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[cremino]

Upcoming Release Schedule (May-August)
(Major Studios and Notable Releases)

May 3
Gangster Squad (Warner Bros.)
Evil Dead (Sony)
Codename: Jackal (Showgate)

May 10
Saint Brother (Toho Video Division)

May 11
Bar Detectives 2 (Toei)
Prefecture Government's Hospitality Division (Toho)
I Am A King (Pony Canyon)

May 17
Gambit (Gaga)

May 18
The Complex (Shochiku)
Middle-School Student Maruyama (Toei)
3 Idiots (Nikkatsu)

May 25
Kiss (Toei)
Taishibokei Tanita no Shain Shokudo (Kadokawa Pictures)
My Werewolf Boy (CJ Entertainment)
The Place Beyond the Pines (Fanifiru)
Celeste and Jesse Forever (Clockworks)

May 31
Oblivion (Toho-Towa)
Reverend King Ichidai: The Grandmasters (Gaga)
Stoker (Fox)
Garden of Kotonoha (Toho Video Division)

[National Holidays in May]
Golden Week (4/29-5/5)
A collection of five national holidays.
Constitution Day (5/3)
A national holiday remembering the new constitution, which was put into effect after the war
Greenery Day (5/4)
A day to celebrate plants and nature.
Children's Day (5/5)
Families pray for the health and future success of their sons.


June 1
Real (Toho)
Bullet to the Head (Shochiku)
Way of the Beginning (Shochiku)
A Company Man (Pony Canyon)

June 8
Miracle Apples (Toho)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Paramount)
Olympus Has Fallen (Asmik Ace)
To Rome with Love (Long Ride)

June 14
The Great Gatsby (Warner Bros.)
The Impossible (Presido)
Screaming Class (Toho Video Division)

June 15
Figyua na Anata (Kadokawa Pictures)
I've Not Done My Best! (Shochiku)
Contraband (Tokyo Theaters, Co.)
Gone (Showgate)
Spring Breakers (Transformer)

June 21
After Earth (Sony)

June 22
To Cry 100 Times (Showgate)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise (Toho Video Division)

June 28
The Hangover Part III (Warner Bros.)
Song of Marion (Asmik Ace)

June 29
A Midsummer's Equation (Toho)
Lawless (Gaga)

[National Holidays in June]
NONE


July 6
Monsters University (Disney)
Fast & Furious 6 (Toho-Towa)
Gintama: The Final Chapter (Warner Bros.)
Ninja Kids!!! 2 (Toei)
Anpanman: Handkerchief of Hope (Tokyo Theaters, Co.)

July 12
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Presido)

July 13
Pokemon BW: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens (Toho)
Texas Chainsaw 3D (Nikkatsu)
Bereurlin (CJ Entertainment)

July 20
The Wind Rises (Toho) [studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki]

July 26
Hope Springs (Gaga)

July 27
Emperor (Shochiku)
The Paperboy (Nikkatsu)

[National Holidays in July]
Ocean Day (7/15)
National holiday to celebrate the Ocean. The day also marks the return of Emperor Meiji.

August 2
The Lone Ranger (Disney)

August 3
The After-Dinner Mysteries (Toho)

August 9
Pacific Rim (Warner Bros.)

August 10
World War Z (Toho-Towa)
Boy H (Toho)
August Wars (Broad Media Studios)

August 14
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Fox)

August 16
White House Down (Sony)
The Smurfs 2 (Toho-Towa)

August 17
Playing for Keeps (Nikkatsu)

August 23
Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount)

August 24
Gatchaman: The Movie (Toho)
Hakuouki: Time Restarted - Chapter 1 (Clockworks)

August 30
Man of Steel (Warner Bros.)
Sadako 3D Part 2 (Kadokawa Pictures)

August 31
End of Summer (Clockworks)
Time Scoop Hunter (Gaga)
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (Aniplex)

[National Holidays in August]
Obon Festival (8/10-18)
Event to commemorate one's ancestors. It is believed that during this time, the spirits return to this world to visit their relatives.

[SchumacherFTW]

Is that a good date for Pacific Rim as its just before Obob week?

[Olive]

Is that a good date for Pacific Rim as its just before Obob week?

Yeah, it's good.

[Lordmandeep]

from Corpse from world of kj 

 

Iron Man 3 earned an impressive ¥533,040,000 ($5.45 million) on 357,058 admissions over it's first three days in release on 534 screens (268 3D, 266 3D). This beats Iron Man 2's Fri-Sun by 55%. I believe it has a strong chance of hitting ¥3 billion ($30-35 million) now with Golden Week, which actually won't be far from The Avengers (¥3.61 billion).

 

 

 

So at first it appeared IM3 did not do well in Japan but will end up grossing nearly 2.5-3X more then Im2

 

 

so + 20-25 million from IM2 from Japan. 

Edited April 29, 2013 by Lordmandeep

[Sam]

That is a great number from Japan

[John Marston]

maybe a little early to ask this but what potential do you see for Pacific Rim here?

[Olive]

maybe a little early to ask this but what potential do you see for Pacific Rim here?

It will do quite well.

[Sam]

maybe a little early to ask this but what potential do you see for Pacific Rim here?

The Obon festival help to boost TA gross last year if that can be of some reference. And with PR concept, I think it will do quite well.

[Olive]

Saturday-Monday Estimates

1 Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Toho) ¥633 million ($6.47 million) Week 2
2 Iron Man 3 (Disney) ¥619 million ($6.32 million) DEBUT!
3 Library Wars (Toho) ¥367 million ($3.75 million) DEBUT!
4 Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Space Sheriff (Toei) ¥346 million ($3.54 million) DEBUT!
5 Shield of Straw (Warner Bros.) ¥309 million ($3.16 million) DEBUT!
6 Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! Gourmet Survival Class (Toho) ¥246 million ($2.52 million) Week 2
7 Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods (Toei) ¥126 million ($1.29 million) Week 5
8 Lincoln (Disney) ¥118 million ($1.21 million) Week 2
9 The Last Stand (Shochiku) ¥105 million ($1.08 million) DEBUT!
10 Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (Toho) ¥78 million ($800,000) Week 8

Iron Man 3 should be near ¥750 million ($7.7 million) after four days now. That's nearly as much as Iron Man's total already and 2/3 of the way towards Iron Man 2's total gross, which it will pass before Friday I bet.

Monday (Showa Day) Increases/Decreases from Sunday:
Doraemon (+40%)
Crayon Shin-chan (+25%)
Detective Conan (+23%)
Shield of Straw (+8%)
Library Wars (+4%)
Dragonball Z (+3%)
Lincoln (-1%)
Iron Man 3 (-3%)
The Last Stand (-8%)
Kamen Rider (-10%)

[fmpro]

I still see 35-40 mill

 

[Olive]

Iron Man 3 Fri to Mon long weekend actuals ￥793M（$8.1M）.

Edited April 30, 2013 by Iron Olive

[Olive]

IM1 8.7m total, IM2 12.8M.

IM3 will triple IM1 and double IM2.

[cremino]

From Corpse

 

Saturday-Monday Estimates

1 Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Toho) ¥633 million ($6.47 million) Week 2
2 Iron Man 3 (Disney) ¥619 million ($6.32 million) DEBUT!
3 Library Wars (Toho) ¥367 million ($3.75 million) DEBUT!
4 Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Space Sheriff (Toei) ¥346 million ($3.54 million) DEBUT!
5 Shield of Straw (Warner Bros.) ¥309 million ($3.16 million) DEBUT!
6 Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! Gourmet Survival Class (Toho) ¥246 million ($2.52 million) Week 2
7 Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods (Toei) ¥126 million ($1.29 million) Week 5
8 Lincoln (Disney) ¥118 million ($1.21 million) Week 2
9 The Last Stand (Shochiku) ¥105 million ($1.08 million) DEBUT!
10 Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (Toho) ¥78 million ($800,000) Week 8

Iron Man 3 should be near ¥750 million ($7.7 million) after four days now. That's nearly as much as Iron Man's total already and 2/3 of the way towards Iron Man 2's total gross, which it will pass before Friday I bet.

Monday (Showa Day) Increases/Decreases from Sunday:
Doraemon (+40%)
Crayon Shin-chan (+25%)
Detective Conan (+23%)
Shield of Straw (+8%)
Library Wars (+4%)
Dragonball Z (+3%)
Lincoln (-1%)
Iron Man 3 (-3%)
The Last Stand (-8%)
Kamen Rider (-10%)

Showa Day is the first of five national holidays this week.

[cremino]

Weekend Estimates (5/4-5)

1 (1) Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Toho) ¥436 million ($4.5 million), +4%, Week 3
2 (2) Iron Man 3 (Disney) ¥359 million ($3.7 million), -13%, Week 2
3 (4) Library Wars (Toho) ¥218 million ($2.3 million), +1%, Week 2
4 (5) Shield of Straw (Warner Bros.) ¥212 million ($2.2 million), +14%, Week 2
5 (6) Crayon Shin-chan: Gourmet Survival Class (Toho) ¥179 million ($1.9 million), +19%, Week 3
6 (3) Kamen Rider X Super Sentai X Space Sherriff (Toei) ¥127 million ($1.4 million), -45%, Week 2
7 (7) Lincoln (Disney) ¥87 million ($880,000), -3%, Week 3
8 (8) Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods (Toei) ¥82 million ($830,000), -2%, Week 6
9 (10) We Knit Ship (Shochiku/Asmik Ace) ¥52 million ($530,000), +1%, Week 4
10 (9) The Last Stand (Shochiku) ¥39 million ($400,000), -29%, Week 2

Great weekend to end Golden Week this year.

Detective Conan makes it 3-consecutive weeks on top now and should stay there for one or two more weeks, too.

Iron Man 3's second weekend is greater than Iron Man 2's opening weekend by 35% and 140/145% stronger than it's second weekend. It has without a doubt outgrossed Iron Man 2 now, too, after just 9 or 10 days.

Shield of Straw showed some strength this weekend, with the second best increase when normally family/animated films see the biggest gains. Perhaps this is an indicator that legs may stay strong post-Golden Week for it.

Only one opener went wide, Gangster Squad, and it earned approx. ¥38 million ($390,000) over the weekend probably missing the Top 10.

[riczhang]

How much did Les Miserables end with?

[Tower]

How much did Les Miserables end with?

 

65M

[riczhang]

Thanks. How does that compare with other films?

[Tower]

See here, for a full list for the year so far since December.

Edited May 5, 2013 by Tower

[cremino]

Biggest 2nd Weekends [imported-Superhero Films]1. Spider-Man - ¥1.225 billion2. Spider-Man 3 - ¥594 million3. Spider-Man 2 - ¥558 million4. Hancock - ¥384 million5. The Amazing Spider-Man - ¥361 million6. Iron Man 3 - ¥359 million est.7. The Avengers - ¥313 million8. X-Men: The Last Stand - ¥235 million9. The Dark Knight Rises - ¥205 million10. X2: X-Men United - ¥189 millionIron Man 2 - ¥146 millionIron Man - ¥122 million

[kayumanggi]

3 IDIOTS? The Indian film?