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

[cremino]

Big milestone for Ted by easily reaching ¥3 billion. It has become far and away the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all-time, and will soon overtake Home Alone 2 and become the third highest-grossing imported-comedy of all-time behind the original Home Alone and Pretty Woman.

 

Best Multipliers since 2001(Wide Releases, ¥200 million+ Openings)1. Spirited Away (37.95x), 20012. Avatar (26.13x), 20103. Departures (23.21x), 20084. Les Miserables (16.99x), 2013*5. The Cat Returns (16.44x), 20026. Monsters Inc. (15.69x), 20027. The Last Samurai (15.25x), 20048. Ponyo (14.98x), 20089. Howl's Moving Castle (14.84x), 200410. Always: Sunset on Third Street (14.81x), 200511. Confessions (14.25x), 201012. Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge (13.96x), 200313. Thermae Romae (13.83x), 201214. Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (13.64x), 200415. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (13.09x), 200216. The Phantom of the Opera (12.51x), 200517. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (12.48x), 200318. The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (11.56x), 201219. From Kokuriko Hill (11.51x), 201120. SP: The Motion Picture 2 (11.34x), 201121. Toy Story 3 (11.05x), 201022. The Ecstasy Hotel (10.71x), 200623. The Borrower Arrietty (10.34x), 201024. Letters From Iwo Jima (10.22x), 200725. Ted (10.11x), 2013***After 10 Weeks**After 6 Weeks

[iceroll]

Wow Ted is already in the top 25?? Maybe it will finish in the top 10 as well.

[riczhang]

Can Les Mis hit a 20x multiplier?

[Noctis]

Watch out for Oz. It's going to be a MONSTER.

[riczhang]

Watch out for Oz. It's going to be a MONSTER.

 

It's 3D though. Most 3D films tank in Japan. The Premiums kill the films at the BO. 

[Fullbuster]

It's 3D though. Most 3D films tank in Japan. The Premiums kill the films at the BO. 

 

This one could be different, Japanese love this kind of movie. In 2010 Alice was very successful

[riczhang]

This one could be different, Japanese love this kind of movie. In 2010 Alice was very successful

 

I think 3D movies are underperforming, and bombing at the BO not because they aren't good, or because the public isn't interested in them. But in a country where the 2D movie price is ~$20, a 3D movie is just too expensive for most. There aren't enough 2D showings to compensate either. At least this is my reasoning behind all of this. 

[cremino]

From Corpse

 

03/02-03
Weekend Forecast

 

1 (1) A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox) ¥185 million ($2 million) Week 3
2 (-) Flight (Paramount) ¥175 million ($1.9 million) NEW! [317 theaters]
3 (2) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥120 million ($1.4 million) Week 7
4 (-) Django Unchained (Sony) ¥100 million ($1.2 million) NEW! [148 theaters]
5 (5) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥75 million ($815,000) Week 11
6 (4) Brain Man (Toho) ¥60 million ($650,000) Week 4
7 (6) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥45 million ($490,000) Week 6
8 (3) A Certain Magical Index (Warner Bros.) ¥40 million ($430,000) Week 2
9 (7) Life of Pi (Fox) ¥40 million ($430,000) Week 6
10 (8) Zero Dark Thirty (Gaga) ¥30 million ($325,000) Week 3

Another pretty slow weekend at the box-office with the holdovers shining the most.

Fortunately, next weekend sees the latest Doraemon film open against Oz: The Great and Powerful which will definitely liven things up a bit.

Projected Totals (¥1 billion+) after Sunday
-Les Miserables: ¥5.25 billion ($59.5 million) after eleven weeks.
-Ted: ¥3.55 billion ($39 million) after seven weeks.
-Strawberry Night: ¥2 billion ($23 million) after six weeks.
-Life of Pi: ¥1.85 billion ($21 million) after six weeks.
-Die Hard 5: ¥1.6 billion ($18 million) after three weeks.
-Brain Man: ¥1 billion ($12 million) after four weeks.

Outside the Top 10
-One Piece Film Z: ¥6.8 billion ($76.5 million) after twelve weeks.
-Tokyo Family: ¥1.6 billion ($18 million) after seven weeks.
-Jack Reacher: ¥1.1 billion ($13 million) after five weeks.

[cremino]

Saturday Estimates (03/02)

Film / Rank / Sat. Est. / % change from last Sat. / Day in Release
1 Flight (Paramount) ¥84 million ($915,000), 0, Day 2
2 A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox) ¥74 million ($805,000), -43%, Day 17
3 Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥61 million ($665,000), -30%, Day 44
4 Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥52 million ($565,000), +32%, Day 71
5 Django Unchained (Sony) ¥33 million ($360,000), 0, Day 2
6 Brain Man (Toho) ¥27 million ($295,000), -32%, Day 22
7 Life of Pi (Fox) ¥24 million ($260,000), -13%, Day 37
8 A Certain Magical Index (Warner Bros.) ¥20 million ($220,000), -64%, Day 8
9 Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥17 million ($185,000), -49%, Day 36
10 Zero Dark Thirty (Gaga) ¥12 million ($130,000), -44%, Day 15

-Flight is doing pretty well and will probably bump off Die Hard 5 to debut in 1st place for the weekend.

-Django Unchained... eh, not bad considering the low theater count, but I thought it could have done a little better. The opening will however been down at least 40% compared to Inglourious Bastards.

-Les Miserables is increasing again, and this time by a LOT thanks to it's Oscar wins. The film has easily succeeded at having 11-consecutive weeks in the Top 5. And the fact that it's going to earn over ¥100 million ($1.1/1.2 million) in it's 11th weekend is incredible. To put the number into a comparison, The Avengers grossed just slightly more in it's 11th weekend in the US.

-Life of Pi is looking at it's best hold to date thanks to the Oscars. And while it's not benefiting nearly as well much as Les Mis, it's still impressive.

[cremino]

Most Consecutive-Weeks in the Top 5 (Since 1998)

Spirited Away (2001) - 21
Armageddon (1998) - 18
Avatar (2010) - 16
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - 16
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) - 16
Deep Impact (1998) - 15
The Last Samurai (2004) - 13
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - 13
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2002) - 13
The Matrix (1999) - 13
Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003) - 12
Les Miserables (2013) - 11
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - 11
The Green Mile (2000) - 11
M:I-2 (2000) - 11
Bayside Shakedown (1998) - 11
Thermae Romae (2012) - 10
Ponyo (2008) - 10
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004) - 10
Finding Nemo (2004) - 10
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004) - 10
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) - 10
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) - 10
Monsters, Inc. (2002) - 10
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 10

Saturday's estimate locks up an amazing 11-consecutive week for Les Mis in the Top 5, but can it do 12? Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum and Oz: The Great and Powerful will make it very difficult next weekend, and it'll need to overtake either Ted or Die Hard 5 to do it, but it's possible not being too far below them already this weekend.

[John Marston]

How much did Armageddon make in dollars

[cremino]

Weekend Estimates (03/02-03)

Film / Rank / Wknd. Est. / % change / Week in Release
1 (-) Flight (Paramount) ¥158 million ($1.7 million), 0, NEW! [317 theaters]
2 (1) A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox) ¥144 million ($1.6 million), -44%, Week 3
3 (2) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥120 million ($1.3 million), -31%, Week 7
4 (5) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥101 million ($1.1 million), +26%, Week 11
5 (-) Django Unchained (Sony) ¥69 million ($745,000), 0, NEW! [148 theaters]
6 (4) Brain Man (Toho) ¥51 million ($550,000), -37%, Week 4
7 (7) Life of Pi (Fox) ¥47 million ($510,000), -13%, Week 6
8 (3) A Certain Magical Index (Warner Bros.) ¥40 million ($430,000), -60%, Week 2
9 (6) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥35 million ($380,000), -47%, Week 6
10 (8) Zero Dark Thirty (Gaga) ¥25 million ($270,000), -44%, Week 3

[iceroll]

Awesome for Les Mis!

[cremino]

From Corpse as usual

 

Weekend Ranking (03/02-03)

1 (-) Flight (Paramount) NEW
2 (1) A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox) Week 3
3 (2) Ted (Toho-Towa) Week 7
4 (5) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) Week 11
5 (-) Django Unchained (Sony) NEW
6 (4) Brain Man (Toho) Week 4
7 (3) A Certain Magical Index (Warner Bros.) Week 2
8 (9) Life of Pi (Fox) Week 6
9 (6) Strawberry Night (Toho) Week 6
10 (29) Argo (Disney) Week 19
11 (8) Zero Dark Thirty (Gaga) Week 3

Washington's latest film Flight debuted on 321 screens to 129,920 admissions and earned ¥156,322,250 ($1.69 million) over the weekend. Since opening on Friday, it has sold 199,358 admissions and grossed ¥225,962,750 ($2.43 million).

Django Unchained managed a Top 5 debut on only 148 screens, but took it a mediocre ¥63,532,700 ($684,000) on 50,123 admissions for the weekend. It also opened on Friday, bringing it's 3-day total to ¥92,309,900($995,000) on 77,998 admissions. This weak showing isn't too surprising considering that except for the Kill Bill films, Tarantino has never been successful in the market.

Very nice for Argo.
It added 109 theaters (up from only 7 before this weekend). It was very well-received last October (even nominated for Best Foreign Film), but it's box office was really weak despite this never playing on more than 115 screens and failed to rank in the Top 10 even once. This second run thanks to winning Best Picture, while it won't be very much, could match it's first run.

And now that the slow period is finally over, we have a big showdown between 2013's (calendar year) first major releases: Oz: The Great and Powerful playing in 329 theaters (on 582 screens) and Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum playing in 342 theaters, this upcoming weekend opening before Spring Break.

 

¥5.27 billion ($59.31 million)  Les Miserables

¥3.63 billion ($40.30 million)  Ted

¥2.82 billion ($32.35 million)  007: Skyfall

¥1.80 billion ($20.76 million)  Life of Pi

 

Les Mis increased week-on-week by 17% following it's Oscar wins. It's now only ¥120 million away from becoming the highest-grossing imported-film since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Ted remains a beast and is actually going to reach ¥4 billion ($45 million). It has been adding screens every single week ever since it opened, but it's legs are still mighty impressive.

Edited March 6, 2013 by eva

[John Marston]

anyone know how much Top Gun and Armageddon made in Japan in dollars?

[A Marvel Fanboy]

anyone know how much Top Gun and Armageddon made in Japan in dollars?

Top Gun 1987 ￥7.15B about $46.7m

Armageddon 1998 ￥15.1B about $122m

both #1 HlW movie of the year

Edited March 6, 2013 by firedeep

[John Marston]

how is Oz looking to do

[cremino]

36th Japan Academy Prize [WINNERS]

BEST PICTURE
Dearest
A Chorus of Angels
The Kirishima Thing
The Floating Castle
Chronicle of My Mother

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo
The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
A Letter to Momo
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
One Piece Film Z

BEST DIRECTOR
Shinji Higuchi (The Floating Castle)
Junji Sakamoto (A Chorus of Angels)
M. Harda (Chronicle of My Mother)
Yasuo Furihata (Dearest)
Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Kenji Uchida (Key of Life)
Takeshi Aoshima (Dearest)
Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing)
Machiko Nasu (A Chorus of Angels)
Masato Harada (Chronicle of My Mother)

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Hiroshi Abe (Thermae Romae)
Masato Sakai (Key of Life)
Mansai Momura (The Floating Castle)
Mirai Moriyama (Drudgery Train)
Koji Yakusho (Fleet Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto)
Koji Yakusho (Chronicle of My Mother)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Kiki Kirin (Chronicle of My Mother)
Tamiyo Kusakari (The Terminal Trust)
Erika Sawajiri (Heruta Skelter)
Matsu Takako (Dreams For Sale)
Sayuri Yoshinaga (A Chorus of Angels)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Shuji Otaki (Dearest)
Koichi Sato (Dearest)
Koichi Sato (The Floating Castle)
Teruyuki Kagawa (Key of Life)
Kengo Kora (Drudgery Train)
Mirai Moriyama (A Chorus of Angels)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shinobu Terajim (Heruta Skelter)
Ryoko Hirosue (Key of Life)
Akira Mitsushima (A Chorus of Angels)
Aoi Miyazaki (Chronicle of My Mother)
Kimiko Yo (Dearest)

ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
Saki Takei
Fumi Nikaido
Shota Someya
Masahiro Higashide
Changmin
Matsuzaka Tori

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Argo
The Intouchables
The Dark Knight Rises
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
007: Skyfall


-The Kirishima Thing takes the top honors of Best Film and Best Director.
-The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki wins Best Animated Film becoming the 6th film to win the award since it began six years ago. This is also Mamoru Hosada's third win in the category, having his previous films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time win in 2006, and Summer Wars in 2009.
-Hiroshi Abe gets Best Actor for his role in audience favorite Thermae Romae.
-Dearest won both Supporting Acting roles.
-The Intouchables takes Best Foreign Film.

 

Best Foreign Film Winners:

2012 - The Intouchables
2011 - The King's Speech
2010 - Avatar
2009 - Gran Torino
2008 - The Dark Knight
2007 - Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 - Flags of Our Father
2005 - Million Dollar Baby
2004 - The Last Samurai
2003 - The Pianist
2002 - Monster's Ball
2001 - Billy Elliot
2000 - Dancer in the Dark
1999 - The Sixth Sense
1998 - L.A. Confidential
1997 - Titanic
1996 - II Postino
1995 - The Shawshank Redemption
1994 - Schindler's List
1993 - Jurassic Park
1992 - JFK
1991 - Dances with Wolves
1990 - Field of Dreams
1989 - Die Hard
1988 - The Last Emperor
1987 - Platoon
1986 - Back to the Future
1985 - Amadeus
1984 - Once Upon a Time in America
1983 - An Officer and a Gentlemen
1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1981 - Die Blechtrommel
1980 - Kramer Vs. Kramer
1979 - The Deer Hunter
1978 - Conversation Piece
1977 - Rocky

Edited March 9, 2013 by eva

[cremino]

1 (-) Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (Toho) ¥510 million ($5.5 million) NEW [342 theaters]
2 (-) Oz: The Great and Powerful (Disney) ¥305 million ($3.3 million) NEW [329 theaters]
3 (1) Flight (Paramount) ¥110 million ($1.2 million) Week 2
4 (2) A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox) ¥95 million ($1.1 million) Week 4
5 (3) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥90 million ($1 million) Week 8
6 (4) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥75 million ($805,000) Week 12
7 (5) Django Unchained (Sony) ¥35 million ($375,000) Week 2
8 (6) Brain Man (Toho) ¥35 million ($375,000) Week 5
9 (8) Life of Pi (Fox) ¥30 million ($325,000) Week 7
10 (9) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥25 million ($270,000) Week 7

The 33rd installment in the Doraemon movie franchise is handily winning Saturday's morning and afternoon showings at the usual locations and will have no problem winning the weekend, especially in admissions. The franchise will also reach a monumental milestone as early as next week: surpassing 100 million admissions to become the most attended movie franchise in history by overtaking Godzilla.

Every March except one has seen a new Doraemon film release since 1980 and they almost always dominate the children/family demo all month going into Spring Break, so opening Oz here probably wasn't the best idea. Oz would have benefited much better in late-April to take advantage of the Golden Week holidays in the same way Alice in Wonderland and others have in the past.

Projected Totals (¥1 billion+) after Sunday:
-Les Miserables: ¥5.4 billion ($61 million) after twelve weeks.
-Ted: ¥3.8 billion ($42 million) after eight weeks.
-Strawberry Night: ¥2.05 billion ($23 million) after seven weeks.
-Life of Pi: ¥1.85 billion ($21 million) after seven weeks.
-Die Hard 5: ¥1.8 billion ($20 million) after four weeks.
-Brain Man: ¥1.1 billion ($13 million) after five weeks.

[fmpro]

1 (-) Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (Toho) ¥510 million ($5.5 million) NEW [342 theaters]

2 (-) Oz: The Great and Powerful (Disney) ¥305 million ($3.3 million) NEW [329 theaters]

3 (1) Flight (Paramount) ¥110 million ($1.2 million) Week 2

4 (2) A Good Day to Die Hard (Fox) ¥95 million ($1.1 million) Week 4

5 (3) Ted (Toho-Towa) ¥90 million ($1 million) Week 8

6 (4) Les Miserables (Toho-Towa) ¥75 million ($805,000) Week 12

7 (5) Django Unchained (Sony) ¥35 million ($375,000) Week 2

8 (6) Brain Man (Toho) ¥35 million ($375,000) Week 5

9 (8) Life of Pi (Fox) ¥30 million ($325,000) Week 7

10 (9) Strawberry Night (Toho) ¥25 million ($270,000) Week 7

The 33rd installment in the Doraemon movie franchise is handily winning Saturday's morning and afternoon showings at the usual locations and will have no problem winning the weekend, especially in admissions. The franchise will also reach a monumental milestone as early as next week: surpassing 100 million admissions to become the most attended movie franchise in history by overtaking Godzilla.

Every March except one has seen a new Doraemon film release since 1980 and they almost always dominate the children/family demo all month going into Spring Break, so opening Oz here probably wasn't the best idea. Oz would have benefited much better in late-April to take advantage of the Golden Week holidays in the same way Alice in Wonderland and others have in the past.

Projected Totals (¥1 billion+) after Sunday:

-Les Miserables: ¥5.4 billion ($61 million) after twelve weeks.

-Ted: ¥3.8 billion ($42 million) after eight weeks.

-Strawberry Night: ¥2.05 billion ($23 million) after seven weeks.

-Life of Pi: ¥1.85 billion ($21 million) after seven weeks.

-Die Hard 5: ¥1.8 billion ($20 million) after four weeks.

-Brain Man: ¥1.1 billion ($13 million) after five weeks.

 

Pretty lame opening for Oz