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

[John Marston]

What kind of total will Catching Fire finish with? I guess the opening was kind of expected given THG's run though.

If it opened similar to the first then about 6m or so

[Fullbuster]

Next year should be a good year for Hollywood movies in Japan with TASM2 and Transformers 4.

Captain America 2 should benefit from the "Avengers effect" like Iron Man 3 this year.

The only drawback : no Pixar movie in 2014

[Tower]

Next year should be a good year for Hollywood movies in Japan with TASM2 and Transformers 4.

Captain America 2 should benefit from the "Avengers effect" like Iron Man 3 this year.

The only drawback : no Pixar movie in 2014

 

I have a feeling that none of the films you mentioned will be the biggest Hollywood film next year, they aren't that big of a franchise.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Tower

[Fullbuster]

I have a feeling that none of the films you mentioned will be the biggest Hollywood film next year, they aren't that big of a franchise.

 

Spiderman is a big franchise there.

[Tower]

Spiderman is a big franchise there.

 

More mid size, the last one was the 14th biggest film in 2012 with 40M, Transformers 3 was bigger but that was when 3D was much more popular and I think that it's going to drop. If either of those films are the biggest Hollywood film, then Hollywood is probably in big trouble there.

[Olive]

CORPSE

2013's Top Grossing Films [Preliminary List]Japanese01. ¥12.00 billion ($123.2 million) / 9.67 million - The Wind Rises (Toho) *Estimate*02. ¥6.85 billion ($76.9 million) / 5.67 million - One Piece Film Z (Toei)03. ¥3.98 billion ($43.2 million) / 3.66 million - Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gagdet Museum (Toho)04. ¥3.63 billion ($37.1 million) / 3.03 million - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Toho)05. ¥3.33 billion ($34.3 million) / 2.71 million - Midsummer Formula (Toho)06. ¥3.25 billion ($33.8 million) / 2.78 million - The After-Dinner Mysteries (Toho)07. ¥3.17 billion ($33.0 million) / 3.03 million - Pokemon: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (Toho) 08. ¥3.15 billion ($32.7 million) / 2.70 million - Like Father, Like Son (Gaga)09. ¥3.00 billion ($31.0 million) / 2.35 million - Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Toei)10. ¥2.95 billion ($29.8 million) / 2.40 million - The Kiyosu Conference (Toho) *Projection*11. ¥2.70 billion ($27.3 million) / 2.14 million - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 1 (Toho) *Projection*12. ¥2.64 billion ($28.3 million) / 2.12 million - Platinum Data (Toho)13. ¥2.20 billion ($21.0 million) / 1.80 million - The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Toho) *Projection*14. ¥2.15 billion ($23.9 million) / 1.73 million - Strawberry Night (Toho)15. ¥2.13 billion ($22.2 million) / 1.73 million - The King of Apology (Toho)16. ¥2.05 billion ($20.9 million) / 1.50 million - Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story (Warner Bros.) *Projection*17. ¥1.85 billion ($19.5 million) / 1.52 million - Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill (Toho)18. ¥1.81 billion ($19.0 million) / 1.44 million - Shield of Straw (Warner Bros.)19. ¥1.77 billion ($20.2 million) / 1.46 million - Today, I Started Loving You (Toho)20. ¥1.75 billion ($18.1 million) / 1.44 million - The Girl in the Sunny Place (Asmik Ace/Toho)21. ¥1.71 billion ($18.0 million) / 1.38 million - Library Wars (Toho)22. ¥1.58 billion ($16.2 million) / 1.28 million - Gintama: The Final Chapter (Warner Bros.)23. ¥1.55 billion ($16.9 million) / 1.42 million - Tokyo Family (Shochiku)23. ¥1.55 billion ($16.1 million) / 1.40 million - A Boy Called H (Toho)25. ¥1.30 billion ($13.3 million) / 1.13 million - Crayon Shin-chan: Gourmet Survival Class (Toho)26. ¥1.25 billion ($13.9 million) / 1.00 million - Brain Man (Toho)27. ¥1.21 billion ($13.5 million) / 1.02 million - Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Toho)28. ¥1.20 billion ($12.6 million) / 1.03 million - Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (Toei)29. ¥1.19 billion ($13.0 million) / 1.03 million - Aibou Series: X-Day (Toei)30. ¥1.17 billion ($13.3 million) / 0.99 million - Humanoid Monster, Bem (Toho)31. ¥1.14 billion ($13.0 million) / 1.03 million - Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Fourze & Wizard (Toei)31. ¥1.14 billion ($11.9 million) / 1.01 million - Emperor (Shochiku)33. ¥1.05 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.98 million - Pretty Cure All Stars: New Stage 2 (Toei)34. ¥1.03 billion ($10.9 million) / 0.84 million - The Complex (Shochiku)35. ¥1.01 billion ($10.3 million) / 0.82 million - Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Aniplex)36. ¥1.00 billion ($10.1 million) / 0.92 million - Pretty Cure: The Dress of Hope Tied to the Future! (Toei) *Projection*Imported01. ¥8.96 billion ($91.3 million) / 7.06 million - Monsters University (Disney)02. ¥5.93 billion ($65.7 million) / 4.82 million - Les Miserables (Toho-Towa)03. ¥4.20 billion ($46.2 million) / 3.09 million - Ted (Toho-Towa)04. ¥3.00 billion ($32.3 million) / 2.45 million - Wreck-It Ralph (Disney)05. ¥2.82 billion ($32.4 million) / 2.21 million - Skyfall (Sony)06. ¥2.60 billion ($26.7 million) / 1.77 million - Iron Man 3 (Disney)07. ¥2.40 billion ($25.0 million) / 1.86 million - Despicable Me 2 (Toho-Towa)08. ¥2.10 billion ($21.8 million) / 1.63 million - The Lone Ranger (Disney)09. ¥2.03 billion ($22.3 million) / 1.49 million - A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox)10. ¥1.98 billion ($20.4 million) / 1.52 million - Fast and Furious 6 (Toho-Towa)11. ¥1.96 billion ($20.3 million) / 1.42 million - World War Z (Toho-Towa)12. ¥1.84 billion ($21.3 million) / 1.28 million - Life of Pi (Fox)13. ¥1.75 billion ($18.9 million) / 1.25 million - Oz: The Great and Powerful (Disney)14. ¥1.65 billion ($18.9 million) / 1.16 million - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Warner Bros.)15. ¥1.50 billion ($15.5 million) / 1.03 million - Pacific Rim (Warner Bros.)16. ¥1.40 billion ($14.9 million) / 1.13 million - Oblivion (Toho-Towa)17. ¥1.13 billion ($11.7 million) / 0.90 million - The Great Gatsby (Warner Bros.)18. ¥1.08 billion ($11.4 million) / 0.88 million - Jack Reacher (Paramount)19. ¥1.05 billion ($10.8 million) / 0.74 million - Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount)20. ¥1.00 billion ($10.4 million) / 0.80 million - Man of Steel (Warner Bros.) *Projection*

[Olive]

corpse

2013's Top 5 Biggest Winners


1. *Les Miserables*
>Highest-grossing Musical of all-time.
>2nd Highest-grossing film of all-time to never rank #1.
>11-Consecutive weeks in the Top 5.
>13-Consecutive weeks in the Top 10.
>3-Consecutive weekend increases (without expansion).
>Only the 4th film since 1998 to achieve a multiplier over 20 (and without expanding), joining 'Spirited Away', 'Avatar', and 'Departures'.


2. *Japanese Anime Films*
Where to begin here! Animated films completely dominated 2013. 

>The Wind Rises
>First film in 3 years to gross over ¥10 billion; first 2D film in 5 years to gross over ¥10 billion.
>8-Consecutive weeks at #1.
>14-Consecutive weeks in the Top 10.
>Still in release and could challenge the Top 10 Films of All-Time with success at the Oscars.
>One Piece Film Z
>Broke the opening weekend admissions record for a domestic film, and delivered the biggest opening weekend in 5 years.
>Broke the 2-day opening weekend PSA record. 
>Highest-grossing 'One Piece' film of all-time.
>Doraemon (34): Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum
>Biggest opening weekend for a 'Doraemon' film, and the Highest-grossing, Most-attended, 'Doraemon' film of all-time.
>The 'Doraemon' franchise also became the most attended movie franchise of all-time, with over 102 million admissions.
>Detective Conan (17): The Private Eye in the Distant Sea
>Biggest opening weekend for a 'Detective Conan' film, and the Highest-grossing, Most-attended, 'Detective Conan' film of all-time.


3. *Ted*
>Highest-grossing R15+ Comedy of all-time.
>Highest-grossing Imported Comedy since 'Home Alone 2'.
>Achieved a multiplier over 12 with only a couple small expansions and minimal Holiday support.


4. *Aniplex Releases*
From Steins Gate to Anohana, every Aniplex release this year performed exceptionally well in only limited release (often fewer than 50 screens). Aniplex has never had a better year, and despite playing on 1/10th of the screens of Hollywood blockbusters or big-budget Domestic films, they were able to match or even beat a number of them.


5. *Like Father, Like Son*
>Distributor Gaga's Highest-grossing domestic film of all-time.
>Achieved a multiplier over 10 outside of Summer or Holidays.
>Earned a Top 10 spot (#10) in 2013, a very difficult goal for an original film.

-Honorable Mention:
*Monsters University*
>4th Highest-grossing, and 4th Most-attended Pixar film of all-time.
>Most-attended imported-film in 3 years.

[Olive]

2013's Top 5 Biggest Losers


1. *Gatchaman*
>Most-expensive local production of all-time by a huge margin according to reports of a budget of ¥8 billion ($80 million)! 
>Final gross hasn't been released, but it's believed to be below ¥500 million ($5 million) making it the biggest financial failure in... probably ever considering budgets for domestic films rarely exceed ¥1 billion, and the previous record was just over ¥3 billion (Ponyo)


2. *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*
>86% decline in gross compared to Return of the King, and 82% and 79% drops from Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers... Alrighty then.
>Ranked outside the Top 35 films of 2013. Let's hope moving the franchise back to its original Spring release can help future films recover.


3. *Space Captain Harlock*
>Another absurdly record budget bust of a film with a rumored budget of ¥5-6 billion ($50-60 million)!
>The final gross hasn't been released yet, either, but tracking ended just over ¥500 million ($5 million). If not forGatchaman, it would have been one of (if not the) biggest domestic bomb ever.


4. *Toho's original live-action releases*
>Many of Toho's original live-action films failed to find an audience at the box-office this year despite fine release dates and capable filmmakers and cast member. Real, Hospitality Department, and Beyond the Memories fared the worst with grosses well below the ¥1 billion ($10 million) mark.


5. *After Earth*
>Prime Summer release spot, Will Smith, interesting... plot/setting, and it still earned less than ¥1 billion ($8/9 million) and didn't come near 1 million admissions. I would say it's one of Hollywood's worst high-profile performers in recent years, but47 Ronin just happened making After Earth's performance actually look somewhat decent.

Dishonorable Mention:
*Pacific Rim*
>Grossed a disappointing ¥1.5 billion ($15 million) and barely cracked 1 million admissions despite being released during one of biggest weeks of the year (Obon).

[peludo]

2. *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*

>86% decline in gross compared to Return of the King, and 82% and 79% drops from Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers... Alrighty then.

>Ranked outside the Top 35 films of 2013. Let's hope moving the franchise back to its original Spring release can help future films recover.

Do you realy think there is a chance for this to recover? I am quite pessimistic about it.

 

Anyway, great summary of the year

[JCS]

So Japan hates Hollywood now?

[Olive]

Do you realy think there is a chance for this to recover? I am quite pessimistic about it.

 

Anyway, great summary of the year

Corpse wrote the article on World of KJ.

I just repost it here.

And I think DOS will have a tiny increase in Japan because of less competition.

[Olive]

So Japan hates Hollywood now?

MU still made 90M+..

It's just fewer movies interest them.

[zackzack]

Help me out, folks in Japan:

 

How much did THE COMPLEX make so far?

[LexJoker]

Projected Gravity total?

[Olive]

Weekend (and overall) numbers are still unavailable due to New Year, so in the meantime, here are the predictions for 2014:

Top Films of 2014 [PREDICTIONS]

Japanese 
¥7.0-8.0 billion ($70-80 million) - Marnie's Memories (Toho) July
¥5.0-6.0 billion ($50-60 million) - The Eternal Zero (Toho) Dec.
¥4.0-5.0 billion ($40-50 million) - Thermae Romae II (Toho) Apr.
¥4.0-4.5 billion ($40-45 million) - Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho) Dec.
¥3.5-4.0 billion ($35-40 million) - Pokemon: The Cocoon of Destruction (Toho) July
¥3.5-4.0 billion ($35-40 million) - Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (Toho) Mar.
¥3.0-3.5 billion ($30-35 million) - Stand By Me, Doraemon (Toho) Aug.
¥3.0-3.5 billion ($30-35 million) - Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (Toho) Apr.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - All-Round Appraiser Q: Mona Lisa’s Eye (Toho) May
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc (Warner Bros.) Aug.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend Arc (Warner Bros.) Sept.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Lupin III (Toho) Aug.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Partners the Movie 3 (Toei) Apr.

Imported
¥3.5-4.0 billion ($35-40 million) - Resident Evil VI (Sony) Sept.
¥3.5-4.0 billion ($35-40 million) - Transformers: Age of Extinction (Paramount) Aug.
¥3.0-4.0 billion ($30-40 million) - Godzilla (Toho) July
¥3.0-3.5 billion ($30-35 million) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony) Apr.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Frozen (Disney) Mar.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Gravity (Warner Bros.) Dec.
¥2.5-3.0 billion ($25-30 million) - Maleficent (Disney) Apr.

I don't think anything this year will approach the ¥10 billion ($100 million) mark. The Wind Rises was the first film to exceed the milestone in 3 years (5 years for a 2D release), and I don't think anything will achieve it again for a few years.

Japan looks to have more ¥3-4 billion ($30-40 million) tier films than last year (helped by the fact of two Doraemon and two Rurouni Kenshin titles), so that's a plus. And there always seems to be one film that greatly exceeds expectations (2011'sConfessions, 2012's A Ghost of a Chance, 2013's Like Father, Like Son), too. 

Hollywood unfortunately has a... really bad schedule. There isn't a single major release (Harry Potter, Pirates, Star Wars, Pixar), so they're going to be in for a very rough year. And with 3D shares way down compared to 2010-2012, it's doubtful either Resident Evil or Transformers will match their last entries. Hopefully Frozen, or maybe Godzilla can manage to breakout though

Japan Box Office

[cremino]

Corpse

 

American Comic Book/Superhero Top Grossing Films (1980-)01. ¥7.50 billion ($59.1 million) - Spider-Man (2002)02. ¥7.12 billion ($66.9 million) - Spider-Man 3 (2007)03. ¥6.70 billion ($61.3 million) - Spider-Man 2 (2004)04. ¥5.60 billion ($42.7 million) - Men in Black (1997)05. ¥5.26 billion ($51.1 million) - The Incredibles (2004)06. ¥4.00 billion ($33.5 million) - Men in Black II (2002)07. ¥3.61 billion ($46.0 million) - The Avengers (2012)08. ¥3.16 billion ($40.8 million) - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

09. ¥3.13 billion ($40.3 million) - Men in Black III (2012)10. ¥3.10 billion ($29.8 million) - Hancock (2008)11. ¥3.00 billion ($20.1 million est.) - Batman (1990)12. ¥2.60 billion ($26.7 million est.) - Iron Man 3 (2013)13. ¥2.55 billion ($12.2 million est.) - Superman II (1982)14. ¥2.50 billion ($24.4 million) - Wanted (2008)15. ¥1.97 billion ($24.2 million) - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)16. ¥1.85 billion ($17.9 million) - X-Men (2000)17. ¥1.80 billion ($16.3 million) - X2: X-Men United (2003)18. ¥1.60 billion ($15.6 million) - The Dark Knight (2008)19. ¥1.56 billion ($13.5 million) - 300 (2007)20. ¥1.53 billion ($13.6 million) - X-Men: The Last Stand (2007)

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Walt Disney Picture's Top Grossing Films (1980-)01. ¥11.80 billion ($142.8 million) - Alice in Wonderland (2010)02. ¥11.00 billion ($102.4 million) - Finding Nemo (2003)03. ¥10.90 billion ($102.4 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)04. ¥10.80 billion ($130.7 million) - Toy Story 3 (2010)05. ¥10.02 billion ($82.3 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)06. ¥9.37 billion ($76.8 million) - Monsters, Inc. (2002)07. ¥8.96 billion ($91.3 million est.) - Monsters University (2013)08. ¥8.87 billion ($114.9 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)09. ¥6.86 billion ($56.4 million) - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2006)10. ¥6.80 billion ($60.3 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)11. ¥5.26 billion ($51.1 million) - The Incredibles (2004)12. ¥5.00 billion ($60.5 million) - Up (2009)13. ¥4.90 billion ($40.2 million) - Dinosaur (2001)14. ¥4.05 billion ($37.2 million est.) - Aladdin (1993)15. ¥4.00 billion ($44.2 million) - Wall-E (2008)*List doesn't include films released through subsidiaries like Touchstone or Miramax, etc. (Armageddon [¥13.40 billion], The Sixth Sense [¥7.68 billion] and Pearl Harbor [¥6.88 billion] are removed in doing so).

[Olive]

Weekend Ranking [01/04-05]
(New Year 2014)

01 (01) The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 3
02 (02) Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho) Week 5
03 (04) Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 4
04 (06) Planes (Disney) Week 3
05 (05) The Liar and His Lover (Toho) Week 4
06 (03) Hunter X Hunter: The Final Mission (Toho) Week 2
07 (09) The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Toho) Week 7
08 (07) Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard (Toei) Week 4
09 (08) Walking with Dinosaurs (Fox) Week 3
10 (14) Ask This of Riku (Toei) Week 5
11 (12) A Tale of Samurai Cooking (Shochiku) Week 4
12 (10) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Kadokawa) Week 2

>The Eternal Zero's numbers have been some of the most-anticipated in a long time over the past couple weeks with holidays delaying everything. Ticket sales all week long appeared incredibly impressive, and they certainly were:

Over the New Year weekend, the film saw a 46% third weekend increase and grossed ¥531,728,400 ($5.2 million) and 414,397 admissions. Not only is the 46% third weekend increase huge, but it's down just 2% compared to its opening weekend! After 16-days, the film has earned ¥3,202,870,000 ($30.9 million) and 2,580,000 admissions (a multiplier of 6 after just three weeks). It is well on track to exceed ¥5 billion ($50 million), and could potentially end up with over ¥6 billion ($60 million+). 

The last original live-action film to gross over ¥6 billion was Avatar.

>Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan was also doing big numbers over the holidays, and now has a 30-day total of¥3,533,730,000 ($34.1 million) and 2,990,000 admissions. It should exceed the ¥4 billion ($40 million) milestone in a little over a week and ultimately finish with ¥4.5 billion ($45 million) or slightly higher. 

>Gravity is the highlight of Hollywood's New Year in Japan, seeing a 23% increase and rising to 3rd place. The new total is now ¥2,079,400,000 ($20.0 million) and will be aiming for ¥3 billion+ ($30 million+) with some help from its likely success at the Golden Globes or even the Oscars late in its run.

>Ask This of Riku saw a massive 124% increase and re-enters the Top 10 after falling out two weeks ago

>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is receiving even worse reviews than the first film, barely debuted in the Top 10 and now out of the Top 10, and is currently down nearly 50% from it's predecessor after two weeks...

[iceroll]

Wow why do the Japanese hate THG?

[Sam]

Wow why do the Japanese hate THG?

Most likely seen by them as Battle Royale rip-off.