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

[kayumanggi]

BRAVE was a disaster in Japan. I'm so happy MU is doing very, very well.

[druv10]

BRAVE was a disaster in Japan. I'm so happy MU is doing very, very well.

 

 

Hell yeah. It has legit shot at being 3rd biggest Pixar movie in dollars and yen. 

[Olive]

WeekendTWR 810m -15.6% 2.85b yenMU -16% 4.6b + yen

[lab276]

WeekendTWR 810m -15.6% 2.85b yenMU -16% 4.6b + yen

Great holds for both, especially TWR, a better second weekend hold than HMC.

[druv10]

WeekendTWR 810m -15.6% 2.85b yenMU -16% 4.6b + yen

 

 

My dream of 100M for MU might actually come true. It only needs another 52M+.     

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking [7/27-28]

1 (1) The Wind Rises (Toho) Week 2
2 (2) Monsters University (Disney) Week 4
3 (-) Emperor (Shochiku) DEBUT!
4 (3) Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) Week 3
5 (4) Midsummer Formula (Toho) Week 5
6 (5) Fast and Furious 6 (Toho-Towa) Week 4
7 (6) Gintama: The Final Chapter (Warner Bros.) Week 4
8 (-) Toriko the Movie: Bishokushin's Special Menu (Toei) DEBUT!
9 (7) Anpanman: Handkerchief of Hope! (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) Week 4
10 (10) Ninja Kids 2! (Toei) Week 4

The Wind Rises had only the 4th best opening for a Hayao Miyazaki film, but it's second weekend is the 2nd strongest ever for a Hayao Miyazaki film, only trailing Howl's Moving Castle's second weekend. It dropped just 16% to earn ¥810,858,400 ($8.2 million) with 608,096 admissions, bringing it's 9-day total to ¥2.85 billion ($29.2 million) with over 2.2 million admissions.

Unless The Lone Ranger, Pacific Rim or World War Z breakout big time, The Wind Rises will likely remain on top until sometime in September or early October.

It's tracking about 9% ahead of Arrietty and 11% behind Ponyo after 9 days, and both of those films had a holiday opening weekend which The Wind Rises didn't benefit from. And with a better second weekend than Ponyo, it could begin to catch up to it in the coming weeks. A total over ¥10 billion is looking very, very likely.

Monsters University had another strong week, with a 23-day cume over ¥4.6 billion ($46.9 million) and 3.5 million admissions. It passed the totals of Ratatouille and Wall-E this past week, and will surpass The Incredibles pretty soon. From that point forward, it'll be targeting it's predecessor's huge ¥9.37 billion total. Currently, I'm thinking it'll make close to ¥8.0 billion ($80/81 million) for about 20-25% of it's overseas total.

Midsummer Formula continues to do very well, too, with over ¥2.6 billion ($26.7 million) and 2.1 million admissions after five weeks in release. It'll have no problem exceeding ¥3 billion and may reach as high as ¥3.5 billion ($36 million).

Emperor debuted in 3rd place taking in ¥183,166,700 ($1.88 million) with 157,964 admissions on 301 screens. A solid number, and with an avg. ticket price well below ¥1,200 opening weekend, it's definitely skewing 50+.

Toriko did what it could on 179 screens, debuting with a mediocre ¥55,361,400 ($565,000) with 48,720 admissions over the weekend.

[cremino]

Biggest Second Weekends (Since 2006)¥1,170,215,604 (-21%) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)¥1,113,089,886 (-08%) - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)¥1,048,907,143 (-14%) - Rookies (2009)¥1,024,964,165 (-21%) - The Da Vinci Code (2006)¥1,023,543,457 (-22%) - Alice in Wonderland (2010)¥810,858,400 (-16%) - The Wind Rises (2013)¥805,735,776 (-21%) - Ponyo (2008)¥756,487,317 (-26%) - Boys Over Flowers (2008)¥728,215,296 (-26%) - Toy Story 3 (2010)¥708,265,382 (-25%) - Umizaru: Limit of Love (2007)¥705,157,184 (-63%) - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)¥704,338,800 (-17%) - Monsters University (2013)¥703,536,314 (-49%) - One Piece Film Z (2012)¥692,442,777 (-67%) - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)¥691,070,808 (-28%) - Umizaru: The Last Message (2010)The Wind Rises also achieved the second biggest 2nd weekend for an animated feature, behind Miyazaki's own Howl's Moving Castle. Miyazaki actually has the Top 4 Biggest Opening Weekends and Second Weekends for an animated feature in the country now.

[Fullbuster]

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking [7/27-28]

1 (1) The Wind Rises (Toho) Week 2

2 (2) Monsters University (Disney) Week 4

3 (-) Emperor (Shochiku) DEBUT!

4 (3) Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) Week 3

5 (4) Midsummer Formula (Toho) Week 5

6 (5) Fast and Furious 6 (Toho-Towa) Week 4

7 (6) Gintama: The Final Chapter (Warner Bros.) Week 4

8 (-) Toriko the Movie: Bishokushin's Special Menu (Toei) DEBUT!

9 (7) Anpanman: Handkerchief of Hope! (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) Week 4

10 (10) Ninja Kids 2! (Toei) Week 4

The Wind Rises had only the 4th best opening for a Hayao Miyazaki film, but it's second weekend is the 2nd strongest ever for a Hayao Miyazaki film, only trailing Howl's Moving Castle's second weekend. It dropped just 16% to earn ¥810,858,400 ($8.2 million) with 608,096 admissions, bringing it's 9-day total to ¥2.85 billion ($29.2 million) with over 2.2 million admissions.

Unless The Lone Ranger, Pacific Rim or World War Z breakout big time, The Wind Rises will likely remain on top until sometime in September or early October.

It's tracking about 9% ahead of Arrietty and 11% behind Ponyo after 9 days, and both of those films had a holiday opening weekend which The Wind Rises didn't benefit from. And with a better second weekend than Ponyo, it could begin to catch up to it in the coming weeks. A total over ¥10 billion is looking very, very likely.

Monsters University had another strong week, with a 23-day cume over ¥4.6 billion ($46.9 million) and 3.5 million admissions. It passed the totals of Ratatouille and Wall-E this past week, and will surpass The Incredibles pretty soon. From that point forward, it'll be targeting it's predecessor's huge ¥9.37 billion total. Currently, I'm thinking it'll make close to ¥8.0 billion ($80/81 million) for about 20-25% of it's overseas total.

Midsummer Formula continues to do very well, too, with over ¥2.6 billion ($26.7 million) and 2.1 million admissions after five weeks in release. It'll have no problem exceeding ¥3 billion and may reach as high as ¥3.5 billion ($36 million).

Emperor debuted in 3rd place taking in ¥183,166,700 ($1.88 million) with 157,964 admissions on 301 screens. A solid number, and with an avg. ticket price well below ¥1,200 opening weekend, it's definitely skewing 50+.

Toriko did what it could on 179 screens, debuting with a mediocre ¥55,361,400 ($565,000) with 48,720 admissions over the weekend.

 

It's wonderful for MU 3.5m admissions

I think Pacific Rim will breakthrough

[zackzack]

It's wonderful for MU 3.5m admissions

I think Pacific Rim will breakthrough

 

How much you will be expecting PR to earn in Japan?

TF3 did $50+M. Can it do that kind of number?

[Fullbuster]

How much you will be expecting PR to earn in Japan?

TF3 did $50+M. Can it do that kind of number?

 

It's possible, it's difficult to forecast. I just think it won't be under 30m.

With some luck it can become a phenomenon, beating TF3.

[zackzack]

BRAVE was a disaster in Japan. I'm so happy MU is doing very, very well.

 

BRAVE is beautifully designed & rendered but the story is too strange even for me.

The whole 3rd act revolves around the mother turning into a...bear? WTF Pixar 

Edited August 2, 2013 by zackzack

[Olive]

Mu already at 5.19b yen by the end of wed.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Forecast [8/3-4]

1 (1) The Wind Rises (Toho) ¥680 million ($7.0 million) Week 3
2 (2) Monsters University (Disney) ¥390 million ($4.0 million) Week 5
3 (-) The After-Dinner Mysteries (Toho) ¥370 million ($3.8 million) DEBUT!
4 (-) The Lone Ranger (Disney) ¥310 million ($3.2 million) DEBUT!
5 (-) Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land / Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music (Toei) ¥230 million ($2.4 million) DEBUT!
6 (4) Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) ¥135 million ($1.4 million) Week 4
7 (3) Emperor (Shochiku) ¥125 million ($1.3 million) Week 2
8 (5) Midsummer Formula (Toho) ¥95 million ($1.0 million) Week 6
9 (6) Fast and Furious 6 (Toho-Towa) ¥70 million ($720,000) Week 5
10 (7) Gintama: The Final Chapter (Warner Bros.) ¥50 million ($520,000) Week 5

The Summer season is now in full effect, and with Obon Festival one week away, the next few weeks sees the release of many notable films. If nothing disappoints, either this weekend or the next will be the biggest of the year.

[kayumanggi]

Thanks for the updates.

[Olive]

MU reached 5 billion yen on July 31st, 2 days faster than MI to pass the mark.

Average ticket price for MU is about 1300 yen($13.1).

[Fullbuster]

August 9 : Pacific Rim.

Let's get ready

[Olive]

Corpse

Updated Summer Projections
1 ¥11.50 billion ($118 million) / 9 million :: The Wind Rises (July 20)
2 ¥8.50 billion ($87 million) / 6.6 million :: Monsters University (July 6)
3 ¥4.00 billion ($42 million) / 3.2 million :: World War Z (Aug. 10)
4 ¥3.40 billion ($36 million) / 3.2 million :: Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens (July 13)
5 ¥3.30 billion ($34 million) / 2.6 million :: Galileo: Midsummer Formula (June 29)
6 ¥2.80 billion ($29 million) / 2.3 million :: Gatchaman (Aug. 24)
7 ¥2.50 billion ($26 million) / 2.1 million :: The After-Dinner Mysteries (Aug. 3)
8 ¥2.50 billion ($26 million) / 1.9 million :: Pacific Rim (Aug. 9)
9 ¥2.00 billion ($21 million) / 1.6 million :: A Boy Called H (Aug. 10)
10 ¥2.00 billion ($21 million) / 1.6 million :: The Lone Ranger (Aug. 2)
-11 ¥1.90-2.00 billion ($20/21 million) / 1.5 million :: Fast and Furious 6 (July 6)

[druv10]

Nice, slowly he's going up with MU. 100M is still a possiblity. 

[Sam]

No projections for STID or MOS?Glad to see MU still doing well, 87M finish would be incredible!

[Fullbuster]

Corpse

Updated Summer Projections

1 ¥11.50 billion ($118 million) / 9 million :: The Wind Rises (July 20)

2 ¥8.50 billion ($87 million) / 6.6 million :: Monsters University (July 6)

3 ¥4.00 billion ($42 million) / 3.2 million :: World War Z (Aug. 10)

4 ¥3.40 billion ($36 million) / 3.2 million :: Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens (July 13)

5 ¥3.30 billion ($34 million) / 2.6 million :: Galileo: Midsummer Formula (June 29)

6 ¥2.80 billion ($29 million) / 2.3 million :: Gatchaman (Aug. 24)

7 ¥2.50 billion ($26 million) / 2.1 million :: The After-Dinner Mysteries (Aug. 3)

8 ¥2.50 billion ($26 million) / 1.9 million :: Pacific Rim (Aug. 9)

9 ¥2.00 billion ($21 million) / 1.6 million :: A Boy Called H (Aug. 10)

10 ¥2.00 billion ($21 million) / 1.6 million :: The Lone Ranger (Aug. 2)

-11 ¥1.90-2.00 billion ($20/21 million) / 1.5 million :: Fast and Furious 6 (July 6)

 

The Wind Rises would be low compared to many Ghibli movies Wonderful for MU

Pacific Rim is underestimated in my opinion.