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

[Fullbuster]

 

Corpse

 

Shingeki No Kyojin

[kayumanggi]

MU still doing well. Is it the only Hollywood film in the top 10?

[Tower]

MU still doing well. Is it the only Hollywood film in the top 10?

There is also FF6 and the Great Gatsby.

[alee7915]

Shingeki No Kyojin

"M"

[Olive]

MU has a lot of sell outs or close-to-sellouts today.

[Fullbuster]

MU has a lot of sell outs or close-to-sellouts today.

 

Japan rocks

[alee7915]

Not all the time

[PatrickvD]

Wonderful to see good animation thrive in Japan.

[efialtes76]

Wonderful to see good animation thrive in Japan.

HTTYD only did $5.5m....

[juni78ukr]

HTTYD only did $5.5m....

 

Could you imagine something more different: vikings and Japan?

[Olive]

MU last Saturday 38,122 admissions at Toho cinemas on 667 showings.

MU Saturday 32,832 admissions on 569 showings.

Despite TWR's massive opening, MU only dropped 14% at those sites.

 

TWR Sat 85,115 admissions at Toho cinemas on 566 showings.　

As of 10M Japan Time

MU 46,691admissions on 523 showings.

+42% from saturday

-45% from last Sunday

TWR 82,073 on 526 showings

[Olive]

From Corpse

Toho Cinemas Weekend Admissions [7/20-21]
Admissions [# of showings] - Film

167,188 [1,092] - The Wind Rises, NEW
55,746 (-28%) [638] - Monsters University [2D], Week 3
34,874 (-59%) [604] - Pokemon Best Wishes, Week 2
27,369 (-57%) [672] - Midsummer Formula, Week 4
23,797 (-47%) [454] - Monsters University [3D], Week 3
18,765 (-60%) [753] - Fast and Furious 6, Week 3
11,436 (-48%) [229] - Gintama: The Final Chapter, Week 3
2,949 (-56%) [138] - Anpanman: Handkerchief of Hope!, Week 3
2,872 [58] - TM Network Final Mission, NEW
2,653 (-65%) [116] - To Cry 100 Times, Week 5
2,375 (-71%) [128] - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D [3D], Week 2
2,107 (-58%) [91] - Encore!, Week 4
1,694 (-64%) [142] - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D [2D], Week 2
1,473 (-66%) [148] - Ninja Kids 2, Week 3
1,378 (-66%) [115] - The Great Gatsby [2D], Week 7
1,374 (-56%) [43] - The Hangover Part III, Week 4
1,360 [17] - Shanidar Hana, NEW
942 (-49%) [12] - The Great Gatsby [3D], Week 7
773 (-68%) [111] - Miracle Apples, Week 8
749 (-86%) [109] - After Earth [2D], Week 5
438 (-64%) [12] - Todos tenemos un plan, Week 2
386 (-74%) [33] - Texas Chainsaw 3D, Week 2
(Harsh drops for the holdovers mostly due to last Sunday being a discount day at Toho Cinemas)

The Wind Rises has the most admissions opening weekend at Toho Cinemas since at least Harry Potter 7.2 in 2011, beating Evangelion 3.0's 138,000 from last November, but I also think it beat Harry Potter at these locations.

As for the Summer's recent openers, it beat the opening weekends of Monsters University by 39%, Pokemon's by 97%, and Midsummer Formula by 126%.

These three comparisons gives it an estimated 820-920,000 admissions for the weekend, but it's difficult to project how much it grossed since it's audience is much different than any past Ghibli release and any of the comparisons above, too. Somewhere between 1,250-1,300 would be my guess though, resulting in an opening weekend gross between ¥1.025 billion and ¥1.196 billion.

There is also Movix Cinemas discount Saturday (20th of every month) to take into account. So it becomes more difficult to project where The Wind Rises landed for the weekend before any estimates are released. Either way, it's going to be a huge figure.

[Olive]

MU total admissions at Toho cinemas  dropped 35% during 2-day weekend.

3D share is falling too

[Olive]

TWR OW 960.88m Yen

[lab276]

TWR OW 960.88m Yen

Shame it couldn't get to a billion.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking [7/20-21]

 

1 (-) The Wind Rises (Toho) DEBUT
2 (1) Monsters University (Disney) Week 3
3 (2) Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) Week 2
4 (3) Midsummer Formula (Toho) Week 4
5 (4) Fast and Furious 6 (Toho-Towa) Week 3
6 (5) Gintama: The Final Chapter (Warner Bros.) Week 3
7 (6) Anpanman: Handkerchief of Hope! (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) Week 3
8 (8) To Cry 100 Times (Showgate) Week 5
9 (7) Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Presido) Week 2
10 (10) The Great Gatsby (Warner Bros.) Week 6
11 (11) Ninja Kids 2 (Toei) Week 3

The Wind Rises opened on 454 screens to 747,451 admissions and grossed ¥960,885,850 ($9.8 million) over the weekend. This is a little less than indicated by Toho Cinemas and Toho's mid-day Saturday report. But it's still the biggest opening weekend of the calendar year, earning 94% of what Miyazaki's last film, Ponyo in 2008, earned on opening weekend. It's also 7% greater than what Studio Ghibli's highest-grossing non-Miyazaki film, Arrietty, opened to in 2010.

Audience Breakdown:
Male (47%) : Female (53%)
20-29 year olds (25.4%)
40-49 year olds (22.7%)
30-39 year olds (14.7%)
50+ year olds (14.7%)
16-19 year olds (13.0%)

It's really hard to determine what it may end up grossing at this time, but only one Ghibli film, Tales from Earthsea (also their worst received film), has failed to get a multiplier of 10 or more with Miyazaki's films getting the better legs. If it keeps pace with Ponyo, it's heading for ¥14 billion ($140-150 million) and 11 million admissions. If it follows Arrietty's path more closely, then it's aiming for right about ¥10 billion ($100-110 million) and 8 million admissions.

No film since 2010 has been able to gross ¥10 billion at the box-office, and only then did one of them manage it when you removed the 3D premium - Avatar. The last film before that was Ponyo in 2008.

Edited July 23, 2013 by eren jaeger

[cremino]

Studio Ghibli (Box-Office History)

 

Opening Weekends (2-Day)
¥1.483 billion ($14.0 million) / 1,104,980 :: Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, Nov. 2004)
¥1.034 billion ($9.8 million) / 812,557 :: Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2008)
¥1.005 billion ($8.9 million) / 810,000 :: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2001)
¥960.9 billion ($9.8 million) / 747,451 :: The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2013)
¥907.5 million ($7.9 million) / 672,696 :: Tales from Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, July 2006)
¥895.6 million ($10.3 million) / 680,190 :: The Secret World of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, July 2010)
¥394.1 million ($3.5 million) / 328,007 :: The Cat Returns (Hiroyuki Morita, July 2002)
¥387.5 million ($4.9 million) / 296,006 :: From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, July 2011)

Totals
¥30.4 billion ($244 million) / 23.5 million :: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2001) #1 All-Time
¥22.0 billion ($207 million) / 15.0 million :: Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, Nov. 2004) #3 All-Time
¥19.3 billion ($165.5 million) / 14.2 million :: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1997) #5 Al-Time
¥15.5 billion ($164 million) / 12.87 million :: Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2008) #9 All-Time
¥9.25 billion ($111.9 million) / 7.56 million :: The Secret World of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, July 2010) #37 All-Time
¥7.65 billion ($62.9 million) / 6.1 million :: Tales from Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, July 2006)
¥6.46 billion ($54.4 million) / 5.5 million :: The Cat Returns (Hiroyuki Morita, July 2002)
¥4.46 billion ($57.8 million) / 3.55 million :: From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, July 2011)
¥4.45 billion ($32.5 million) / 3.5 million :: Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1992)
¥4.05 billion ($40.3 million) / 3.3 million :: Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, July 1994)
¥2.90 billion ($21.5 million) / 2.4 million :: Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, July 1991)
¥2.85 billion ($29.3 million) / 2.3 million :: Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, July 1995)
¥2.17 billion ($18.2 million) / 2.64 million :: Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1989)
¥590 million ($4.6 million) / 800,000 :: My Neighbor Totoro/Grave of the Fireflies [Double Feature] (Hayao Miyazaki, Iso Takahata, Apr. 1988)

Fastest to ¥10 billion
25 Days (Spirited Away)
31 Days (Ponyo)
33 Days (Howl's Moving Castle)
42 Days (Princess Mononoke)

[Fullbuster]

The Wind Rises doesn't seem that big when you're comparing it to the other Ghibli productions.

[Olive]

MU 571.9M weekend. 3.45b yen cume -18.8%

[Olive]

MU cume stands at 4.056 billion yen by theend ofThursday.