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

[lab276]

It's also in 3D. Just not bombing hard is already an achievement.

[druv10]

I'll wait until Corpse post something concrete before declaring where it'll finish.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It's also in 3D. Just not bombing hard is already an achievement.

A pathetic truth, haha.

[SchumacherFTW]

What is it about 3D that has caused a kind of allergy towards it in Japan? Surely 2D shows are available as well?

[Fullbuster]

What is it about 3D that has caused a kind of allergy towards it in Japan? Surely 2D shows are available as well?

Ticket prices are high in Japan, so I guess 3D makes these prices even less affordable.

[SchumacherFTW]

That doesn't put other countries like Australia off like it does in Japan though.

[Fullbuster]

That doesn't put other countries like Australia off like it does in Japan though.

That doesn't put other countries like Australia off like it does in Japan though.

Different cultures.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

It is said Ted zero drop from last weekend, LM down about 30%, Pi is 150% bigger than Hobbit OW.

[cremino]

From Corpse

 

01/26
Saturday Estimates

Rank / Film / Sat. Est. / Sat. % Change / Week in Release
1 Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥196 million ($2.3 million), 0, NEW!
2 Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥165 million ($1.9 million), +/-0%, Week 2
3 Life of Pi (20th Century Fox) ¥153 million ($1.7 million), 0, NEW!
4 Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥87 million ($1.0 million), -19%, Week 6
5 Tokyo Family (Shochiku) ¥66 million ($750,000), -37%, Week 2
6 One Piece Film Z (Toei) ¥53 million ($600,000), -32%, Week 7
7 Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Toho) ¥36 million ($410,000), -50%, Week 2
8 Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie (Toei) ¥35 million ($400,000), -50%, Week 2
9 Looper (Gaga) ¥18 million ($205,000), -49%, Week 3
10 Tsuna's Night (Toei) ¥16 million ($180,000), 0, NEW!

Very good for Strawberry Night. It should have #1 locked up for the weekend, and may have a shot at a ¥400 million ($4.5 million+) debut.

Ted...
well, it dropped 0.3% compared to last Saturday. I know it added a
number of extra showtimes this weekend, but the ridiculousness is still
ongoing.

Life of Pi did quite well selling about 40% more tickets than The Hobbit
did opening day last month. It still looks like it'll debut in third,
but will do so with a very solid ¥275-305 million ($3-3.5 million)
start.

Les Mis is still posting excellent
holds and I can't see it slowing down until post-Oscars. In terms of
daily gross, it will soon catch up to the US if it hasn't already.

I see Les Mis is estimated at $1 million in the US for it's fifth Friday
which Les Mis has matched on it's sixth Saturday in Japan.

[lab276]

That's insane for Ted. Who'd have thought it would be such a hit in Japan?  

[Fullbuster]

That's insane for Ted. Who'd have thought it would be such a hit in Japan?  

I was very pessimistic about it, I expected a failure because US comedies aren't doing fine in Japan except for Home Alone but it was long time ago.

 

So Eva, what is the total gross of Ted as of Saturday? I'm very happy to see this success of Ted in Japan, happy to see they can like US/Western comedies when they're innovative.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

60M+ for Ted ?

[keysersoze123]

corpse updated with sunday numbers.

 

01/26-27
Weekend Estimates

1 (1) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥325 million ($3.7 million), +/-0%, Week 2
2 (-) Life of Pi (20th Century Fox) ¥324 million ($3.7 million), 0, NEW!
3 (-) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥314 million ($3.6 million), 0, NEW!
4 (2) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥163 million ($1.9 million), -25%, Week 6
5 (3) Tokyo Family (Shochiku) ¥134 million ($1.5 million), -36%, Week 2
6 (4) One Piece Film Z (Toei) ¥105 million ($1.2 million), -34%, Week 7
7 (6) Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie (Toei) ¥80 million ($920,000), -42%, Week 2
8 (5) Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Toho) ¥77 million ($880,000), -47%, Week 3
9 (7) Looper (Gaga) ¥33 million ($380,000), -52%, Week 3
10 (-) Tsuna's Night (Toei) ¥28 million ($320,000), 0, NEW!

Strawberry Night wasn't able to maintain it's Saturday lead and dropped a pretty harsh 20% on Sunday, allowing both Ted and Life of Pi to beat it in the estimates.  The numbers are so close, though, that I wouldn't call any of their ranking positions just yet.  

Ted remained flat in it's second weekend, dropping a whopping 0.1% at the usual locations.  

Life of Pi did much better than expected and may debut in first if it's 3D share is high enough.  The film ended up selling nearly 50% more tickets than The Hobbit did opening weekend.

 

 

Sensational for les mis, ted and pi.

[cremino]

From Corpse

 

01/26

Saturday Estimates

Rank / Film / Sat. Est. / Sat. % Change / Week in Release

1 Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥196 million ($2.3 million), 0, NEW!

2 Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥165 million ($1.9 million), +/-0%, Week 2

3 Life of Pi (20th Century Fox) ¥153 million ($1.7 million), 0, NEW!

4 Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥87 million ($1.0 million), -19%, Week 6

5 Tokyo Family (Shochiku) ¥66 million ($750,000), -37%, Week 2

6 One Piece Film Z (Toei) ¥53 million ($600,000), -32%, Week 7

7 Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Toho) ¥36 million ($410,000), -50%, Week 2

8 Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie (Toei) ¥35 million ($400,000), -50%, Week 2

9 Looper (Gaga) ¥18 million ($205,000), -49%, Week 3

10 Tsuna's Night (Toei) ¥16 million ($180,000), 0, NEW!

Very good for Strawberry Night. It should have #1 locked up for the weekend, and may have a shot at a ¥400 million ($4.5 million+) debut.

Ted...

well, it dropped 0.3% compared to last Saturday. I know it added a

number of extra showtimes this weekend, but the ridiculousness is still

ongoing.

Life of Pi did quite well selling about 40% more tickets than The Hobbit

did opening day last month. It still looks like it'll debut in third,

but will do so with a very solid ¥275-305 million ($3-3.5 million)

start.

Les Mis is still posting excellent

holds and I can't see it slowing down until post-Oscars. In terms of

daily gross, it will soon catch up to the US if it hasn't already.

I see Les Mis is estimated at $1 million in the US for it's fifth Friday

which Les Mis has matched on it's sixth Saturday in Japan.

 

01/26-27

Weekend Estimates

1 (1) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥325 million ($3.7 million), +/-0%, Week 2

2 (-) Life of Pi (20th Century Fox) ¥324 million ($3.7 million), 0, NEW!

3 (-) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥314 million ($3.6 million), 0, NEW!

4 (2) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥163 million ($1.9 million), -25%, Week 6

5 (3) Tokyo Family (Shochiku) ¥134 million ($1.5 million), -36%, Week 2

6 (4) One Piece Film Z (Toei) ¥105 million ($1.2 million), -34%, Week 7

7 (6) Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie (Toei) ¥80 million ($920,000), -42%, Week 2

8 (5) Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Toho) ¥77 million ($880,000), -47%, Week 3

9 (7) Looper (Gaga) ¥33 million ($380,000), -52%, Week 3

10 (-) Tsuna's Night (Toei) ¥28 million ($320,000), 0, NEW!

Strawberry Night wasn't able to maintain it's Saturday lead and dropped a pretty harsh 20% on Sunday, allowing both Ted and Life of Pi to beat it in the estimates. The numbers are so close, though, that I wouldn't call any of their ranking positions just yet.

Ted remained flat in it's second weekend, dropping a whopping 0.1% at the usual locations.

Life of Pi

did much better than expected and may debut in first if it's 3D share

is high enough. The film ended up selling nearly 50% more tickets than The Hobbit did opening weekend

[iceroll]

Hopefully Life of Pi gets crazy legs like Ted and Les Mis.

[kayumanggi]

What is THE HOBBIT: AUJ's total so far?

[Fake]

And all of a sudden Hollywood is in great shape in Japan.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Hopefully Life of Pi gets crazy legs like Ted and Les Mis.

FOX reports 4.6m ow ...

[Fullbuster]

And all of a sudden Hollywood is in great shape in Japan.

Let's hope that goes on...

[SchumacherFTW]

Ted in Japan is just