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[KATCH-2D2]

I'm glad Godzilla is going to cross $500m WW with this opening but I'm more interested in what the Japanese think of THIS Godzilla. Any ideas on Godzilla's WOM? Do the Japanese approve of this version?

[SchumacherFTW]

I'm glad Godzilla is going to cross $500m WW with this opening but I'm more interested in what the Japanese think of THIS Godzilla. Any ideas on Godzilla's WOM? Do the Japanese approve of this version?

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[Natsu Lian]

Rough Estimations:

 

Godzilla - $50 million

Maleficent - $70 million

Pokemon Movie No. 17 - $30 million (possibly $40 million)

Marnie - $35 million (possibly $40 million) 

[Fullbuster]

Wow so they want to see this Godzilla, they're open-minded this year (in terms of movies I mean) ^^

[Ajbg]

Saturday (vs last sat)

 

  *1　*70683　Godzilla

　*2　*35414　Maleficent -38%

　*3　*28655　Eight Ranger 2

　*4　*25494　Marnie -50%

　*5　*22904　Pokemon -61%

　*6　**8192　劇場版仮面ライダー鎧武 烈車…

　*7　**7548　好きっていいなよ。

　*8　**6422　EoT -68%

　*9　**5437　幕末高校生

　10　**4968　Planes 2 -50%

 

Big drop for all and Frozen out of top 10

This big drop will probably keep Maleficent in 50+ million total.

[rockNrollaDIM]

 

Noooo. We need $750m WW. Come on Dame!

[Cynosure]

61% drop for Pokemon.   Could this become the lowest grossing movie of the franchise ? Or maybe solely the least attended thanks to the tax hike.

[Blackout]

EoT got destroyed

[catlover]

This big drop will probably keep Maleficent in 50+ million total.

 

It's still having the best drop in the top 10. I'm still thinking 60m+ and maybe a little above 70m. It will have summer weekdays and Obon holiday to help its legs.

 

Oh and I knew Godzilla would have a good opening. People kept comparing it to Pacific Rim and nobody listened to me.

Edited July 26, 2014 by catlover

[Corpse]

Toho, Movix, 109, Kinezo Cinema Chains Saturday Admissions

01. 70,710 - Godzilla (NEW)

04. 35,414 (-38%) - Maleficent (Week 4)

03. 28,655 - Eight Ranger 2 (NEW)

05. 25,494 (-49%) - Memories of Marnie (Week 2)

02. 22,904 (-61%) - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (Week 2)

06. 8,195 (-64%) - Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: The Great Soccer Match! (Week 2)

07. 7,548 (-39%) - Say, "I Love You" (Week 3)

08. 6,432 (-54%) - Edge of Tomorrow (Week 4)

09. 5,457 - Time Trip App (NEW)

10. 4,968 (-51%) - Planes: Fire & Rescue (Week 2)

 

 

Only Toho Cinemas Saturday Admissions

40,635 - Godzilla (NEW)

19,589 - Eight Ranger 2 (NEW)

19,583 (-39%) - Maleficent (Week 4)

14,429 (-47%) - Memories of Marnie (Week 2)

12,507 (-63%) - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (Week 2)

4,017 (-62%) - Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: The Great Soccer Match! (Week 2)

3,534 - Momoclo Haru no Ichidaiji 2014 Kokuritsu Kyougijo Taikai ~NEVER ENDING ADVENTURE Yume no Mukou e~ (NEW)

3,307 (-40%) - Say, "I Love You" (Week 3)

3,249 - Time Trip App (NEW)

2,682 (-53%) - Planes: Fire & Rescue (Week 2)

 

Very good for Godzilla.  Outpacing its morning/afternoon showings in the evening/night may be a sign it won't be as frontloaded as it could have been.  I'm pretty confident it can hit ¥600 million ($6 million) for the weekend.

 

And Eight Ranger 2 should do over 200 million ($2 million) if it doesn't drop too much tomorrow.  

[Corpse]

Toho Cinemas Saturday/Weekend Admissions (Overall Weekend Admissions) [2013-]

 

Opening Day/Weekend (Overall), OD/OW multiplier (OW/Overall Weekend multiplier)

85,115/167,188 (747,451), x1.96 (x4.47) - The Wind Rises (07/20/13)

64,398/133,273 (649,865), x2.07 (x4.88) - Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension (04/19/14)

62,250/120,489 (500,837), x1.94 (x4.16) - Maleficent (07/05/14)

59,492/121,802 (614,969), x2.05 (x5.05) - Monsters University (07/06/13)

59,192/123,606 (602,347), x2.09 (x4.87) - Frozen (03/15/14)

51,800/108,724 (539,132), x2.10 (x4.96) - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (12/07/13)

43,669*/75,635 (322,162), x1.73 (x4.26) - The After-Dinner Mysteries (08/03/13)

42,541/94,650 (530,544), x2.22 (x5.60) - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (03/08/14)

42,537/91,182 (429,918), x2.14 (x4.71) - The Eternal Zero (12/21/13)

40,635/??,??? (???,???), x?.?? (x?.??) - Godzilla (07/26/14)

40,414*/74,131 (363,451), x1.83 (x4.90) - Midsummer Formula (06/29/13)

39,836/84,982 (365,356), x2.13 (x4.30) - Thermae Romae II (04/26/14)

38,885/85,462 (464,839), x2.20 (x5.44) - Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (07/13/13)

37,960/88,488* (393,522), x2.33 (x4.45) - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 2 (11/30/13)

36,995/79,454 (386,994), x2.15 (x4.87) - The Kiyosu Conference (11/09/13)

35,447/68,592 (330,385), x1.94 (x4.91) - Fast and Furious 6 (07/06/13)

33,778/67,625 (360,190), x2.00 (x5.33) - Pokemon XY: The Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie (07/19/14)

33,358/76,023 (345,921), x2.28 (x4.55) - SPEC: Close - Incarnation Part 1 (11/02/13)

30,000+/60,000+

 

*Stage Greeting/Discount Day boost.

 

Best comparison for to predict the multipliers for Godzilla? Having played better in the evening, it should be attracting an older audience, but it also did pretty good in the morning which may mean it has some senior citizen appeal, too.  

 

I'd go with The Wind Rises and The Kiyosu Conference as having the most audience overlap right now.  Both appealed to an older audience, but not so old that their morning showings were stronger than their evening showings.

Edited July 26, 2014 by Corpse

[Bishop54]

On Coco, Godzilla is carrying an 89% approval rating among Japanese audiences, with 698 positive reviews against 80 negative reviews.http://coco.to/movie/36243

[Godzilla]

I always thought that this was going to do good in Japan. It followed the original films quite faithfully. Very little of Godzilla shown until the very end. $50M might be done, I hope it'll at least have legs in Japan cause it didn't have it anywhere else.

[Annayya]

Saturday (vs last sat)

 

  *1　*70683　Godzilla

　*2　*35414　Maleficent -38%

　*3　*28655　Eight Ranger 2

　*4　*25494　Marnie -50%

　*5　*22904　Pokemon -61%

　*6　**8192　劇場版仮面ライダー鎧武 烈車…

　*7　**7548　好きっていいなよ。

　*8　**6422　EoT -68%

　*9　**5437　幕末高校生

　10　**4968　Planes 2 -50%

 

Big drop for all and Frozen out of top 10

 

Will Frozen be out of top ten for the first time ever for the weekend too ?

 

I was hoping it can make it to $250 million in Japan. It only needs $4 million.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=JP&id=frozen2013.htm (The decrease for Frozen was from June 7th)

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ (would have been nice to see it beat Harry Potter WW or at least the overseas total of Avengers)

Edited July 26, 2014 by Annayya

[Annayya]

I always thought that this was going to do good in Japan. It followed the original films quite faithfully. Very little of Godzilla shown until the very end. $50M might be done, I hope it'll at least have legs in Japan cause it didn't have it anywhere else.

 

The unique element about Godzilla is that it was shown as the creature that 'saves' human kind from the invasion by these other species.

So in a way, Godzilla is like a different form of Transformers ... it just can't speak. Instead of robots fighting you have dinosaur like creatures fighting.

Edited July 26, 2014 by Annayya

[Ocho]

Godzilla is the worst movie i've seen since Lego! Will have bad legs in Japan

[alee7915]

I always thought that this was going to do good in Japan. It followed the original films quite faithfully. Very little of Godzilla shown until the very end. $50M might be done, I hope it'll at least have legs in Japan cause it didn't have it anywhere else.

 

You said to fmpro before that it will open $12M and end up with $100M+++ in Japan as Godzilla is from Japan and Toho will back it...  

Edited July 26, 2014 by J LO

[alee7915]

Wow so they want to see this Godzilla, they're open-minded this year (in terms of movies I mean) ^^

 

Still not that open minded I think...  they want to see this Godzilla as this is their Godzilla...  Unless Captain America is doing $50M(unfortunately it just around $6M )  in Japan then I will say they are open minded...   By the way, I like your signature..." SUMMER,SUN,HOT BLONDIES AND BIKINI,YYYEEAAAHH  :D"  but how about black hair...

Edited July 26, 2014 by J LO

[alee7915]

Frozen was actually 6th the past weekend. You predicted it would be between 6 to 8.

What rank will it be at next weekend ?

 

http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2014&wk=29&p=.htm

 

 

out of top 10

 

I was right!    

[Godzilla]

You said to fmpro before that it will open $12M and end up with $100M+++ in Japan as Godzilla is from Japan and Toho will back it...  

No I never said it would make $100M+. $80M was my maximum estimate.