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

[Olive]

Average ticket price of the past weekend:

￥1,332　TWR

￥1,395 　WWZ 

￥1,547 　PR

[kayumanggi]

Maybe the Japanese are so used to Kaijus. lol

[KATCH-2D2]

I will forgive them given the huge success of Monsters University there

I hope Thor 2 can breakthrough in this country, after all IM3 benefited from the Avengers' effect

I hope so. It has hot guys, love story, and fantasy elements just like POTC series which did very well in Japan.

[Olive]

TWR only dropped 7% last weekend.

[lab276]

TWR only dropped 7% last weekend.

That seems fantastic. Will there be a huge jump next weekend?

[Olive]

That seems fantastic. Will there be a huge jump next weekend?

courtesy of corpse[ I think around 20% jump next weekend is possible.]

Studio Ghibli Showdown

The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, 2013)

¥961 million ($9.8 million)

¥811 million ($8.2 million), -16%, ¥2.853 billion ($29.2 million)

From Up On Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, 2011)

¥387 million ($4.8 million)

¥262 million ($3.2 million), -32%, ¥1.151 billion ($14.3 million)

¥239 million ($3.0 million), -09%, ¥1.737 billion ($21.5 million)

¥182 million ($2.4 million), -20%, ¥2.251 billion ($29.2 million)

¥231 million ($2.9 million), +27%, ¥2.848 billion ($37.0 million)

¥164 million ($2.1 million), -29%, ¥3.453 billion ($44.9 million)

¥112 million ($1.5 million), -32%, ¥3.778 billion ($48.9 million)

Final Total: ¥4.46 billion ($57.8 million), 3.55 million admissions.

Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010)

¥895 million ($10.3 million)

¥603 million ($6.9 million), -32%, ¥2.618 billion ($29.9 million)

¥549 million ($6.3 million), -08%, ¥3.978 billion ($46.1 million)

¥383 million ($4.4 million), -30%, ¥5.018 billion ($58.1 million)

¥478 million ($5.5 million), +25%, ¥6.466 billion ($74.8 million)

¥272 million ($3.1 million), -43%, ¥7.390 billion ($85.5 million)

¥238 million ($2.8 million), -12%, ¥8.033 billion ($93.9 million)

¥151 million ($1.8 million), -35%, ¥8.431 billion ($99.9 million)

¥105 million ($1.2 million), -31%, ¥8.649 billion ($102.7 million)

Final Total: ¥9.25 billion ($111.9 million), 7.6 million admissions.

Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008)

¥1.034 billion ($9.8 million)

¥806 million ($7.6 million), -21%, ¥3.228 billion ($30.5 million)

¥776 million ($7.3 million), -05%, ¥5.258 billion ($48.9 million)

¥755 million ($7.1 million), -03%, ¥7.212 billion ($67.1 million)

¥851 million ($7.9 million), +13%, ¥9.941 billion ($92.6 million)

¥577 million ($5.5 million), -32%, ¥11.47 billion ($106.6 million)

¥513 million ($4.8 million), -11%, ¥12.73 billion ($118.4 million)

¥378 million ($3.5 million), -27%, ¥13.44 billion ($125.1 million)

¥260 million ($2.4 million), -31%, ¥13.88 billion ($129.2 million)

¥155 million ($1.5 million), -40%, ¥14.31 billion ($133.3 million)

Final Total: ¥15.50 billion ($164 million), 12.87 million admissions.

[druv10]

Anything on MU weekend wise especially drop, Olive?

[grim22]

This thread is being linked all over Reddit today since it has the "Pacific Rim" OW numbers for Japan. Plenty of disappointed people on Reddit today due to this thread.

[Bishop54]

This thread is being linked all over Reddit today since it has the "Pacific Rim" OW numbers for Japan. Plenty of disappointed people on Reddit today due to this thread.

Then make them feel better by posting the China thread.

[Olive]

Anything on MU weekend wise especially drop, Olive?

No.

I think around 10-20%.

[druv10]

No.

I think around 10-20%.

 

Thanks.

 

Corpse, gave an update for MU. So 100M, is a real possibility.     

 

Monsters University continues to play strong with the family crowd becoming the top grossing-foreign film this year, and has earned a very impressive ¥6,736,520,000 ($68.7 million) after 37 days. It's a long-shot as it's trailing Toy Story 3, but if it can has a nice Obon week, ¥10 billion ($100-105 million) may be a possibility. At the very least, it's going to reach ¥9 billion ($92/93 million) now.

Edited August 13, 2013 by druv10

[Olive]

Thanks.

 

Corpse, gave an update for MU. So 100M can happen is a real possibility.     

 

Monsters University continues to play strong with the family crowd becoming the top grossing-foreign film this year, and has earned a very impressive ¥6,736,520,000 ($68.7 million) after 37 days. It's a long-shot as it's trailing Toy Story 3, but if it can has a nice Obon week, ¥10 billion ($100-105 million) may be a possibility. At the very least, it's going to reach ¥9 billion ($92/93 million) now.

Nice!

[iceroll]

This thread is being linked all over Reddit today since it has the "Pacific Rim" OW numbers for Japan. Plenty of disappointed people on Reddit today due to this thread.

I haven't seen any links, can you post some of the popular ones?

[ThatMovieGuy]

anyone know how much money pacific rim made over the weekend in japan?

[Olive]

anyone know how much money pacific rim made over the weekend in japan?

¥208.1 million ($2.2 million) for 2 days, ￥298M cume

[ThatMovieGuy]

looks like it was much lower then I expected. I guess you guys are right the Japanese are probably so familiar with Mecha and kaiju film and shows they're probably don't give a rats ass that there's a Hollywood movie out. Now if someone can explain to me what the big deal with Brad Pitt is, besides the ladies, and don't worry about mentioning his status as an actor, I wanna know what people see in him besides looking super cool 24/7 into the camera. anyone?

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking [8/10-11]

1 (1) The Wind Rises (Toho) Week 4
2 (-) World War Z (Toho-Towa) DEBUT
3 (3) Monsters University (Disney) Week 6
4 (2) The After-Dinner Mysteries (Toho) Week 2
5 (-) Pacific Rim (Warner Bros.) DEBUT
6 (4) The Lone Ranger (Disney) Week 2
7 (-) A Boy Called H (Toho) DEBUT
8 (5) Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (Toei) Week 2
9 (6) Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) Week 5
10 (7) Emperor (Shochiku) Week 3

The Wind Rises claims it's 4th-consecutive week on top, dropping only 7% for the weekend. It earned ¥510,284,050 ($5.3 million) and 383,051 admissions, bringing it's 23-day total above ¥5.6 billion ($58 million) and 4.5 million admissions. The film continues to increase it's lead over Arrietty on a weekly basis, and is aiming for a total around ¥11 billion ($110-120 million) at it's current pace. It will be the first film in 3 years to achieve the ¥10 billion milestone.

World War Z was the top opener. Playing on 644 screens, it grossed a solid ¥330,560,900 ($3.5 million) and 236,910 admissions. The zombie genre continues to do well in Japan, as it's looking at a total around ¥2.5 billion ($26/27 million), maybe as much as ¥3 billion ($30/31 million) with some luck.

Pacific Rim disappoints with a 5th place debut (6th place in admissions). It only earned ¥208,097,500 ($2.2 million) and 134,056 admissions on 596 screens. This is a borderline bomb figure, and unless it has an exceptional Holiday week, it's only looking at ¥1.5 billion ($16/17 million) at most.

A Boy Called H opened on 307 screens and debuted with ¥146,974,100 ($1.6 million) and 131,959 admissions. This is also a pretty disappointing debut, and it skewed really old with 40+ representing 82% of the audience. It was possibly affected by how strong The Wind Rises is with the older crowd as a result. I wouldn't right it off as a disappointment yet, however, it's still likely to reach ¥1 billion ($11 million) since films that skew old tend to hang around for a long time.

Monsters University continues to play strong with the family crowd becoming the top grossing-foreign film this year, and has earned a very impressive ¥6,736,520,000 ($68.7 million) after 37 days. It's a long-shot as it's trailing Toy Story 3, but if it can has a nice Obon week, ¥10 billion ($100-105 million) may be a possibility. At the very least, it's going to reach ¥9 billion ($92/93 million) now.

*Expect big week-on-week gains for every film in release as they enter Obon Week.*

[Fullbuster]

 

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking [8/10-11]

1 (1) The Wind Rises (Toho) Week 4

2 (-) World War Z (Toho-Towa) DEBUT

3 (3) Monsters University (Disney) Week 6

4 (2) The After-Dinner Mysteries (Toho) Week 2

5 (-) Pacific Rim (Warner Bros.) DEBUT

6 (4) The Lone Ranger (Disney) Week 2

7 (-) A Boy Called H (Toho) DEBUT

8 (5) Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (Toei) Week 2

9 (6) Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) Week 5

10 (7) Emperor (Shochiku) Week 3

The Wind Rises claims it's 4th-consecutive week on top, dropping only 7% for the weekend. It earned ¥510,284,050 ($5.3 million) and 383,051 admissions, bringing it's 23-day total above ¥5.6 billion ($58 million) and 4.5 million admissions. The film continues to increase it's lead over Arrietty on a weekly basis, and is aiming for a total around ¥11 billion ($110-120 million) at it's current pace. It will be the first film in 3 years to achieve the ¥10 billion milestone.

World War Z was the top opener. Playing on 644 screens, it grossed a solid ¥330,560,900 ($3.5 million) and 236,910 admissions. The zombie genre continues to do well in Japan, as it's looking at a total around ¥2.5 billion ($26/27 million), maybe as much as ¥3 billion ($30/31 million) with some luck.

Pacific Rim disappoints with a 5th place debut (6th place in admissions). It only earned ¥208,097,500 ($2.2 million) and 134,056 admissions on 596 screens. This is a borderline bomb figure, and unless it has an exceptional Holiday week, it's only looking at ¥1.5 billion ($16/17 million) at most.

A Boy Called H opened on 307 screens and debuted with ¥146,974,100 ($1.6 million) and 131,959 admissions. This is also a pretty disappointing debut, and it skewed really old with 40+ representing 82% of the audience. It was possibly affected by how strong The Wind Rises is with the older crowd as a result. I wouldn't right it off as a disappointment yet, however, it's still likely to reach ¥1 billion ($11 million) since films that skew old tend to hang around for a long time.

Monsters University continues to play strong with the family crowd becoming the top grossing-foreign film this year, and has earned a very impressive ¥6,736,520,000 ($68.7 million) after 37 days. It's a long-shot as it's trailing Toy Story 3, but if it can has a nice Obon week, ¥10 billion ($100-105 million) may be a possibility. At the very least, it's going to reach ¥9 billion ($92/93 million) now.

*Expect big week-on-week gains for every film in release as they enter Obon Week.*

 

 

It's so good for MU, I expected 60-65m so it's well ahead of my expectations.

[Dilusha Bandara]

It's so good for MU, I expected 60-65m so it's well ahead of my expectations.

So now we know that FD is gonna hit 150m in Japan by another 2 years!

[Tower]

So now we know that FD is gonna hit 150m in Japan by another 2 years!

 

Not really, it might, but we don't know that.