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

[Aurora]

On 4/10/2019 at 2:51 AM, UserHN said:

This can help EG in Japan. Conan is very popular.

Funnily enough, wasn't IW beaten by Conan last year?

 

Personally my three highly anticipated runs in terms of Hollywood movies in Japan are Frozen 2, Aladdin and Lion King. Beauty did like 12.4B there and we know how big Frozen was so it's gonna be interesting to see the likely drop off in Frozen 2 and if Aladdin/Lion King can match or exceed Beauty's gross there.

Edited April 14, 2019 by Aurora

[salvador-232]

Speaking of Conan, Corpse:

 

I'm estimating a weekend gross of ¥1,370,000,000 ($12.3 million) on 1,065,000 admissions. That's the traditional 2-day, and doesn't include any figures from its Friday opening day. If this number holds, then it'll achieve: 

>Biggest April Opening Weekend.
>Biggest Opening Weekend in the Detective Conan Franchise.
>3rd Film to Exceed 1 Million Admissions on Opening Weekend This Decade.
>3rd/4th Biggest Opening Weekend for a Japanese Film.
>3rd/4th Biggest Opening Weekend for an Animated Film.

The 3rd/4th place ranking will depend on if it bested One Piece Film Z (very, very close), currently the 3rd ranked film on the Japanese and Animated Film Opening Weekend Charts. 

And while daily numbers are almost never revealed, I'm confident in saying that its Sunday gross/admissions is the second biggest this decade, only behind the first Yo-Kai Watch film from 2014. Also, given that imported films tend to drop/stay level on Sunday, it's likely that this film had a potential All-Time Top 5 Sunday performance.

[pepsa]

3 minutes ago, Aurora said:

Funnily enough, wasn't IW beaten by Conan last year?

 

Personally my three highly anticipated runs in terms of Hollywood movies in Japan are Frozen 2, Aladdin and Lion King. Beauty did like 12.4B there and we know how big Frozen was so it's gonna be interesting to see the likely drop off in Frozen 2 and if Aladdin/Lion King can match or exceed Beauty's gross there.

Yeah true still IW had a big OW but legs for most SH movies aren't very good. So honestly if EG connects (most likely won't) a 7 multi from OW instead of the 4 IW had.  It would make a big difference. 

[catlover]

5 hours ago, Aurora said:

Funnily enough, wasn't IW beaten by Conan last year?

 

Personally my three highly anticipated runs in terms of Hollywood movies in Japan are Frozen 2, Aladdin and Lion King. Beauty did like 12.4B there and we know how big Frozen was so it's gonna be interesting to see the likely drop off in Frozen 2 and if Aladdin/Lion King can match or exceed Beauty's gross there.

IW wasn't just beaten by Conan. They're on complete different levels. In fact, right now Conan is in a league of its own box office-wise compared to other movie franchises. They're pairing these two movies up to urge people to go to the movies on Golden Week, since they are two of the biggest ones released during this time.

[peludo]

On 4/10/2019 at 2:25 PM, Nero said:

No one should watch 5 cm per second that movie is injustice. When I watched it I didn't want to touch anything..... God just thinking about that movie makes me hate it so much.... Atleast the new manga version has better ending... 5 cm per second ia the most depressing movie I've ever seen I wouldn't recommend it to anybody (jk) (cries in corner)...

Watch "Grave of the fireflies" and you will see what is a depressing movie. It's amazing, but I have never felt so bad after watching a movie.

[Cynosure]

Conan 23 :

 

2 day OW : 1.464 billion yen, 1,144,539 admissions

3 day OW : 1.886 billion yen, 1,458,263 admissions

 

source ; https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-13/detective-conan-fist-of-blue-sapphire-anime-film-earns-422-million-yen-on-opening-day/.145700

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-15/detective-conan-fist-of-blue-sapphire-anime-film-earns-nearly-1.9-billion-yen-in-1st-3-days/.145740

 

2nd biggest modern (2008 on) 2 day OW in both admissions and revenue behind Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014). 

Edited April 15, 2019 by Cynosure

[a2k]

What are Shazam predicts? $10 total possible?

[TigerPaw]

19 minutes ago, a2k said:

What are Shazam predicts? $10 total possible?

Think its coming out 1 week before Endgame. Don't think 10m is likely..

[Nero]

1 hour ago, TigerPaw said:

Think its coming out 1 week before Endgame. Don't think 10m is likely..

Why so late?

[SchumacherFTW]

8 minutes ago, Nero said:

Why so late?

By Japanese standards it's actually pretty early. 

[Nero]

6 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

By Japanese standards it's actually pretty early. 

Then how come is AEG releasing at same date as domestic (or near)

[Stewart]

3 minutes ago, Nero said:

Then how come is AEG releasing at same date as domestic (or near)

Special circumstance. 

 

Typically Japan gets movies 2+ months later than NA, they thrive on WOM and they have little fan rush (hence the long legs for movies). Piracy is also nonexistent so they're happy to wait. 

[Cynosure]

Corpse: 

 

(C)2019 青山剛昌／名探偵コナン製作委員会

Weekend Actuals (04/13-14)
01 (---) ¥1,463,827,700 ($13.1 million), 0, ¥1,886,292,700 ($17.0 million), Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Toho) NEW
02 (01) ¥x97,795,500 ($873,000), -44%, ¥4,684,036,700 ($42.4 million), Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Toho) WK7
03 (---) ¥x80,000,000 ($715,000), 0, ¥123,544,500 ($1.2 million), Hunter Killer (Gaga) NEW
04 (02) ¥x76,961,000 ($687,000), -30%, ¥765,725,500 ($6.9 million), Dumbo (Disney) WK3
05 (03) ¥x76,761,000 ($685,000), -27%, ¥3,325,855,800 ($30.2 million), Tonde Saitama (Toei) WK8
06 (04) ¥x67,077,700 ($599,000), -21%, ¥1,870,545,200 ($16.9 million), Captain Marvel (Disney) WK5
07 (07) ¥x42,320,000 ($378,000), -19%, ¥1,848,490,300 ($16.8 million), Green Book (Gaga) WK7
08 (05) ¥x38,714,100 ($346,000), -36%, ¥809,433,500 ($7.2 million), Bumblebee (Toho-Towa) WK4
09 (09) ¥x32,591,600 ($291,000), -28%, ¥873,544,900 ($7.8 million), Precure Miracle Universe (Toei) WK5
10 (06) ¥x32,589,300 ($291,000), -40%, ¥381,056,800 ($3.5 million), Ninja Drones? (Shochiku) WK3
11 (08) ¥x31,869,100 ($285,000), -34%, ¥1,006,702,600 ($9.2 million), You Shine in Moonlight (Toho) WK5

>Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, the twenty-third film in the long-running franchise, set the box-office ablaze in its debut weekend. It sold a truly staggering 1,144,539 admissions over the weekend frame across 403 screens, and reached 1,458,263 since opening on Friday! The film set a new April Opening Weekend Record, as well as a new Franchise Opening Weekend Record. Among those new records, it also achieved the second biggest opening weekend in the past eleven years, along with becoming the third biggest animated film opener and Japanese film opener. 

The growth that this annual franchise has reached is beyond remarkable, and it's just dominating the Japanese box-office. Unless the franchise begins to decline over the years, it's going to remain a contender for the #1 spot at the box-office every year if it remains on this scale (last year's film would have been #1 if not for Bohemian Rhapsody breaking out). It's a bit too early to say where the film may finish, but with the standard legs of the franchise, it'll reach a total around ¥8 billion ($70 million+). However, the franchise has also begun to develop stronger legs along with its stronger openings, so it could very well reach ¥9/10 billion ($80-90 million).

[Cynosure]

Corpse :

 

Biggest April Opening Weekends (1998-)
01. ¥1.464 billion ($13.1 million) / 1,144,539 - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
02. ¥1.316 billion ($14.0 million) / 828,149 - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
03. ¥1.296 billion ($12.1 million) / 1,012,000 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
04. ¥1.287 billion ($11.9 million) / 987,568 - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
05. ¥1.209 billion ($11.1 million) / 933,781 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
06. ¥1.065 billion ($9.7 million) / 729,114 - Beauty and the Beast (2017)
07. ¥960.6 million ($8.1 million) / 715,727 - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (2015) 
08. ¥874.8 million ($7.4 million) / 688,623 - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
09. ¥789.3 million ($7.8 million) / 649,865 - Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
10. ¥672.4 million ($6.2 million) / 437,209 - Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
11. ¥671.9 million ($6.8 million) / 531,987 - Red Cliff - Part II (2009)
12. ¥671.5 million ($6.9 million) / 565,914 - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
13. ¥629.7 million ($7.7 million) / 540,975 - Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
14. ¥593.2 million ($6.0 million) / 501,700 - Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
15. ¥570.7 million ($5.8 million) / 420,958 - Crowz Zero II (2009)
16. ¥563.1 million ($6.0 million) / 437,613 - Nodable Cantabile: The Final Score - Part 2 (2010)
17. ¥561.9 million ($6.0 million) / 431,527 - Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
18. ¥556.1 million ($4.7 million) / 419,796 - Cinderella (2015)
19. ¥551.6 million ($6.6 million) / 423,675 - Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
20. ¥550.1 million ($6.5 million) / 453,619 - Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
21. ¥548.3 million ($4.6 million) / 385,428 - Furious 7 (2015)
22. ¥543.5 million ($4.7 million) / 449,917 - Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2005)
23. ¥504.1 million ($4.6 million) / 394,231 - The Haunted Mansion (2004)

 

 

Biggest Animated Opening Weekends (Top 40)
01. ¥1.629 billion ($14.0 million) / 1,484,916 - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014)
02. ¥1.484 billion ($14.0 million) / 1,104,980 - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
03. ¥1.464 billion ($13.1 million) / 1,144,539 - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
04. ¥1.372 billion ($16.7 million) / 1,140,081 - One Piece Film Z (2012)
05. ¥1.296 billion ($12.1 million) / 1,012,000 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
06. ¥1.287 billion ($11.9 million) / 987,568 - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
07. ¥1.209 billion ($11.1 million) / 933,781 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
08. ¥1.155 billion ($11.0 million) / 820,830 - One Piece Film Gold (2016)
09. ¥1.133 billion ($14.1 million) / 771,764 - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
10. ¥1.058 billion ($8.7 million) / 974,557 - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (2015) 
11. ¥1.038 billion ($11.9 million) / 819,738 - One Piece Film Strong World (2009)
12. ¥1.034 billion ($9.8 million) / 812,557 - Ponyo (2008)
13. ¥1.010 billion ($8.9 million) / 810,000 - Spirited Away (2001)
14. ¥977.3 million ($11.1 million) / 649,249 - Toy Story 3 (2010)
15. ¥960.9 million ($9.8 million) / 747,451 - The Wind Rises (2013)
16. ¥960.6 million ($8.1 million) / 715,727 - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (2015)
17. ¥930.0 million ($9.2 million) / 688,079 - Your Name. (2016)
18. ¥907.4 million ($7.9 million) / 672,696 - Tales from Earthsea (2006)
19. ¥898.0 million ($8.4 million) / 724,000 - Finding Nemo (2003)
20. ¥895.6 million ($10.4 million) / 680,190 - Arrietty (2010)
21. ¥874.8 million ($7.4 million) / 688,623 - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015) 
22. ¥847.5 million ($8.4 million) / 614,969 - Monsters University (2013) 
23. ¥843.1 million ($7.9 million) / 716,629 - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)
24. ¥812.7 million ($7.2 million) / 639,000 - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
25. ¥789.3 million ($7.8 million) / 649,865 - Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
26. ¥780.9 million ($6.5 million) / 742,978 - Pokemon D&P: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
27. ¥767.2 million ($7.6 million) / 554,991 - Stand By Me, Doraemon (2014)
28. ¥763.4 million ($7.5 million) / 602,347 - Frozen (2014)
29. ¥751.8 million ($7.3 million) / 604,355 - The Incredibles (2014)
30. ¥745.5 million ($7.1 million) / 553,066 - Finding Dory (2016)
31. ¥715.0 million ($6.1 million) / 540,000 - Princess Mononoke (1997)
32. ¥703.8 million ($6.7 million) / 670,285 - Pokemon D&P: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)
33. ¥696.0 million ($6.2 million) / 586,000 - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (2019)
34. ¥691.8 million ($6.1 million) / 592,036 - Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic (2017)
35. ¥683.9 million ($7.3 million) / 561,098 - Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
36. ¥672.6 million ($7.1 million) / 641,700 - Pokemon D&P: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
37. ¥671.5 million ($6.9 million) / 565,914 - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
38. ¥667.3 million ($7.2 million) / 597,899 - Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
39. ¥667.0 million ($5.5 million) / 494,170 - The Boy and the Beast (2015)
40. ¥649.8 million ($6.4 million) / 539,132 - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2013)

 

Biggest Modern Opening Weekends (2008-) [REVENUE]
Modern Rank (All-Time Rank)
01 (09) ¥1,628,893,000 - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Dec., 2014)
02 (16) ¥1,463,827,700 - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
03 (18) ¥1,372,054,050 - One Piece Film Z (Dec., 2012) 
04 (20) ¥1,316,539,200 - Alice in Wonderland (Apr., 2010) 
05 (21) ¥1,301,851,375 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (July, 2011)
06 (22) ¥1,295,834,500 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
07 (23) ¥1,286,928,000 - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
08 (25) ¥1,245,023,900 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015) 
09 (26) ¥1,225,913,932 - Rookies (May, 2009) 
10 (27) ¥1,216,654,000 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
11 (28) ¥1,209,158,900 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
12 (29) ¥1,205,116,126 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May, 2011) 
13 (31) ¥1,155,771,000 - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016) 
14 (32) ¥1,133,513,323 - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (Nov., 2012) 
15 (33) ¥1,125,800,000 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
16 (34) ¥1,096,150,000 - Code Blue (July, 2018)
17 (35) ¥1,065,362,800 - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
18 (36) ¥1,057,808,800 - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015) 
19 (37) ¥1,048,271,900 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
20 (38) ¥1,038,295,232 - One Piece Film Strong World (Dec., 2009) 
21 (40) ¥1,034,459,534 - Ponyo (July, 2008) 
22 (42) ¥1,005,428,333 - Boys Over Flowers: Final (June, 2008)

Biggest Modern Opening Weekends (2008-) [ADMISSIONS]
Modern Rank (All-Time Rank)
01 (02) 1,484,916 - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Dec., 2014)
02 (13) 1,144,539 - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
03 (14) 1,140,081 - One Piece Film Z (Dec., 2012)
04 (19) 1,012,000 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
05 (20) 987,568 - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
06 (22) 987,387 - Rookies (May, 2009)
07 (23) 974,577 - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
08 (24) 933,781 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
09 (28) 880,697 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (July, 2011)
10 (29) 833,190 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
11 (30) 828,149 - Alice in Wonderland (Apr., 2010) 
12 (31) 820,830 - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
13 (32) 819,738 - One Piece Film Strong World (Dec., 2009)
14 (33) 812,557 - Ponyo (July, 2008) 
15 (34) 810,918 - Code Blue (July, 2018)
16 (35) 805,350 - Boys Over Flowers: Final (June, 2008)
17 (36) 805,297 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July, 2009)
18 (37) 800,258 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
19 (38) 773,184 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (May, 2011)
20 (39) 771,764 - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (Nov., 2012)
21 (40) 771,516 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
22 (41) 766,633 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (Nov., 2010)
23 (43) 747,451 - The Wind Rises (July, 2013)
24 (45) 737,467 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
25 (46) 729,114 - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
26 (48) 717,958 - Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Sept., 2014)
27 (49) 716,629 - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
28 (51) 715,727 - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
29 (52) 707,339 - Bayside Shakedown: Set the Guys Loose! (July, 2010)

*Modern = Post-Previews/Early Showings Era.

[catlover]

I'm amazed at how huge Conan right now. I mean, there was a time when it made 2-3B every year. It was always behind Pokemon and Doraemon. Now it's 8-9B? Just crazy!

[Stewart]

In a massive shock turn of events in Japan, Bohemian Rhapsody is back in the top 10. Yesterday it was 8th, today it was 6th! 

 

A huge 47% increase from last week when everything else is roughly 20-40% down. 

 

Can it actually manage another top 10 this weekend?

[FlashMaster659]

Any idea when Endgame pre-sales start?

[charlie Jatinder]

7 hours ago, feasby007 said:

In a massive shock turn of events in Japan, Bohemian Rhapsody is back in the top 10. Yesterday it was 8th, today it was 6th! 

 

A huge 47% increase from last week when everything else is roughly 20-40% down. 

 

Can it actually manage another top 10 this weekend?

With golden week incoming, I wonder if it could really go bonkers in that.

[KP1025]

4 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

With golden week incoming, I wonder if it could really go bonkers in that.

 

According to Corpse, it will lose a lot of theaters by then. 

 

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I believe [Bohemian Rhapsody] is seeing the increases this week due to it losing theaters at a gradual pace now, causing the last bit of people interested in seeing in theaters (whether as a repeat or for the first time) to come out. It's down to 177 locations now, and after next week when more theaters are scheduled to lose it (04/25), it'll likely be under 100 by the end of the month.

Going into this upcoming weekend, it's still losing a lot of seating/showtimes, and will probably be out of the Top 25 widest releases in terms of seating/showtimes next week.

 

[UserHN]

Will EG cross $40M in Japan?