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

[Incarnadine]

Saturday about 37000 adm x 39 multiplier (last sat was toho discount day) = 1,45M$

So, around 3.0-3.1 weekend then. It's going to be close for the 15th weekend record, if I'm reading it right Spirited Away did 305m Yen, or 3.0m dollars.

[boomboom234]

How is frozen doing so well didn't the blue ray relase already and at this point I'm sure everyone has seen it

[Omni]

Such a perfect syntax!

 

Looks like another drop around 30%. Decreases seem steady and the alternance between great holds and average drops is nowhere to be seen. Everyone with a decent knowledge of box office can do a 2+2. If actuals remain around 3M, then the idea of the dvd announcement not being a major factor in Frozen's weakening won't be legitimate anymore.

[tong kosong]

How is frozen doing so well didn't the blue ray relase already and at this point I'm sure everyone has seen it

 

The Blu-Ray will be on sale from July 16

[Hilderic]

Is it going to beat Spirited Away this week or the next? USD, I mean.

[KZ-boy]

Excuse me for off topic, but...

All-Time Best-Selling Blu-ray Titles in the United States

 

1 Avatar                 6,955,081    $153,808,547  Apr 22, 2010

2 Frozen                  5,342,462    $107,470,907  Mar 18, 2014  4 weeks)))

3 Despicable Me 2   5,250,279    $105,477,536  Dec 10, 2013

4 The Avengers     5,065,875    $114,366,947  Sep 25, 2012

 

We know that in Easter, Blu-ray sales of family movie rapidly increase. So Frozen could be on first place, taking over the J. Cameron movie by Blu ray sales.

Edited June 21, 2014 by KZ-boy

[Quigley]

Frozen was doing very well. Then Titanic realised that Frozen was earning too much money but Titanic wanted to stay on top, so Titanic decided to sink Frozen's ship. I imagine the whole scene went like this:

Edited June 21, 2014 by Quigley

[Mojoguy]

What a garbage ending to such a fantastic run in Japan for Frozen.

 

Hopefully other studios have learned how NOT to handle an overseas release from Disney.

 

I think Big Hero 6 will tank in Japan. If there is one thing Japan hates, its superhero movies outside of Spider-man. When it tanks, Disney will realize how much they screwed the pooch with Frozen in Japan. Shelves for Big Hero 6 toys will be completely full for weeks after the movie come out, while Frozen merchandise continues to fly off shelves.

[tong kosong]

What a garbage ending to such a fantastic run in Japan for Frozen.

 

Hopefully other studios have learned how NOT to handle an overseas release from Disney.

 

I think Big Hero 6 will tank in Japan. If there is one thing Japan hates, its superhero movies outside of Spider-man. When it tanks, Disney will realize how much they screwed the pooch with Frozen in Japan. Shelves for Big Hero 6 toys will be completely full for weeks after the movie come out, while Frozen merchandise continues to fly off shelves.

 

Big Hero 6 features Japanese characters, so maybe it'll do well in Japan.

Edited June 22, 2014 by tong kosong

[Mojoguy]

Big Hero 6 features Japanese characters, so maybe it'll do fine in Japan.

If there is one thing Japan hates, it's Americans taking things that belong to Japan and passing it off as their own. Witness the epic flop that was named 47 Ronin. BH6 looks a bit too much like Power Rangers to me to succeed in Japan.

 

The Japanese movie audience will always avoid something if they think their country does it better.

Edited June 22, 2014 by Mojoguy

[Quigley]

Hopefully other studios have learned how NOT to handle an overseas release from Disney.

 

If there is one thing that studios learned from Frozen, that is how they SHOULD handle overseas releases. No other American studio has ever made a film that earned so much in Japan (in dollars, which is the currency that American studios care about). If anything, Frozen is an example to imitate (although it is probably impossible for other studios, because the Japanese love Disney films, which other studios obviously cannot produce).

 

Big Hero 6 features Japanese characters, so maybe it'll do fine in Japan.

 

I agree, although the chances of this factor being insignificant are as much as it being significant. Depends how the characters are portrayed.

[Quigley]

If there is one thing Japan hates, it's Americans taking things that belong to Japan and passing it off as their own. Witness the epic flop that was named 47 Ronin.

 

I think Godzilla's performance will be critical to your argument. Besides, 47 Ronin tanked pretty much everywhere, not just Japan.

[Mojoguy]

I just want to say I was so glad when Brave flopped in Japan. The Japanese people can recognize a mediocre movie when they see it.

[tong kosong]

If there is one thing Japan hates, it's Americans taking things that belong to Japan and passing it off as their own. Witness the epic flop that was named 47 Ronin. BH6 looks a bit too much like Power Rangers to me to succeed in Japan.

 

The Japanese movie audience will always avoid something if they think their country does it better.

 

Well, The Last Samurai was big in Japan.

[Mojoguy]

I think Godzilla's performance will be critical to your argument. Besides, 47 Ronin tanked pretty much everywhere, not just Japan.

Godzilla will flop I think. His popularity has really fade over the years in Japan. Also Japanese people will be reluctant to go see it after that last shitty American Zilla (98) movie.

[Mojoguy]

Well, The Last Samurai was big in Japan.

But that was because Tom Cruise was in it. He is still huge in Japan. BH6 won't have Tom Cruise, the last time I checked.

[Rsyu]

The last samurai was big in Japan because it is an epic masterpiece not just because it had Tom Cruise. 

[Mojoguy]

The last samurai was big in Japan because it is an epic masterpiece not just because it had Tom Cruise. 

Tom Cruise certainly helped a ton. He is one of the few actors that still has a large fanbase overseas.

[Rsyu]

Tom Cruise certainly helped a ton. He is one of the few actors that still has a large fanbase overseas.

 

Like I said I'm not denying he was a factor but the primary success of a movie always hinges on quality. Plenty of Tom Cruise films failed to generate any meaningful business in Japan. To say he made the success for last samurai is stretching it

[Mojoguy]

Like I said I'm not denying he was a factor but the primary success of a movie always hinges on quality. Plenty of Tom Cruise films failed to generate any meaningful business in Japan. To say he made the success for last samurai is stretching it

Your argument doesn't work. Plenty of great American movies flop in Japan. Too many in fact.