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

[lab276]

The Hobbit is a flop in Japan, not TASM. Compared to many Hollywood movies in 2012, TASM rocked in Japan

 

Damning with faint praise, I'm sorry to say.

[fmpro]

The Hobbit is a flop in Japan, not TASM. Compared to many Hollywood movies in 2012, TASM rocked in Japan

 

I think it flopped.

Or disapointed big time

[kayumanggi]

2012 Statistics are finally available:

 

>Yearly Box Office Totaled ¥195.19 billion ($2.34 billion), up 7.7% over last year.

 

>Yearly Admissions Totaled 155.16 million, up 7.2% over last year.

 

>Japanese Films earned ¥128.181 billion ($1.53 billion), up 28.8% over last year and a new record beating 2010's ¥118.217 billion.  The Market Share was 65.7%, their highest share since 1965.

 

>Imported Films earned ¥67.009 billion ($798 million), down 17.9% from last year and a 13-year low.  The Market Share was 34.3%, their lowest share since 1965.

 

>983 Films were released, 554 Japanese and 429 Imported, up 184 over last year and setting a new record beating 2006's 821 films.

 

>58 Films earned ¥1 billion or more, 39 Japanese and 19 Imported.  That is the most Japanese Films to earn ¥1 billion in a year, and the second highest number overall after 2005's 63 films.

 

>The Average Ticket Price was ¥1,258 ($14.98), up 0.04% over last year.

 

I'll post the Top 58 films tomorrow evening.

 

Terrible year for Hollywood films. TERRIBLE.

[Fake]

Hoping for a good opening for JR and good holds for LOP and Ted.

[cremino]

02/02-03
Weekend Estimates

Film / Wknd. Estimate / % Change / Week in Release
1 (1) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥271 million ($3.04 million), -18%, Week 3
2 (2) Life of Pi (20th Century Fox) ¥221 million ($2.49 million), -33%, Week 2
3 (3) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥214 million ($2.41 million), -32%, Week 2
4 (-) Jack Reacher (Paramount) ¥210 million ($2.36 million), 0, NEW! [321 Theaters]
5 (4) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥143 million ($1.61 million), -10%, Week 7
6 (5) Tokyo Family (Shochiku) ¥92 million ($1.03 million), -36%, Week 3
7 (-) Yellow Elephant (Showgate) ¥82 million ($925,000), 0, NEW! [235 Theaters]
8 (6) One Piece Film Z (Toei) ¥66 million ($740,000), -38%, Week 8
9 (-) Documentary of AKB48: No Flowers Without Rain (Toho Video Division) ¥49 million ($550,000), 0, NEW! [119 Theaters]
10 (-) Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent (Warner Bros.) ¥39 million ($440,000), 0, NEW! [93 Theaters]

Ted is still a beast .

Solid second weekend holds for Life of Pi and Strawberry Night.

Jack Reacher could have done a bit better, but the results are enough to achieve the ¥1 billion ($12 million) milestone at the least. The estimate would be about 86% of Valkyrie's opening weekend. The 3-day total should be close to ¥250 million ($3 million).

Audiences are still in love with Les Mis in it's seventh weekend, and still in the Top 5. If it didn't become the highest grossing musical of all-time this weekend, it definitely will before Wednesday. 

Yellow Elephant performed pretty well, selling approx. 22% more tickets than Showgate's New Shoes last fall. 

The Documentary of AKB48 only did 2/3 of the admissions of last year's film. I'm sure the films cost next to nothing to release, so I'm sure we'll see another next year. The "scandal/controversy" surrounding the YouTube video of one member's apology after being fired for having a boyfriend (against the bands rules) could have been a factor, too.

Berserk III did alright for itself and opened higher than it's predecessor, but still way less than the first film. This one though was hit with the rare R-18+ rating, so it's a great accomplishment to even rank in the Top 10. To put the rating into comparison, Django Unchained which will open next month is "only" rated R-15. R-18 ratings are pretty much the NC-17 rating in Japan.

[cremino]

Projected Total (¥1 billion+) After Sunday
One Piece Film Z: ¥6.6 billion ($76 million) after eight weeks.
Les Miserables: ¥4.1 billion ($47 million) after seven weeks.
Ted: ¥1.5 billion ($17 million) after three weeks.
Tokyo Family: ¥1.0 billion ($12 million) after three weeks.

Outside the Top 10:
Evangelion 3.0: ¥5.2 billion ($63 million) after twelve weeks.
Skyfall: ¥2.8 billion ($32 million) after ten weeks.
Today, I Started Loving You: ¥1.8 billion ($21 million) after nine weeks.
The Hobbit: ¥1.7 billion ($19 million) after eight weeks.
Hunter X Hinter: ¥1.1 billion ($13 million) after four weeks.

[Fake]

Was hoping for a better hold for LOP.

[John Marston]

why do superhero films tend to do poorly here again. Some person I am talking to asked me about that

[cremino]

02/02-03
Weekend Ranking

[Admissions]
1 (2) Ted (Toho-Towa) Week 3
2 (-) Jack Reacher (Paramount) NEW!
3 (1) Strawberry Night (Toho) Week 2
4 (3) Life of Pi (Fox) Week 2
5 (5) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) Week 7
6 (4) Tokyo Family (Shochiku) Week 3
7 (-) Yellow Elephant (Showgate) NEW!
8 (6) One Piece Film Z (Toei) Week 8
9 (7) Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (Toei) Week 3
10 (-) Documentary of AKB48: No Flowers Without Rain (Toho Video Division) NEW!
11 (8) Hunter X Hunter: The Phantom Rouge (Toho) Week 4

[Revenue]
1 (1) Ted (Toho-Towa) Week 3
2 (3) Strawberry Night (Toho) Week 2
3 (2) Life of Pi (Fox) Week 2
4 (-) Jack Reacher (Paramount) NEW!
5 (4) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) Week 7

Ted was down just 10% in admissions from last weekend and has exceeded the 1 million admissions mark after three weeks.

Jack Reacher had the best debut among the openers taking in ¥227,774,400 ($2.6 million) with 187,422 admissions over the weekend [321 screens]. That's a pretty low avg. ticket price on opening weekend, so it had to have skewed older.

Les Miserables has become the highest grossing musical of all-time with "about" ¥4.2 billion ($48 million) after seven weeks, topping The Phantom of the Opera's
¥4.1 billion total. It was also announced that the soundtrack had
first weeks sales of 40,000, which is very strong for a movie
soundtrack.

Yellow Elephant debuted very well for a Showgate release earning ¥85,497,630 ($950,000) with 63,653 admissions over the weekend [236 screens].

One Piece Film Z has reached a staggering ¥6.61 billion ($75 million) after eight weeks.

 

[kayumanggi]

Japan is one weird market.

[Fullbuster]

It's wonderful for Ted

[cremino]

02/09
Saturday Estimates

Rank / Film / Sat. estimate / % change from last Sat. / Week in Release
1 Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥118 million ($1.3 million), -21%, Week 4
2 Brain Man (Toho) ¥80 million ($890,000), 0, NEW! [301 Theaters]
3 Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥74 million ($820,000), -37%, Week 3
4 Life of Pi (Fox) ¥63 million ($700,000), -46%, Week 3
5 Jack Reacher (Paramount) ¥60 million ($670,000), -47%, Week 2
6 Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥59 million ($660,000), -18%, Week 8
7 Tokyo Family (Shochiku) ¥31 million ($350,000), -40%, Week 4
8 Yellow Elephant (Showgate) ¥22 million ($250,000), -48%, Week 2
9 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Shochiku) ¥21 million ($240,000), 0, NEW! [129 Theaters]
10 One Piece Film Z (Toei) ¥16 million ($180,000), -53%, Week 9

Ted will claim it's fourth-consecutive week on top.

Brain Man did so-so. Ghost Rider 2 of course bombs.

And there is a very close battle between Life of Pi, Jack Reacher, and Les Miserables for 4th-6th place.

 

[fmpro]

GR2 did´ent open until now????????????????????????????????

[tupek]

La basura sigue liderando en Japón? Qué  extraño....

[iceroll]

Wow wtf, Life of Pi is getting horrible legs in Japan.

[PatrickvD]

GR2 did´ent open until now????????????????????????????????

 

I don't see why they'd bother to release it at all.

[Fake]

Damn! Pretty big drop for LOP.

 

Ted is still holding pretty well and kicking ass.

[John Marston]

holy shit, Die Hard 3 made 81m in Japan back in 1995. Now if you are a Hollywood movie you are lucky to get 40m 

[Tower]

DH2 TS3 and Alice all made over 100M, so 86M is isn't that amazing for Japan.

[lab276]

DH2 TS3 and Alice all made over 100M, so 86M is isn't that amazing for Japan.

In 1995?