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[Cynosure]

5 minutes ago, LMAbacus said:

 

It was acting the same on the other weekdays too.

 

 

Ah, I see. What about children (i.e. under age 18)? Do they typically only watch movies during the weekends? And is Conan's strength later in the day because it has more showings in the afternoon or because it's more male-oriented and gets more of the after-work male demographic?

 

I would think so, yes, since they have school during weekdays.

 

Conan is slightly more female-oriented (about 60-40% female on weekends) with a majority of its viewers being adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s. That's why it's stronger in the evening than more children oriented franchises like Doraemon, Yôkai-Watch and Pokemon which attract mainly kids and their parents.

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Cynosure said:

 

I would think so, yes, since they have school during weekdays.

 

Conan is slightly more female-oriented (about 60-40% female on weekends) with a majority of its viewers being adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s. That's why it's stronger in the evening than more children oriented franchises like Doraemon, Yôkai-Watch and Pokemon which attract mainly kids and their parents.

Zootopia has the potential to really catch on with the older demographic. Lots of commentators on Yahoo movies remark about how mature of a movie it is.

[Cynosure]

Just now, cannastop said:

Zootopia has the potential to really catch on with the older demographic. Lots of commentators on Yahoo movies remark about how mature of a movie it is.

 

It has the potential, but its performance today shows it hasn't really happened yet. Its evenings remain very weak.

[cannastop]

4 minutes ago, Cynosure said:

 

It has the potential, but its performance today shows it hasn't really happened yet. Its evenings remain very weak.

It also doesn't have a bunch of evening showings. Sunday will be key, I think.

[Cynosure]

Well it doesn't because theater owners have identified the demographic.

 

Though it's never too late for a change I suppose.

[cannastop]

For May 1st

rank  seats
*1　441450　1232　358.3　225　348　64.7%　名探偵コナン２０１６ 純黒の悪夢（ナイトメア）(Detective Conan 2016)
*2　301446　1205　250.2　227　347　65.4%　ズートピア (Zootopia)
*3　290438　1291　225.0　230　336　68.5%　シビル・ウォー キャプテン・アメリカ (Captain America 3)
 

Looks like Zootopia gained some seats.

 

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Edited April 29, 2016 by cannastop

[Cynosure]

Did you know that Zootopia is the first non Detective Conan/Shin-chan animated movie to be released just prior to Golden Week since at least 1998 (Frozen was huge during GW but was released in March) ? I wonder why Disney picked that period when they could have waited for summer which generally provides slightly better legs.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, Cynosure said:

Did you know that Zootopia is the first non Detective Conan/Shin-chan animated movie to be released just prior to Golden Week since at least 1998 (Frozen was huge during GW but was released in March) ? I wonder why Disney picked that period when they could have waited for summer which generally provides slightly better legs.

Well, maybe Disney didn't do their research. Or maybe they did their research and they decided it wouldn't be so bad.

Besides, July is for Alice 2 and Finding Dory. Zootopia has to go somewhere, and Disney had to choose a time between February and June.

[Cynosure]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Well, maybe Disney didn't do their research. Or maybe they did their research and they decided it wouldn't be so bad.

Besides, July is for Alice 2 and Finding Dory. Zootopia has to go somewhere, and Disney had to choose a time between February and June.

 

Ah, yes, good point. I guess they've never had such a busy schedule animation wise in nearly 2 decades (with Moana taking the New Year period).

Edited April 29, 2016 by Cynosure

[cannastop]

I wonder if it hurts Zootopia at all that it's a mystery story that's similar to what's in the Detective Conan series. One user on yahoo even mentioned Conan in a review of Zootopia.

 

I'm guessing not, because it seems like solving mysteries is the main focus of Conan, whereas it's just one part of Zootopia.

[Cynosure]

Corpse :

 

Golden Week - 2016: Showa Day
Usual Locations (Two-Thirds of Market) - Friday Admissions (Real-Time Ticket Sales)

10AM > 11AM > 12PM > 1PM > 2PM > 5PM > 7PM > 10PM > FINAL

16,411 > 30,236 > 42,339 > 54,484 > 69,714 > 106,708 > 118,305 > 126,755 > 126,985 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (WK3)
18,074 > 25,765 > 41,244 > 46,531 > 50,219 > x85,303 > 100,529 > 124,160 > 125,596 - Captain America: Civil War (NEW)
14,207 > 32,984 > 42,876 > 60,087 > 72,151 > 105,146 > 114,099 > 120,314 > 120,443 - Zootopia (WK2)
x6,583 > 15,868 > 19,688 > 30,784 > 34,703 > x54,859 > x61,078 > x68,432 > x68,623 - Chihayafuru - Part 2 (NEW)
x7,703 > 17,620 > 23,371 > 34,536 > 39,518 > x54,133 > x54,595 > x54,621 > x54,621 - Crayon Shin-chan: Assault on the Dreaming World (WK3)
x6,290 > x8,121 > x9,659 > 18,882 > 20,743 > x30,587 > x34,280 > x39,129 > x39,334 - Terra Formars (NEW)
xx,xxx > x3,500 > x5,904 > 10,948 > 13,070 > x24,163 > x29,380 > x34,313 > x34,530 - I Am a Hero (WK2)
x2,054 > x4,320 > x6,469 > x8,890 > 10,418 > x18,141 > x19,769 > x24,461 > x23,553 - The Revenant (WK2)
xx,xxx > xx,xxx > x3,332 > x4,528 > x5,075 > xx9,675 > x10,803 > x10,890 > x10,893 - Assassination Classroom: Graduation (WK6)
xx,xxx > xx,xxx > xx,xxx > xx,xxx > xx,xxx > xxx,xxx > xx8,774 > xx9,522 > xx9,583 - Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions (WK2)

And that's it. A very close race for the top spot, and the first day of Golden Week probably saw two different winners.

Detective Conan managed to hang onto its #1 position once again, in terms of admissions, but it may have slipped to second place in terms of gross since Captain America's avg. ticket price will be notably higher. Weekday actuals are very rarely reported, so we'll probably never know for sure if there were split winners today, but I'll provide some Friday estimates after this post.

And overall, a very strong start to the Golden Week holiday period.

Terra Formars is the only real disappointment among the Top 10. Its pre-sales represented an unhealthy amount of its ticket sales, and its sales throughout the day were lackluster. The good news is that it has most of Golden Week left, so plenty chances of recovering, but based on Saturday's pre-sales... it's not looking likely.

 

Golden Week: 2016 - Daily Estimates

Friday (Showa Day)

¥290,000,000 ($2.7 million) / 185,000-195,000 admissions - Captain America: Civil War Day 1
¥280,000,000 ($2.6 million) / 205,000-215,000 admissions - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare Day 14
¥250,000,000 ($2.3 million) / 180,000-190,000 admissions - Zootopia (Disney) Day 7
¥125,000,000 ($1.2 million) / 100,000-105,000 admissions - Chihayafuru - Part 2 (Toho) Day 1
¥110,000,000 ($1.0 million) / 90,000-95,000 admissions - Crayon Shin-chan: Assault on the Dreaming World (Toho) Day 14
¥80,000,000 ($750,000) / 60,000-65,000 admissions - Terra Formars (Warner Bros.) Day 1
 

[Cynosure]

10 am (local time) - 2/3 of the market  (% compared to Friday at same time)

 

Conan - 12.135 (down 26%)

Zootopia - 11.151 (down 21.5%)

Civil War - 8.399 (down 53.5%)

 

Zootopia holding the best, CW falling the most. As expected.

 

Zootopia and Conan are both up slightly compared to last saturday at the same time, which is pretty impressive considering this saturday isn't a holiday.

 

Edited April 30, 2016 by Cynosure

[cannastop]

　*1　*20870　ズートピア(Zootopia)

　*2　*17394　名探偵コナン２０１６ 純黒の…(Detective Conan 2016)

　*3　*11638　クレヨンしんちゃん ２０１６…(Crayon Shin-Chan 2016)

 

Pleasant surprise. Zootopia is really breaking out yet again.

Edited April 30, 2016 by cannastop

[Cynosure]

^ That third one is Crayon Shin-chan. CA3 (シビル・ウォー キャプテン・アメリカ) is at 10,447.

Edited April 30, 2016 by Cynosure

[cannastop]

6 minutes ago, Cynosure said:

^ That third one is Crayon Shin-chan. CA3 (シビル・ウォー キャプテン・アメリカ) is at 10,447.

Oh, shit. I guess I should have known that from the 2016 in the title.

[LMAbacus]

If Zootopia's weakness in the evenings is because not enough adults are watching it, what's the reason for its strength in the morning? It has taken an early lead every day this week. Is it getting earlier showtimes?

[Cynosure]

Kids and their parents. Movies that play strong among the kid demographic always have strong mornings.

[Lordmandeep]

So it will perform more like Ultron IM3 then Ca2 it seems? 

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Lordmandeep said:

So it will perform more like Ultron IM3 then Ca2 it seems? 

"It" meaning Capatain America 3? Yeah, I suppose so.

[Cynosure]

Like IM3 but not like Ultron. The latter opened with nearly 800 million yen for the 2 day weekend and it's not touching that.