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[Corpse]

June 16-17

Weekend Admissions Ranking

1 (new) Snow White and the Huntsman (Toho-Towa) Week 1

2 (1) Glow of Fireflies (Toho) Week 2

3 (2) MIB 3 (Toho-Towa) Week 4

4 (3) Thermae Romae (Toho) Week 8

5 (4) Dark Shadows (Warner Bros.) Week 5

6 (6) The Final Judgement (Nikkatsu) Week 3

7 (5) We Bought a Zoo (FOX) Week 2

8 (7) Girls (Toho) Week 4

9 (8) Sadako 3D (Kadokawa Pictures) Week 6

10 (new) Library War: The Wings of Revolution (Kadokawa Pictures) Week 1

11 (new) Love & Sincerity (TOEI/Kadokawa Pictures)

Snow White and the Huntsman opens via Toho-Towa (Toho's subsidiary company), and is the third high-profile imported release they acquired distribution rights to earlier this year (Battleship and MIB 3 being the other two).

The fantasy debuted on 572 screens and grossed ¥301,775,200 ($3.8 million) on 234,869 admissions over the weekend. Since Friday, the film has made ¥374,826,400 ($4.7 million) on 296,160 admissions. A final total of ¥2 billion ($25 million) is possible, though it'll likely settle for ¥1.7/1.8 billion ($21/22 million) instead.

Thermae Romae enjoys it's eighth weekend still in the Top 5. After 51 days in release, it's total stands at over ¥5.2 billion ($66 million+) and more than 4.1 million admissions. This makes it the second biggest film of the year so far, and it could become the #1 film of the year as early as this Friday.

Library Wars: The Wings of Revolution makes a surprise debut in the #10 spot this weekend. It was released on just 30 screens so no weekend data was released. Over the weekend, the film grossed ¥39,103,600 ($490,000) on 25,614 admissions giving it a psa of ¥1,303,453 (or over $16,000).

Love & Sincerity misses the Top 10 in admissions and it's unlikely to have made it there in gross as well.

[Corpse]

2012 Box Office Charts

As of Sunday, 06/17:

Top Grossing Films (¥1 billion+)

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

01 :: ¥5.40 / $70.80 (9.42x) :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 4.24 :: OE :: Paramount

02 :: ¥5.24 / $66.57 (12.13x) :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 4.13 :: 51 :: Toho

03 :: ¥3.57 / $44.62 (6.47x) :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 3.23 :: TE :: Toho

04 :: ¥3.34 / $42.56 (6.01x) :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 2.63 :: TE :: Toho

05 :: ¥3.25 / $41.95 (5.17x) :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 2.73 :: TE :: Toho

06 :: ¥3.08 / $40.34 (5.30x) :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 2.31 :: TE :: Toho

07 :: ¥2.66 / $33.73 (4.64x) :: MIB 3 :: May :: 1.79 :: 24 :: Toho-Towa

08 :: ¥2.51 / $31.27 (8.50x) :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 2.09 :: TE :: Asmik Ace/Toho

09 :: ¥2.37 / $29.98 (5.06x) :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 1.84 :: TE :: Toho

10 :: ¥2.12 / $26.50 (6.75x) :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 1.74 :: TE :: Toho

11 :: ¥1.97 / $24.91 (4.87x) :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 1.57 :: 30 :: Warner Bros.

12 :: ¥1.96 / $24.49 (6.46x) :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 1.67 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

13 :: ¥1.90 / $23.74 (6.01x) :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 1.45 :: OE :: Shochiku

14 :: ¥1.77 / $22.91 (6.39x) :: In Time :: Feb. :: 1.38 :: TE :: FOX

15 :: ¥1.71 / $22.01 (5.45x) :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 1.37 :: 58 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

16 :: ¥1.68 / $21.73 (6.09x) :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 1.34 :: TE :: Toho

17 :: ¥1.56 / $20.04 (3.81x) :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 1.34 :: TE :: TOEI

18 :: ¥1.51 / $19.78 (4.01x) :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 1.30 :: TE :: TOEI

19 :: ¥1.50 / $19.20 (3.95x) :: Space Brothers :: May :: 1.19 :: 43 :: Toho

20 :: ¥1.49 / $19.17 (5.10x) :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 1.17 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

21 :: ¥1.47 / $19.11 (10.42x) :: Friends: Naki On Monster Island :: Dec '10 :: 1.10 :: TE :: Toho

22 :: ¥1.43 / $18.72 (9.47x) :: Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: TE :: TOEI

23 :: ¥1.42 / $18.60 (6.31x) :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 1.11 :: TE :: Walt Disney

24 :: ¥1.39 / $17.87 (8.47x) :: Tale of Genji :: Dec '10 :: 1.15 :: TE :: Toho

25 :: ¥1.30 / $16.51 (5.28x) :: Sadako 3D :: May :: .912 :: 37 :: Kadokawa Pictures

26 :: ¥1.28 / $15.66 (5.54x) :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: .996 :: TE :: Sony

27 :: ¥1.18 / $15.29 (5.84x) :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 1.01 :: TE :: Toho

28 :: ¥1.17 / $14.89 (6.96x) :: Puss in Boots :: Mar. :: .898 :: TE :: Paramount

29 :: ¥1.14 / $14.81 (9.47x) :: Chronicle of My Mother :: Apr. :: .876 :: 51 :: Shochiku

30 :: ¥1.12 / $14.58 (8.11x) :: Inazuma Eleven GO :: Dec '10 :: .926 :: TE :: Toho

31 :: ¥1.09 / $14.13 (4.96x) :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: .754 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

32 :: ¥1.03 / $12.70 (5.28x) :: Crayon Shin-chan (2012) :: Apr. :: .963 :: TE :: Toho

33 :: ¥1.03 / $12.67 (5.88x) :: Hugo :: Mar. :: .732 :: TE :: Paramount

34 :: ¥1.02 / $12.65 (5.23x) :: Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future :: Mar. :: .881 :: TE :: TOEI

[JAPANESE FILMS] 68.6% Market Share

01 :: ¥5.24 / $66.57 (12.13x) :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 4.13 :: 51 :: Toho

02 :: ¥3.57 / $44.62 (6.47x) :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 3.23 :: TE :: Toho

03 :: ¥3.34 / $42.56 (6.01x) :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 2.63 :: TE :: Toho

04 :: ¥3.25 / $41.95 (5.17x) :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 2.73 :: TE :: Toho

05 :: ¥3.08 / $40.34 (5.30x) :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 2.31 :: TE :: Toho

06 :: ¥2.51 / $31.27 (8.50x) :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 2.09 :: TE :: Asmik Ace/Toho

07 :: ¥2.37 / $29.98 (5.06x) :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 1.84 :: TE :: Toho

08 :: ¥2.12 / $26.50 (6.75x) :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 1.74 :: TE :: Toho[

09 :: ¥1.90 / $23.74 (6.01x) :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 1.45 :: OE :: Shochiku

10 :: ¥1.71 / $22.01 (5.45x) :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 1.37 :: 58 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

11 :: ¥1.68 / $21.73 (6.09x) :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 1.34 :: TE :: Toho

12 :: ¥1.56 / $20.04 (3.81x) :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 1.34 :: TE :: TOEI

13 :: ¥1.51 / $19.78 (4.01x) :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 1.30 :: TE :: TOEI

14 :: ¥1.50 / $19.20 (3.95x) :: Space Brothers :: May :: 1.19 :: 43 :: Toho

15 :: ¥1.47 / $19.11 (10.42x) :: Friends: Naki On Monster Island :: Dec '10 :: 1.10 :: TE :: Toho

16 :: ¥1.43 / $18.72 (9.47x) :: Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto :: Dec '10 :: 1.13 :: TE :: TOEI

17 :: ¥1.39 / $17.87 (8.47x) :: Tale of Genji :: Dec '10 :: 1.15 :: TE :: Toho

18 :: ¥1.30 / $16.51 (5.28x) :: Sadako 3D :: May :: .912 :: 37 :: Kadokawa Pictures

19 :: ¥1.18 / $15.29 (5.84x) :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 1.01 :: TE :: Toho

20 :: ¥1.14 / $14.81 (9.47x) :: Chronicle of My Mother :: Apr. :: .876 :: 51 :: Shochiku

21 :: ¥1.12 / $14.58 (8.11x) :: Inazuma Eleven GO :: Dec '10 :: .926 :: TE :: Toho

22 :: ¥1.03 / $12.70 (5.28x) :: Crayon Shin-chan (2012) :: Apr. :: .963 :: TE :: Toho

23 :: ¥1.02 / $12.65 (5.23x) :: Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future :: Mar. :: .881 :: TE :: TOEI

[iMPORTED FILMS] 31.4% Market Share

01 ::

¥5.40 / $70.80 (9.42x) :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 4.24 :: OE :: Paramount

02 :: ¥2.66 / $33.73 (4.64x) :: MIB 3 :: May :: 1.79 :: 24 :: Toho-Towa

03 :: ¥1.97 / $24.91 (4.87x) :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 1.57 :: 30 :: Warner Bros.

04 :: ¥1.96 / $24.49 (6.46x) :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 1.67 :: TE :: Warner Bros.

05 :: ¥1.77 / $22.91 (6.39x) :: In Time :: Feb. :: 1.38 :: TE :: FOX

06 :: ¥1.49 / $19.17 (5.10x) :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 1.17 :: TE :: Toho-Towa

07 :: ¥1.42 / $18.60 (6.31x) :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 1.11 :: TE :: Walt Disney

08 :: ¥1.28 / $15.66 (5.54x) :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: .996 :: TE :: Sony

09 :: ¥1.17 / $14.89 (6.96x) :: Puss in Boots :: Mar. :: .898 :: TE :: Paramount

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

11 :: ¥1.03 / $12.67 (5.88x) :: Hugo :: Mar. :: .732 :: TE :: Paramount

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

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

01 :: ¥629.74 / $7.82 :: Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker :: Apr. :: 540.98 :: 351 :: Toho

02 :: ¥581.04 / $7.50 :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 431.09 :: 446 :: Toho

03 :: ¥573.57 / $7.35 :: MIB 3 :: May :: 372.97 :: 979 :: Toho-Towa

04 :: ¥573.22 / $7.34 :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 437.75 :: 636 ::Paramount

05 :: ¥555.66 / $7.22 :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 421.27 :: 473 :: Toho

06 :: ¥552.62 / $6.86 :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 485.47 :: 359 :: Toho

07 :: ¥468.70 / $5.81 :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 351.47 :: 279 :: Toho

08 :: ¥432.55 / $5.40 :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 325.69 :: 304 :: Toho

09 :: ¥410.04 / $5.06 :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentei: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 355.99 :: 292 :: TOEI

10 :: ¥404.53 / $5.05 :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 311.16 :: 571 :: Warner Bros.

11 :: ¥382.32 / $4.87 :: Space Brothers :: May :: 285.34 :: 322 :: Toho

12 :: ¥378.03 / $4.84 :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 333.13 :: 301 :: TOEI

13 :: ¥316.31 / $4.08 :: K-ON! The Movie :: Dec '10 :: 237.82 :: 137 :: Shochiku

14 :: ¥314.89 / $3.97 :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 242.92 :: 297 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

15 :: ¥314.70 / $3.96 :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 242.19 :: 318 :: Toho

16 :: ¥313.66 / $3.95 :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 242.82 :: 316 :: Toho

17 :: ¥303.35 / $3.77 :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 237.98 :: 464 :: Warner Bros.

18 :: ¥301.78 / $3.75 :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 234.87 :: 572 :: Toho-Towa

19 :: ¥295.31 / $3.67 :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 227.24 :: 295 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

20 :: ¥292.16 / $3.65 :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 237.87 :: 545 :: Toho-Towa

21 :: ¥277.13 / $3.63 :: In Time :: Feb. :: 203.05 :: 427 :: FOX

22 :: ¥276.41 / $3.62 :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 217.18 :: 377 :: Toho

23 :: ¥246.41 / $3.08 :: Sadako 3D :: May :: 154.15 :: 214 :: Kadakowa Pictures

24 :: ¥230.89 / $2.98 :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: 178.36 :: 431 :: Sony

25 :: ¥225.05 / $2.88 :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 176.25 :: 531 :: Walt Disney

26 :: ¥219.51 / $2.83 :: The Adventures of Tintin :: Dec '10 :: 148.70 :: 895 :: Toho-Towa

27 :: ¥202.39 / $2.63 :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 164.69 :: 279 :: Toho

[JAPANESE FILMS]

01 ::

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

02 :: ¥581.04 / $7.50 :: Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie :: Nov '10 :: 431.09 :: 446 :: Toho

03 :: ¥555.66 / $7.22 :: ALWAYS: Sunset on Third Street '64 :: Jan. :: 421.27 :: 473 :: Toho

04 :: ¥552.62 / $6.86 :: Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles :: Mar. :: 485.47 :: 359 :: Toho

05 :: ¥468.70 / $5.81 :: SPEC: The Movie :: Apr. :: 351.47 :: 279 :: Toho

06 :: ¥432.55 / $5.40 :: Thermae Romae :: Apr. :: 325.69 :: 304 :: Toho

07 :: ¥410.04 / $5.04 :: Kamen Rider x Super Sentei: Super Hero Taisen :: Apr. :: 355.99 :: 292 :: TOEI

08 :: ¥382.32 / $4.87 :: Space Brothers :: May :: 285.34 :: 322 :: Toho

09 :: ¥378.03 / $4.84 :: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: War Mega Max :: Dec '10 :: 333.13 :: 301 :: TOEI

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

11 :: ¥314.89 / $3.97 :: We Were There: Part II :: Apr. :: 242.92 :: 297 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

12 :: ¥314.70 / $3.96 :: Liar Game: Reborn :: Mar. :: 242.19 :: 318 :: Toho

13 :: ¥313.66 / $3.95 :: Glow of Fireflies :: June :: 242.82 :: 316 :: Toho

14 :: ¥295.31 / $3.67 :: We Were There: Part I :: Mar. :: 227.24 :: 295 :: Asmik Ace/Toho

15 :: ¥276.41 / $3.62 :: Shizanmono: The Movie :: Jan. :: 217.18 :: 377 :: Toho

16 :: ¥246.41 / $3.08 :: Sadako 3D :: May :: 154.15 :: 214 :: Kadakowa Pictures

17 :: ¥202.39 / $2.63 :: Robo-G :: Jan. :: 164.69 :: 279 :: Toho

[iMPORTED FILMS]

01 ::

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

02 :: ¥573.22 / $7.34 :: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol :: Dec '10 :: 437.75 :: 636 ::Paramount

03 :: ¥404.53 / $5.05 :: Dark Shadows :: May :: 311.16 :: 571 :: Warner Bros.

04 :: ¥303.35 / $3.72 :: Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows :: Mar. :: 237.98 :: 464 :: Warner Bros.

05 :: ¥301.78 / $3.75 :: Snow White and the Huntsman :: June :: 234.87 :: 572 :: Toho-Towa

06 :: ¥292.16 / $3.65 :: Battleship :: Apr. :: 237.87 :: 545 :: Toho-Towa

07 :: ¥277.13 / $3.63 :: In Time :: Feb. :: 203.05 :: 427 :: FOX

08 :: ¥230.89 / $2.98 :: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: Feb. :: 178.36 :: 431 :: Sony

09 :: ¥225.05 / $2.88 :: Real Steel :: Dec '10 :: 176.25 :: 531 :: Walt Disney

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

[subscript]-KEY-

New Entry

Indicates a film still in release or being tracked.

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

[fmpro]

Pretty good opening for SWAT.

[SentryTrans]

Movies' multipliers are amazing!How do they make?

Edited June 21, 2012 by SentryTrans

[iceroll]

Movies' multipliers are amazing!How do they make?

Yeah I know, if even Battleship can have a 5x multiplier...

[Corpse]

Multipliers are high because Japan has 2-day weekends, and there isn't any rush or frontloaded factor for any film really. Even big franchise films can easily get a 6 or 7. And there are usually a couple films each year that goes well over 10, 15, or even 20. Kamen Rider films generally have the worst multipliers each year with 4.It's also important to note that weekdays are just as strong or stronger than weekends year-round.

Edited June 22, 2012 by Corpse

[Corpse]

June 23-24

Weekend Forecast

1 (1) Snow White and the Huntsman (Toho-Towa) ¥205-215 million ($2.5-2.7 million), Week 2

2 (2) Glow of Fireflies (Toho) ¥165-175 million ($2.1-2.3 million), Week 3

3 (3) MIB 3 (Toho-Towa) ¥135-145 million ($1.7/1.8 million), Week 5

4 (4) Thermae Romae (Toho) ¥125-135 million ($1.6/1.7 million), Week 9

5 (new) LOVE, Masao-kun Ga Iku (Shochiku) ¥80-90 million ($1/1.1 million), Week 1

6 (5) Dark Shadows (Warner Bros.) ¥50-55 million ($600-650,000), Week 6

7 (new) Berserk The Golden Age Arc II (Warner Bros.) ¥40-45 million ($500-550,000), Week 1

8 (6) The Final Judgement (Nikkatsu) ¥40-45 million ($500-550,000), Week 4

9 (7) We Bought a Zoo (FOX) ¥35-40 million ($450-500,000), Week 3

10 (8) Girls (Toho) ¥30-35 million ($400-450,000), Week 5

The Amazing Spider-Man has previews this weekend at many locations. The last big Hollywood film with previews was Resident Evil: Afterlife, and it grossed approx. ¥418 million (about $5 million) in previews alone. This should be the number Spider-Man aims for this weekend. That figure was also included into REIV's opening weekend, so I'm expecting the same thing to happen for Spider-Man's nationwide opening next weekend.

Weekend Milestone Watch:

Thermae Romae will become the #1 film of 2012 and may exceed ¥5.5 billion ($70 million) and 4.3 million admissions. And there is actually a possibility it rises to #2 this weekend in it's ninth week in release with another single digit drop or even a small increase.

Glow of Fireflies will cruise past the ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) milestone becoming the 35th film this year to reach this mark.

MIB 3 may reach ¥3 billion ($38 million) and 2 million admissions.

Dark Shadows will exceed ¥2 billion ($25 million) and 1.7 million admissions.

[Olive]

Expecing good numbers for spidey

[SentryTrans]

Multipliers are high because Japan has 2-day weekends, and there isn't any rush or frontloaded factor for any film really. Even big franchise films can easily get a 6 or 7. And there are usually a couple films each year that goes well over 10, 15, or even 20. Kamen Rider films generally have the worst multipliers each year with 4.It's also important to note that weekdays are just as strong or stronger than weekends year-round.

Thanks!

[Fullbuster]

Expecing good numbers for spidey

Oh yeah

[jse]

June 23-24

Weekend Forecast

1 (1) Snow White and the Huntsman (Toho-Towa) ¥205-215 million ($2.5-2.7 million), Week 2

2 (2) Glow of Fireflies (Toho) ¥165-175 million ($2.1-2.3 million), Week 3

3 (3) MIB 3 (Toho-Towa) ¥135-145 million ($1.7/1.8 million), Week 5

4 (4) Thermae Romae (Toho) ¥125-135 million ($1.6/1.7 million), Week 9

5 (new) LOVE, Masao-kun Ga Iku (Shochiku) ¥80-90 million ($1/1.1 million), Week 1

6 (5) Dark Shadows (Warner Bros.) ¥50-55 million ($600-650,000), Week 6

7 (new) Berserk The Golden Age Arc II (Warner Bros.) ¥40-45 million ($500-550,000), Week 1

8 (6) The Final Judgement (Nikkatsu) ¥40-45 million ($500-550,000), Week 4

9 (7) We Bought a Zoo (FOX) ¥35-40 million ($450-500,000), Week 3

10 (8) Girls (Toho) ¥30-35 million ($400-450,000), Week 5

The Amazing Spider-Man has previews this weekend at many locations. The last big Hollywood film with previews was Resident Evil: Afterlife, and it grossed approx. ¥418 million (about $5 million) in previews alone. This should be the number Spider-Man aims for this weekend. That figure was also included into REIV's opening weekend, so I'm expecting the same thing to happen for Spider-Man's nationwide opening next weekend.

Weekend Milestone Watch:

Thermae Romae will become the #1 film of 2012 and may exceed ¥5.5 billion ($70 million) and 4.3 million admissions. And there is actually a possibility it rises to #2 this weekend in it's ninth week in release with another single digit drop or even a small increase.

Glow of Fireflies will cruise past the ¥1 billion ($12.5 million) milestone becoming the 35th film this year to reach this mark.

MIB 3 may reach ¥3 billion ($38 million) and 2 million admissions.

Dark Shadows will exceed ¥2 billion ($25 million) and 1.7 million admissions.

Hi Corpse... awesome job with the Japanese BO updates!

Anyway, I've been googling around and i've gotten the impression that average 2D ticket prices haven't changed that much (or at all) in most of the last 10 years or so (not counting student discounts or early presales or some such, and apparently the price doesn't change from one city/region to another?). It seems it was at Y1800 when the first potter came out in 2001/2002 and was still at Y1800 at least up until before spring last year.

Am i right in saying this or do i need better references ?

I also came across an article that said that one of the biggest (if not the biggest) theater chains in japan was reducing their ticket prices from Y1800 to Y1500 starting spring of last year 2011. Is this true, and if so, will it force or has it forced other theater chains to do the same?

Thanks in advance.

Edited June 23, 2012 by jse

[Corpse]

Ticket prices have been the approx. the same for about 15 years now. The general admission fee is still 1800 yen. I love that ticket prices have remained the same because it's so much easier and much more accurate to compare films this way. No need to convert for this, adjust for that, etc. Toho was suppose to lower ticket prices at some of their theaters to 1500 yen to encourage more people to come to their locations. Some locations have the lower price, but others don't. Toho's latest attempt to completely monopolize the box office (they already have a 34% market share avg. the past several years, and nearly 50% for 2012 so far) is by placing movie ticket vending machines that dispense tickets exclusively to their locations this summer. I think they're priced the same, though.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Corpse

[ZattMurdock]

Go Japan!!!!!!

[Fullbuster]

Corpse,We're counting on you for Spidey numbers in Japan

[A Marvel Fanboy]

This, please !

[lab276]

Ticket prices have been the approx. the same for about 15 years now. The general admission fee is still 1800 yen. I love that ticket prices have remained the same because it's so much easier and much more accurate to compare films this way. No need to convert for this, adjust for that, etc. Toho was suppose to lower ticket prices at some of their theaters to 1500 yen to encourage more people to come to their locations. Some locations have the lower price, but others don't. Toho's latest attempt to completely monopolize the box office (they already have a 34% market share avg. the past several years, and nearly 50% for 2012 so far) is by placing movie ticket vending machines that dispense tickets exclusively to their locations this summer. I think they're priced the same, though.

Aren't there competition laws preventing monopolisation?

[Corpse]

Weekend news has been really slow so I don't have anything to report right now. In the next few hours weekend estimates should be released which may include Spider-Man preview numbers, but I have work today and won't be able to post them until tonight.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It is already night.

[Fullbuster]

It is already night.

He certainly talked about Americans, so that means he will give them in the Asian morning

[Corpse]

The Amazing Spider-Man sold 200,304 tickets to gross approx. ¥276,600,514 ($3.5 million) in previews this weekend from 346 theaters. The 3D share isn't known yet, so the gross may rise slightly in the morning (15 hours from this post).

Full weekend estimate will be up shortly.