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

[Olive]

Bayside Shakedown 3-day opening -- 1.047 billion yen on 452 screens.

[Corpse]

And the weekend itself was 604,090 admissions to gross ¥804,270,350 ($10.3 million).

This should be enough to achieve a 6¥billion ($75 million) or more total.

[Corpse]

2012 Box Office Charts

As of Sunday, 09/09:

Top Grossing Films (¥1 billion+)

Rank :: Revenue ¥ (billion) / $ (million) :: Title :: Release :: Admissions (million) :: Days In Release :: Distributor

01 :: ¥7.07 / $90.48 (8.05x) :: Umizaru: Brave Hearts :: July :: 5.58 :: 59 :: Toho

02 :: ¥5.94 / $76.03 (13.75x) :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 4.67 :: TE :: Toho

03 :: ¥5.38 / $70.55 (9.39x) :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 4.24 :: OE :: Paramount

04 :: ¥3.91 / $50.04 (10.71x) :: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki :: July :: 3.24 :: 51 :: Toho

05 :: ¥3.59 / $45.40 (6.50x) :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 3.32 :: OE :: Toho

06 :: ¥3.45 / $44.13 (6.76x) :: Pokemon BW: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo :: July :: 3.30 :: 58 :: Toho

07 :: ¥3.40 / $43.31 (6.12x) :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 2.66 :: OE :: Toho

08 :: ¥3.28 / $42.32 (5.21x) :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 2.74 :: OE :: Toho

09 :: ¥3.16 / $40.98 (5.51x) :: MIB 3 :: May :: 2.12 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

10 :: ¥3.15 / $40.66 (6.30x) :: The Avengers :: Aug. :: 2.11 :: 27 :: Disney

11 :: ¥3.13 / $40.64 (5.34x) :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 2.39 :: OE :: Toho

12 :: ¥3.11 / $39.49 (5.36x) :: The Amazing Spider-Man :: June :: 2.12 :: TE :: Sony

13 :: ¥2.51 / $31.27 (8.50x) :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 2.10 :: OE :: Asmik Ace/Toho

14 :: ¥2.40 / $30.36 (5.16x) :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 1.85 :: OE :: Toho

15 :: ¥2.20 / $27.50 (7.00x) :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 1.76 :: OE :: Toho

16 :: ¥2.16 / $27.21 (5.35x) :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 1.71 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

17 :: ¥2.04 / $26.01 (8.75x) :: Heruta Skelter :: July :: 1.55 :: TE :: Asmik Ace

18 :: ¥2.01 / $25.87 (11.16x) :: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted :: Aug. :: 1.58 :: 40 :: Paramount

19 :: ¥1.99 / $25.47 (4.99x) :: Rurouni Kenshin :: Aug. :: 1.57 :: 16 :: Warner Bros.

20 :: ¥1.96 / $24.49 (6.46x) :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 1.67 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

21 :: ¥1.92 / $24.27 (5.16x) :: The Dark Knight Rises :: July :: 1.46 :: 45 :: Warner Bros.

22 :: ¥1.90 / $24.14 (6.01x) :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 1.45 :: OE :: Shochiku

23 :: ¥1.84 / $23.54 (5.88x) :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 1.49 :: TE :: Toho

24 :: ¥1.80 / $23.07 (6.49x) :: In Time :: Feb. :: 1.40 :: TE :: FOX

25 :: ¥1.71 / $22.01 (5.45x) :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 1.37 :: TE :: Asmik Ace/Toho

26 :: ¥1.71 / $21.98 (5.67x) :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 1.33 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

27 :: ¥1.70 / $21.97 (6.15x) :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 1.36 :: OE :: Toho

28 :: ¥1.57 / $20.08 (5.19x) :: Prometheus :: Aug. :: 1.06 :: 17 :: FOX

29 :: ¥1.56 / $19.86 (3.81x) :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 1.34 :: TE :: TOEI

30 :: ¥1.55 / $19.85 (4.06x) :: Space Brothers :: May :: 1.21 :: TE :: Toho

31 :: ¥1.51 / $19.78 (4.01x) :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 1.30 :: TE :: TOEI

32 :: ¥1.50 / $19.28 (5.13x) :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 1.18 :: OE :: Toho-Towa

33 :: ¥1.47 / $19.11 (10.42x) :: Friends: Naki On Monster Island :: Dec '10 :: 1.10 :: TE :: Toho

34 :: ¥1.45 / $18.92 (6.41x) :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: OE :: Walt Disney

35 :: ¥1.43 / $18.72 (9.47x) :: Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: TE :: TOEI

36 :: ¥1.41 / $18.04 (4.67x) :: Naruto: Road to Ninja :: July :: 1.21 :: TE :: Toho

37 :: ¥1.39 / $17.87 (8.47x) :: Tale of Genji :: Dec '10 :: 1.15 :: TE :: Toho

38 :: ¥1.37 / $17.37 (5.57x) :: Sadako 3D :: May :: .969 :: TE :: Kadokawa Pictures

39 :: ¥1.37 / $17.30 (5.77x) :: Dearest :: Aug. :: 1.12 :: 16 :: Toho

40 :: ¥1.28 / $15.66 (5.54x) :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: .996 :: TE :: Sony

41 :: ¥1.26 / $15.61 (4.96x) :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 1.04 :: 37 :: TOEI

42 :: ¥1.20 / $15.36 (7.04x) :: Puss in Boots :: Mar. :: .925 :: OE :: Paramount

43 :: ¥1.18 / $15.29 (5.84x) :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 1.01 :: TE :: Toho

44 :: ¥1.14 / $14.81 (9.47x) :: Chronicle of My Mother :: Apr. :: .876 :: TE :: Shochiku

45 :: ¥1.12 / $14.58 (8.11x) :: Inazuma Eleven GO :: Dec '10 :: .926 :: TE :: Toho

46 :: ¥1.09 / $14.13 (4.96x) :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: .754 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

47 :: ¥1.05 / $13.44 (6.76x) :: Eight Ranger :: July :: .880 :: TE :: Toho

48 :: ¥1.05 / $13.41 (0.00x) :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: .798 :: 3 :: Toho

49 :: ¥1.03 / $12.90 (5.28x) :: Crayon Shin-chan (2012) :: Apr. :: .963 :: TE :: Toho

50 :: ¥1.03 / $12.87 (5.88x) :: Hugo :: Mar. :: .732 :: TE :: Paramount

51 :: ¥1.02 / $12.85 (5.23x) :: Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future :: Mar. :: .881 :: TE :: TOEI

'Umizaru: Brave Hearts' breaks ¥7 billion ($90 million) after nine weeks in release.

'Wolf Children' will soon surpass ¥4 billion ($51 million), making it the only non-brand animated film to ever achieve that accomplishment.

'The Avengers' enters the Top 10 after four weeks in release.

"Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL' exceeded ¥1 billion after just 3 days, and will be soaring up the charts all month long when it enters the Top 3 and will probably settle for #2 behind 'Umizaru: Brave Hearts'.

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Top Opening Weekends (2-Days ONLY, ¥200 million+)

Rank :: Revenue ¥ (million) / $ (million) :: Title :: Release :: Admissions (thousand) :: Screen Count :: Distributor

01 :: ¥878.23 / $11.08 :: Umizaru: Brave Hearts :: July :: 686.98 :: 450 :: Toho

(¥1.563 / $19.91 :: 1.223 :: 4-Day Opening Weekend)

02 :: ¥804.27 / $10.29 :: Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL :: Sept. :: 604.09 :: 452 :: Toho

(¥1.047 / $13.41 :: 798.38 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

03 :: ¥629.74 / $7.82 :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 540.98 :: 351 :: Toho

04 :: ¥583.89 / $7.61 :: The Amazing Spider-Man :: June :: 426.16 :: 1,092 :: Sony

(¥901.46 / $11.32 :: 620.21 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

05 :: ¥581.04 / $7.50 :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 431.09 :: 446 :: Toho

06 :: ¥573.57 / $7.35 :: MIB 3 :: May :: 372.97 :: 979 :: Toho-Towa

(¥701.80 / $8.80 :: 461.85 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

07 :: ¥573.22 / $7.34 :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 437.75 :: 636 ::Paramount

(¥725.83 / $9.29 :: 563.25 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

08 :: ¥555.66 / $7.22 :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 421.27 :: 473 :: Toho

09 :: ¥552.62 / $6.86 :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 485.47 :: 359 :: Toho

10 :: ¥509.94 / $6.42 :: Pokemon BW: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo :: July :: 489.86 :: 351 :: Toho

(¥753.76 / $9.61 :: 724.07 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

11 :: ¥500.93 / $6.34 :: The Avengers :: Aug. :: 326.11 :: 844 :: Disney

(¥1.386 / $17.49 :: 940.17 :: 6-Day Opening Week Plus Previews)

12 :: ¥468.70 / $5.81 :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 351.47 :: 279 :: Toho

13 :: ¥432.55 / $5.40 :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 325.69 :: 304 :: Toho

14 :: ¥410.04 / $5.16 :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentei: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 355.99 :: 292 :: TOEI

15 :: ¥404.53 / $5.07 :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 311.16 :: 571 :: Warner Bros.

16 :: ¥399.53 / $5.05 :: Rurouni Kenshin :: Aug. :: 295.32 :: 327 :: Warner Bros.

(¥555.82 / $7.01 :: 424.14 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

17 :: ¥382.32 / $4.87 :: Space Brothers :: May :: 285.34 :: 322 :: Toho

18 :: ¥378.03 / $4.84 :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 333.13 :: 301 :: TOEI

19 :: ¥372.02 / $4.75 :: The Dark Knight Rises :: July :: 269.17 :: 546 :: Warner Bros.

(¥455.18 :: $5.81 :: 331.67 :: 2-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

20 :: ¥365.15 / $4.67 :: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki :: July :: 276.33 :: 381 :: Toho

21 :: ¥316.31 / $4.08 :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 237.82 :: 137 :: Shochiku

22 :: ¥314.89 / $3.97 :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 242.92 :: 297 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

23 :: ¥314.70 / $3.96 :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 242.19 :: 318 :: Toho

24 :: ¥313.66 / $3.95 :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 242.82 :: 316 :: Toho

25 :: ¥303.35 / $3.87 :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 237.98 :: 464 :: Warner Bros.

26 :: ¥302.49 / $3.84 :: Prometheus :: Aug. :: 200.18 :: 768 :: FOX

(¥754.03 / $9.68 :: 502.11 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend Plus Previews)

27 :: ¥302.08 / $3.76 :: Naruto: Path to Ninja :: July :: 254.03 :: 262 :: Toho

28 :: ¥301.78 / $3.75 :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 234.87 :: 572 :: Toho-Towa

(¥374.83 / $4.71 :: 296.16 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

29 :: ¥295.31 / $3.67 :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 227.24 :: 295 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

30 :: ¥292.16 / $3.65 :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 237.87 :: 545 :: Toho-Towa

(¥364.01 / $4.52 :: 298.15 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

31 :: ¥277.13 / $3.63 :: In Time :: Feb. :: 203.05 :: 427 :: FOX

32 :: ¥276.41 / $3.62 :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 217.18 :: 377 :: Toho

33 :: ¥254.17 / $3.25 :: Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! :: Aug. :: 217.66 :: 304 :: TOEI

34 :: ¥246.41 / $3.08 :: Sadako 3D :: May :: 154.15 :: 214 :: Kadakowa Pictures

35 :: ¥237.23 / $3.05 :: Dear (To You) :: Aug. :: 219.16 :: 339 :: Toho

36 :: ¥233.53 / $3.04 :: Heruta Skelter :: July :: 174.24 :: 204 :: Asmik Ace

37 :: ¥230.89 / $2.98 :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: 178.36 :: 431 :: Sony

38 :: ¥225.05 / $2.88 :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 176.25 :: 531 :: Walt Disney

39 :: ¥219.51 / $2.83 :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: 148.70 :: 895 :: Toho-Towa

40 :: ¥212.96 / $2.72 :: Total Recal; :: Aug. :: 161.82 :: 411 :: FOX

(¥278.13 / $3.55 :: 216.65 :: 3-Day Opening Weekend)

41 :: ¥202.39 / $2.63 :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 164.69 :: 279 :: Toho

'Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL' has the second biggest opening of the year, without the aid of any holiday periods or discount days.

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Days in Release: TE (Tracking Ends, Awaiting OE/FT) / OE (Official Estimate) / FT (Final Total)[/subscript]

Edited September 12, 2012 by Corpse

[The Toymaker]

TE2 will takedown the Bayside Shakedown on Oct 20.

[Darth Homer]

Awesome that TA has become the most successful Hollywood movie released this year in Japan. Few would have predicted that.

[Corpse]

Sept. 12

Wednesday Estimates (Ladies' Day)

Rank - Film - Gross - Wed. to Wed. change - Day in Release

1 (-) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) ¥195 million ($2.5 million), 0, 6

2 (2) Dearest (Toho) ¥52 million ($665,000), -32%, 19

3 (1) Rurouni Kenshin (Warner Bros.) ¥50 million ($640,000), -38%, 19

4 (-) Dreams for Sale (Asmik Ace) ¥32 million ($409,000), 0, 5

5 (5) The Intouchables (Gaga) ¥26 million ($332,000), -24%, 12

6 (-) Safe House (Toho-Towa) ¥22 million ($281,000), 0, 6

7 (3) The Avengers (Disney) ¥20 milllion ($256,000), -47%, 30

8 (6) Akko-chan: The Movie (Shochiku) ¥17 million ($218,000), -42%, 12

9 (4) Prometheus (FOX) ¥15 million ($192,000), -59%, 20

10 (7) The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (Toho) ¥12 million ($154,000), -35%, 54

[lab276]

Awesome that TA has become the most successful Hollywood movie released this year in Japan. Few would have predicted that.

Ghost Protocol is still well ahead of it.

[fmpro]

Avengers i really dropping fast

[JCS]

Ghost Protocol is still well ahead of it.

Technically a 2011 film in Japan.

[efialtes76]

Technically a 2011 film in Japan.

NO!

[Penelope Quail]

How did Ghost Protocol earn 70 million in Japan?timing??

Edited September 13, 2012 by space biscuit

[Olive]

Japanese love Tom Cruise, and MI movies all did very well in Japan.

[Corpse]

Technically a 2011 film in Japan.

It's actually a 2012 release. The BO year runs from Dec. 1st - Nov. 30th. Any film released in December is counted toward the following year. Also, any film released before December that grosses over 1 billion yen is also counted toward the following year. Edited September 13, 2012 by Corpse

[druv10]

Avengers i really dropping fast

I'm fine with around 45M+ total. Remember, we weren't even sure if it could make 20M so this is great.

[JCS]

It's actually a 2012 release. The BO year runs from Dec. 1st - Nov. 30th. Any film released in December is counted toward the following year. Also, any film released before December that grosses over 1 billion yen is also counted toward the following year.

Thanks. Didn't know the Japanese BO calendar, now I do. It was released in 2011 but I can see why is counts as 2012 film.

I'm fine with around 45M+ total. Remember, we weren't even sure if it could make 20M so this is great.

Indeed, it is great Avengers is doing so well when it could have relatively flopped hard in Japan with ~$20M.

[Corpse]

Sept. 15-16

Weekend Forecast

1 (-) Resident Evil V: Retribution (Sony) ¥600 million ($7.6 million), NEW

2 (1) Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL (Toho) ¥550 million ($7 million), Week 2

3 (-) Insight into the Universe (TOEI) ¥250 million ($3.2 million), NEW

4 (2) Rurouni Kenshin (Warner Bros.) ¥190 million ($2.4 million), Week 4

5 (3) Dearest (Toho) ¥125 million ($1.6 million), Week 4

6 (4) The Avengers (Disney) ¥100 million ($1.3 million), Week 5

7 (-) Mirror Mirror (Gaga) ¥90 million ($1.2 million), NEW

8 (5) Prometheus (FOX) ¥65 million ($800,000), Week 4

9 (7) Dreams for Sale (Asmik Ace) ¥60 million ($750,000), Week 2

10 (9) The Intouchables (Gaga) ¥50 million ($650,000), Week 3

After last weekend's rough drops, this weekend should be very healthy. Monday is also a National Holiday, which will give the box office an additional boost.

The top spot will be pretty close between 'Resident Evil V' and 'Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL'. It's unlikely 'REV' matches 'REIV''s opening and final total (released during the height of 3D), but the franchise is strong and the latest film probably won't drop too much from it's predecessor. I think 'Bayside' will win the weekend in admissions, but 3D will put 'REV' over-the-top in gross. 'REV's opening weekend prediction, and also 'Mirror Mirror's, excludes what they make today (Friday).

'Finding Nemo 3D' will likely miss debuting in the Top 10 despite the popularity of the original film. Re-releases have always failed in the market, and 3D re-releases haven't been performing any better. Both Star Wars 3D and Titanic 3D disappointed this year, as well as all the Disney 3D releases. As far as I know, at least since 1980, no re-release has ever been a commercial success (1 billion yen earner) in the market.

[iceroll]

The Hunger Games is coming up, any predictions on how it will do?

[Corpse]

It has an independent distributor and some critics and user reviews have been poor (labeling it as a Battle Royale ripoff). The distributor has only had one film gross more than $10 million in three years, so $10-15 million is probably the limit here.

[CJohn]

How much did RE4 made on OW?

[druv10]

Great drop for TA and maybe it could still get to 50M. Corpse, I thought RE5 would hurt TA since it has 3D but you're are expecting a great drop. Any reason?

Edited September 15, 2012 by druv10