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

[cannastop]

33 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Well shit, I thought it had a weaker launch. Might just be in comparison with Film Z or something

Yeah One Piece Film Z was a bit higher.

 

04 (20) ¥1,372,054,050 - One Piece Film Z (Dec., 2012) 

[Jiffy]

On 7/31/2019 at 3:13 AM, Agafin said:

By the way, for this data, I need to credit not just tyrannyreborn from the BOM forums (whoever that is) but also Inny Binny from the WOKJ forums since that is the one from whom  I actually saw it after BOM was nuked

 

http://63.141.253.158/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1566244&sid=b70c77dab5e68290dc9db116d0c5bc9c#p1566244

 

It seems you @Jiffy even posted on that same page (assuming that Jiffy is the same user as you) and are the one who prompted him to post those numbers there so you can retroactively thank yourself too lol.

Haha that's awesome. Yes, I am the same Jiffy. 

For whatever reason I'd forgotten that was posted. 

[keysersoze123]

@tyrannyreborn was among the best posters at BOM tracking OS gross for movies. he did join BOT but is not active anymore though I see him now and then(he recently liked one of my posts !!!).

[cannastop]

Wait. I thought movies normally opened on Saturdays in Japan. But Hobbs and Shaw is out right now (it's Friday in Japan).

 

And on August 9th, another Friday, One Piece Stampede and The Lion King are also opening.

 

What's up with this?

[cannastop]

Is Friday just the new opening day now in Japan?

[KP1025]

5 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Wait. I thought movies normally opened on Saturdays in Japan. But Hobbs and Shaw is out right now (it's Friday in Japan).

 

And on August 9th, another Friday, One Piece Stampede and The Lion King are also opening.

 

What's up with this?

 

They used to in the past. The switch to opening on Fridays appears to have happened only in recent years, although I'm not sure what prompted the change. 

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

 

They used to in the past. The switch to opening on Fridays appears to have happened only in recent years, although I'm not sure what prompted the change. 

well this really fucks up historical comparisons.

[KP1025]

3 minutes ago, cannastop said:

well this really fucks up historical comparisons.

 

If I remember correctly, Corpse said opening on a Friday doesn't really affect the actual weekend frame that much. Saturday and Sunday don't appear to be deflated much, if at all. 

[catlover]

57 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Wait. I thought movies normally opened on Saturdays in Japan. But Hobbs and Shaw is out right now (it's Friday in Japan).

 

And on August 9th, another Friday, One Piece Stampede and The Lion King are also opening.

 

What's up with this?

Yeah normally movies opened on Saturday. But recently, big movies are starting to open on Friday. Endgame, Aladdin, FFH, TS4, WWY all opened on Friday. Come to think about it, how many movies actually opened on Saturday in the last 4 months or so? Not many I'm guessing.

[cannastop]

5 minutes ago, catlover said:

Yeah normally movies opened on Saturday. But recently, big movies are starting to open on Friday. Endgame, Aladdin, FFH, TS4, WWY all opened on Friday. Come to think about it, how many movies actually opened on Saturday in the last 4 months or so? Not many I'm guessing.

Detective Conan, right?

[SchumacherFTW]

It tends to usually be western movies that open on a Friday, the majority of Japanese movies still open on Saturday when there isn't a holiday or a giant amount of hype. 

[Tower]

Upcoming Release Schedule: August & September:

08/02:
[347] - Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Toho-Towa)
[314] - Dragon Quest: Your Story (Toho)

08/07:
[137] - Bring the Soul: The Movie (Toho Video Division)

08/09:
[362] - The Lion King (Disney)
[352] - One Piece Film Stampede (Toei)

08/16:
[271] - Dance With Me (Warner Bros.)
[x97] - Aesop's Game (Asmik Ace)
[x77] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire [Special 4D Expansion] (Toho) *Limited Run TBD*

08/23:
[313] - Ossan's Love: Love or Dead (Toho)
[313] - Rocketman (Toho-Towa)
[285] - Ni no Kuni: The Movie (Warner Bros.)

08/30:
[325] - Samurai Shifters (Shochiku)
[186] - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Sony)
[100] - God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Crimson Legend! (Kadokawa)

________________________________

09/06:
[291] - Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Toho)
[127] - Shadow (Showgate)
[x96] - Tycoon Family (Kino Films)
[x75] - The Matrix [20th Anniversary 4D Re-Release] (Warner Bros.) *Limited 2-Week Run*
[x73] - Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jido Shuki Ningyo (Shochiku) *Limited 3-Week Run*

09/13:
[352] - Hit Me Anyone One More Time (Toho)
[295] - No Longer Human (Shochiku, Asmik Ace)
[253] - A Dog's Journey (Toho-Towa)

09/20:
[319] - Ad Astra (Fox) 
[254] - Hello World (Toho)
[182] - Three Nobunagas (High Brow Cinema)
[161] - Annabelle Comes Home (Warner Bros.)
[115] - Little Nights, Little Love (Gaga)

09/27:
[151] - Ninkyo Gakuen (Avex Pictures)
[x96] - The Flowers of Evil (Phantom Film)
[x71] - From Miyamoto to You (Star Sands, Kadokawa)

Preliminary theater counts in [brackets] are subject-to-change, especially for premium format releases distributed by Disney and Warner Bros. 

General Theater Count Key:
<100: Limited.
101-149: Wide.
150-199: Below Average. 
200-249: Average.
250-299: Above Average.
300-349: Very Wide.
>350: Optimal.

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Tower said:

Upcoming Release Schedule: August & September:

08/02:
[347] - Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Toho-Towa)
[314] - Dragon Quest: Your Story (Toho)

08/07:
[137] - Bring the Soul: The Movie (Toho Video Division)

08/09:
[362] - The Lion King (Disney)
[352] - One Piece Film Stampede (Toei)

08/16:
[271] - Dance With Me (Warner Bros.)
[x97] - Aesop's Game (Asmik Ace)
[x77] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire [Special 4D Expansion] (Toho) *Limited Run TBD*

@SchumacherFTW

 

Looks like Fridays to me.

[SchumacherFTW]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

@SchumacherFTW

 

Looks like Fridays to me.

All of those weekends are affected by Obon with the exception of this one. See what happens after I guess. 

[Tower]

4 minutes ago, cannastop said:

@SchumacherFTW

 

Looks like Fridays to me.

Friday is the normal day now, they switched a while back.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, Tower said:

Friday is the normal day now, they switched a while back.

Gosh, do you know when exactly? Feels like 2016 was yesterday.

[Tower]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

Gosh, do you know when exactly? Feels like 2016 was yesterday.

Can't remember exactly, you should ask corpse. but it definitely started with the big Hollywood stuff, and then I think about a year ago the local films followed suit. 

[cannastop]

Corpse

http://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2243012#p2243012

Fastest to ¥5 billion (Blockbuster Milestone) - 24 Days or Less:

10 - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
11 - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
12 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
13 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
13 - Spirited Away (2001)
14 - Weathering With You (2019) *Awaiting Announcement*
14 - Beauty and the Beast (2017)
14 - Your Name. (2016)
14 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
14 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
14 - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
15 - Jurassic World (2015)
15 - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014)
15 - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
15 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
16 - Toy Story 4 (2019)
16 - Aladdin (2019) 
16 - Ponyo (2008)
16 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
16 - The Da Vinci Code (2006)
16 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
17 - Code Blue (2018)
17 - Frozen (2014)
17 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
17 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
17 - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
18 - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
18 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
18 - Rookies (2009)
18 - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
18 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
19 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
20 - Umizaru: The Last Message (2010)
21 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
21 - The Wind Rises (2013)
21 - One Piece Film Z (2012)
21 - Hero (2007)
22 - Avengers: Endgame (2019)
22 - Avatar (2009)
22 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
22 - Finding Nemo (2003)
22 - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
22 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
23 - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
23 - Big Hero 6 (2014)
23 - Arrietty (2010)
24 - Toy Story 3 (2010)
24 - The Last Samurai (2003)

Note: Not enough data for films released before 2000 to be included on this list, primarily including: Titanic, Princess Mononoke, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Armageddon, Jurassic Park, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Antarctica -- all of which likely exceeded ¥5 billion before 24 days (4 weeks) in release.

 

[KP1025]

Corpse:

 

Weekend Forecast (08/03-04)
01 (01) ¥759,000,000 ($7.1 million), -25%, ¥5,950,000,000 ($55.1 million), Weathering With You (Toho) WK3
02 (02) ¥452,000,000 ($4.2 million), -28%, ¥6,800,000,000 ($63.0 million), Toy Story 4 (Disney) WK4
03 (---) ¥425,000,000 ($4.0 million), 0, ¥625,000,000 ($5.8 million), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Toho-Towa) NEW
04 (---) ¥325,000,000 ($3.0 million), 0, ¥450,000,000 ($4.2 million), Dragon Quest: Your Story (Toho) NEW
05 (03) ¥172,000,000 ($1.6 million), -35%, ¥825,000,000 ($7.7 million), The Great War of Archimedes (Toho) WK2
06 (05) ¥165,000,000 ($1.5 million), -26%, ¥790,000,000 ($7.5 million), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Toho-Towa) WK2
07 (06) ¥145,000,000 ($1.4 million), -31%, ¥11,400,000,000 ($105.0 million), Aladdin (Disney) WK9
08 (04) ¥123,000,000 ($1.1 million), -50%, ¥590,000,000 ($5.4 million), Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer! (Toei) WK2
09 (07) ¥112,000,000 ($1.0 million), -32%, ¥2,050,000,000 ($18.9 million), Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Toho) WK4
10 (08) ¥x33,000,000 ($310,000), -43%, ¥2,945,000,000 ($27.2 million), Spider-Man: Far From Home (Sony) WK6

>Weathering With You will repeat once again atop the box-office. Makoto Shinkai's latest likely exceeded the ¥5 billion milestone on Thursday, its 14th-day in release, which is the same amount of time it took Your Name. to reach the mark. Weathering With You has been keeping pace/slightly outpacing (in total) Your Name. so far, but I do believe it'll begin to fall behind beginning this weekend. It's still a bit difficult to project a likely total, but it seems like it is heading somewhere around the ¥15 billion ($140/$150 million) milestone, especially with the Obon Festival holiday period a little over a week away to really bolster its gross.

>Toy Story 4 continues to do strong business. I'm a bit concerned what will happen to it next weekend when The Lion King opens. Disney likes to give their latest blockbuster as many screens/showtimes as possible, which usually results in their holdover(s) taking a significant hit. As long as it doesn't take a crippling hit next week (40%+), it'll enter the Obon Festival holiday period on strong footing and cement itself as Pixar's highest grossing film in the market. 

>Hobbs & Shaw will see a noticeable drop from the main series of films, likely dropping 30/40% compared to The Fate of the Furious. This isn't surprising, it regularly happens with spin-offs. And I will say that if it ends up seeing a decline around 30% versus 40%, I'd consider it pretty good.  

>Dragon Quest: Your Story is a rare CGI animated film (remember, Japan remains almost exclusively a 2D animated market) based on the very popular Dragon Quest video game series. I don't know too much about this film yet, but I'll do some research on it before the end of the weekend. It's going to do solid business (CGI local films can struggle), and if it comes in around the forecast above, it could wind up with a surprising total since the Obon Festival holiday period is just over a week away.

And a side note: There was a lot of rain and thunderstorms during the end of July, so it's possible that the sunny weather (albeit hot) could have a small negative impact on the box-office. Weather rarely affects the box-office in Japan (unless it's particularly awful, i.e. a major typhoon), but since the first few weeks of summer vacation was very rainy, I could see people (family and teens) taking advantage of the sunny weather this weekend.

 

[cannastop]

18 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

>Dragon Quest: Your Story is a rare CGI animated film (remember, Japan remains almost exclusively a 2D animated market) based on the very popular Dragon Quest video game series. I don't know too much about this film yet, but I'll do some research on it before the end of the weekend. It's going to do solid business (CGI local films can struggle), and if it comes in around the forecast above, it could wind up with a surprising total since the Obon Festival holiday period is just over a week away.

Dragon Quest is a wildly popular video game series of course. By revenue, it matches Miyazaki.

Dragon Quest VI in 1995 probably made around 30 billion yen in revenue, similar to Spirited Away.

 

Also aren't they making a CGI Lupin III movie eventually?

Edited August 3, 2019 by cannastop