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

[Olive]

Saturday 7PM
Resident Evil: The Final about 77% of RO last Saturday
RO -39% from last Saturday
FB +1.5%
YN +25%

[James]

12 hours ago, Olive said:

Saturday 7PM
Resident Evil: The Final about 77% of RO last Saturday
RO -39% from last Saturday
FB +1.5%
YN +25%

Wow, 70m is toast for FB.

[Noctis]

7 minutes ago, James said:

Wow, 70m is toast for FB.

 

That means 70m is not happening?

[James]

4 minutes ago, Noctis said:

 

That means 70m is not happening?

That means it has a good chance to happen.

[StephenN18]

Any idea what kind of gross RE has had so far in Japan?

[Olive]

Resident Evil: The Final OW 619.4M yen, +11% from RE5(made 4.7B yen in the end)
Rogue One 10-day total 1.962B yen/1.262M admissions
Your Name up to 21.33B yen

[StephenN18]

Is the RE gross for Saturday/Sunday or for Fri-Sun? 

[Olive]

8 minutes ago, StephenN18 said:

Is the RE gross for Saturday/Sunday or for Fri-Sun? 

2-day.

Fri-Sun = 978M yen

Edited December 26, 2016 by Olive

[James]

So FB increased over last Monday (+42%). It's 5th Monday is actually very close to RO's 2nd Monday. By next week FB should overtake it in dailies. RO is actually one of the only 2 titles in Top 10 that dropped from last week, and quite substantially so (-32%). I think it's a combination of screen loss and average WOM. Can you confirm any of my theory @Olive? 

[Olive]

9 minutes ago, James said:

So FB increased over last Monday (+42%). It's 5th Monday is actually very close to RO's 2nd Monday. By next week FB should overtake it in dailies. RO is actually one of the only 2 titles in Top 10 that dropped from last week, and quite substantially so (-32%). I think it's a combination of screen loss and average WOM. Can you confirm any of my theory @Olive? 

Yeah, RO lost many premium screens to RE6 which opned to around same as RO.

 

[Olive]

                    Weekend numbers

Resident Evil: The Final   Ұ 619,388,200    new  Ұ  978,155,900

Yo-Kai Watch Movie 3     Ұ 286,538,800  -53%  Ұ 1,199,504,000

               Rogue One     Ұ 380,157,900  -42%  Ұ 1,961,591,300
       Fantastic Beasts      Ұ 272,810,200  -16%   Ұ 5,515,104,100

               Your Name     Ұ 191,920,200 +10%   Ұ 21,327,699,900

Edited December 26, 2016 by Olive

[CelestialFairyIX]

Your Name... insane!  Just simply insane!  Another box-office phenomenon in Japan merely 2 years after the release of Frozen, Your Name has defied all odds.  I remember when Corpse was hesitant to say $100 million was locked even after two weeks of release and it's gone on to double that!  Simply amazing and deserves all the success it is getting. 

 

[Olive]

RO WOM is actually very good, 4.29/5 on Yahoo, comparing to FB's 3.93/5

[Poseidon]

37 minutes ago, Olive said:

RO WOM is actually very good, 4.29/5 on Yahoo, comparing to FB's 3.93/5

 

That doesn't translate to BO, yet, though. Might be on a level with FB on the next 2 weekends already. 

[Blaze Heatnix]

Glad to see that RE is performing well too.

 

 

[terrestrial]

2 hours ago, Olive said:

RO WOM is actually very good, 4.29/5 on Yahoo, comparing to FB's 3.93/5

 

1 hour ago, Poseidon said:

That doesn't translate to BO, yet, though.

 

I think a film can have good WOM, but not good re-watch-counts based on e.g. genre, story details or... 

generally speaking

 

Yahoo is big in Japan?

[Poseidon]

2 hours ago, terrestrial said:

 

 

I think a film can have good WOM, but not good re-watch-counts based on e.g. genre, story details or... 

generally speaking

 

Yahoo is big in Japan?

 

Uhm, isn't good WOM exactly what breaks those barriers?

[terrestrial]

34 minutes ago, Poseidon said:

Uhm, isn't good WOM exactly what breaks those barriers?

I think that is too general, at least in my surrounding or how I understand the use

 

General speaking:

there were discussions here about e.g Moana's OS numbers... maybe being based un the 'wrong' season.

Personally I have no opinion, as I do not watch animated films

Let's say for the moment that the theory is right, people click not as much, bcs iz is winter, beside thinking the film is.... whatever.

WOM can be good, middle or bad ? 

Word of Mouth = reactions of the people, not the advertisement creations / government / news outlet...

Has nothing to do with breaking anything. It can be breaking (helping or hindering), but in basic it means something moved a part of the audience to react.

 

Lets say Romeo & Juliet would be written today:

people might say: it is a YA story, but it is really good written, and .... worth to praise. (I do not want to start a discussion about Shakespeare, used it as his work is usually considered to be of high quality)

People will be aware of it being good, but that does not mean someone, who can not stand YA stories will want to watch it. Or more than once 

Example myself: I want to slap each time I have to suffer through another Romeo & Juliet the leads and some others ob their stupidity. It can be played by great actors, be an interesting version and I still wont watch it voluntarily

If a film's summary doesn't connect for seasonal or emotional reactions or... reasons to a even big part of the GA or... it can still have great WOM

Or all the Oscar-bait films that are actually great for... would make $2b ww and more.

 

[dxmatrixdt]

I never post here.  I do not know exactly what this article is trying to say.  It is just... that looks like an insane number for Resident Evil, and an insane opening in Japan.  I think, RIGHT??

 

 

http://deadline.com/2016/12/rogue-one-star-wars-story-great-wall-china-dangal-aamir-khan-sing-international-box-office-christmas-weekend-1201875735/

Also of note, Sony opened Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in Japan, well ahead of the rest of the world, and grabbed the No. 1 slot with industry sources pegging it at $9.65M on 786 screens to top the recent start of Rogue One in that market. Japan typically overindexes on the franchise, coming in as the top offshore hub on each of the previous installments.

[Olive]

Corpse updates!

Weekend Actuals (12/24-25)
01 (---) ¥619,388,200 ($5.4 million), 0, ¥978,155,900 ($8.3 million), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Sony) NEW
02 (01) ¥380,157,900 ($3.3 million), -42%, ¥1,961,591,300 ($17.0 million), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Disney) WK2
03 (02) ¥286,538,800 ($2.5 million), -53%, ¥1,199,504,000 ($10.5 million), Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie 3 (Toho) WK2
04 (03) ¥272,810,200 ($2.4 million), -14%, ¥5,515,104,100 ($49.0 million), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Warner Bros.) WK5
05 (---) ¥223,000,000 ($1.9 million), 0, ¥223,000,000 ($1.9 million), The Mole Song 2: Hong Kong Crazy Uproar Song(Toho) NEW
06 (04) ¥193,471,200 ($1.7 million), +02%%, ¥628,393,200 ($5.4 million), Tomorrow, I Will Date With Yesterday's You (Toho) WK2
07 (06) ¥191,920,200 ($1.7 million), +10%, ¥21,327,699,900 ($204.6 million), Your Name. (Toho) WK18
08 (05) ¥135,941,100 ($1.2 million), -23%, ¥1,157,642,000 ($10.1 million), A Man Called Pirate (Toho) WK3
09 (07) ¥63,501,800 ($549,000), -49%, ¥607,659,700 ($5.3 million), Kamen Rider Hensei Generations (Toei) WK3
10 (10) ¥45,616,620 ($396,000), +01%, ¥820,190,050 ($7.2 million), In This Corner of the World (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) WK7

>Resident Evil: The Final Chapter debuts atop the box office, delivering an opening weekend and 3-day total pretty much on par with the last two films, Retribution and Afterlife. 

The sixth, and final, film in the Resident Evil franchise sold 400,957 admissions over the weekend frame, and sold 643,754 admissions since opening on Friday. Its debut over the 3-day weekend is 11.0% ahead of Retribution; 11.7% behind Afterlife. Both of its predecessors went on to exceed ¥4 billion ($48 million and $57 million, respectively), with the last one coming within striking distance of the ¥5 billion blockbuster milestone - The Final Chapter is likely to follow suit, especially with the New Year boost next week, so look for a total between ¥4-5 billion ($35-45 million). 

>Fantastic Beasts has now easily exceeded the ¥5 billion blockbuster milestone, and with New Year coming up soon, I'm confident in projecting that it will indeed outgross the lowest-grossing Harry Potter film, Deathly Hallows Part 1. It's on track to gross between ¥7-7.5 billion ($65-70 million). 

>Your Name. is entering its eighteenth week of release this weekend, and delivered another weekend increase to its ongoing performance. So far, after eighteen weeks, it has sold 16,407,833 admissions, making it the fifth most-attended film in history, and it's less than 430,000 admissions away from overtaking Titanic now - which it'll do, easily, come next week.

When all is said and done, and it'll be awhile before then, there is a strong likelihood that Your Name. will end up beating Frozen and Titanic in gross to become the #2 film of all-time, behind Spirited Away. And in terms of admissions, it's likely to become, at least, the #4 most-attended film of all-time, behind Spirtied Away, Frozen, and Tokyo Olympiad.

Of course, it's exceeded every goal set before it each and every time, so who knows, maybe Spirited Away is truly in danger after all these years. 

Edited December 27, 2016 by Olive