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

[Stewart]

Confirmation from Corpse, ¥1b OW is happening:

 

It's going to be big. As long as it doesn't burn off too much demand on Friday, it could reach ¥1 billion over the weekend frame. And as you probably know, the only superhero films to open above that mark (or even come close) is the original Spider-Man trilogy.

If you're comparing their Fridays, though, Endgame will be much bigger than Detective Conan on that same day. Live-action films, especially big Hollywood imports, play very well on the weekdays. Detective Conan plays fine on weekdays (which includes Fridays) compared to most other animated films, but it's still a weekend-friendly series. 

Endgame is also playing on a large variety of screens due to its various premium format showings, dub and sub screenings, etc., so a large number of them are either average sized auditoriums or smaller, which sellout much faster naturally, to accommodate all the different types of showings.

[XXR vs XXR]

6 minutes ago, Stewart said:

Confirmation from Corpse, ¥1b OW is happening:

 

It's going to be big. As long as it doesn't burn off too much demand on Friday, it could reach ¥1 billion over the weekend frame. And as you probably know, the only superhero films to open above that mark (or even come close) is the original Spider-Man trilogy.

If you're comparing their Fridays, though, Endgame will be much bigger than Detective Conan on that same day. Live-action films, especially big Hollywood imports, play very well on the weekdays. Detective Conan plays fine on weekdays (which includes Fridays) compared to most other animated films, but it's still a weekend-friendly series. 

Endgame is also playing on a large variety of screens due to its various premium format showings, dub and sub screenings, etc., so a large number of them are either average sized auditoriums or smaller, which sellout much faster naturally, to accommodate all the different types of showings.

 

By comparison, Infinity War made about 680m, but the number on BOM is nearly $9.1m which doesn't translate from 680m so I'm not sure what number they're using. 

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers_infinity_war/avengers-infinity-war-has-been-beaten-at-the-japanese-box-office-by-detective-conan-a160248

[pepsa]

Just now, VenomXXR said:

 

By comparison, Infinity War made about 680m, but the number on BOM is nearly $9.1m which doesn't translate from 680m so I'm not sure what number they're using. 

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers_infinity_war/avengers-infinity-war-has-been-beaten-at-the-japanese-box-office-by-detective-conan-a160248

BOM also added the Friday whilst 680m is only sat + sun (the weekend in japan)

[Stewart]

1 minute ago, VenomXXR said:

 

By comparison, Infinity War made about 680m, but the number on BOM is nearly $9.1m which doesn't translate from 680m so I'm not sure what number they're using. 

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers_infinity_war/avengers-infinity-war-has-been-beaten-at-the-japanese-box-office-by-detective-conan-a160248

2/3 day weekend difference.

 

Actual weekends are defined as 2-day, but many open on Friday's.

 

Here was OW for IW:

 

Weekend Actuals (04/28-29)
01 (---) ¥672,404,000 ($6.2 million), 0, ¥980,000,000 ($9.1 million), Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) NEW
02 (01) ¥605,955,800 ($5.6 million), -26%, ¥4,361,431,200 ($40.1 million), Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho) WK3
03 (02) ¥240,380,300 ($2.2 million), -35%, ¥1,053,836,000 ($9.6 million), Ready Player One (Warner Bros.) WK2
04 (03) ¥168,220,800 ($1.5 million), -15%, ¥880,935,200 ($8.2 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion (Toho) WK3
05 (04) ¥96,142,200 ($883,000), -28%, ¥4,394,408,600 ($41.2 million), Coco (Disney) WK7
06 (05) ¥79,501,800 ($729,000), -36%, ¥348,434,800 ($3.2 million), Inuyashiki (Toho) WK2
07 (---) ¥78,346,000 ($719,000), 0, ¥113,649,200 ($1.0 million), My Little Monster (Toho) NEW
08 (---) ¥64,400,000 ($591,000), 0, ¥83,985,300 ($771,000), Marmalade Boy (Warner Bros.) NEW
09 (07) ¥56,758,600 ($521,000), -32%, ¥3,126,843,900 ($29.2 million), The Boss Baby (Toho-Towa) WK6
10 (09) ¥42,979,000 ($395,000), -25%, ¥4,827,163,800 ($45.2 million), The Greatest Showman (Fox) WK11

[Legion Again]

11 minutes ago, Stewart said:

1b OW is happening

Well we already knew that, Corpse is late to the party.   

 

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Yes, yes, I know. Wasn’t IW ¥990M though? Anything under ¥1.15B would be kind of a bummer, relatively.  

 

Ahh, right, 2 day vs 3-day. Nvm, that’s GREAT.

 

Edited April 25, 2019 by Thanos Legion

[Menor the Destroyer]

1 minute ago, Thanos Legion said:

Well we already knew that, Corpse is late to the party.   

 

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Yes, yes, I know. Wasn’t IW ¥990M though? Anything under ¥1.15B would be kind of a bummer, relatively.

 

I think it means 1b for 2 day weekend

[Stewart]

2 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:

Well we already knew that, Corpse is late to the party.   

 

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Yes, yes, I know. Wasn’t IW ¥990M though? Anything under ¥1.15B would be kind of a bummer, relatively.  

 

Ahh, right, 2 day vs 3-day. Nvm, that’s GREAT.

 

Friday possibly biggest day too, so maybe ¥1.6b 3-day, almost double IW. Around $15m

[XXR vs XXR]

4 minutes ago, Stewart said:

2/3 day weekend difference.

 

Actual weekends are defined as 2-day, but many open on Friday's.

 

Here was OW for IW:

 

Weekend Actuals (04/28-29)
01 (---) ¥672,404,000 ($6.2 million), 0, ¥980,000,000 ($9.1 million), Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) NEW
02 (01) ¥605,955,800 ($5.6 million), -26%, ¥4,361,431,200 ($40.1 million), Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho) WK3
03 (02) ¥240,380,300 ($2.2 million), -35%, ¥1,053,836,000 ($9.6 million), Ready Player One (Warner Bros.) WK2
04 (03) ¥168,220,800 ($1.5 million), -15%, ¥880,935,200 ($8.2 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion (Toho) WK3
05 (04) ¥96,142,200 ($883,000), -28%, ¥4,394,408,600 ($41.2 million), Coco (Disney) WK7
06 (05) ¥79,501,800 ($729,000), -36%, ¥348,434,800 ($3.2 million), Inuyashiki (Toho) WK2
07 (---) ¥78,346,000 ($719,000), 0, ¥113,649,200 ($1.0 million), My Little Monster (Toho) NEW
08 (---) ¥64,400,000 ($591,000), 0, ¥83,985,300 ($771,000), Marmalade Boy (Warner Bros.) NEW
09 (07) ¥56,758,600 ($521,000), -32%, ¥3,126,843,900 ($29.2 million), The Boss Baby (Toho-Towa) WK6
10 (09) ¥42,979,000 ($395,000), -25%, ¥4,827,163,800 ($45.2 million), The Greatest Showman (Fox) WK11

 

Ahh cool. So the BOM number for Endgame (and the number the trades will report) is probably going to be between $12-13m, a very nice 35% bump. 

EDIT: Just saw your 1.6b number. I'll go with about 1.45b for now.

 

Edited April 25, 2019 by VenomXXR

[Stewart]

2 minutes ago, VenomXXR said:

 

Ahh cool. So the BOM number for Endgame (and the number the trades will report) is probably going to be between $12-13m, a very nice 35% bump. 

EDIT: Just saw your 1.6b number. I'll go with about 1.45b for now.

 

I am particularly optimistic. EG OS has drugged me too much

[Cynosure]

Last year's movie's first update (at around 9 am local time) had 12,824 admissions in 70% of Japanese theaters. We'll get AEG's frst update in an hour or so. 

Edited April 26, 2019 by Cynosure

[Cynosure]

9 am update : 31,335 admissions (up 144%). 

 

It's done at 9 am what last year's movie did at noon on OD. 

 

10 am update : 43,368 admissions (up 151%).

Edited April 26, 2019 by Cynosure

[Gavin Feng]

Record for non-holiday Friday is happening?

[catlover]

Looks like It's breaking out in Japan too? $50m total would be amazing.

[Legion Again]

2 hours ago, Cynosure said:

up 144%

The classic calling card of AEG 😎

 

Still, every little bit is a blessing. Merry Endgame to Japan, thanks for your $$$ and I hope the movie brings much joy.

 

HC: +2=10

[Olive]

Friday should be over 500M yen easily...

[HouseOfTheSun]

3 minutes ago, Olive said:

Friday should be over 500M yen easily...

75% of IW total opening 

[Olive]

1 minute ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

75% of IW total opening 

IW made 312M on Friday

[HouseOfTheSun]

Just now, Olive said:

IW made 312M on Friday

Oops I mean for weekend. It was 672.4 for the weekend right?

[Olive]

1 minute ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Oops I mean for weekend. It was 672.4 for the weekend right?

Yeah, that was Sat+Sun

[HouseOfTheSun]

Just now, Olive said:

Yeah, that was Sat+Sun

Japan typically use only Sat/Sun for OW?