the end of the end of the month and exceed ¥6 billion.

'Resident Evil: Retribution' had a great week before Saturday. It collapsed putting ¥4 billion ($50 million) possibly out of reach. It's performed very well regardless whether it reaches that goal or not, but it definitely could have made if it didn't lose so many screens this weekend.

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Top Opening Weekends (2-Days ONLY, ¥250 million+)

Rank :: Revenue ¥ (million) / $ (million) :: Title :: Release :: Admissions (thousand) :: Screen Count :: Distributor

01 :: ¥878.23 / $11.08 :: Umizaru: Brave Hearts :: July :: 686.98 :: 450 :: Toho

(¥1.563 / $19.91 :: 1.223 :: 4-Day Opening Weekend)

02 :: ¥804.27 / $10.29 :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: 604.09 :: 452 :: Toho

(¥1.047 / $13.41 :: 798.38 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

03 :: ¥676.99 / $8.58 :: Resident Evil: Retribution :: Sept. :: 433.94 :: 779 :: Sony

(¥1.248 / $15.84 :: 820.09 :: 4-Day Opening Weekend)

04 :: ¥629.74 / $7.82 :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 540.98 :: 351 :: Toho

05 :: ¥583.89 / $7.61 :: The Amazing Spider-Man :: June :: 426.16 :: 1,092 :: Sony

(¥901.46 / $11.32 :: 620.21 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

06 :: ¥581.04 / $7.50 :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 431.09 :: 446 :: Toho

07 :: ¥573.57 / $7.35 :: Men in Black 3 :: May :: 372.97 :: 979 :: Toho-Towa

(¥701.80 / $8.80 :: 461.85 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

08 :: ¥573.22 / $7.34 :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 437.75 :: 636 ::Paramount

(¥725.83 / $9.29 :: 563.25 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

09 :: ¥555.66 / $7.22 :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 421.27 :: 473 :: Toho

10 :: ¥552.62 / $6.86 :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 485.47 :: 359 :: Toho

11 :: ¥509.94 / $6.42 :: Pokemon BW: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo :: July :: 489.86 :: 351 :: Toho

(¥753.76 / $9.61 :: 724.07 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

12 :: ¥500.93 / $6.34 :: The Avengers :: Aug. :: 326.11 :: 844 :: Disney

(¥1.386 / $17.49 :: 940.17 :: 6-Day Opening Week Plus Previews)

13 :: ¥468.70 / $5.81 :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 351.47 :: 279 :: Toho

14 :: ¥432.55 / $5.40 :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 325.69 :: 304 :: Toho

15 :: ¥410.04 / $5.16 :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentei: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 355.99 :: 292 :: TOEI

16 :: ¥404.96 / $5.09 :: The Floating Castle :: Nov. :: 323.22 :: 328 :: Toho/Asmik Ace

(¥509.90 / $6.41 :: 409.35 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

17 :: ¥404.53 / $5.07 :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 311.16 :: 571 :: Warner Bros.

18 :: ¥399.53 / $5.05 :: Rurouni Kenshin :: Aug. :: 295.32 :: 327 :: Warner Bros.

(¥555.82 / $7.01 :: 424.14 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

19 :: ¥382.32 / $4.87 :: Space Brothers :: May :: 285.34 :: 322 :: Toho

20 :: ¥378.03 / $4.84 :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 333.13 :: 301 :: TOEI

21 :: ¥372.02 / $4.75 :: The Dark Knight Rises :: July :: 269.17 :: 546 :: Warner Bros.

(¥455.18 :: $5.81 :: 331.67 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

22 :: ¥365.15 / $4.67 :: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki :: July :: 276.33 :: 381 :: Toho

23 :: ¥316.31 / $4.08 :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 237.82 :: 137 :: Shochiku

24 :: ¥314.89 / $3.97 :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 242.92 :: 297 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

25 :: ¥314.70 / $3.96 :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 242.19 :: 318 :: Toho

26 :: ¥313.66 / $3.95 :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 242.82 :: 316 :: Toho

27 :: ¥303.35 / $3.87 :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 237.98 :: 464 :: Warner Bros.

28 :: ¥302.49 / $3.84 :: Prometheus :: Aug. :: 200.18 :: 768 :: FOX

(¥754.03 / $9.68 :: 502.11 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

29 :: ¥302.08 / $3.77 :: Naruto: Path to Ninja :: July :: 254.03 :: 262 :: Toho

30 :: ¥301.78 / $3.76 :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 234.87 :: 572 :: Toho-Towa

(¥374.83 / $4.71 :: 296.16 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

31 :: ¥295.31 / $3.75 :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 227.24 :: 295 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

32 :: ¥292.16 / $3.68 :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 237.87 :: 545 :: Toho-Towa

(¥364.01 / $4.52 :: 298.15 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

33 :: ¥279.24 / $3.67 :: Outrage 2: Beyond :: Oct. :: 206.61 :: 225 :: Warner Bros.

34 :: ¥277.13 / $3.63 :: In Time :: Feb. :: 203.05 :: 427 :: FOX

35 :: ¥276.41 / $3.62 :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 217.18 :: 377 :: Toho

36 :: ¥254.17 / $3.25 :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 217.66 :: 304 :: TOEI

'The Floating Castle' barely misses a Top 15 Opening Weekend, but still a great debut. And the first film to debut on the charts in over a month. We'll see many films open well this month, though.

[StephenN18]

Thanks Corpse for the update. I'm a bit disappointed that they put RE out of so many screens, when it's been doing so well. Now it looks like it'll finish at about $49.5 million, which is still good. A quick question though, on Box Office Mojo they have RE as $48,133,947, so obviously they've put the wrong gross haven't they? If they have, i'll contact them and get them to fix it.

[Corpse]

Finding an actual in USD is really difficult so they're not technically wrong really. What BOM does though is take a film's total and converts that each week instead of the weekly/weekend gross which can screw up the numbers. For example, say the exchange rate suddenly became 90 by next weekend (not happening, but an example). It would take the 3.85 billion yen total and convert that to $42.7 million. The film didn't really lose nearly $6 million, it would just be an inaccurate conversion BOM always does. You can even see a example on their weekend charts with Harry Potter 1. It's USD total kept going up and down each week late in it's release due to a changing exchange rate when only it's USD weekly/weekend gross should have been going up and down. This is why it's ALWAYS best to search for another source for international numbers than BOM if you can. Not to mention they never update the total once a film falls off the charts even though they're definitely still in release.You can't really expect them to update totals based on weekly/weekend numbers for every single country, every week though, so I think it's best to look at BOM's international totals as estimates or rough totals if there's no other source.

Edited November 8, 2012 by Corpse

[Corpse]

11/08 (Thur. Morning Update)

(Tracking 19/224 Theaters in 15/47 Prefectures)

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:

Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)

16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (183 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (325 Seats Remaining)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)

*Every Showtime (same as above) Sold Out On Sunday

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (21 Seats Remaining); 13:40 (15 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (304 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (296 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (310 Seats Remaining)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (127 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (164 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (148 Seats Remaining)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)

08:00 (123 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (137 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (143 Seats Remaining)

[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)

08:30 (96 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (101 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)

08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (10 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (75 Seats Remaining)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)

09:30 (99 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (185 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (141 Seats Remaining)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)

09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)

09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama) - 456 Seats (Screen 6)

08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)

08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)

08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)

08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:15 (Half Full); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Half Full); 15:15 (Half Full); 17:40 (Half Full); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Few Seats Remaining)

[OTHERS]

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Sold Out); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

*All Sunday Showtimes (6) are Half Full.

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (Sold Out); 23:40 (93 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (227 Seats Remaining)

*3 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00) and 1 Showing (15:40) with 42 Seats Remaining

*Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year)

Added: Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama). Some more locations begin online ticketing on 11/9.

And in case anyone was wondering,

Seats Available goes: Plenty Seats Remaining -> Half Full -> Few Seats Remaining > # Seats Remaining -> Sold Out.

[cremino]

http://youtu.be/Pn5IRXKF09cEvangelion 3 trailer

[Corpse]

11/10-11

Weekend Forecast

1 (-) Holy Scripture of Evil (Toho) ¥420 million ($5.3 million) NEW

2 (1) The Floating Castle (Toho/Asmik Ace) ¥280 million ($3.6 million) Week 2

3 (2) Chorus of Angels (TOEI) ¥130 million ($1.7 million) Week 2

4 (-) Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Paramount) ¥120 million ($1.6 million) NEW

5 (3) Smile Pretty Cure! Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! (TOEI) ¥100 million ($1.3 million) Week 3

6 (4) Fly with the Gold (Shochiku) ¥70 million ($900,000) Week 2

7 (5) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox) ¥60 million ($750,000) Week 2

8 (8) Connection (Toho) ¥40 million ($500,000) Week 6

9 (6) Paranormal Activity 2 (Paramount) ¥35 million ($450,000) Week 2

10 (7) The Expendables 2 (Shochiku) ¥35 million ($450,000) Week 4

'Holy Scripture of Evil', starring Hideaki Ito (Umizaru franchise), is Toho's biggest release this Nov/Dec and the goal will be a ¥3 billion ($40 million) total. The film has a R15+ rating, uncommon in the market, and is likely to be the biggest R15+ film of the year.

Toho is also co-distributing 'The Floating Castle' which looks to have a similar total around ¥3 billion ($40 million).

'Cirque du Soleil' is opening early on Friday which will deflate it's opening weekend a bit, and I think it'll struggle to rank in the Top 5 in admissions. However, the 3D share should be quite high for this one to secure a Top 5 debut regardless of admissions.

[Corpse]

11/09 (Sat. Morning Update)

(Tracking 23/224 Theaters in 15/47 Prefectures)

Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo:

Sellout Reports (11/17)

[TOHO CINEMAS]

Roppongi Hills (Minato, Tokyo) - 644 Seats (Screen 7)

16:45 (Sold Out); 19:20 (Sold Out); 21:55 (128 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (233 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 2,215/2,576 (86%)

Shibuya Toho Cinemas (Shibuya, Tokyo) - 297 Seats (Screen 3)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Sold Out); 13:10 (Sold Out)

Total Tickets Sold - 891/891 (100%)

*Every Showing on Sunday also Sold Out.

Toho Cinemas Kinshicho (Tokyo) - 462 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (Sold Out); 11:00 (Sold Out); 13:40 (Sold Out)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,386/1,386 (100%)

*2/3 Showings on Sunday are Half Full.

Toho Cinemas Umeda (Osaka) - 747 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (269 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (274 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (254 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,444/2,241 (64%)

Toho Cinemas Namba (Osaka) - 535 Seats (Screen 2)

08:00 (103 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (134 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (93 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,275/1,605 (79%)

Article Toho Cinemas (Kyoto) - 390 Seats (Screen 10)

08:00 (98 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (133 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (113 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 826/1,170 (71%)

Toho Cinemas Kawasaki (Kanagawa) - 542 Seats (Screen 5)

08:00 (167 Seats Remaining); 10:40 (181 Seats Remaining); 13:20 (143 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,135/1,626 (70%)

Toho Cinemas Ebina (Kanagawa) - 630 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (220 Seats Remaining); 10:35 (269 Seats Remaining); 13:10 (254 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,147/1,890 (61%)

[MOVIX]

Sendai MOVIX (Miyagi) - 383 Seats (Screen 5)

08:30 (67 Seats Remaining); 14:00 (74 Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 912/1,149 (79%)

Saitama MOVIX (Saitama) - 502 Seats (Screen 12)

08:50 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Sold Out); 19:10 (24 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,482/1,506 (98%)

Miyoshi MOVIX (Aichi) - 519 Seats (Screen 10)

09:30 (83 Seats Remaining); 14:30 (172 Seats Remaining); 21:30 (120 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,180/1,557 (76%)

Shimizu MOVIX (Shizuoka) - 424 Seats (Screen 3)

09:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 14:10 (Half Full); 19:10 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 642/1,272 (50%)

Kameari MOVIX (Tokyo) - 460 Seats (Screen 10)

09:00 (Sold Out); 14:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 19:10 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,150/1,380 (83%)

Kurashiki MOVIX (Okayama) - 456 Seats (Screen 6)

08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:20 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 798/1,386 (58%)

[Warner Mycal]

Yonezawa Warner Mycal Cinemas (Yamagata) - 214 Seats (Screen 6)

08:30 (Sold Out); 10:55 (Half Full); 13:20 (Half Full); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:10 (Half Full); 20:35 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 802/1,284 (62%)

Warner Michael Cinemas Urawa Misono (Saitama) - 442 Seats (Screen 5)

08:55 (Few Seats Remaining); 11:30 (Half Full); 14:05 (Half Full); 16:40 (Half Full); 19:10 (Half Full); 21:45 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,546/2,652 (58%)

Warner Michael Cinemas Itabashi (Tokyo) - 545 Seats (Screen 8)

08:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:55 (Sold Out); 13:30 (Few Seats Remaining); 16:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 18:40 (Few Seats Remaining); 21:15 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 2,585/3,270 (79%)

Warner Michael Cinemas Kitakami (Iwate) - 294 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:35 (Few Seats Remaining); 13:10 (Few Seats Remaining); 15:45 (Half Full); 18:15 (Half Full); 20:50 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,101/1,746 (63%)

Natori Warner Michael Cinemas (Miyagi) - 371 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Few Seats Remaining); 10:25 (Sold Out); 12:50 (Half Full); 15:15 (Half Full); 17:40 (Half Full); 20:05 (Few Seats Remaining); 22:30 (Few Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,760/2,597 (68%)

[OTHERS]

HUMAX Cinemas Ikebukuro (Tokyo) - 331 Seats (Screen 4)

08:00 (159 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (178 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (164 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (148 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (189 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (194 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (231 Seats Remaining); 01:30 (237 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,145/2,648 (43%)

Burg 13 (Kanagawa) - 488 Seats (Screen 7)

08:00 (80 Seats Remaining); 10:30 (135 Seats Remaining); 13:00 (127 Seats Remaining); 15:30 (286 Seats Remaining); 18:00 (402 Seats Remaining); 20:30 (399 Seats Remaining); 23:00 (452 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 1,535/3,416 (45%)

Cinecitta (Kawasaki, Kanagawa) - 532 Seats (Screen 1)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:40 (Sold Out); 13:20 (Sold Out); 16:05 (Sold Out); 18:50 (Sold Out); 21:35 (Sold Out); 00:20 (Few Seats Remaining); 02:55 (Half Full); 05:30 (Plenty Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 3,990/4,788 (83%)

*1 Sunday Showing has Few Seats Remaining; 5 Sunday Showings are Half Full.

Wald 9 (Shinjuku, Tokyo) - 429 Seats (Screen 9)

08:00 (Sold Out); 10:30 (Sold Out); 13:00 (Sold Out); 15:40 (Sold Out); 18:20 (Sold Out); 21:00 (Sold Out); 23:40 (5 Seats Remaining); 02:20 (158 Seats Remaining)

Total Tickets Sold - 3,269/3,432 (95%)

*4 Sell Outs On Sunday (08:00, 10:30, 13:00; 15:50); 1 Showing (18:20) with 22 Seats Remaining; and 1 Showing (21:00) with 115 Seats Remaining.

**Midnight Showings on every screen (1,800 seats) announced today (11/7) due to demand (first theater to do midnights this year).

***Midnights (1,800 seats) Sold Out today (11/10) after minutes of being available.

__________________________________

Notes:

Added: Burg 13, Toho Cinemas Ebina and Toho Cinemas Kawasaki most likely finishing tracking for the Kanagawa Prefecture.

Seat Availability : Plenty Seats Remaining -> Half Full -> Few Seats Remaining > # Seats Remaining -> Sold Out.

Warner Mycal has been down at times today and aren't updated.

Total Tickets Sold (Including Wald 9 Midnights) So Far for Opening Day (23/224 Theaters) - 36,016/49,268 (73.1%).

'Evangelion 3.0' has earned approx. ¥50-55 million ($600-700,000) from these 23 locations so far for Opening Day.

7 More Days til Launch.

Edited November 10, 2012 by Corpse

[Totem]

Nice work Corpse! Love your Merlin profile pic as well