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

[KP1025]

At 4PM local time, Aladdin's Sunday is at 209,637. Compared to:

 

Beauty and the Beast: 165,877 

The Last Jedi:  187,607

The Force Awakens: 206,251

Fallen Kingdom: 211,513

 

Using the chart below, an opening above Beauty and the Beast seems locked. OW will probably be between ¥1.1-1.2 billion if this pace continues. Huge numbers and a wonderful surprise considering Corpse only recently lowered his predictions for Aladdin to ¥3-5 billion for the total run. 

 

Biggest Modern Opening Weekends (2008-) [REVENUE]
Modern Rank (All-Time Rank)

08 (25) ¥1,245,023,900 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015) 

10 (27) ¥1,216,654,000 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)

15 (33) ¥1,125,800,000 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)

17 (35) ¥1,065,362,800 - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, KP1025 said:

At 4PM local time, Aladdin's Sunday is at 209,637. Compared to:

 

Beauty and the Beast: 165,877 

The Last Jedi:  187,607

The Force Awakens: 206,251

Fallen Kingdom: 211,513

 

Using the chart below, an opening above Beauty and the Beast seems locked. OW will probably be between ¥1.1-1.2 billion if this pace continues. Huge numbers and a wonderful surprise considering Corpse only recently lowered his predictions for Aladdin to ¥3-5 billion for the total run. 

 

Biggest Modern Opening Weekends (2008-) [REVENUE]
Modern Rank (All-Time Rank)

08 (25) ¥1,245,023,900 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015) 

10 (27) ¥1,216,654,000 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)

15 (33) ¥1,125,800,000 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)

17 (35) ¥1,065,362,800 - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)

Maybe he's full of shit about The Lion King as well.

[KP1025]

33 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Maybe he's full of shit about The Lion King as well.

I can understand his reasoning for being conservative on The Lion King due to Jungle Book performing poorly in Japan. And it's true the original animated film didn't do that well when it released in Japan (neither did almost all Hollywood animation until the 2000s). That said, the film has left behind a legacy that cannot be compared to any other animated film. The musical has a permanent installment in Japan and is the longest performing show in Japanese history. Across Japan, I estimate it has probably earned over $1 billion since its debut in 1998.

[titanic2187]

Aladdin's opening tell us that Frozen 2 November slot is perfectly fine. 

[cannastop]

9 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

Aladdin's opening tell us that Frozen 2 November slot is perfectly fine. 

Not sure about legs though.

[KP1025]

10 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Not sure about legs though.

The good thing about a backloaded market like Japan is that if a film happens to hit the right note for audiences, WOM will ensure good legs- holidays or not. The all-time highest multiplier in Japan currently belongs to Bohemian Rhapsody, and that was an early November release. 

[Sunny Max]

8 hours ago, jj99 said:

 

 

What is Aladdin's Gross for Saturday?

Around $4.9 M .. Biggest sat for non-starwars Disney movie since TFA ..

[titanic2187]

20 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Not sure about legs though.

The leggiest film in Japanese box office history since 1998, bohemian rhapsody was released in November.  

[Sunny Max]

7 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

The good thing about a backloaded market like Japan is that if a film happens to hit the right note for audiences, WOM will ensure good legs- holidays or not. The all-time highest multiplier in Japan currently belongs to Bohemian Rhapsody, and that was an early November release. 

Yep .. Wom matters a lot in japan ... Holidays hardly matters (though holiday can give you extra boost)

Edited June 9, 2019 by Sunny Max

[Sunny Max]

1 hour ago, KP1025 said:

At 4PM local time, Aladdin's Sunday is at 209,637. Compared to:

 

Beauty and the Beast: 165,877 

The Last Jedi:  187,607

The Force Awakens: 206,251

Fallen Kingdom: 211,513

 

Using the chart below, an opening above Beauty and the Beast seems locked. OW will probably be between ¥1.1-1.2 billion if this pace continues. Huge numbers and a wonderful surprise considering Corpse only recently lowered his predictions for Aladdin to ¥3-5 billion for the total run. 

 

Biggest Modern Opening Weekends (2008-) [REVENUE]
Modern Rank (All-Time Rank)

08 (25) ¥1,245,023,900 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015) 

10 (27) ¥1,216,654,000 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)

15 (33) ¥1,125,800,000 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)

17 (35) ¥1,065,362,800 - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)

Aladdin might beat TLJ ... 

[Sunny Max]

25 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Not sure about legs though.

Bohemian Rhapsody did this in November month ..  5th weekend was the highest one for the film & movie got highest number of screens in 13th weekend (647 screens) .

[catlover]

1 hour ago, cannastop said:

Maybe he's full of shit about The Lion King as well.

Corpse has always been conservative, because he predicts based on only historical data and numbers. Doesn't easily swayed by hype. So I understand where he's coming from. Having said that, I still think he's underestimating TLK's popularity thanks to the musical theater.

 

I remember when he was still active in this forum. During Frozen's crazy run, he constantly underestimated its numbers in this thread. And then another member here, who was a little bit arrogant and a drama queen I must say, was calling him names and very rude to him, because this member believed that Frozen could get to $200m, while Corpse said no. In the end, he was right, and Corpse was wrong, but Corpse already felt insulted, so before Frozen's run even ended, he left this forum.

 

Anyways, back to Aladdin. I didn't expect it to match BatB, let alone surpass its OW! Because I thought Japanese was more attracted to European setting. But then again, Aladdin was the biggest Disney animated film in Japan from the renaissance era, wasn't it? So maybe it is expected.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, catlover said:

And then another member here, who was a little bit arrogant and a drama queen I must say

That user is still here, if I am right.

[catlover]

8 minutes ago, cannastop said:

That user is still here, if I am right.

Really? I didn't realize. I hope he's not offended by my post.

[Tower]

1 hour ago, catlover said:

Really? I didn't realize. I hope he's not offended by my post.

It's POTUS, but you don't need to worry about offending him.

[Sunny Max]

Till 5 PM Tokyo standard time ...

 

Aladdin :-  218,717  (Ahead from TFA & TLJ) ..  😮 

 

As compare to other Biggies 

 

BATB :- 198,605

AEG :- 164,820

[jj99]

9PM Update:

 

Aladdin - 286,657

 

Others at 9 PM and FINAL:

 

310,627 > 316,396 - Jurassic World 2

274,998 > 275,491 - Star Wars VII
263,949 > 264,078 - Star Wars VIII
261,046 > 263,634 - Beauty and the Beast
224,737 > 228,840 - Avengers: Endgame

 

Ahead of all but JW2 even for Final numbers.

 

[Sunny Max]

4 minutes ago, jj99 said:

9PM Update:

 

Aladdin - 286,657

 

Others at 9 PM and FINAL:

 

310,627 > 316,396 - Jurassic World 2

274,998 > 275,491 - Star Wars VII
263,949 > 264,078 - Star Wars VIII
261,046 > 263,634 - Beauty and the Beast
224,737 > 228,840 - Avengers: Endgame

 

Ahead of all but JW2 even for Final numbers.

 

Tremendous numbers ... might cross 290K mark ... (this is 70% Usual locations)

 

i might get the date Of %100 Locations ... will post soon ..

 

Saturday 100% locations Admissions were 291K for Aladdin ..

[jj99]

4 minutes ago, Sunny Max said:

Tremendous numbers ... might cross 290K mark ... (this is 70% Usual locations)

 

i might get the date Of %100 Locations ... will post soon ..

 

Saturday 100% locations Admissions were 291K for Aladdin ..

Awesome, please do.

 

Should hopefully be well north of 300k maybe 315k

[Sunny Max]

2 minutes ago, jj99 said:

Awesome, please do.

 

Should hopefully be well north of 300k maybe 315k

Yeah....    trying to get the data...