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

[Issac Newton]

23 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Say what?! I need to find me a subbed version

I don't know about Takagi-san. Zero idea how it's Overseas rights are being handled (⁠｡⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠) CC @MG10

[Issac Newton]

Warner Bros

• Tang - ¥785M
• The Human Voice - ¥650M
• Motherhood - ¥620M
• Noise - ¥500M
• Hagen Movie "Live-action" - ¥286M
• Usogui - ¥275M
• Hagen Movie "Live-action" Part II - ¥240M
• Cry Macho - ¥190M
• King Richard - ¥178M
• Bubble - ¥166M
• DC League of Super-Pets - ¥57M
• Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot - ¥42M

[SchumacherFTW]

23 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

I don't know about Takagi-san. Zero idea how it's Overseas rights are being handled (⁠｡⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠) CC @MG10

Looks like it has a distributor in the US, but not in the UK. Frustrating as hell. 

[Issac Newton]

Disney

• West Side Story - ¥980M
• The King's Man - ¥910M
• Death On The Nile - ¥540M
• Avatar (3D) - ¥320M
• The French Dispatch - ¥200M
• Nightmare Alley - ¥170M
• The Menu - ¥170M
• Amsterdam - ¥130M
• The Beatles - ¥120M

[Issac Newton]

Nikkatsu 

• The Divine Protector: Master Salt Begins - ¥777M
• The Cherry Bushido - ¥773M
• The Zen Diary - ¥265M
• Yugoih - ¥185M
• 20-Year-Old Soul - ¥179M
• Prior Convictions - ¥157M
• Joshikoro - ¥51M
• Yakyu "Baseball" - ¥45M
• Nanitata - ¥30M
• 手 - ¥13M
• GOODBYE, BAD MAGAZINES - ¥10M
• 愛してる - ¥7M
• ROMAN PORNO NOW - ¥5M

[Issac Newton]

Happinet

• Plan 75 - ¥350M
• The Blue Skies at Your Feet - ¥230M
• C'mon C'mon - ¥150M
• This Child Is Evil - ¥150M
• Phantom - ¥120M
• 2 Women - ¥120M
• The Duke - ¥100M
• X - ¥100M
• MEN - ¥100M

[Issac Newton]

Pony Canyon 

• Natsuton - ¥100M
• Kaitō Queen - ¥56M
• DEEMO - ¥33M
• Creation - ¥10M

 

Theatre

• Anpanman - ¥404M
• Sakananoko ~ ¥200M
• Just Remembering ~ ¥200M

[Issac Newton]

Asmik Ace

• Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! - ¥502.3M
• Deer King - ¥350M
• Odd Taxi - ¥203.6M
• Missing - ¥89.7M
• The Orbital Children - ¥42.9M
• Dating Amber - ¥14.9M

[Issac Newton]

GAGA

• Broker - ¥840M
• Wandering Moon - ¥830M
• CODA - ¥690M
• Offbeat Cops - ¥470M
• Silk Road - ¥180M
• The Roads Not Taken - ¥10M

[Issac Newton]

Kadokawa

• Tonbi - ¥455M
• Midnight - ¥310M
• Sadako DX - ¥305M
• The Tatami Galaxy - ¥166M
• My Broken Mariko - ¥156M
• Riverside Mukolitta - ¥116M
• Goodbye, Don Glees! - ¥109M
• Bungo Stray Dogs - ¥103M
• Isekai Quartet - ¥82M
• Wataten - ¥78M
• TELL - ¥60M
• Love is Light - ¥50M
• I Care a Lot - ¥37M
• Jakucho Setouchi - ¥36M
• Jinsei Climber - ¥31M
• François Truffaut - ¥21M
• Charlie Chaplin - ¥18M
• Okamori - ¥9M
• Oldboy - ¥7M

[Issac Newton]

1 hour ago, Issac Newton said:

TOHO-TOWA

• House of Gucci - ¥500M
• Nope - ¥390M
• The Bad Guys - ¥360M
• The Lost City - ¥257M
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - ¥183M
• Ticket to Paradise - ¥182M
• Downton Abbey 2 - ¥125M
• Ambulance - ¥89M
• The Black Phone - ¥73M
• Cyrano - ¥53M
• Beast - ¥52M
• Marry Me - ¥42M
• Clifford - ¥25M
• Charlie - ¥10M

Sonic: The Hedgehog - ¥171M ~ Sequel did ¥183M

Downton Abbey - ¥209M ~Sequel did ¥125M

[Issac Newton]

Estimates Until SUN 

 

¥3.50B Demon Slayer | ¥11.65B SLAM DUNK | ¥13.61B Top Gun Maverick | ¥14.05B Suzume | ¥640M Doraemon | ¥1.18B RRR | ¥4.28B Avatar 2 | ¥200M Everything Everywhere All At Once | ¥120M The Fabelmans | ¥250M And Yet, You Are So Sweet

Edited March 5, 2023 by Issac Newton

[MG10]

On 3/4/2023 at 4:12 PM, SchumacherFTW said:

Looks like it has a distributor in the US, but not in the UK. Frustrating as hell. 

 

Unfortunately these kind of films are usually left undistribuied, but if you are interested look at what I've found this time after a quick research: 

 

 

[Nero]

On 3/4/2023 at 8:42 PM, SchumacherFTW said:

Looks like it has a distributor in the US, but not in the UK. Frustrating as hell. 

Fansubs to the rescue. (Gotta wait for blu ray though)

[SchumacherFTW]

23 minutes ago, Nero said:

Fansubs to the rescue. (Gotta wait for blu ray though)

Eh, that's not really my style. I'll happily watch something else if I can't get it legally

[Nero]

On 3/7/2023 at 8:26 PM, SchumacherFTW said:

Eh, that's not really my style. I'll happily watch something else if I can't get it legally

I get it but In most cases fansubs are way better than offical subs. Not to mention they also have typesetting among other things 

[Issac Newton]

 

That's a 100 times!! 

 

[Issac Newton]

日本の洋画離れが加速､23年興収初速に見る深刻

"Japan shifting away from Foreign Film is accelerating"

 

興収100億円超え作品が4本を数え、年間興収（2131億円）は歴代最高（2019年）の8割まで戻した2022年。景気のいい話題に沸いた昨年の映画界だったが、今年は正月興行から長年の課題が浮き彫りになる出足になった。

"In 2022, the annual box office (213.1 billion yen) returned to 80% of the highest ever (2019), with four works exceeding 10 billion yen. Last year, the film industry was buzzing with talk of a booming economy, but this year's New Year's performance has brought to light a long-standing problem."

 

昨年12月からの2023年正月興行では、昨年に引き続き「好調な邦画アニメ」と「低迷する洋画」という対照的な構図になった

"The 2023 New Year's box office, which started in December last year, continued to have a contrasting composition of "strong Japanese anime" and "sluggish foreign movies"."

 

『THE FIRST SLAM DUNK』はすでに興収110億円を突破し、最終120億円超えさえ見込まれる勢いを見せているのに対して、100億円が期待された『アバター：ウェイ・オブ・ウォーター』は、前作『アバター』（156億円／2009年）の3分の1以下となる42億円にとどまり、ブラッド・ピット主演の大作『バビロン』も大コケの様相を呈している。

""THE FIRST SLAM DUNK" has already surpassed 11 billion yen in box office revenue, and it is showing momentum that it is expected to exceed 12 billion yen at the end, while 10 billion yen was expected for "Avatar: Way of Water". ” was only 4.2 billion yen, less than one-third of the previous work “Avatar” (15.6 billion yen / 2009), and the blockbuster “Babylon” starring Brad Pitt is also showing signs of failure."

 

この20年来続く日本映画市場の課題であった洋画人気の低迷と洋画ファン人口の減少が、コロナでより拍車がかかっていることが鮮明に浮かび上がった。

"It became clear that the slump in the popularity of foreign films and the declining number of foreign film fans, which have been problems in the Japanese film market for the past 20 years, are being accelerated by the corona virus."

 

https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/657476?page=5

[Issac Newton]

2 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

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日本の洋画離れが加速､23年興収初速に見る深刻

"Japan shifting away from Foreign Film is accelerating"

 

興収100億円超え作品が4本を数え、年間興収（2131億円）は歴代最高（2019年）の8割まで戻した2022年。景気のいい話題に沸いた昨年の映画界だったが、今年は正月興行から長年の課題が浮き彫りになる出足になった。

"In 2022, the annual box office (213.1 billion yen) returned to 80% of the highest ever (2019), with four works exceeding 10 billion yen. Last year, the film industry was buzzing with talk of a booming economy, but this year's New Year's performance has brought to light a long-standing problem."

 

昨年12月からの2023年正月興行では、昨年に引き続き「好調な邦画アニメ」と「低迷する洋画」という対照的な構図になった

"The 2023 New Year's box office, which started in December last year, continued to have a contrasting composition of "strong Japanese anime" and "sluggish foreign movies"."

 

『THE FIRST SLAM DUNK』はすでに興収110億円を突破し、最終120億円超えさえ見込まれる勢いを見せているのに対して、100億円が期待された『アバター：ウェイ・オブ・ウォーター』は、前作『アバター』（156億円／2009年）の3分の1以下となる42億円にとどまり、ブラッド・ピット主演の大作『バビロン』も大コケの様相を呈している。

""THE FIRST SLAM DUNK" has already surpassed 11 billion yen in box office revenue, and it is showing momentum that it is expected to exceed 12 billion yen at the end, while 10 billion yen was expected for "Avatar: Way of Water". ” was only 4.2 billion yen, less than one-third of the previous work “Avatar” (15.6 billion yen / 2009), and the blockbuster “Babylon” starring Brad Pitt is also showing signs of failure."

 

この20年来続く日本映画市場の課題であった洋画人気の低迷と洋画ファン人口の減少が、コロナでより拍車がかかっていることが鮮明に浮かび上がった。

"It became clear that the slump in the popularity of foreign films and the declining number of foreign film fans, which have been problems in the Japanese film market for the past 20 years, are being accelerated by the corona virus."

 

https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/657476?page=5

 

Summarising everything -

1. 2006年が分岐点になった洋画衰退 (2006 marked a turning point in the decline of foreign films)

2. 洋画興行を下支えしていた中級ヒットが激減 (Mid-level hits, which had supported the foreign film industry, sharply decreased)

3. 名前で観客を呼べるハリウッドスター不在 (Absence of Hollywood Stars Who Can Call Audiences By Name)

4. 洋画人口減少の打開への2つのポイント (Two points to overcome the declining foreign film population)

5. 洋画のプレゼンスが下がるなかの明るい兆し (A bright sign as the presence of foreign films declines)

[Issac Newton]

1 minute ago, Issac Newton said:

2. 洋画興行を下支えしていた中級ヒットが激減 (Mid-level hits, which had supported the foreign film industry, sharply decreased)

Mr. Otaka explains this background as "Hollywood movies have become a standard, and Japan audiences have become bored."

 

One of the reasons for this is the CG image, which has been used extensively in Hollywood movies in recent years and has evolved. In the past, spectacular images surprised and impressed audiences, but now they are not as fresh as they used to be.

 

"Technological innovation beyond CGI has not been achieved. We got to the point where we were going to end up, and the images were no longer surprising or fresh, and the audience was turning away."

 

Mr. Otaka exudes a sense of crisis, saying, "In 2023, Hollywood studios will be in the process of not focusing on the Japan market, and Japan Western-style film distributors must think carefully about it."

 

4 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

4. 洋画人口減少の打開への2つのポイント (Two points to overcome the declining foreign film population)

First of all, what Japan Western film distributors should do is to "As Hollywood studios look ahead to the global market, Japan branch offices that understand the Japan market must take the lead in advertising each film that touches the hearts of Japan people."

 

The other is that the media and Western film distributors convey the fun of Western films.

 

5 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

3. 名前で観客を呼べるハリウッドスター不在 (Absence of Hollywood Stars Who Can Call Audiences By Name)

"In the 1990s, there were many stars who could call the audience by the actor's name, but now that stardom has died out, and Tom Cruise is the only star who can connect the royal road. There are various external factors, but the inability to produce stars is the root of the decline of Western painting."

 

Timothée Chalamet, a foreign actor who is now popular worldwide, is pushing female moviegoers to the theater even in Japan, as in Bones and All, but that is also the core, not the mass.