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Weekend Estimates (09/13-14)
01 (--) ¥1.13 billion ($10.9 million), 0, ¥1.13 billion ($10.9 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Warner Bros.) NEW
02 (01) ¥268 million ($2.5 million), -28%, ¥6.85 billion ($66.9 million), Stand By Me, Doraemon (Toho) Week 6
03 (--) ¥235 million ($2.2 million), 0, ¥235 million ($2.2 million), Guardians of the Galaxy (Disney) NEW
04 (02) ¥192 million ($1.8 million), -32%, ¥1.55 billion ($14.7 million), Lupin III (Toho) Week 3
05 (--) ¥140 million ($1.2 million), 0, ¥140 million ($1.2 million), Lady Maiko (Toho) NEW
06 (03) ¥94 million ($0.90 million), -42%, ¥4.86 billion ($47.1 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc (Warner Bros.) Week 7
07 (04) ¥85 million ($0.82 million), -34%, ¥2.14 billion ($20.5 million), Hot Road (Shochiku) Week 5
08 (06) ¥75 million ($0.71 million), -35%, ¥785 million ($7.5 million), Lucy (Toho-Towa) Week 3
09 (05) ¥62 million ($0.58 million), -49%, ¥290 million ($2.7 million), Non-Stop (Gaga) Week 2
10 (08) ¥26 million ($0.23 million), -45%, ¥105 million ($1.0 million), In the Hero (Toei) Week 2
 
 
>If estimates are accurate, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends delivers the biggest opening in two years, and the best opening for a live-action film since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 in 2011.  It's also just the 5th live-action domestic film to have debuted above ¥1 billion mark (and the first for a Warner Bros. release).  Also,   It also effectively doubled the opening weekend of the last Rurouni Kenshin film (still in the Top 10).
 
Unless it turns out to be really frontloaded, which it shouldn't, it'll exceed ¥5 billion ($50 million) and possibly ¥6 billion ($60 million) as well.  A ¥6 billion total would bring the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy up to ¥14 billion+ (~$150 million+) for Warner Bros., or over 3-3.5x what The Hobbit trilogy will end up grossing in total. 
 
>Guardians of the Galaxy did pretty well for itself, besting the opening weekends of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor: The Dark World without much trouble.  Rocket Raccoon was the face of marketing for the film in Japan (everyone was just calling it the 'Raccoon' film), so that definitely helped this one avoid a disappointing return.  Hopefully it isn't too frontloaded, though, and can manage ¥1 billion ($9/10 million).  Superhero films are generally pretty frontloaded, though, so it won't be easy.
 
>Stand By Me, Doraemon edges closer to ¥7 billion (almost $70 million), and should hit the milestone tomorrow (Monday is a holiday).  When it does, it'll join only the first Pokemon movie as the sole non-Ghibli/Disney animated movie to ever reach the mark.
 
>10th place is pretty open for either In the Hero, Memories of Marnie, or the debut of Cardfight! Vanguard.
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Wow Kenshin!  :blink:  I watched the anime when I was a teenager, so I was so excited when I heard they're gonna make the live action movies. The previous one, The Great Kyoto Fire Arc, was just released here this weekend. I saw it and enjoyed it very much. Made me wanna see the next one so bad. So I thought, hey maybe in Japan the third one could do ¥1b+ for its 2-day OW, but that would be crazy. Turns out it wasn't that crazy after all. lol

 

Btw the one I went to was a sold out show, on the biggest screen in that theater (which is one of the biggest in this country). Rurouni Kenshin (we know it as Samurai X) is very popular here in Indonesia, and I've heard a lot of talks about it since weeks ago, so this successful opening isn't that surprising. The crowd seemed to love it, so I expect the WOM will be great too.

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Biggest Opening Weekends of All-Time
Weekend Gross ¥($) / Admissions - Film (Dis.) Year
01. ¥2.222 billion ($18.8 million) / 1,486,743 - The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.) 2003
02. ¥2.068 billion ($17.0 million) / 1,467,000 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.) 2007
03. ¥2.050 billion ($16.8 million) / 1,469,755 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.) 2002
04. ¥1.944 billion ($16.6 million) / 1,421,738 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Disney) 2006
05. ¥1.879 billion ($18.9 million) / 1,357,000 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Fox) 2005
06. ¥1.871 billion ($17.3 million) / 1,390,000 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.) 2004
07. ¥1.617 billion ($15.0 million) / 1,110,913 - The Matrix Revolutions (Warner Bros.) 2003
08. ¥1.604 billion ($13.5 million) / 1,138,689 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Fox) 2002
09. ¥1.557 billion ($12.4 million) / 1,279,000 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Warner Bros.) 2001
10. ¥1.542 billion ($14.8 million) / 1,198,210 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Shochiku/Herald) 2004
11. ¥1.484 billion ($14.0 million) / 1,104,980 - Howl's Moving Castle (Toho) 2004
12. ¥1.471 billion ($12.2 million) / 1,186,413 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney) 2007
13. ¥1.456 billion ($12.6 million) / 1,043,267 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Toho-Towa) 2003
14. ¥1.372 billion ($16.7 million) / 1,140,081 - One Piece Film Z (Toei) 2012
15. ¥1.316 billion ($14.3 million) / 828,129 - Alice in Wonderland (Disney) 2010
16. ¥1.301 billion ($16.4 million) / 880,697 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 (Warner Bros.) 2011
17. ¥1.257 billion ($11.3 million) / 923,711 - The Da Vinci Code (Sony) 2006
18. ¥1.237 billion ($10.5 million) / 865,586 - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (Toho) 2003
19. ¥1.226 billion ($12.9 million) / 987,387 - Rookies (Toho) 2009
20. ¥1.226 billion ($9.6 million) / 930,000 - Spider-Man (Sony) 2002
21. ¥1.209 billion ($14.8 million) / 773,184 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney) 2011
22. ¥1.207 billion ($10.1 million) / 920,000 - Spider-Man 3 (Sony) 2007
23. ¥1.133 billion ($14.1 million) / 771,764 - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (T-Joy) 2012
24. ¥1.130 billion ($10.9 million) / 860,000 - Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Warner Bros.) 2014 [Estimate]
25. ¥1.084 billion ($10.0 million) / 800,000 - Spider-Man 2 (Sony) 2004
26. ¥1.038 billion ($11.9 million) / 819,738 - One Piece Film Strong World (Toei) 2010
27. ¥1.034 billion ($9.8 million) / 812,557 - Ponyo (Toho) 2008
28. ¥1.050 billion ($8.9 million) / 810,000 - Spirited Away (Toho) 2001
29. ¥1.009 billion ($8.8 million) / 749,807 - Hero (Toho) 2007
30. ¥1.005 billion ($9.6 million) / 805,350 - Boys Over Flowers (Toho) 2008
 
Note: No data opening weekend for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
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Not a childish question, lol.

 

It's The Matrix Reloaded - ¥2,222,854,500

 

Wow. :blink: That will never be beaten.

 

If I remember correctly, that number includes previews, which was about half of it. It's the same with the other ¥15b+ openers. For example, POTC: DMC made ¥900m+ from previews, and another ¥900m+ on its official opening weekend. Then they add them for its OW number. I think Howl's Movie Castle has the actual biggest 2-day OW (excluding previews) of all time, with ¥1.47b. But I could be wrong.

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Yeah, previews used to be included into opening weekends.  I wish I could separate them, but there's very little solid figures for the majority films to do so.  Nowadays, previews are rare and aren't included in opening weekends.  

 

The biggest opening weekend without previews is either the first Harry Potter or Howl's Moving Castle.

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Weekend Estimates (09/13-14)
01 (--) ¥1.13 billion ($10.9 million), 0, ¥1.13 billion ($10.9 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Warner Bros.) NEW
02 (01) ¥268 million ($2.5 million), -28%, ¥6.85 billion ($66.9 million), Stand By Me, Doraemon (Toho) Week 6
03 (--) ¥235 million ($2.2 million), 0, ¥235 million ($2.2 million), Guardians of the Galaxy (Disney) NEW
04 (02) ¥192 million ($1.8 million), -32%, ¥1.55 billion ($14.7 million), Lupin III (Toho) Week 3
05 (--) ¥140 million ($1.2 million), 0, ¥140 million ($1.2 million), Lady Maiko (Toho) NEW
06 (03) ¥94 million ($0.90 million), -42%, ¥4.86 billion ($47.1 million), Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc (Warner Bros.) Week 7
07 (04) ¥85 million ($0.82 million), -34%, ¥2.14 billion ($20.5 million), Hot Road (Shochiku) Week 5
08 (06) ¥75 million ($0.71 million), -35%, ¥785 million ($7.5 million), Lucy (Toho-Towa) Week 3
09 (05) ¥62 million ($0.58 million), -49%, ¥290 million ($2.7 million), Non-Stop (Gaga) Week 2
10 (08) ¥26 million ($0.23 million), -45%, ¥105 million ($1.0 million), In the Hero (Toei) Week 2
 
 
>If estimates are accurate, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends delivers the biggest opening in two years, and the best opening for a live-action film since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 in 2011.  It's also just the 5th live-action domestic film to have debuted above ¥1 billion mark (and the first for a Warner Bros. release).  Also,   It also effectively doubled the opening weekend of the last Rurouni Kenshin film (still in the Top 10).
 
Unless it turns out to be really frontloaded, which it shouldn't, it'll exceed ¥5 billion ($50 million) and possibly ¥6 billion ($60 million) as well.  A ¥6 billion total would bring the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy up to ¥14 billion+ (~$150 million+) for Warner Bros., or over 3-3.5x what The Hobbit trilogy will end up grossing in total. 
 
>Guardians of the Galaxy did pretty well for itself, besting the opening weekends of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor: The Dark World without much trouble.  Rocket Raccoon was the face of marketing for the film in Japan (everyone was just calling it the 'Raccoon' film), so that definitely helped this one avoid a disappointing return.  Hopefully it isn't too frontloaded, though, and can manage ¥1 billion ($9/10 million).  Superhero films are generally pretty frontloaded, though, so it won't be easy.
 
>Stand By Me, Doraemon edges closer to ¥7 billion (almost $70 million), and should hit the milestone tomorrow (Monday is a holiday).  When it does, it'll join only the first Pokemon movie as the sole non-Ghibli/Disney animated movie to ever reach the mark.
 
>10th place is pretty open for either In the Hero, Memories of Marnie, or the debut of Cardfight! Vanguard.

 

 

I hope GOTG will have great holds because if it doesn't pass $10m I'll be disappointed!

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Tangled opened at #2 against Deathly Hallows Part 1. Frozen opened at #2 against Catching Fire.

 

I remember about Frozen being #2 on opening weekend, but that's because Hunger Games 2 did too good even in its second weekend. Frozen unintentionally ended up in #2, I don't think Disney was expecting that.

 

In comparision, the first Hunger Games second weekend was at $58 million, and the second Hunger Games second weekend was $74 million.

 

Anyway ... everything about Frozen was unpredictable :P

 

Tangled did NOT do well at domestic boxoffice. It barely passed $200 million, while the budget itself was $260 million + over $100 million for marketing.

 

I just think Big Hero 6 should have released before Interstellar.

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Yeah, previews used to be included into opening weekends.  I wish I could separate them, but there's very little solid figures for the majority films to do so.  Nowadays, previews are rare and aren't included in opening weekends.  

 

The biggest opening weekend without previews is either the first Harry Potter or Howl's Moving Castle.

 

Ah yes, the first Harry Potter. I followed Japanese box office back then, but I forgot if it had previews or not. It's interesting though that preview are getting rare these days.

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Tangled did NOT do well at domestic boxoffice. It barely passed $200 million, while the budget itself was $260 million + over $100 million for marketing.

For Tangled, it's not about the budget. It was their biggest film in about a decade (unadjusted). Some sort of psychological barrier was broken for the audience which made Frozen possible. Edited by lab276
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Big Hero Six might not do as well as Frozen in Japan, considering the many factors that went into play during Frozen's release.  However, I do believe it'll be another global smash that will really bring into light this so called - deemed - "New Renaissance" for Disney.  As a Disney kid, I would love that for to happen as I was born during the dry period in Disney's history.

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Big Hero Six might not do as well as Frozen in Japan, considering the many factors that went into play during Frozen's release. However, I do believe it'll be another global smash that will really bring into light this so called - deemed - "New Renaissance" for Disney. As a Disney kid, I would love that for to happen as I was born during the dry period in Disney's history.

Nah man. BH6 has like a 50% chance to hit 250m in Japan :ph34r:
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