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Will be The Croods released in Japan?

 

What can we expect for Thor 2, The Hobbit 2 and Frozen? I'm hoping for 15 for Thor, 30 for Hobbit and 50 for Frozen. Is that realistic?

[Leyla]

wow @ CF 

whats the final total??

 

Second the Q from about about TDW? what can we expect?

Edited January 10, 2014 by Tauriel

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Kinejun is a popular film magazine first published in 1919, and have been celebrating the Top 10 films of the year since 1924.



Japanese
1st Pecoros, Goes to Meet His Mother (Ron Iwamatsu)
2nd The Great Passage (Yuya Ishii)
3rd The Devil's Path (Kazuya Shiraishi)
4th The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata)
5th Backwater (Shinji Aoyama)
6th Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda)
7th The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki)
8th The Ravine of Goodbye (Tatsushi Omori)
9th Tamako in Moratorium (Nobuhiro Yamashita)
10th Flashback Memories (Matsue Tetsuaki)
Honorable Mention: Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend (Takashi Ishii)

Foreign
1st Amour (Michael Haneke)
2nd Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
3rd Hannah Arendt (Margarethe von Trotta)
4th Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Wei Te-Sheng)
5th Three Sisters (Bing Wang)
6th Holy Motors (Leos Carax)
7th Life of Pi (Ang Lee)
8th The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
9th Tabu (Miguel Gomes)
10th The Other Son (Lorraine Levy)
Honorable Mention: Pieta (Kim Ki-duk)

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Weekend Forecast [01/11-12]


[Trick: The Last Stage]

01 (01) ¥350 million ($3.4 million), The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 4
02 (--) ¥330 million ($3.2 million), Trick 4: The Last Stage (Toho) NEW
03 (03) ¥155 million ($1.5 million), Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 5
04 (02) ¥150 million ($1.4 million), Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho) Week 6
05 (--) ¥125 million ($1.2 million), The Escape Plan (Gaga) NEW
06 (--) ¥80 million ($770,000), Judge! (Shochiku) NEW
07 (04) ¥75 million ($720,000), Planes (Disney) Week 4
08 (05) ¥70 million ($670,000), The Liar and His Lover (Toho) Week 5
09 (06) ¥55 million ($530,000), The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Toho) Week 8
10 (08) ¥50 million ($480,000), Walking with Dinosaurs (Fox) Week 4

Based on morning ticket sales, there looks to be a close race between the final Trick movie and The Eternal Zero.

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Toho Cinemas Weekend Admissions (01/11-12)69,885 - The Eternal Zero (Week 4)52,719 - Trick: The Last Stage (NEW)24,225 - The Escape Plan (NEW)16,975 - Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Week 6)14,087 - The Liar and His Lover (Week 5)12,109 [94% 3D] - Gravity (Week 5)11,738 - Judge! (NEW)7,333 - Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission (Week 3)7,069 [8% 3D] - Planes (Week 4)5,594 - The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Week 8)4,211 [14% 3D] - Walking with Dinosaurs (Week 4)4,068 - Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Giam & Wizard (Week 5)3,250 - The Best Offer (Week 5)3,001 - Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story (Week 12)2,520 - Wake Up, Girls! (NEW)2,973 - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 2 (Week 7)2,823 - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Week 3)1,674 - Producers' Showcase: Mayerling (SPECIAL SCREENINGS)1,576 - The Kiyosu Conference (Week 9)1,368 - HKT48 Live! Prefecture Tour (NEW)1,336 - Insidious: Chapter 2 (NEW)1,276 - A Tale of Samurai Cooking (Week 5)1,134 - Ask This of Riku (Week 6)985 - With Mugiko (Week 4)829 - Dangerous Liaisons (SPECIAL SCREENINGS)825 - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 1 (Week 11)808 - The Terminator (SPECIAL SCREENINGS)>The Eternal Zero is still showing serious momentum despite no more Holidays, and may have a fourth weekend above ¥400 million ($4 million) and a total exceeding ¥4 billion ($40 million) now.And its 4th weekend admissions (69,885) at Toho Cinemas are:-down only 23% compared to its opening weekend admissions (91,000),-up about 9% over its second weekend admissions (63,000) and,-down just 20% from its third weekend's (last weekend), New Year boosted, admissions (89,000).>Trick: The Last Stage wasn't able to keep pace with The Eternal Zero and will settle for second place. The 53,000 admissions here should get it about 250,000 admissions and a debut between ¥300-325 million ($3-3.2 million), though, which is still solid and will get it to ¥1.5-2 billion ($15-20 million).>The Escape Plan saw a decent bump on Sunday and shouldn't have any problem exceeding 100,000 admissions for the weekend now, likely taking the 3-day total to ¥150-175 million ($1.4-1.7 million). If these numbers hold in the morning, it has an outside shot at reaching ¥1 billion ($9/10 million), though a total of ¥800-900 million ($7/8 million) is more likely.Everything except for Insidious: Chapter 2, Wake Up, Girls! and Magi Madoka Magica saw Sunday increases.

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Weekend Forecast [01/18-19]


[Black Butler]

01 (01) ¥330 million ($3.2 million), The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 5
02 (02) ¥220 million ($2.1 million), Trick: The Last Stage (Toho) Week 2
03 (--) ¥140 million ($1.3 million), Black Butler (Warner Bros.) NEW
04 (--) ¥125 million ($1.2 million), Zyuten Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (Toei) NEW
05 (04) ¥110 million ($1.0 million), Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 6
06 (03) ¥100 million ($970,000), The Escape Plan (Gaga) Week 2
07 (--) ¥85 million ($820,000), Ender's Game (Disney) NEW
08 (05) ¥80 million ($775,000), Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho) Week 7
09 (06) ¥70 million ($680,000), Judge! (Shochiku) Week 2
10 (07) ¥55 million ($530,000), The Liar and His Lover (Toho) Week 6

The Eternal Zero will handily win its 5th-consecutive weekend, and should exceed ¥5 billion (~$50 million) on Sunday.

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37th Japan Academy Prize Nominations:
-Only films released between Dec. 14, 2012 through Dec. 16, 2013 are eligible.

[bEST PICTURE]

-The Devil's Path
-A Boy Called H
-Like Father, Like Son
-Tokyo Family
-The Great Passage
-Ask This of Riyuku

[bEST ANIMATED FILM]

-The Tale of Princess Kaguya
-The Wind Rises
-Space Captain Harlock
-Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story
-Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan

[bEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM]

-Les Miserables
-Captain Phillips
-Django Unchained
-Gravity
-3 Idiots

[bEST DIRECTOR]
-Ishii Yuya (The Great Passage)
-Hirokazu Kore-eda (Like Father, Like Son)
-Kazuya Shiraishi (The Devil's Path)
-Koki Mitani (The Kiyosu Conference)
-Yoji Yamada (Tokyo Family)

[bEST SCREENPLAY]
-Hirokazu Kore-eda (Like Father, Like Son)
-Takahashi Izumi / Kazuya Shiraishi (The Devil's Path)
-Koki Mitani (The Kiyosu Conference)
-Yoji Yamada / Emiko Hiramatsu (Tokyo Family)
-Watanabe Kensaku (The Great Passage)

[bEST ACTOR]
-Ichikawa Ebizo (Ask This of Riyuku)
-Hashizume Isao (Tokyo Family)
-Fukuyama Masaharu (Like Father, Like Son)
-Matsuda Ryuhei (The Great Passage)
-Ken Watanabe (Unforgiven)

[bEST ACTRESS]
-Aya Ueto (A Tale of Samurai Cooking)
-Ono Machiko (Like Father, Like Son)
-Maki Yoko (The Ravine of Goodbye)
-Miyazaki Aoi (The Great Passage)
-Yoshiyuki Kazuko (Tokyo Family)

[bEST SUPPORTING ACTOR]
-Yoshiyuki Kazuko (The Great Passage)
-Tsumabuki Satoshi (Tokyo Family)
-Pierre Taki (The Devil's Path)
-Matsuda Ryuhei (Bar Detectives 2)
-Lily Franky (The Devil's Path)
-Lily Franky (Like Father, Like Son)

[bEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS]
-Aoi Yu (Tokyo Family)
-Ono Machiko (Bar Detectives 2)
-Nakatani Miki (Ask This of Riyuku)
-Maki Yoko (Like Father, Like Son)
-Yo Kimiko (A Tale of Samurai Cooking)

[OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC]
-Iwashiro Taro (Ask This of Riyuku)
-Kiyoko Ogino (The Kiyosu Conference)
-Joe Hisaishi (The Wind Rises)
-Joe Hisaishi (The Tale of Princess Kaguya)
-Joe Hisaishi (Tokyo Family)
-Junichi Matsumoto / MoriTakashi / Takeshi Matsubara (Like Father, Like Son)
-Takashi Watanabe (The Great Passage)

[OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY]
-Takashi Watanabe (Like Father, Like Son)
-Kasamatsu Soku-dori (Unforgiven)
-Chikamori Makoto-shi (Tokyo Family)
-Takeshi Hamada (Ask This of Riyuku)
-Junichi Fujisawa (The Great Passage)

[OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHT DIRECTION]
-Koichi Watanabe (Unforgiven)
-Fujii MinoruKyo (Like Father, Like Son)
-Koichi Watanabe (Tokyo Family)
-Ando Kiyoto (Ask This of Riyuku)
-Nagata Tatsuya (The Great Passage)

[OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION]
-Yohei Taneda / Kurotaki Kimie (The Kiyosu Conference)
-Katsumi Nakazawa (A Boy Called H)
-Harada Mansho (The Great Passage)
-Harada Mansho / Ryo Sugimoto (Unforgiven)
-Takashi Yoshida (Ask This of Riyuku)

[OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND]
-Kato Yamato (The Great Passage)
-Kazumi Kishida (Tokyo Family)
-Tetsuo Segawa (The Kiyosu Conference)
-Hiroshi Helishi (Like Father, Like Son)
-Shoin Nobuhiko (Ask This of Riyuku)

[OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN EDITING]
-Iwao Ishii (Tokyo Family)
-Soichi Ueno (The Kiyosu Conference)
-Hirokazu Kore-eda (Like Father, Like Son)
-Fujita Kazunobe (Ask This of Riyuku)
-Shinichi Hiroshi (The Great Passage)

Interesting Notes:
>Joe Hisaishi nominated 3 times for his work in Music this year.
>Lily Franky's two nominations in Best Supporting Actor.
>A Boy Called H in Best Picture, but missing everything else except for Art Direction.

Film Nomination Tally:
12 - The Great Passage
12 - Like Father, Like Son
12 - Tokyo Family
9 - Ask This of Riyuku
7 - The Kiyosu Conference
5 - The Devil's Path
4 - Unforgiven
2 - A Boy Called H
2 - The Wind Rises
2 - The Tale of Princess Kaguya
2 - Bar Detectives 2
2 - A Tale of Samurai Cooking
1 - The Ravine of Goodbye
1 - Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan
1 - Magi Magica Madoka: The Rebellion Story
1 - Space Captain Harlock

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Now that holidays have been over for more than a week, we should be getting weekend estimates on a weekly basis again.

Weekend Estimates [01/18-19]

01 (01) ¥376 million ($3.6 million), -19%, The Eternal Zero (Toho), Week 5
02 (02) ¥204 million ($2.0 million), -38%, Trick: The Last Stage (Toho), Week 2
03 (--) ¥151 million ($1.5 million), 0, Black Butler (Warner Bros.), DEBUT
04 (--) ¥132 million ($1.3 million), 0, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (Toei), DEBUT
05 (04) ¥93 million ($900,000), -37%, Gravity (Warner Bros.), Week 6
06 (03) ¥72 million ($690,000), -55%, The Escape Plan (Gaga), Week 2
07 (--) ¥71 million ($685,000), 0, Ender's Game (Disney), DEBUT
08 (05) ¥69 million ($660,000), -44%, Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho), Week 7
09 (06) ¥67 million ($650,000), -28%, Judge! (Shochiku), Week 2
10 (07) ¥55 million ($530,000), -35%, The Liar and His Lover (Toho), Week 6
11 (10) ¥43 million ($410,000), -06%, The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Toho), Week 9
12 (08) ¥33 million ($320,000), -48%, Planes (Disney), Week 5
13 (09) ¥24 million ($230,000), -54%, Hunter X Hunter: The Final Mission (Toho), Week 4
14 (11) ¥15 million ($145,000), -65%, Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard (Toei), Week 6
15 (12) ¥15 million ($140,000), -60%, Walking with Dinosaurs (Fox), Week 5

Sunday wasn't as strong as last week, but there were still some strong showings.

>The Eternal Zero is estimated to be at ¥5.1/¥5.2 billion ($50 million) now.

>Black Butler meets expectations for Warner Bros. and has a chance of being a ¥1 billion ($9/10 million) candidate.

>Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters does practically the same numbers as last year's film. It also happened to be the second most-frontloaded wide-release last year, so let's see if it can improve on it's holds this year.

>Ender's Game disappoints as predicted. An unknown property featuring an unknown cast (Harrison Ford aside) targeting younger people didn't have any shot here.

[Olive]

The Eternal Zero 400.5M 5th weekend, 5.175B total.

Might do 8b or more!

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Weekend Ranking [01/18-19]01 (01) The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 502 (02) Trick: The Last Stage (Toho) Week 203 (--) Black Butler (Warner Bros.) NEW04 (--) Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! Farewell Our Eternal Friends (Toei) NEW05 (04) Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 606 (03) The Escape Plan (Gaga) Week 207 (06) Judge! (Shochiku) Week 208 (05) Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho) Week 709 (--) Ender's Game (Disney) NEW10 (07) The Liar and His Lover (Toho) Week 6>The Eternal Zero tops the box-office once again and did better than estimates, dropping only 14% in it's 5th weekend earning ¥400,547,000 ($3.9 million) and 308,257 admissions. This brings it's new cume to ¥5.15 billion ($49.7 million) with 4.19 million admissions after 30 days in release. It is barely dropping on a weekly basis.Weekly Breakdown:1st Weekend: ¥542 million ($5.3 million)2nd Weekend: ¥372 million ($3.6 million), -31%, ¥1.61 billion ($15.5 million)3rd Weekend: ¥532 million ($5.2 million), +43%, ¥3.20 billion ($30.9 million)4th Weekend: ¥468 million ($4.5 million), -12%, ¥4.16 billion ($40.2 million)5th Weekend: ¥401 million ($3.9 million), -14%, ¥5.15 billion ($49.7 million)>Black Butler opened on 327 screens to ¥145,573,100 ($1.4 million) and 116,253 admissions. Not a great start, but one that Warner Bros. should be fairly satisfied with about. I doubt it reaches the ¥1 billion milestone, but ¥800-900 million ($8/9 million) is acceptable and means they've succeeded in bringing out more than who buys manga volumes (around 400-500,000).>Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters earned ¥133,991,700 ($1.3 million) and 133,243 admissions on 304 screens. The opening is down 2.1% compared to last year's film, but up 3.3% on the film before that.>Ender's Game barely makes the Top 10 in it's debut, taking in a measly ¥68,989,350 ($663,000) and 53,748 admissions on 474 screens. The pretty wide release shows Disney tried, but the film was never going to do anything in Japan. With the major failures of all these imported young adult book adaptations (Twilight, The Hunger Games, Beautiful Creatures, and now Ender's Game), I wonder if they'll eventually go the way of recent imported-animated films (aka not being picked up at all for distribution).

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>The Eternal Zero tops the box-office once again and did better than estimates, dropping only 14% in it's 5th weekend earning ¥400,547,000 ($3.9 million) and 308,257 admissions. This brings it's new cume to ¥5.15 billion ($49.7 million) with 4.19 million admissions after 30 days in release. It is barely dropping on a weekly basis.Weekly Breakdown:1st Weekend: ¥542 million ($5.3 million)2nd Weekend: ¥372 million ($3.6 million), -31%, ¥1.61 billion ($15.5 million)3rd Weekend: ¥532 million ($5.2 million), +43%, ¥3.20 billion ($30.9 million)4th Weekend: ¥468 million ($4.5 million), -12%, ¥4.16 billion ($40.2 million)5th Weekend: ¥401 million ($3.9 million), -14%, ¥5.15 billion ($49.7 million)

 

Wow its 5th weekend is still bigger than its 2nd . Reminds me a little bit of Avatar's run. And did its weekly number actually increase?

4th week: ¥960m (4.16b - 3.20b)

5th week: ¥990m (5.15b - 4.16b)

 

Is 10b reachable?

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On Friday, the Daily Sports newspaper posted the first photograph from the Subaru Forester commercial created in collaboration with next year's live-action Attack on Titan film. The commercial will debut during this evening's Kinyōbi Road Show! (Friday Road Show!) movie airing.

Shinji Higuchi, the 48-year-old director of the live-action Attack on Titan film and The Floating Castle (Nobō no Shiro), also worked on the commercial. The commercial features three Titan giants, including one regular Titan and one female Titan played by stunt people and enhanced with computer graphics. It took four hours to apply the female Titan's makeup.

In addition, the commercial filmed a model of a colossal Titan's upper body. The model was about two meters (about six feet) tall and required seven people to operate.






In the commercial, a Forester sports utility vehicle "skillfully dodges" the attacking Titans. The 30-second commercial costs several tens of millions of yen (several hundred thousand U.S. dollars). NTV's morning television program Zip! aired a segment (pictured above) on the commercial.

Principal photography on the live-action film itself has yet to begin, and the staff has not decided if the Titans in the film will appear as they do in the commercial. Still, Higuchi was grateful for this "welcome opportunity" to create a preview of what is to come.
-ANN

The full commercial is going to air tonight. And as the last bit says, filming hasn't begun yet and is supposed to start this Summer with a release date in 2015.

Attack on Titan has become the biggest thing in Japanese pop culture over the past year with the manga selling almost 16 million copies in 2013 alone (and 30 million since it began in September of 2009), and the anime adaptation won several awards last year. The final episode even aired in theaters before airing on TV. Not to mention action-figures that recently sold for $1,150 selling out in less than 24 hours earlier this month.

The live-action film will be directed by Shinji Higuchi. He directed The Sinking of Japan and The Floating Castle, both notable hits in Japan. But more importantly, he has worked on storyboards and visual effects for Godzilla, Evangelion and Gamera, so he certainly knows how to portray humanity and giants on screen together.

Handling the script is Yusuke Watanabe (Gantz, Dragonball Z, 20th Century Boys) and Tomohiro Machiyama (personal friend of the Attack on Titan creator).

 

Attack on Titan Plot/Introduction (slight spoiler included):

 

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by Titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest Titans. Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a Titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a Colossal Titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller Titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single Titan and take revenge for all of mankind. Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho Awards (2011) and won the Kodansha Manga Award shōnen category (2011). In English, the series is roughly translated to 'Attack on Titan'.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Drt7_S0p9o#t=60

Edited January 24, 2014 by eren jaeger

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Weekend Forecast [01/25-26]


[The Little House, dir. Yoji Yamada]

01 (01) ¥320 million ($3.1 million), The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 6
02 (--) ¥180 million ($1.7 million), The Little House (Shochiku) NEW
03 (02) ¥155 million ($1.5 million), Trick: The Last Stage (Toho) Week 3
04 (--) ¥125 million ($1.2 million), THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE (Aniplex) NEW
05 (03) ¥85 million ($830,000), Black Butler (Warner Bros.) Week 2
06 (05) ¥70 million ($680,000), Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 7
07 (04) ¥65 million ($630,000), Zyuten Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! (Toei) Week 2
08 (--) ¥60 million ($580,000), Genome Hazard (Asmik Ace) NEW
09 (07) ¥55 million ($530,000), Judge! (Shochiku) Week 3
10 (06) ¥50 million ($480,000), The Escape Plan (Gaga) Week 3

>The Eternal Zero will win its 6th-consecutive week and bring its total close to ¥6 billion ($58 million) this weekend.

>THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE is only playing in 39 theaters, but there are so many sellouts for the weekend already it's another guaranteed hit Aniplex. They've been on such a hot streak for the past 12 months.

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Weekend Estimates [01/25-26]

01 (01) ¥360 million ($3.5 million), -10%, The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 6
02 (02) ¥159 million ($1.5 million), -29%, Trick: The Last Stage (Toho) Week 3
03 (--) ¥114 million ($1.1 million), 0, The Little House (Shochiku) DEBUT
04 (03) ¥80 million ($780,000), -45%, Black Butler (Warner Bros.) Week 2
05 (04) ¥79 million ($770,000), -41%, Zyuten Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: The Great Dinosaur Battle! (Toei) Week 2
06 (05) ¥78 million ($760,000), -19%, Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 7
07 (07) ¥54 million ($520,000), -28%, Judge! (Shochiku) Week 3
08 (08) ¥48 million ($460,000), -31%, Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (Toho) Week 8
09 (06) ¥46 million ($440,000), -41%, The Escape Plan (Gaga) Week 3
10 (--) ¥44 million ($420,000), 0, Genome Hazard (Asmik Ace) DEBUT
11 (10) ¥38 million ($360,000), -32%, The Liar and His Lover (Toho) Week 7
12 (09) ¥29 million ($270,000), -59%, Ender's Game (Disney) Week 2

>The Eternal Zero once again pulls off an incredible weekend, and estimates have actually been lower than actuals for it, so it may see a sub-10% drop. It should be very, very close to ¥6 billion ($58 million) now if it hasn't exceeded the mark. ¥8 billion ($75-80 million) is looking very likely, and ¥9 billion ($85-90 million) will enter the equation soon at this rate.

>The Little House is a bit disappointing after the solid success of Yamada's last film, Tokyo Family last year. Legs, however, will be excellent and these films always make more than 60% of their gross from the weekdays, too. ¥1 billion ($9/10 million) is a stretch, but doable.

>THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE isn't wide enough to gather an estimate for, but it's surely in the Top 5 at the very least. It will probably come in at #3.

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Admissions increased by the tiniest amount, 155.888m up only 0.5%.http://www.eiren.org/toukei/img/eiren_kosyu/data_2013.pdf

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2013 Box Office Stats:

 

>Revenue: ¥194.23 billion (-0.5%)
Japanese Films - ¥117.68 billion (-8.2%) / Imported Films - ¥76.55 billion (+14.2%);
3rd Biggest Year Ever for Japanese Films (Behind 2012 and 2010)
>Admissions: 155,888,000 (+0.5%)
>Market Share: Japanese Films (60.6%) / Imported Films (39.4%);
6th-Consecutive Year Japanese Films Top *3rd Time Since 1968 Above 60%*

>Avg. Ticket Price: ¥1,246 (-1.0%)
>Theater Count (Screens): 2,831 (3,318), +66 (+28) *Highest Since 1971*
>Films Released: 1,117 (+134) *New Record*
Japanese Films (591) / Imported Films (526)

Top Grossing Films of 2013
Rank - Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions - Film (Release, Distributor)
01 ¥12.02 billion ($123.5 million) / 9.7 million - The Wind Rises (July, Toho)*
02 ¥8.96 billion ($91.3 million) / 7.1 million - Monsters University (July, Disney)
03 ¥6.87 billion ($77.1 million) / 5.7 million - One Piece Film Z (Dec., Toei)
04 ¥5.89 billion ($65.3 million) / 4.8 million - Les Miserables (Dec., Toho-Towa)
05 ¥4.23 billion ($46.3 million) / 3.2 million - Ted (Jan., Toho-Towa)
06 ¥3.98 billion ($43.2 million) / 3.7 million - Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (Mar., Toho)
07 ¥3.63 billion ($37.1 million) / 3.0 million - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Apr., Toho)
08 ¥3.33 billion ($34.3 million) / 2.7 million - Midsummer Formula (June, Toho)
09 ¥3.25 billion ($33.8 million) / 2.8 million - The After-Dinner Mysteries (Aug., Toho)
10 ¥3.20 billion ($33.2 million) / 2.8 million - Like Father, Like Son (Sept., Gaga)
11 ¥3.17 billion ($33.0 million) / 3.0 million - Pokemon: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (July, Toho)
12 ¥3.00 billion ($32.4 million) / 2.5 million - Wreck-It Ralph (Mar., Disney)
13 ¥2.99 billion ($31.0 million) / 2.3 million - Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Mar., Toei)
14 ¥2.96 billion ($30.1 million) / 2.4 million - The Kiyosu Conference (Nov., Toho)
15 ¥2.75 billion ($31.6 million) / 2.2 million - Skyfall (Dec., Sony)
15 ¥2.75 billion ($28.0 million) / 2.2 million - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 1 (Nov., Toho)
17 ¥2.64 billion ($28.3 million) / 2.1 million - Platinum Data (Mar., Toho)
18 ¥2.57 billion ($26.4 million) / 1.7 million - Iron Man 3 (Apr., Disney)
19 ¥2.50 billion ($26.1 million) / 1.9 million - Despicable Me 2 (Sept., Toho-Towa)
20 ¥2.18 billion ($22.8 million) / 1.8 million - The King of Apology (Sept., Toho)
21 ¥2.15 billion ($23.9 million) / 1.7 million - Strawberry Night (Jan., Toho)
22 ¥2.09 billion ($21.8 million) / 1.6 million - The Lone Ranger (Aug., Disney)
23 ¥2.08 billion ($21.5 million) / 1.5 million - Magi Madoka Magica: The Rebellion Story (Oct., Warner Bros.)*
24 ¥2.06 billion ($22.5 million) / 1.5 million - A Good Day to Die Hard (Feb., Fox)
24 ¥2.06 billion ($20.2 million) / 1.6 million - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 2 (Nov., Toho)*
26 ¥2.02 billion ($20.6 million) / 1.6 million - Fast and Furious 6 (July, Toho-Towa)
27 ¥1.93 billion ($20.1 million) / 1.4 million - World War Z (Aug., Toho-Towa)
28 ¥1.91 billion ($19.8 million) / 1.4 million - Life of Pi (Jan., Fox)
29 ¥1.85 billion ($19.5 million) / 1.5 million - Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill (Sept., Toho)
30 ¥1.83 billion ($19.2 million) / 1.5 million - Shield of Straw (Apr., Warner Bros.)
31 ¥1.82 billion ($18.6 million) / 1.6 million - Tokyo Family (Jan., Shochiku)
32 ¥1.79 billion ($18.5 million) / 1.5 million - The Girl in the Sunny Place (Oct., Asmik Ace)
33 ¥1.78 billion ($19.1 million) / 1.3 million - Oz: The Great and Powerful (Mar., Disney)
34 ¥1.77 billion ($20.2 million) / 1.5 million - Today, I Started Loving You (Dec., Toho)
35 ¥1.72 billion ($18.1 million) / 1.4 million - Library Wars (Apr., Toho)
36 ¥1.70 billion ($17.5 million) / 1.4 million - Gintama: The Final Chapter (July, Warner Bros.)
36 ¥1.70 billion ($19.5 million) / 1.2 million - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Dec., Warner Bros.)
38 ¥1.56 billion ($16.2 million) / 1.4 million - A Boy Called H (Aug., Toho)
39 ¥1.55 billion ($16.1 million) / 1.2 million - Pacific Rim (Aug., Warner Bros.)
40 ¥1.34 billion ($14.6 million) / 1.1 million - Aibou: X-Day (Mar., Toei)
41 ¥1.31 billion ($14.0 million) / 1.1 million - Oblivion (May, Toho-Towa)
42 ¥1.30 billion ($13.3 million) / 1.1 million - Crayon Shin-chan: Gourmet Survival Class (Apr., Toho)
43 ¥1.27 billion ($14.0 million) / 1.0 million - Brain Man (Feb., Toho)
44 ¥1.23 billion ($12.8 million) / 1.1 million - Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (Aug., Toei)
45 ¥1.21 billion ($13.5 million) / 1.0 million - Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Dec., Toho)
46 ¥1.20 billion ($12.5 million) / 1.1 million - Emperor (July, Shochiku)
47 ¥1.19 billion ($13.6 million) / 1.1 million - Kamen Rider X Kamen Rider Fourze & Wizard (Dec., Toei)
48 ¥1.17 billion ($13.3 million) / 1.0 million - Humanoid Monsters, Bem (Dec., Toho)
49 ¥1.13 billion ($11.6 million) / 0.9 million - Jack Reacher (Feb., Paramount)
49 ¥1.13 billion ($11.6 million) / 0.9 million - The Great Gatsb (June, Warner Bros.)
51 ¥1.08 billion ($11.1 million) / 0.8 million - Star Trek Into Darkness (Aug., Paramount)
52 ¥1.04 billion ($10.6 million) / 0.8 million - Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Aug., Aniplex)
53 ¥1.03 billion ($10.8 million) / 0.9 million - Pretty Cure All Stars: New Stage 2 (Mar., Toei)
54 ¥1.02 billion ($10.8 million) / 0.8 million - The Complex (May, Shochiku)
54 ¥1.02 billion ($10.3 million) / 0.9 million - Miracle Apples (June, Toho)
54 ¥1.02 billion ($10.1 million) / 0.8 million - Lincoln (Apr., Fox)

*Eiren's Projection (The Wind Rises, Magi Madoka, and SPEC 2 are still playing)
Imported

[LexJoker]

Gravity total till now?

[Leyla]

 

 

Top Grossing Films of 2013

Rank - Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions - Film (Release, Distributor)

01 ¥12.02 billion ($123.5 million) / 9.7 million - The Wind Rises (July, Toho)*

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Forecast [02/01-02]


[I Want To Hold You, starring Kitagawa Keiko and Nishikido Ryo]

01 (01) ¥295 million ($2.9 million), The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 7
02 (--) ¥270 million ($2.6 million), I Want to Hold You (Toho) NEW
03 (--) ¥250 million ($2.4 million), The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount) NEW
04 (--) ¥180 million ($1.7 million), Thor: The Dark World (Disney) NEW
05 (--) ¥160 million ($1.5 million), American Hustle (Phantom Film) NEW
06 (02) ¥105 million ($1.0 million), Trick: The Last Stage (Toho) Week 4
07 (04) ¥90 million ($880,000), The Little House (Shochiku) Week 2
08 (03) ¥75 million ($730,000), THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE (Aniplex) Week 2
09 (06) ¥60 million ($580,000), Gravity (Warner Bros.) Week 8
10 (05) ¥55 million ($530,000), Black Butler (Warner Bros.) Week 3

This is a discount weekend (1st of the month), meaning tickets are 40% off at all major cinema chains today (Sat.) and these days continue to grow in popularity with many films having sell outs, some for the entire day and the first showings for today haven't even started yet.

The top spot will probably be held once again by The Eternal Zero, give it its 7th-consecutive week in first place, but it finally has strong competition:

I Want To Hold You (311 tc) and Wolf of Wall Street (254 tc) are both doing very well, but the former was given the larger screens at the majority of locations likely giving it the edge as best opener this weekend. Thor: The Dark World (321 tc) should do better than the first film. American Hustle (119 tc) also looks good this morning, but the low theater count will prevent it from having a chance at the top.

In addition to the openers above, there is Bilocation (98 tc) and Little Friends (100 tc). I don't see any real momentum for them, however, so I doubt they'll make the Top 10.

Rush, opening next week, also has a number of previews this weekend and is doing really, really well. There may be some potential for it to become a success. Ron Howard's film have done very well in the past, too.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Upcoming Release Schedule [February/March]Major Studios & Notable ReleasesFebruary 01-I Want to Hold You (Toho)-The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)-American Hustle (Phantom Film)-Thor: The Dark World (Disney)February 07-Rush (Gaga)-Snowpiercer (Kadokawa)February 08th-Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (Shochiku, T-Joy)-Buddha 2: Journey Uninterrupted (Toei)February 14-The Immigrant (Gaga)February 15-Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Paramount)-The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Toho)-Lee Daniels' The Butler (Asmik Ace)-The Devil You Know (Clockworks)February 22-Kick Ass 2 (Toho-Towa)-Giovanni's Island (Warner Bros.)-Dallas Buyers Club (Fainfirumuzu)-Red & Pink (Kadokawa)February 28-The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.)-Nebraska (Long Ride)This is a pretty poor month indeed. February, June, and October are generally the worst months of the year, though.March 01-Kiki's Delivery Service (Toei)-Machete Kills (Fainfirumuzu)-Vortex of Love (Clockworks)March 07-Silver Spoon the Movie (Toho)-12 Years a Slave (Gaga)March 08-Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon—Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (Toho)-Idai Naru, Shurarabon (Toei, Asmik Ace)-Pretty Rhythm All Star Selection: Prism Show☆Best Ten (Shochiku)-Puzzle (Kadokawa)-Riddick (Presido)March 14-Frozen (Disney)-RoboCop (Sony)-All is Lost (Pony Canyon)-Shimajiro the Movie: Whale's Song (Toho Video Division)March 15-Pretty Cure All Stars: New Stage 3 (Toei)-Don Jon (Kadokawa)-Philomena (Phantom Film)March 19-The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Fox)March 21-God's Medial Records 2 (Toho)-Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)-The Lego Movie (Warner Bros.)-Lone Survivor (Toho-Towa)March 29-Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (Toei)-Team Batista Final Kerberos's Portrait (Toho)-The Snow White Cast Murder (Shochiku)-Bad Grandpa (Paramount)Predictions:¥3.50-4.00 billion ($35-40 million) - Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (Toho)¥3.00-4.00 billion ($30-40 million) - Frozen (Disney)¥2.00-2.50 billion ($20-25 million) - God's Medial Records 2 (Toho)¥1.75-2.25 billion ($17-23 million) - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.)¥1.50-2.00 billion ($15-20 million) - Silver Spoon the Movie (Toho)¥1.50-2.00 billion ($15-20 million) - I Want to Hold You (Toho)¥1.00-1.50 billion ($10-15 million) - Saving Mr. Banks (Disney)¥1.00-1.50 billion ($10-15 million) - RoboCop (Sony)¥1.00-1.25 billion ($10-12 million) - Team Batista Final Kerberos's Portrait (Toho)¥1.00-1.25 billion ($10-12 million) - Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai (Toei)¥1.00 billion ($10 million) - Pretty Cure All Stars: New Stage 3 (Toei)Potential ¥1.00 billion ($10 million) earners:The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount)Rush (Gaga)The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Toho)Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Paramount)