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

[Mojoguy]

OK then, why do Japanese PEOPLE love it so much? Does that sound better?

 

And please don't take this the wrong way, I'm really curious.

Frozen is Frozen. No other explanation is needed for its success.

[katniss]

This confirms that the DVD announcement, as I have always said, did not have so much influence on the drop of the past weeks. Remains to be seen what will happen on Saturday with the release of Pokemon and Marnie.

 

lol.  WTF are you talking about?  The revenues dropped like a fukking rock after the DVD/bluray was announced.  THe movie was doing $12+ million per week before the announcement.  It did HALF of that a couple weeks after.

Edited July 17, 2014 by katniss

[Omni]

This confirms that the DVD announcement, as I have always said, did not have so much influence on the drop of the past weeks.

Non-consequitur.

That's a logical error, as it treats the DVD announcement like some sort of synonym of the DVD release. In USA the DVD announcement didn't even scratch the film's box office while the actual DVD release killed it. In Japan, the opposite could have happened: the announcement already did all the damage some weeks ago by pushing away hesitant moviegoers and multiple views.

And just to make it clear:

a) I'm not saying the dvd announcement certainly was a huge negative factor (the movie probably wouldn't have passed the 300M mark anyways) - simply, you can't brutalize logic that way.

I don't live in the past - on the contrary, I'm excited about Frozen's home video performance in Japan and I can't wait for the 250M achievement.

[edroger3]

lol.  WTF are you talking about?  The revenues dropped like a fukking rock after the DVD/bluray was announced.  THe movie was doing $12+ million per week before the announcement.  It did HALF of that a couple weeks after.

So Japan is a very strange country: movies dropped more for dvd announcement than for dvd and vod release.

[pepsa]

So Japan is a very strange country: movies dropped more for dvd announcement than for dvd and vod release.

 

You gota love those Japs....    

[Queen Elsa Arendelle]

why are japanese people still watching frozen? well, I think that the most powerful element of frozen besides the story and the animation, is the songs! I have always thought that! you want to listen to the songs over and over again and singalong with it. and japanese love musicals a lot!!! maybe that is the reason they still go to see it! but that is just my thoughts!

Edited July 17, 2014 by Queen Elsa Arendelle

[tong kosong]

I don't doubt it's appeal. The number and longevity of the movie speaks for itself. I just want to know why. I don't want to jump into conclusion that Japanese people are such softies they love everything that cute because that'd be a shallow assumption. I know there's more to the movie than sweet songs and pretty visual.

 

I think it's because Elsa and Anna have personalities that Japanese people like. Elsa is cool and quiet while Anna is fun and clumsy. A lot of animes and manga have two main protagonists that have the same kind of personalities just like Elsa and Anna. Another thing I have heard is they relate Elsa with Hikikomori culture. Also the fact that Frozen has catchy songs, good visuals, heartwarming story, cute and hot characters definitely helps the movie.

[Corpse]

Frozen has benefited this week because one of the dubbed versions is leaving theaters on Saturday.  And overall, it's losing about 40% of its total seats/showtimes on Saturday.  Those that don't want to own the DVD and/or want to see it on the big screen before it becomes more difficult, are likely rushing to see it now.  

 

But overall, most films have enjoyed a very, very healthy week.  Drops compared to last week have been in the 10/20% range for many films.  

Edited July 17, 2014 by Corpse

[Corpse]

Studio Ghibli (Box-Office History)

 

Opening Weekends:

¥1.483 billion ($14.0 million) / 1,104,980 :: Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, Nov. 2004)

¥1.034 billion ($9.8 million) / 812,557  :: Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2008)

¥1.005 billion ($8.9 million) / 810,000 :: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2001)

¥960.9 billion ($9.8 million) / 747,451 :: The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2013)

¥907.5 million ($7.9 million) / 672,696  :: Tales from Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, July 2006)

¥895.6 million ($10.3 million) / 680,190 :: Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, July 2010) 

¥715.0 million ($6.1 million) / 540,000 :: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1997)

¥394.1 million ($3.5 million) / 328,007 :: The Cat Returns (Hiroyuki Morita, July 2002)

¥387.5 million ($4.9 million) / 296,006 :: From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, July 2011)

¥284.3 million ($2.9 million) / 222,822 :: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, Nov. 2013)

 

Totals:

¥30.40 billion ($249.0 million) / 23.50 million :: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2001) #1 All-Time

¥19.60 billion ($207.0 million) / 15.50 million :: Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, Nov. 2004) #5 All-Time

¥19.30 billion ($165.5 million) / 14.20 million :: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1997) #6 Al-Time

¥15.50 billion ($156.0 million) / 12.87 million :: Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2008) #10 All-Time

¥12.02 billion ($123.5 million) / 9.72 million :: The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2013) #17 All-Time

¥9.25 billion ($111.9 million) / 7.56 million :: Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, July 2010) #38 All-Time

¥7.65 billion ($62.9 million) / 6.10 million :: Tales from Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, July 2006)

¥6.46 billion ($54.4 million) / 5.50 million :: The Cat Returns (Hiroyuki Morita, July 2002)

¥4.46 billion ($57.8 million) / 3.55 million :: From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, July 2011)

¥4.45 billion ($32.5 million) / 3.50 million :: Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1992)

¥4.05 billion ($40.3 million) / 3.30 million :: Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, July 1994)

¥2.85 billion ($29.3 million) / 2.08 million :: Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, July 1995)

¥2.64 billion ($18.2 million) / 2.15 million :: Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1989)

¥2.38 billion ($23.2 million) / 1.99 million :: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, Nov. 2013)

¥1.87 billion ($11.4 million) / 2.16 million :: Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, July 1991)

¥790 million ($7.1 million) / 760,000 :: My Neighbors the Yamadas (Isao Takahata, July 1999)

¥760 million ($3.4 million) / 910,000 :: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, Mar. 1984)

¥590 million ($4.6 million) / 800,000 :: My Neighbor Totoro/Grave of the Fireflies [Double Feature] (Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Apr. 1988)

¥580 million ($3.7 million) / 770,000 :: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, Aug. 1986)

Franchise Total: ¥145.60 billion ($1,361.7 billion) / 116.92 million admissions

 

NEXT:

Memories of Marnie (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, July 19th, 2014)

Edited July 18, 2014 by Corpse

[Annayya]

This confirms that the DVD announcement, as I have always said, did not have so much influence on the drop of the past weeks. Remains to be seen what will happen on Saturday with the release of Pokemon and Marnie.

 

Is it possible that Disney advertised the movie more this past week to avoid a drop at box office.

How the hell is Frozen doing better than last week when there are millions of DVD/Blu-ray/Digital sales breaking crazy records on all home video formats.

 

 

lol.  WTF are you talking about?  The revenues dropped like a fukking rock after the DVD/bluray was announced.  THe movie was doing $12+ million per week before the announcement.  It did HALF of that a couple weeks after.

 

Yes, but it should drop further when the actual release happens.

I guess the summer holidays started improving the box office already

Edited July 18, 2014 by Annayya

[Annayya]

Frozen has benefited this week because one of the dubbed versions is leaving theaters on Saturday.  And overall, it's losing about 40% of its total seats/showtimes on Saturday.  Those that don't want to own the DVD and/or want to see it on the big screen before it becomes more difficult, are likely rushing to see it now.  

 

But overall, most films have enjoyed a very, very healthy week.  Drops compared to last week have been in the 10/20% range for many films.  

 

We will see how it performs this weekend then to see if the logic above holds.

With losing 40% of the screens Frozen can decrease by upto 40%. Any hold of a drop below 20% will be impressive at this point in run.

Edited July 18, 2014 by Annayya

[OffTheHizzle]

I don't doubt it's appeal. The number and longevity of the movie speaks for itself. I just want to know why. I don't want to jump into conclusion that Japanese people are such softies they love everything that cute because that'd be a shallow assumption. I know there's more to the movie than sweet songs and pretty visual.

 

 

I think it might have something to do with Elsa.

 

[LABAS]

With the coming of summer, it is very easily for Japanese people to see Frozen's product in the convenience stores, such as

bread, ice cream ...and so on. You can even make purchases of Frozen stamps.

My friend visited Japan last week with his two daughters and these two girls asked my friend to buy them

Elsa bread and ice cream....

Perhaps the availability of all kinds of Frozen's product is another factor to help the great hold

of its box-office.

[lab276]

Totals:

¥30.40 billion ($249.0 million) / 23.50 million :: Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2001) #1 All-Time

¥19.60 billion ($207.0 million) / 15.50 million :: Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, Nov. 2004) #5 All-Time

¥19.30 billion ($165.5 million) / 14.20 million :: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1997) #6 Al-Time

¥15.50 billion ($156.0 million) / 12.87 million :: Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2008) #10 All-Time

¥12.02 billion ($123.5 million) / 9.72 million :: The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki, July 2013) #17 All-Time

¥9.25 billion ($111.9 million) / 7.56 million :: Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi, July 2010) #38 All-Time

¥7.65 billion ($62.9 million) / 6.10 million :: Tales from Earthsea (Goro Miyazaki, July 2006)

¥6.46 billion ($54.4 million) / 5.50 million :: The Cat Returns (Hiroyuki Morita, July 2002)

¥4.46 billion ($57.8 million) / 3.55 million :: From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki, July 2011)

¥4.45 billion ($32.5 million) / 3.50 million :: Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1992)

¥4.05 billion ($40.3 million) / 3.30 million :: Pom Poko (Isao Takahata, July 1994)

¥2.85 billion ($29.3 million) / 2.08 million :: Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo, July 1995)

¥2.64 billion ($18.2 million) / 2.15 million :: Kiki's Delivery Service (Hayao Miyazaki, July 1989)

¥2.38 billion ($23.2 million) / 1.99 million :: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, Nov. 2013)

¥1.87 billion ($11.4 million) / 2.16 million :: Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, July 1991)

¥790 million ($7.1 million) / 760,000 :: My Neighbors the Yamadas (Isao Takahata, July 1999)

¥760 million ($3.4 million) / 910,000 :: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, Mar. 1984)

¥590 million ($4.6 million) / 800,000 :: My Neighbor Totoro/Grave of the Fireflies [Double Feature] (Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Apr. 1988)

¥580 million ($3.7 million) / 770,000 :: Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, Aug. 1986)

Franchise Total: ¥145.60 billion ($1,361.7 billion) / 116.92 million admissions

Is Ghibli the biggest franchise, so to speak? Edited July 18, 2014 by lab276

[Mojoguy]

I think it might have something to do with Elsa.

Yeah, Elsa is a beloved character, especially with little girls.

[Corpse]

Is Ghibli the biggest franchise, so to speak?

Yeah, if you count them as a franchise which is reasonable.

 

If you include them in the all-time franchise list, then their films have earned 49.7% more than the Harry Potter franchise (#2 in revenue), and 11.3% more in admissions than the Doraemon franchise (#2 in admissions). 

[Corpse]

And since we're just a day away from the weekend, here are a few notes to consider when looking at pre-sales and overall Saturday results:

 

>It's Marine Day (Umi no Hi) Weekend.  Monday is a national holiday, so the weekend attendance is spread out pretty evenly.  It's not like, say, Memorial Day Weekend in the US where Monday is noticeably weaker than Saturday or Sunday.  Monday will be just about even with Saturday or Sunday.  Look at a 3-ratio something like: 30:40:30.

 

>Sunday is a discount day at Movix Cinemas (#4 chain the country).  With Marine Day Weekend and a Movix Day on Sunday, Saturday may come in lower than expected.  

 

>Weekdays post-Marine Day become much stronger, and are more important than Weekend grosses.  

[LABAS]

[順位] [販売数] [映画作品タイトル名]

　*1　**2422　マレフィセント (Mal)

　*2　***729　オール・ユー・ニード・イズ・… (EOT)

　*3　***697　アナと雪の女王 Frozen

 

Two new openers, but Frozen still in the third place.....

[rockNrollaDIM]

Aha so Mal stays on top again? Or have the openers not opened yet?

[LABAS]

Aha so Mal stays on top again? Or have the openers not opened yet?

The strong openers tomorrow...~