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

[Gavin Feng]

18 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Avatar 2's Performance prove that Audiences here would reject anything that's not in line with their taste. &You all still in the same height for Mario? LMAO current Projection per Industry Forecast is already optimal. &If it performs higher than that might be probable but not like it's happening

 

 

China & Korea perform more like Japan in recent days. 

[JustLurking]

I mean, I certainly think the film has some good cards in its hands, and if japanese audiences latches onto it, I could see my 7-8b become a 10b, or higher, but that's always a big if with japan, and I would certainly think those numbers would be overperforming expectations - I am still feeling rather confident atleast that this will beat out minions, but we'll see what happens

 

but there is always a limit of plausibility, and thinking this film can do DS numbers is absolutely entering the realm of delusion

Edited April 19, 2023 by JustLurking

[Didier]

11 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

Weekend Numbers (FSS)

 

01. Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine - 2,176,407 (505 TC)

02. Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia - 101,575 / 3,378,705 (381 TC)

03. My Happy Marriage - 70,138 / 1,763,562 (314 TC)

04. Shin Kamen Rider - 67,226 / 1,283,096 (403 TC)

05. THE FIRST SLAM DUNK - 65,239 / 9,108,224 (385 TC)

06. SSSS. GRIDMAN - 47,458 / 375,838 (151 TC)

07. My Beautiful Man: Eternal - 45,603 / 188,520 (155 TC)

08. Nemesis - 39,395 / 407,547 (347 TC)

09. AIR - 34,105 / 116,502 (211 TC)

10. Touken Hanamaru - 28,356 / 313,280 (240 TC)

 

With more Data Transparency, I currently has access to Top 30 FSS Numbers both in Gross &Admits.

Hi Isaac,

 

Would that be possible for you to post the top 30 ? Many foreign independent movies released in Japan never make the top 10 or  even the top 20. Having access to their Japan BO would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much

[Austin]

1 hour ago, JustLurking said:

I mean, I certainly think the film has some good cards in its hands, and if japanese audiences latches onto it, I could see my 7-8b become a 10b, or higher, but that's always a big if with japan, and I would certainly think those numbers would be overperforming expectations - I am still feeling rather confident atleast that this will beat out minions, but we'll see what happens

 

but there is always a limit of plausibility, and thinking this film can do DS numbers is absolutely entering the realm of delusion

I am doing my best to get r/boxoffice off their delusional expectations lol.

 

Everyone is on their high-horse against anyone showing any bit of realism in their predictions of the movie in Japan/SK with how it's performing domestically and in other markets, which I can't entirely blame them, it's fun to react.

[Issac Newton]

33 minutes ago, Didier said:

Hi Isaac,

 

Would that be possible for you to post the top 30 ? Many foreign independent movies released in Japan never make the top 10 or  even the top 20. Having access to their Japan BO would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much

Sure, I will post in a while but Are you looking for a particular film? I will give it a check 

[KP1025]

I agree Avatar 2 is probably the best example of how Japan can reject a film that has become a massive box office phenomenon worldwide. Even more so when its predecessor grossed over ¥‎15 billion. Other notable examples would be the big CBMs (Endgame, IW, NWH) and TLK 2019. Mario does have more going for it than these particular examples that could help make it break out big, but I prefer to be cautiously optimistic right now with a target above DM3 for highest Illumination film.

[Issac Newton]

. #ERROR Edited April 19, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Weekend Numbers (FSS)

R.	Title	Gross (¥)	Admits	Total		TC
1	Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine	3, 146, 387, 340	2,176,407	3, 146, 387, 340	2,176,407	505
2	Doraemon Nobita's Sky Utopia	126, 889, 990	101,575	4, 004, 713, 650	3,378,705	381
3	My Happy Marriage	100, 269, 960	67,226	1,904, 225, 220	1,283,086	403
4	Shin Kamen Rider	98, 254, 050	65,239	13, 103, 362, 380	9,108,224	385
5	THE FIRST SLAM DUNK	97, 597, 490	70,138	2, 320, 019, 200	1,763,562	314
6	SSSS. GRIDMAN	74, 811, 990	47,458	552, 762, 420	375, 838	151
7	My Beautiful Man: Eternal	63, 400, 220	45,603	263, 240, 450	188,520	155
8	Nemesis	52, 242, 110	39,395	511, 242, 590	407,547	347
9	AIR	49, 823, 820	34,105	163, 783, 620	116,502	211
10	Touken Ranbu 2	43, 221, 220	28,356	486, 718, 060	313,280	240
11	RRR	36, 963, 660	22,691	1, 727, 919, 060	1,097,588	159
12	BTS: Yet To Come In Cinema	36, 186, 800	13,781	2, 389, 213, 400	965,871	221
13	Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	34, 768, 720	23,162	311, 412, 460	216,580	320
14	Blue Giant	31, 299, 100	19,884	1,072, 347, 060	716,179	181
15	Missing	30, 104, 560	20,920	30, 104, 560	20,920	247
16	Shikake-nin Fujieda Baian 2	26, 116, 810	20,972	129, 657, 260	105,852	305
17	Side By Side 2023	24, 239, 880	16,344	25, 756, 380	17,105	112
18	Orphan: First Kill	22, 257, 460	14,369	168, 443, 180	120,990	211
19	Suzume's Locking-Up	20, 267, 300	14,551	14, 479, 165, 080	10,922,174	377
20	Do Unto Others	20, 177, 710	14,607	358, 400, 330	276,356	234
21	Halloween Ends	19, 206, 780	13,265	19, 206, 780	13,265	86
22	The Whale	14, 800, 680	10,073	63, 139, 020	45,649	94
23	Driving Madeleine	14, 488, 240	10,464	48, 519, 990	36,723	21
24	Living	13, 306, 860	9,485	145, 649, 140	112,818	100
25	Knock At The Cabin	10, 229, 900	7,155	61, 097, 060	44,712	175
26	And, You are so Sweet	9, 857, 530	7,924	978, 744, 320	828,443	142
27	Princess Principal: Crown Handler	9, 570, 900	5,977	65, 674, 200	39,829	48
28	Project Wolf Hunting	9, 474, 960	6,354	33, 109, 730	23,493	43
29	Everything Everywhere All At Once	8, 618, 130	5,440	808, 427, 420	554,878	105
30	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile	6, 492, 360	4,792	209, 842, 140	166,641	261

[Issac Newton]

. Edited April 19, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

. Edited April 19, 2023 by Issac Newton

[JustLurking]

Why are you posting manga spoilers in the box office thread?

[Issac Newton]

2 minutes ago, JustLurking said:

Why are you posting manga spoilers in the box office thread?

Sorry, I was off-guarded. I posted it on wrong thread 😞

[JustLurking]

1 minute ago, Issac Newton said:

Sorry, I was off-guarded. I posted it on wrong thread 😞

No worries for me but watch out or you'll spoil people

[Issac Newton]

Customer Satisfactory Rate

 

95.9% | Conan 2016 ¥6.33B

96.1% | Conan 2017 ¥6.89B

94.0% | Conan 2018 ¥9.18B

93.5% | Conan 2019 ¥9.37B

00.0% | Conan 2021 ¥7.65B *CoVid-19*

97.1% | Conan 2022 ¥9.78B 

98.0% | Conan 2023 ~¥13B+

[Royce]

It's been a decade and people in that subreddit are still shocked at Frozen making that money in Japan when if you really think about it, Frozen had all the elements to appeal to Japan. It's basically a 3D animated whimsical fairy tale shoujo movie (complete with magical powers and a dress transformation) with a hugely popular self-empowerment power ballad with high-pitched and throaty female vocals that is the type to become ubiquitous in karaokes everywhere. It also had a novelty factor since it reimagined the Snow Queen fairy tale. Notice how when Frozen 2 leaned into a more serious MCU/Avatar The Last Airbender vibe with a heroic ballad (Into the Unknown) instead, it really dropped from the first (even though it topped the first everywhere else) plus it lost that novelty factor.

Edited April 19, 2023 by Royce

[KP1025]

3 minutes ago, Royce said:

It's been a decade and people in that subreddit are still shocked at Frozen making that money in Japan when if you really think about it, Frozen had all the elements to appeal to Japan. It's basically a 3D animated whimsical fairy tale shoujo movie (complete with magical powers and a dress transformation) with a hugely popular self-empowerment power ballad with high-pitched and throaty female vocals that is the type to become ubiquitous in karaokes everywhere. It also had a novelty factor since it reimagined the Snow Queen fairy tale. Notice how when Frozen 2 leaned into a more serious MCU/Avatar The Last Airbender vibe with a heroic ballad (Into the Unknown) instead, it really dropped from the first (even though it topped the first everywhere else) plus it lost that novelty factor.

 

Another reason Frozen 2 dropped a lot in Japan was because the songs weren't nearly as catchy, thus limiting the number of repeat viewings. And while the first Frozen had all the elements to break out, nobody expected anywhere near the  ¥25.5 billion it grossed considering no WDAS animation had passed even ¥5 billion at that point. Plenty of shoujo "magical girl" movies like Sailor Moon don't gross even 1/10 of what Frozen grossed in Japan, so it was really the combination of everything you listed amplifying one another.

[JustLurking]

26 minutes ago, Royce said:

It's been a decade and people in that subreddit are still shocked at Frozen making that money in Japan when if you really think about it, Frozen had all the elements to appeal to Japan. It's basically a 3D animated whimsical fairy tale shoujo movie (complete with magical powers and a dress transformation) with a hugely popular self-empowerment power ballad with high-pitched and throaty female vocals that is the type to become ubiquitous in karaokes everywhere. It also had a novelty factor since it reimagined the Snow Queen fairy tale. Notice how when Frozen 2 leaned into a more serious MCU/Avatar The Last Airbender vibe with a heroic ballad (Into the Unknown) instead, it really dropped from the first (even though it topped the first everywhere else) plus it lost that novelty factor.

It's way easier to say what allowed it to break out in hindsight than it was to see it coming at the time. Absolutely no one expected Frozen to be as big as it was back then. Disney had never even had a 10b film so the idea that they'd suddenly have a 25b one (which could've gone all the way to even 28 or perhaps 29b if Disney had waited on the home video, getting within 10% of SA) was absolutely ludicrous.

 

Frozen's run was one of the best runs ever in the market, before DS possibly the craziest run ever there. SA was higher but miyazaki was a known name with a history of box office greatness so the idea that he'd claim the crown again was not that surprising.

[Didier]

22 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

Weekend Numbers (FSS)

R.	Title	Gross (¥)	Admits	Total		TC
1	Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine	3, 146, 387, 340	2,176,407	3, 146, 387, 340	2,176,407	505
2	Doraemon Nobita's Sky Utopia	126, 889, 990	101,575	4, 004, 713, 650	3,378,705	381
3	My Happy Marriage	100, 269, 960	67,226	1,904, 225, 220	1,283,086	403
4	Shin Kamen Rider	98, 254, 050	65,239	13, 103, 362, 380	9,108,224	385
5	THE FIRST SLAM DUNK	97, 597, 490	70,138	2, 320, 019, 200	1,763,562	314
6	SSSS. GRIDMAN	74, 811, 990	47,458	552, 762, 420	375, 838	151
7	My Beautiful Man: Eternal	63, 400, 220	45,603	263, 240, 450	188,520	155
8	Nemesis	52, 242, 110	39,395	511, 242, 590	407,547	347
9	AIR	49, 823, 820	34,105	163, 783, 620	116,502	211
10	Touken Ranbu 2	43, 221, 220	28,356	486, 718, 060	313,280	240
11	RRR	36, 963, 660	22,691	1, 727, 919, 060	1,097,588	159
12	BTS: Yet To Come In Cinema	36, 186, 800	13,781	2, 389, 213, 400	965,871	221
13	Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	34, 768, 720	23,162	311, 412, 460	216,580	320
14	Blue Giant	31, 299, 100	19,884	1,072, 347, 060	716,179	181
15	Missing	30, 104, 560	20,920	30, 104, 560	20,920	247
16	Shikake-nin Fujieda Baian 2	26, 116, 810	20,972	129, 657, 260	105,852	305
17	Side By Side 2023	24, 239, 880	16,344	25, 756, 380	17,105	112
18	Orphan: First Kill	22, 257, 460	14,369	168, 443, 180	120,990	211
19	Suzume's Locking-Up	20, 267, 300	14,551	14, 479, 165, 080	10,922,174	377
20	Do Unto Others	20, 177, 710	14,607	358, 400, 330	276,356	234
21	Halloween Ends	19, 206, 780	13,265	19, 206, 780	13,265	86
22	The Whale	14, 800, 680	10,073	63, 139, 020	45,649	94
23	Driving Madeleine	14, 488, 240	10,464	48, 519, 990	36,723	21
24	Living	13, 306, 860	9,485	145, 649, 140	112,818	100
25	Knock At The Cabin	10, 229, 900	7,155	61, 097, 060	44,712	175
26	And, You are so Sweet	9, 857, 530	7,924	978, 744, 320	828,443	142
27	Princess Principal: Crown Handler	9, 570, 900	5,977	65, 674, 200	39,829	48
28	Project Wolf Hunting	9, 474, 960	6,354	33, 109, 730	23,493	43
29	Everything Everywhere All At Once	8, 618, 130	5,440	808, 427, 420	554,878	105
30	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile	6, 492, 360	4,792	209, 842, 140	166,641	261

Much appreciated 

Thanks so much

I was looking for Triangle of sadness and Maigret released a few weeks ago.

 

[Issac Newton]

6 minutes ago, Didier said:

Much appreciated 

Thanks so much

I was looking for Triangle of sadness and Maigret released a few weeks ago.

 

I have Distributor Numbers for Maigret.

 

Maigret - ¥10,289,500 / 8,013 admits (14 TC) until April 2, 2023

 

&Just OW numbers for Triangle Of Sadness.

 

Triangle Of Sadness - ¥20,666,580 / 14,632 admits (34 TC) ~ 4-Days OW

 

I will try to look around. If there is an update, will inform you ~

[Issac Newton]

In 7-Days, Toho's "Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine" overtake Disney's "Avatar: The Way Of Water" (¥4.3B) making it the 2nd Highest Grossing Film of 2023, only just behind Toei's "THE FIRST SLAM DUNK" (¥13.13B)