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[Olive]

Top Grossing Films - 2015 
Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Days in Release] - Film (Distributor)
¥10 billion ↨
¥6.54 billion ($55.6 million) / 5.93 million [24] - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Toho) #82 All-Time
¥5.72 billion ($48.6 million) / 4.52 million [24] - Big Hero 6 (Disney) #101 All-Time
¥5 billion ↨
¥3 billion ↨
¥2 billion ↨
¥1.85 billion ($15.7 million) / 1.45 million [44] - Parasyte Part 1 (Toho)
¥1.83 billion ($15.5 million) / 1.43 million [37] - The Last: Naruto the Movie (Toho)
¥1.58 billion ($13.4 million) / 1.36 million [30] - Ao Haru Ride (Toho)
¥1.39 billion ($11.8 million) / 0.97 million [30] - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Warner Bros.)
¥1 billion ↑

Additional Notes:
>The Vancouver Asahi will exceed ¥1 billion this week, after five weeks in release.
>Gone Girl has held well enough that it, too, will exceed ¥1 billion (might be next week, though), after six/seven weeks in release.

[edroger3]

Wed

 

         BH6       YoKai
Day 21   12.816    3.158
Vs LD   137,07%  146,53%
Vs LW   -61,35%  -85,70%
 
Toho Cume
BH6       YoKai
872.857   1.086.757
 
Total Admissions (estimate)
BH6         YoKai
4.634.871   5.949.995
 
Total Gross (estimate)
BH6      YoKai
$49,23   $55,53

[cremino]

Corpse

 

38th Japan Academy Prize (Nominations)

Best Film of the Year
The Eternal Zero - Takashi Yamazaki
Pale Moon - Daihachi Yoshida
The Little House - Yoji Yamada
A Samurai's Chronicle - Takashi Koizumi
Cape Nostalgia - Izuru Narushima

Best Animated Film
Memories of Marnie
Giovanni's Island
Detective Conan: The Sniper from Another Dimension
Stand by Me, Doraemon
Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Budda - Owarinaki tabi

Best Foreign Language Film
Frozen
Interstellar
Jersey Boys
Fury
Godzilla

Best Director
Izuru Narushima - "Cape Nostalgia"
Daihachi Yoshida - "Pale Moon"
Takashi Yamazaki - "The Eternal Zero"
Takashi Koizumi - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Katsuhide Motoki - "Mission Impossible: Samurai"

Best Screenplay
Kato Masato / Abe Teruo - "Cape Nostalgia"
Dobashi Akihiro - "Mission Impossible: Samurai"
Hayafune Kaeko - "Pale Moon"
Takashi Yamazaki / Hayashi Tamio - "The Eternal Zero"

Yamada Yoji / Hiramatsu Emiko - "The Little House"

Best Actor
Abe Hiroshi - "Cape Nostalgia"
Junichi Okada - "The Eternal Zero"
Kuranosuke Sasaki - "Mission Impossible: Samurai"
Koji Yakusho - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Kiichi Nakai - "Snow On The Blades"

Best Actress
Sakura Ando - "0.5mm"
Chizuru Ikewaki - "The Light Shines Only There"
Mao Inoue - "Snow White Murder Case"
Fumi Nikaido - "My Man"
Rie Miyazawa - "Pale Moon"
Sayuri Yoshinaga - "Cape Nostalgia"

Best Supporting Actor
Abe Hiroshi - "Snow on the Blades"
Ito Hideaki - "WOOD JOB!"
Junichi Okada - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Shôfukutei Tsurube - "Cape Nostalgia"
Haruma Miura - "The Eternal Zero"

Best Supporting Actress
Yuko Oshima - "Pale Moon"
Hana Kuroki - "The Little House"
Satomi Kobayashi - "Pale Moon"
Yuko Takeuchi - "Cape Nostalgia "
Sumiko Fuji - "Lady Maiko"

 

Best Newcomer of the Year
Mone Kamishiraishi - "Lady Maiko"
Nana Komatsu - "The World of Kanako"
Rena Nōnen - "Hot Road"
Sosuke Ikematsu - "Pale Moon", "Vortex of Love", "Our Family"
Hiroomi Tosaka - "Hot Read"
Sota Fukushi - "In The Hero", "As the God's Will", "Say "I Love You""

Best Film Editing
Aga You "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Ishii Iwao - "The Little House"
Ohata Akira - "Cape Nostalgia"
Sato Takashi - "Pale Moon"
Ryuji Miyajima -"The Eternal Zero"

Best Composer
Goro Yasukawa - "Cape Nostalgia"
Yoshikazu Suo - "Lady Maiko"
Sato Naoki - "The Eternal Zero"
Takashi Kako - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Joe Hisaishi - "The Little House"

Best Cinematography
Ueda Shoji / Kitazawa Hiroyuki - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Sigma Makoto - "Pale Moon"
Shibasaki Kozo - "The Eternal Zero"
Masashi Chikamori - "The Little House"
Mutsuo Naganuma -"Cape Nostalgia"

Best Lighting Direction
Yamakawa Hideaki - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Nishio Keita - "Pale Moon"
Ueda Nariyuki - "The Eternal Zero"
Watanabe Koichi - "The Little House"
Miyanishi Takaaki - "Cape Nostalgia"

 

Best Art Direction
Fumio Ogawa - "Revenge of the Pomegranate Hill Tree"
Sakai Ken - "A Samurai's Chronicle"
Kamijo Asato - "The Eternal Zero"
Mitsuo Degawa / laid Daisuke - "The Little House"
Yutaka Yokoyama - "Cape Nostalgia"

Best Sound Recording
Onodera Osamu - "Revenge of the Pomegranate Hill Tree"
Akihiko Kaku (recording) / Masato Yano (voicing) - "Pale Moon"
Kishida Kazumi - "The Little House"
Kenichi Fujimoto - "The Eternal Zero"
Kenichi Fujimoto - "Cape Nostalgia"
Yano Masato - "A Samurai's Chronicle"

[Quigley]

Any Thurs/Fri numbers, please?

[Olive]

Less than 30% from last Friday for BH6, and it makes 4x more than Yokai on weekdays.

[Olive]

On the 4 chains we usually track, BH6 dropped 21% from last Saturday in admissions, and YKW was down 46%.

[druv10]

On the 4 chains we usually track, BH6 dropped 21% from last Saturday in admissions, and YKW was down 46%.

 

Great, so 70M+ should happen for BH6.

[Fullbuster]

Great, so 70M+ should happen for BH6.

 

[cremino]

Corpse

 

>Big Hero 6 will win its third-consecutive weekend and is looking at another potential sub-20% drop, for a fifth weekend just above ¥400 million ($3.5 million). Its total should be around ¥6.4 billion ($55 million) after Sunday.

>Yo-Kai Watch will remain in second place for the weekend with a fifth weekend around ¥200 million ($1.7/1.8 million). It's doing very, very little over the weekdays now with all schools in sessions, so it won't be adding much week-to-week from this point. After Sunday, its total should be around ¥6.8 billion ($58 million). Big Hero 6 might catch it next weekend.

As for the openers...

>The top debut is going to be the latest ranger movie, Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie. It was a bit underwhelming yesterday, so it probably won't match last year's film. It might debut just above the ¥100 million (might hit $1 million) mark.

>Again (Koshien film) will be Toei's latest live-action disappointment, and looks to debut around ¥50 million ($400-450,000). I'm a little surprised it's doing this poorly, as baseball films generally do pretty well.

>And finally, Phantom Film's Bali Big Brother is only playing on 67 screens, though its opening could challenge Again's based on Saturday. The much lower screen count, 67 vs 204, should keep it in the ¥35/40 million ($300-350,000) range though.

[CelestialFairyIX]

$80 million USD seems to be a surefire hit!!!!  *Crosses fingers* *prays*

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Estimates (01/17-18)

01 (01) ¥371 million ($3.2 million), -28%, ¥6.35 billion ($54.2 million), Big Hero 6 (Disney) Week 5
02 (02) ¥187 million ($1.6 million), -46%, ¥6.80 billion ($57.9 million), Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Toho) Week 5
03 (03) ¥115 million ($1.0 million), -42%, ¥520 million ($4.4 million), ST MPD: Scientific Investigation Squad (Toho) Week 2
04 (--) ¥94 million ($810,000), 0, ¥94 million ($810,000), Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie (Teoi) NEW
05 (04) ¥81 million ($700,000), -38%, ¥390 million ($3.4 million), Psycho-Pass: The Movie (Toho Video Division) Week 2
06 (05) ¥51 million ($440,000), -58%, ¥260 million ($2.2 million), Taken 3 (Fox) Week 2
07 (--) ¥49 million ($425,000), 0, ¥49 million ($425,000), Again (Toei) NEW
08 (07) ¥43 million ($375,000), -26%, ¥1.66 billion ($14.2 million), Ao Haru Ride (Toho) Week 6
09 (06) ¥33 million ($285,000), -44%, ¥1.05 billion ($8.9 million), The Vancouver Asahi (Toho) Week 5
10 (08) ¥23 million ($195,000), -54%, ¥1.46 billion ($12.5 million), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Warner Bros.) Week 6
11 (10) ¥14 million ($110,000), -54%, ¥1.91 billion ($16.3 million), Parasyte Part 1 (Toho) Week 8

>Big Hero 6 continues its very impressive run, with a third week atop the box-office. It might not overtake Yo-Kai Watch next weekend, but should surpass it by the end of the month. It looks on track for around ¥8.5 billion (~$75 million).

>Yo-Kai Watch is beginning to slow down considerably now and will probably miss ¥8 billion and top out around ¥7.5 billion (~$65 million). This total would put it very close to 7 million admissions.

>Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie didn't do very well, and probably missed the ¥100 million mark. Just like the Kamen Rider franchise, this series of films also seems to be on a downward trend at the box-office.

No estimate can accurately be gathered for Bali Big Brother, but it likely made the bottom of the Top 10.

[Quigley]

Deadline says $51.6M. Is that really off or could they be right?

[Quigley]

Two goals: its total gross must surpass $75M and surpass Yo-Kai Watch

[Dingdong123]

Woah Baymax is smashing in Japan! Now Korea and China better follow next.

[Olive]

BH6 has made 6.41 billion yen and 5.04 million admissions as of Sunday.

 

Yokai Watch total as of Sunday: 6.83 billion

Edited January 19, 2015 by Sorcerer Supreme

[catlover]

Deadline says $51.6M. Is that really off or could they be right?

 

Apparently it's off. 6.4 billion yen means around $54M. They often underestimated Frozen too.

 

BH6 and Yokai will be really close after this weekend.

[CrimsonAzure]

Um, does anybody know how much is the box office of Naruto The Movie The Last?

 

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[cremino]

Um, does anybody know how much is the box office of Naruto The Movie The Last?

 

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Over 15,5 milions $

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Weekend Ranking (01/17-18)

01 (01) Big Hero 6 (Disney) Week 5
02 (02) Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Toho) Week 5
03 (03) ST: Scientific Investigation Squad (Toho) Week 2
04 (--) Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie (Toei) DEBUT
05 (04) Psycho-Pass: The Movie (Toho Video Division) Week 2
06 (05) Taken 3 (Fox) Week 2
07 (--) Again (Toei) DEBUT
08 (07) Ao Haru Ride (Toho) Week 6
09 (06) The Vancouver Asahi (Toho) Week 5
10 (--) Bali Big Brother (Phantom Film) DEBUT

>Big Hero 6 wins its third-consecutive weekend, bringing its five-week total to ¥6.41 billion ($54.7 million) with 5.04 million admissions.

The film continues its good pace, and should be able to reach ¥8 billion ($70 million) with nearly 6.5 million admissions. Before Frozen's insane performance, no Disney Animated film could even gross ¥5 billion, so this is a huge success for Big Hero 6 and Disney.

>Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! keeps its #2 position, and is relying almost soley on its weekend business now, which is thankfully still pretty decent. After five-weeks, it has earned ¥6.83 billion ($58.4 million) with 6.18 million admissions.

Its poor weekday numbers will hinder the rest of its run, but it should still be able to hit ¥7.5 billion ($65 million) and almost 7 million admissions. ¥7.54 billion is the number it needs to beat in order to outgross every Pokemon film, and that still looks doable.

>Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie underwhelmed with ¥86,478,200 ($745,000) with 84,545 admissions over the weekend on 301 screens. That is down a significant 35% compared to last year's film, but I have a feeling the Go Busters featured in last year's film was a bigger draw than those featured in this year's release. I'm not too familiar with the series, though, so I could be wrong.

>Again is off to a very slow start, taking in just ¥51,219,300 ($440,000) with 40,480 admissions on 207 screens. Toei's continued struggle to release a successful live-action film isn't ending this week.

 

>The Vancouver Asahi exceeded the ¥1 billion milestone, bringing its total to ¥1.08 billion ($9.2 million) with 870,000 admissions after five-weeks. It probably won't do so before tracking ends, but it should reach 1 million admissions.

>Bali Big Brother rounds out the Top 10, grossing ¥45,070,100 ($385,000) with 33,032 admissions on just 67 screens. Phantom Films rarely have a release make the Top 10, so congrats to them.

[cremino]

Corpse

 

Top Grossing Films - 2015
Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Days in Release] - Film (Distributor)
¥10 billion ↨
¥6.83 billion ($58.4 million) / 6.18 million [30] - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Toho) #78 All-Time
¥6.41 billion ($54.7 million) / 5.04 million [30] - Big Hero 6 (Disney) #89 All-Time
¥5 billion ↨
¥3 billion ↨
¥2 billion ↨
¥1.91 billion ($16.2 million) / 1.49 million [51] - Parasyte Part 1 (Toho)
¥1.89 billion ($16.0 million) / 1.46 million [44] - The Last: Naruto the Movie (Toho)
¥1.67 billion ($14.3 million) / 1.42 million [37] - Ao Haru Ride (Toho)
¥1.46 billion ($12.6 million) / 1.02 million [37] - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Warner Bros.)
¥1.08 billion ($9.2 million) / 0.87 million [30] - The Vancouver Asahi (Toho)
¥1 billion ↑

Additional Notes:
>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies surpassed The Desolation of Smaug this week, but fell out of the Top 10 and won't be able to beat An Unexpected Journey's total