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

[efialtes76]

DOS drop will be over 50%.

AUJ dropped 34%.

No.

[Olive]

It dropped around 60% on TOHO sites..

50% nationwide might be consertive.

[Olive]

Weekend Estimates [03/08-09]


[Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five]

01 (--) ¥602 million ($6.0 million), 0, Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five(Toho) NEW
02 (01) ¥180 million ($1.7 million), -42%, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.) Week 2
03 (02) ¥142 million ($1.3 million), -36%, The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Toho) Week 4
04 (--) ¥119 million ($1.1 million), 0, Silver Spoon: The Movie (Toho) NEW
05 (03) ¥79 million ($780,000), -38%, Kiki's Delivery Service (Toei) Week 2
06 (04) ¥72 million ($700,000), -43%, The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 12
07 (06) ¥49 million ($470,000), -18%, Kamen Teacher (Showgate) Week 3
08 (--) ¥47 million ($450,000), 0, The Great, Shurarabon (Asmik Ace/Toei) NEW
09 (08) ¥43 million ($410,000), -11%, Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (Shochiku) Week 5
10 (05) ¥36 million ($340,000), -41%, I Want to Hold You (Toho) Week 6
-¥24 million ($230,000), -52%, Kick Ass 2 (Toho-Towa) Week 3
-¥15 million ($140,000), -64%, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Paramount) Week 4

>Celebrating 80 years of Doraemon, Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration of Five is estimated to have opened to ¥602 million with about 537,000 admissions over the weekend. This would give it the second best opening in the Doraemon franchise (9.8% behind the record opening of last year's film, the only other Doraemon film to have opened over ¥600 million), and the fourth best opening at the box-office overall since last Summer. 

The opening will allow it to easily exceed ¥3 billion (~$30 million), and ¥3.5 billion+ (~$35-40 million) is pretty likely. ¥3.99 billion is needed to become the top grossing Doraemon film (very difficult); ¥3.63 billion to become the 2nd top grossing film; and ¥3.55 billion to be the 3rd top grossing. 

>Silver Spoon is a disappointment. It doesn't appear to be attracting anyone outside of its core fanbase given a debut just under 100,000 admissions would result in 500/600,000, more or less the same amount of volumes each manga volume sells. 

>Some of the drops for the holdovers are pretty rough, but last weekend was slightly inflated due to the 1st of the month (nationwide discount day) falling on Saturday.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

37th Japan Academy Prize WINNERS:
-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)

Winners Tally:
6 - The Great Passage
2 - The Wind Rises
2 - Like Father, Like Son
2 - Unforgiven
1 - Ask This of Riyuku
1 - The Ravine of Goodbye
1 - Les Miserables

Interesting tidbit - Maki Yoko won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress this year.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Best Picture Winners:
2013 - The Great Passage
2012 - The Eighth Day Cicada
2011 - Confessions
2010 - The Unbroken
2009 - Departures
2008 - Tokyo Tower: Me and Mom, and Sometimes Dad
2007 - Hula Girls
2006 - Always: Sunset on Third Street
2005 - Half a Confession
2004 - When the Last Sword is Drawn
2003 - The Twilight Samurai
2002 - Spirited Away
2001 - After the Rain
2000 - Poppoya
1999 - Begging for Love
1998 - Princess Mononoke
1997 - Shall We Dance
1996 - A Last Note
1995 - Crest of Betrayal
1994 - A Class to Remember
1993 - Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992 - My Sons
1991 - Childhood Days
1990 - Black Rain
1989 - The Silk Road
1988 - A Taxing Woman
1987 - House on Fire
1986 - Gray Sunset
1985 - The Funeral
1984 - The Ballad of Narayama
1983 - Fall Guy
1982 - Station
1981 - Zigeunerweisen
1980 - Vengeance is Mine
1979 - The Incident
1978 - The Yellow Handkerchief

Best Animated Picture Winners:
2013 - The Wind Rises
2012 - The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
2011 - From Up on Poppy Hill
2010 - Summer Wars
2009 - Ponyo
2008 - Tekkonkinkreet
2007 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Best Foreign Picture Winners:
2013 - Les Miserables
2012 - The Intouchables
2011 - The King's Speech
2010 - Avatar
2009 - Gran Torino
2008 - The Dark Knight
2007 - Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 - Flags of Our Father
2005 - Million Dollar Baby
2004 - The Last Samurai
2003 - The Pianist
2002 - Monster's Ball
2001 - Billy Elliot
2000 - Dancer in the Dark
1999 - The Sixth Sense
1998 - L.A. Confidential
1997 - Titanic
1996 - II Postino
1995 - The Shawshank Redemption
1994 - Schindler's List
1993 - Jurassic Park
1992 - JFK
1991 - Dances with Wolves
1990 - Field of Dreams
1989 - Die Hard
1988 - The Last Emperor
1987 - Platoon
1986 - Back to the Future
1985 - Amadeus
1984 - Once Upon a Time in America
1983 - An Officer and a Gentlemen
1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981 - Die Blechtrommel
1980 - Kramer Vs. Kramer
1979 - The Deer Hunter
1978 - Conversation Piece
1977 - Rocky

[Olive]

10-day cume:

AUJ - 7.75M

DOS - 7.6M est

[Olive]

10-day cume:

AUJ - 7.75M

DOS - 7.6M est

 

Japan is also tracking ahead of the film's predecessor with a $7.6 million total after its second weekend, 22% ahead of An Unexpected Journey over the same timeframe.

 

That AUJ number from BOM may be wrong.

[edroger3]

 

Corpse

 

Best Picture Winners:

2013 - The Great Passage

2012 - The Eighth Day Cicada

2011 - Confessions

2010 - The Unbroken

2009 - Departures

2008 - Tokyo Tower: Me and Mom, and Sometimes Dad

2007 - Hula Girls

2006 - Always: Sunset on Third Street

2005 - Half a Confession

2004 - When the Last Sword is Drawn

2003 - The Twilight Samurai

2002 - Spirited Away

2001 - After the Rain

2000 - Poppoya

1999 - Begging for Love

1998 - Princess Mononoke

1997 - Shall We Dance

1996 - A Last Note

1995 - Crest of Betrayal

1994 - A Class to Remember

1993 - Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

1992 - My Sons

1991 - Childhood Days

1990 - Black Rain

1989 - The Silk Road

1988 - A Taxing Woman

1987 - House on Fire

1986 - Gray Sunset

1985 - The Funeral

1984 - The Ballad of Narayama

1983 - Fall Guy

1982 - Station

1981 - Zigeunerweisen

1980 - Vengeance is Mine

1979 - The Incident

1978 - The Yellow Handkerchief

Best Animated Picture Winners:

2013 - The Wind Rises

2012 - The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki

2011 - From Up on Poppy Hill

2010 - Summer Wars

2009 - Ponyo

2008 - Tekkonkinkreet

2007 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Best Foreign Picture Winners:

2013 - Les Miserables

2012 - The Intouchables

2011 - The King's Speech

2010 - Avatar

2009 - Gran Torino

2008 - The Dark Knight

2007 - Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 - Flags of Our Father

2005 - Million Dollar Baby

2004 - The Last Samurai

2003 - The Pianist

2002 - Monster's Ball

2001 - Billy Elliot

2000 - Dancer in the Dark

1999 - The Sixth Sense

1998 - L.A. Confidential

1997 - Titanic

1996 - II Postino

1995 - The Shawshank Redemption

1994 - Schindler's List

1993 - Jurassic Park

1992 - JFK

1991 - Dances with Wolves

1990 - Field of Dreams

1989 - Die Hard

1988 - The Last Emperor

1987 - Platoon

1986 - Back to the Future

1985 - Amadeus

1984 - Once Upon a Time in America

1983 - An Officer and a Gentlemen

1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1981 - Die Blechtrommel

1980 - Kramer Vs. Kramer

1979 - The Deer Hunter

1978 - Conversation Piece

1977 - Rocky

 

1995 - The Shawshank Redemption

 

Japan partially repair the sensational theft of the Academy Awards: 7 nom/0 won for the best movie ever.(so it for me and for IMDB top 250 voters)

 

Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

[mfantin65]

1995 - The Shawshank Redemption

Japan partially repair the sensational theft of the Academy Awards: 7 nom/0 won for the best movie ever.(so it for me and for IMDB top 250 voters)

Andy Dufresne - who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

I concur

Never lose hope

Get busy living or get busy dying.

Edited March 11, 2014 by mfantin65

[Incarnadine]

So, best foreign language film is a musical. I see that as a good omen.

[Hernan Gonzalez]

So, best foreign language film is a musical. I see that as a good omen.

And it did very good in South Korea and Japan ($39 M and $62 M). Following the same pattern Frozen should do in Japan 60% more than in South Korea, around $128 M ;-)

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking [03/08-09]01 (--) Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (Toho) DEBUT02 (01) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros.) Week 203 (02) The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Toho) Week 404 (--) Silver Spoon (Toho) DEBUT05 (04) The Eternal Zero (Toho) Week 1206 (03) Kiki's Delivery Service (Toei) Week 207 (--) The Great, Shurarabon (Asmik Ace/Toei) DEBUT08 (06) Kamen Teacher (Showgate) Week 309 (08) Tiger & Bunny: The Rising (Shochiku) Week 510 (--) 12 Years a Slave (Gaga) DEBUT>Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party of Five, the 34th installment of the popular franchise, opened to ¥600,356,700 ($5.9 million) with 530,554 admissions on 361 screens. This is the second biggest opening for a Doraemon film, and the biggest so far this calendar year.It will be aiming for a total of ¥3.5-4 billion (~$35-40 million), possibly enough for a Top 10 spot on the 2014 yearly chart. This year also marks the 80th Anniversary of the Doraemon character.>Silver Spoon, the live-action adaptation of the popular manga/anime by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist), saw a modest start taking in ¥121,117,900 ($1.2 million) with 98,956 admissions on 285 screens. It opened on Friday (rare for a domestic film), and its 3-day total reached ¥160 million ($1.5 million). Toho is saying it'll reach ¥1.5 billion (~$15 million), but that's incredibly unlikely. ¥1 billion (~$10 million) will be the real goal here, and a pretty hard one, too.>The Great, Shurarabon wasn't so great. The film only earned ¥58,079,000 ($568,000) with 43,863 admissions on 202 screens. It'll be aiming for a ¥300-350 million (~$3-3.5 million) total>12 Years a Slave opened on 43 screens and saw an impressive debut of ¥40,547,800 ($396,000) with 32,431 admissions thanks to its Best Picture win at the Academy Awards last week. It's hard to say where it be heading total wise, but it should enjoy a healthy run.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Past Doraemon Films:
¥1.55 billion ($11.9 million) - Doraemon 1: Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)
¥1.75 billion ($14.4 million) - Doraemon 2: The Record of Nobita: Starblazer (1981)
¥1.22 billion ($9.8 million) - Doraemon 3: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982)
¥1.00 billion ($8.1 million) - Doraemon 4: Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle (1983)
¥1.65 billion ($13.5 million) - Doraemon 5: Nobita's Adventure into Underworld (1984)
¥1.20 billion ($9.6 million) - Doraemon 6: Nobita's Little Star Universe (1985)
¥1.30 billion ($11.1 million) - Doraemon 7: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
¥1.50 billion ($13.1 million) - Doraemon 8: Nobita and the Dinosaur Knights (1987)
¥1.36 billion ($12.1 million) - Doraemon 9: Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West (1988)
¥2.02 billion ($17.8 million) - Doraemon 10: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)
¥1.91 billion ($16.5 million) - Doraemon 11: Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990)
¥1.80 billion ($15.8 million) - Doraemon 12: Nobita and the Dorabian Nights (1991)
¥1.68 billion ($14.8 million) - Doraemon 13: Nobita and the Kingdom of the Clouds (1992)
¥1.65 billion ($14.8 million) - Doraemon 14: Nobita and the Tin-Plate Labyrinth (1993)
¥1.35 billion ($13.1 million) - Doraemon 15: Nobita and the Fantastical Three Musketeers (1994)
¥1.30 billion ($15.6 million) - Doraemon 16: Nobita's Genius Diary (1995)
¥1.60 billion ($14.9 million) - Doraemon 17: Nobita and the Galactic Express (1996)
¥2.00 billion ($17.9 million) - Doraemon 18: Nobita's Adventure in the Clockwork City(1997)
¥2.10 billion ($18.5 million) - Doraemon 19: Nobita's South Sea Adventure (1998)
¥2.00 billion ($17.9 million) - Doraemon 20: Nobita's Adventure: Drifts in the Universe (1999)
¥3.05 billion ($29.0 million) - Doraemon 21: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000)
¥3.00 billion ($26.7 million) - Doraemon 22: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
¥2.31 billion ($17.6 million) - Doraemon 23: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002)
¥2.54 billion ($22.6 million) - Doraemon 24: Nobita and the Wind Wizard (2003)

Recent Doraemon Films:
Opening Weekend ¥ ($) -> Final Gross ¥ ($) - Film (Year)
¥416,809,107 ($3.8 million) -> ¥3.05 billion ($28.7 million) - Doraemon 25: Wannyan Space Time Odyssey (2004)
¥433,268,207 ($3.7 million) -> ¥3.28 billion ($27.6 million) - Doraemon 26: Nobita's Dinosaur (2006)
¥559,412,464 ($4.8 million) -> ¥3.54 billion ($30.1 million) - Doraemon 27: Nobita's New Adventure into the Underworld (2007)
¥517,050,157 ($5.1 million) -> ¥3.37 billion ($32.1 million) - Doraemon 28: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)
¥372,892,608 ($3.8 million) -> ¥2.45 billion ($25.2 million) - Doraemon 29: The New Record of Nobita (2009)
¥553,483,841 ($6.2 million) -> ¥3.16 billion ($33.6 million) - Doraemon 30: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
¥446,318,074 ($5.4 million) -> ¥2.46 billion ($31.2 million) - Doraemon 31: Nobita and the New Steel Troops (2011)
¥552,617,102 ($6.9 million) -> ¥3.62 billion ($46.0 million) - Doraemon 32: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (2012)
¥667,291,740 ($7.2 million) -> ¥3.98 billion ($43.2 million) - Doraemon 33: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
¥600,356,700 ($5.9 million) -> ¥?.?? billion ($??.? million) - Doraemon 34: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peco and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)

Excluding the film that just opened, the Doraemon movie franchise became the Most-Attended movie franchise in history last year, with total admissions reaching 101.81 million. This number surpassed Godzilla's 99.25 million admissions. And the movie franchise is also the second Highest-Grossing movie franchise ever with ¥71.72 billion (~$671 million), behind just Harry Potter at ¥96.57 billion (~$903 million).

After this year's film is included into the total, the franchise should be at approx. 105 million admissions / ¥75.4-75.7 billion (~$707-710 million).

 

Biggest Film Franchises (Revenue)
01. ¥96.57 billion ($903 million) :: Harry Potter [8 Films], 2001-2011
02. ¥71.72 billion ($671 million) :: Doraemon [33 Films], 1980-
03. ¥71.66 billion ($693 million) :: Pokemon [16 Films], 1998-
04. ¥48.81 billion ($508 million) :: Detective Conan [18 Films], 1997-
05. ¥40.73 billion ($412 million) :: Bayside Shakedown [4 Films], 1998-2012
06. ¥40.04 billion ($323 million) :: Star Wars [6 Films], 1978-
07. ¥36.65 billion ($361 million) :: Pirates of the Caribbean [4 Films], 2003-
08. ¥28.99 billion ($256 million) :: The Lord of the Rings [4 Films], 2002-
09. ¥27.48 billion ($253 million) :: Jurassic Park [3 Films], 1993-
10. ¥26.40 billion ($231 million) :: The Matrix [3 Films], 1999-2003

Biggest Film Franchises (Admissions)
01. 101.81 million :: Doraemon [33 Films], 1980-
02. 99.25 million :: Godzilla [28 Films], 1954-2004
03. 80.80 million :: Otoko wa Tsurai yo [48 Films], 1969-1995
04. 77.35 million :: Harry Potter [8 Films], 2001-2011
05. 66.78 million :: Pokemon [16 Films], 1998-
06. 40.83 million :: Detective Conan [18 Films], 1997-
07. 32.10 million :: Star Wars [6 Films], 1978-
08. 30.92 million :: Bayside Shakedown [4 Films], 1998-2012
09. 27.11 million :: Pirates of the Caribbean [4 Films], 2003-
10. 21.41 million :: The Lord of the Rings [4 Films], 2002-
Ongoing Franchise (sequels in development)

Notes:
*Lord of the Rings franchise includes The Hobbit trilogy
*Detective Conan franchise includes Lupin III spin-off

Upcoming Top 10 Franchise Films [on the release schedule]:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Feb. 28, 2014) [iN RELEASE]
Doraemon: New Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (Mar. 8, 2014) [iN RELEASE]
Detective Conan: The Silver Bullet of Truth (Apr. 19, 2014),
Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie (July 19, 2014),
Doraemon, Stand By Me (Aug. 8, 2014),
The Hobbit: There and Back Again (Spring 2015),
Doraemon 35 (March 2015),
Detective Conan 19 (Apr. 2015),
Jurassic World (Summer 2015),
Pokemon 18 (July 2015),
Star Wars: Episode VII (2015),
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 (2016)
*Grosses/Admissions for films in release aren't included in the franchise totals until their runs finish.

[SchumacherFTW]

How come there's another Doraemon coming in august, but isn't classed as the 35th entry?

[Olive]

How come there's another Doraemon coming in august, but isn't classed as the 35th entry?

That will be the first CG Doraemon .

[Fullbuster]

I just want Frozen to be higher than in SK

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Here is an expanded list. And before someone mentions The Terminator franchise, it's right below Back to the Future in Revenue (16th) and could be outside the Top 20 in admissions with it's R-rating causing its avg. ticket price to be pretty high. And James Bond is also not forgotten. Some of the early 80s films did ok numbers, and probably 70s films too, but the mid 80s releases up to Casino Royale didn't even earn ¥1 billion.And Kamen Rider is very likely somewhere in the Top 15, possibly at the bottom of the Top 10, but there isn't enough data on many of the 1970/1980 films.Biggest Film Franchises (Revenue)01. ¥96.57 billion ($903 million) :: Harry Potter [8 Films], 2001-201102. ¥71.72 billion ($671 million) :: Doraemon [33 Films], 1980-03. ¥71.66 billion ($693 million) :: Pokemon [16 Films], 1998-04. ¥48.81 billion ($508 million) :: Detective Conan [18 Films], 1997-05. ¥40.73 billion ($412 million) :: Bayside Shakedown [4 Films], 1998-201206. ¥40.04 billion ($323 million) :: Star Wars [6 Films], 1978-07. ¥36.65 billion ($361 million) :: Pirates of the Caribbean [4 Films], 2003-08. ¥28.99 billion ($256 million) :: The Lord of the Rings [4 Films], 2002-09. ¥27.48 billion ($253 million) :: Jurassic Park [3 Films], 1993-10. ¥26.40 billion ($231 million) :: The Matrix [3 Films], 1999-200311. ¥26.13 billion ($249 million) :: One Piece [12 Films], 2000-12. ¥25.83 billion ($266 million) :: Mission: Impossible [4 Films], 1996-13. ¥24.48 billion ($218 million) :: Spider-Man [4 Films], 2002-14. ¥24.21 billion ($265 million) :: Umizaru [4 Films], 2004-15. ¥23.35 billion ($147 million) :: Back to the Future [3 Films], 1985-1990Biggest Film Franchises (Admissions)01. 101.81 million :: Doraemon [33 Films], 1980-02. 99.25 million :: Godzilla [28 Films], 1954-200403. 80.80 million :: Otoko wa Tsurai yo [48 Films], 1969-199504. 77.35 million :: Harry Potter [8 Films], 2001-201105. 66.78 million :: Pokemon [16 Films], 1998-06. 40.83 million :: Detective Conan [18 Films], 1997-07. 32.10 million :: Star Wars [6 Films], 1978-08. 30.92 million :: Bayside Shakedown [4 Films], 1998-201209. 27.11 million :: Pirates of the Caribbean [4 Films], 2003-10. 21.41 million :: The Lord of the Rings [4 Films], 2002-11. 20.80 million :: One Piece [12 Films], 2000-12. 19.29 million :: Mission: Impossible [4 Films], 1996-13. 17.92 million :: Umizaru [4 Films], 2004-14. 17.71 million :: The Matrix [3 Films], 1999-200315. 17.68 million :: Spider-Man [4 Films], 2002-Ongoing Franchise (sequels in development and/or unannounced)

[SchumacherFTW]

That will be the first CG Doraemon .

Ah fair play

[mfantin65]

How many theaters is frozen opening

[23IsEverywhere]

How many theaters is frozen opening

I believe it was 550

 

 

Best Foreign Picture Winners:

2013 - Les Miserables

2012 - The Intouchables

2011 - The King's Speech

2010 - Avatar

2009 - Gran Torino

2008 - The Dark Knight

2007 - Letters from Iwo Jima

2006 - Flags of Our Father

2005 - Million Dollar Baby

2004 - The Last Samurai

2003 - The Pianist

2002 - Monster's Ball

2001 - Billy Elliot

2000 - Dancer in the Dark

1999 - The Sixth Sense

1998 - L.A. Confidential

1997 - Titanic

1996 - II Postino

1995 - The Shawshank Redemption

1994 - Schindler's List

1993 - Jurassic Park

1992 - JFK

1991 - Dances with Wolves

1990 - Field of Dreams

1989 - Die Hard

1988 - The Last Emperor

1987 - Platoon

1986 - Back to the Future

1985 - Amadeus

1984 - Once Upon a Time in America

1983 - An Officer and a Gentlemen

1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1981 - Die Blechtrommel

1980 - Kramer Vs. Kramer

1979 - The Deer Hunter

1978 - Conversation Piece

1977 - Rocky

 

I definitely prefer Japan's taste in US films to the US's