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[fmpro]

Whats the total for IM3 so far?

[Olive]

IM3 total as of Monday 6th May

￥1.742 bln =$17.5M

[Olive]

From Corpse

As of Sunday, Iron Man 3 is up to ¥1,742,410,000 ($17.8 million) and 1,177,698 admissions after 10 days.

That's already nearly 70% more than what Iron Man 2 finished with, and looks good to make around ¥3.2-3.4 billion ($33-36 million). May looks fairly weak this year, so maybe it can push the total a little higher still. The Avengers grossed ¥3.61 billion last year.

[Jandrew]

Is there anybody on the boards from Japan?

[Olive]

Courtesy of corpse:

 

Updated Yearly Predictions (12/1 - 11/30):[Domestic]1. The Wind Rises - ¥12.5-15.0 billion ($130-155 million)2. One Piece Film Z - ¥6.85/6.9 billion ($77/78 million)3. Pokemon BW: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens - ¥4.0-5.0 billion ($41-51 million)4. Galileo: Midsummer Formula - ¥3.5-4.5 billion ($36-47 million)5. Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum - ¥3.95/4.0 billion ($43/44 million)Alt. The Girl is the Sun, Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (¥3.5-4.0 billion)[Foreign]1. Monsters University - ¥5.0-7.5 billion ($55-80 million)2. Les Miserables - ¥5.81/5.9 billion ($65/66 million)3. Ted - ¥4.2/4.3 billion ($46/47 million)4. Pacific Rim - ¥3.5-4.0 billion ($36-42 million)5. The Lone Ranger - ¥3.0-4.0 billion ($31-42 million)Alt. Iron Man 3 (¥3.0-3.5 billion), Wreck-It Ralph (¥3.1/3.2 billion), World War Z

[lab276]

1. The Wind Rises - ¥12.5-15.0 billion ($130-155 million)

That one's gonna be fun to track 

[Olive]

That one's gonna be fun to track 

Release date July 20th?

[cremino]

A few notes about Hayao Miyazaki's upcoming film, Kaze Tachinu, being released on July 20th.The Sankei Sports newspaper is reporting on Friday that 52-year-old Evangelion director, Hideaki Anno, will make his feature anime film voice-acting debut as the protagonist Jirō Horikoshi in Hayao Miyazaki's new film Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Is Rising). This will be the first film from Miyazaki since Ponyo about five years ago.Anno worked as an animator on Miyazaki's 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and he agreed to do the role when asked due to his long relationship with Miyazaki. Among other small roles, Anno also played a guest role in the 2002 television anime Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. He remarked on how difficult it is to voice the many lines in Horikoshi's fast-paced voice.

[Olive]

Weekend Forecast (5/11-12)



1 (1) Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Toho) ¥240 million ($2.4 million) Week 4
2 (-) Phone Call to the Bar 2 (Toei) ¥220 million ($2.2 million) DEBUT! [305 theaters]
3 (2) Iron Man 3 (Disney) ¥205 million ($2.1 million) Week 3
4 (-) Prefecture Government's Hospitality Division (Toho) ¥170 million ($1.7 million) DEBUT [291 theaters]
5 (3) Library Wars (Toho) ¥135 million ($1.4 million) Week 3
6 (4) Shield of Straw (Warner Bros.) ¥130 million ($1.3 million) Week 3
7 (5) Crayon Shin-chan: Gourmet Survival Class (Toho) ¥85 million ($850,000) Week 4
8 (6) Kamen Rider X Super Sentai X Space Sherriff (Toei) ¥75 million ($750,000) Week 3
9 (9) Lincoln (Disney) ¥55 million ($550,000) Week 4
10 (8) Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Toei) ¥45 million ($450,000) Week 7

Projected Totals after Sunday (¥1 billion+):
Detective Conan - ¥3.1 billion ($32 million) after 4 weeks
Dragon Ball Z - ¥3.0 billion ($31 million) after 7 weeks 
Iron Man 3 - ¥2.2 billion ($23 million) after 3 weeks
Library Wars - ¥1.2 billion ($13 million) after 3 weeks
Shield of Straw - ¥1.2 billion ($13 million) after 3 weeks

[cremino]

Weekend Estimates (5/11-12)

 

1 (-) Phone Call to the Bar 2 (Toei) ¥152 million ($1.5 million) DEBUT! [305 theaters]
2 (1) Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (Toho) ¥136 million ($1.4 million), -68%, Week 4
3 (-) Prefecture Government's Hospitality Division (Toho) ¥129 million ($1.3 million) DEBUT [291 theaters]
4 (2) Iron Man 3 (Disney) ¥125 million ($1.3 million), -65%, Week 3
5 (3) Library Wars (Toho) ¥89 million ($890,000), -60%, Week 3
6 (4) Shield of Straw (Warner Bros.) ¥83 million ($830,000), -61% Week 3
7 (6) Kamen Rider X Super Sentai X Space Sherriff (Toei) ¥71 million ($710,000), -48%, Week 3
8 (5) Crayon Shin-chan: Gourmet Survival Class (Toho) ¥58 million ($580,000), -61%, Week 4
9 (8) Lincoln (Disney) ¥31 million ($310,000), -61%, Week 4
10 (7) Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Toei) ¥19 million ($190,000), -77%, Week 7

Yikes. It's been awhile since two of the Golden Week holidays fell on both Saturday and Sunday, and the effect of that happening last week can been seen with these massive drops. And this is probably the only time a Kamen Rider film will ever have the best hold in the Top 10. It was mostly unaffected by the post-Golden Week dip since it has a firm fanbase.

Decent debut for Phone Call to the Bar 2. It might be able to reach the ¥1 billion ($10 million) mark. Opening the week after Golden Week (or any major Holiday week in Japan) is generally never good, though.

[Olive]

Damn it! that drop for IM3 is huge.

[Corpse]

Drops were very big this weekend because both last Saturday and Sunday were national holidays.  It's been awhile since this last happened, and everything will recover this week.

[cremino]

Hayao Miyazaki's Box Office History1 Spirited Away (July 20, 2001)Total: ¥30.4 billion ($244 million)Admissions: 23.5 millionOpening: ¥1.001 billion ($8.9 million), 810,000 admissions [318 screens]Budget: ¥1.9 billion ($18 million)# of Cels Used: 110,000Achievements: #1 Film of 2001 - 1st Highest-Grossing Film and 1st Most-Attended Film of All-Time2 Howl's Moving Castle (November 20, 2004)Total: ¥22.0 billion ($207 million)Admissions: 15.0 millionOpening: ¥1.481 billion ($14.0 million), 1.104 million admissions [448 screens]Budget: ¥2.4 billion ($23.1 million)# of Cels Used: 148,000Achievements: #1 Film of 2005 - 3rd Highest-Grossing Film and 4th Most-Attended Film of All-Time3 Princess Mononoke (July 12, 1997)Total: ¥19.3 billion ($165.5 million)Admissions: 14.2 millionOpening: N/A [260 screens]Budget: ¥2.35 billion ($19.4 million)# of Cels Used: 144,000Achievements: #1 Film of 1997 - 5th Highest-Grossing Film and 5th Most-Attended Film of All-Time4 Ponyo (July 19, 2008)Total: ¥15.5 billion ($164 million)Admissions: 12.87 millionOpening: ¥1.034 billion ($9.8 million), 812,000 admissions [481 screens]Budget: ¥3.4 billion ($32 million) *Most Expensive Local Production of All-Time*# of Cels Used: 170,000 *All-Time Record*Achievements: #1 Film of 2008 - 9th Highest-Grossing Film and 7th Most-Attended Film of All-Time5 Porco Rosso (July 18, 1992)Total: ¥4.05 billion ($32.5 million)Admissions: 3.5 millionOpening: N/ABudget: ¥1.2 billion ($9 million)# of Cels Used: 72,000Achievements: #1 Film of 19926 Kiki's Delivery Service (July 29, 1989)Total: ¥2.17 billion ($18.2 million)Admissions: 2.64 millionOpening: N/ABudget: ¥800 million ($6 million)# of Cels Used: 67,000Achievements: #3 Film of 1989 and Miyazaki's first Box-Office Hit.Also wanted to note that Studio Ghibli films, especially those directed by Miyazaki, are the most expensive local films to produce because he doesn't allow more than 10% of their films to utilize CGI. 90%+ of all their films are still hand-drawn. By comparison, Walt Disney stopped using Cels after The Little Mermaid. 

[Heretic]

Spirited Away was something else, both in terms of its BO, and quality. My favourite animated movie of all time.

[Robertron]

Biggest 2nd Weekends [imported-Superhero Films]1. Spider-Man - ¥1.225 billion

[Robertron]

Spirited Away was something else, both in terms of its BO, and quality. My favourite animated movie of all time.

Fell in love with it in high school, and it made learning Japanese so much more enjoyable.

[Robertron]

How much did Les Miserables end with?

65m after a 4.6m OW... Talk about legs... Edited May 13, 2013 by Robertron of Oz

[catlover]

Spirited Away was something else, both in terms of its BO, and quality. My favourite animated movie of all time.

 

It's my favorite too! I lived in Japan back then and It was crazy, box office wise. Playing in the theaters like, forever. It was released in the middle of the summer, but I remember seeing it for the 3rd time in the theater on valentine's day, and it was an almost sold-out show! It's the movie that made me a Ghibli fan, especially Miyazaki's animations.

Edited May 13, 2013 by catlover

[SchumacherFTW]

Shamefully, I've only ever seen three ghibli films so far. Just Ponyo, My Neighbour Totoro and Howls Moving Castle. That said, I loved all three of them.

[Bob Violence]

Also wanted to note that Studio Ghibli films, especially those directed by Miyazaki, are the most expensive local films to produce because he doesn't allow more than 10% of their films to utilize CGI. 90%+ of all their films are still hand-drawn. By comparison, Walt Disney stopped using Cels after The Little Mermaid.

I'm fairly certain Ghibli stopped using cels with My Neighbors the Yamadas. From Yamadas through Howl they used the same method Disney employed post-Little Mermaid, i.e. hand drawings (on paper instead of acetate cels) scanned into computers, then colored and composited digitally. Disney made heavier use of CGI but even something like Treasure Planet was still mostly drawn by hand. From Ponyo on, Ghibli has returned to hand coloring, which has done much to drive up the costs and production time on their recent films. But they still composite digitally and AFAIK haven't gone back to cels--for example, here's an article on their own website saying Ponyo didn't use cels and relied on computers for compositing and lighting effects. Maybe they returned to cels for post-Ponyo films, but there's no real reason to do so.

 

Fortunately, digital compositing doesn't prevent the hand coloring on their recent films from looking gorgeous and very natural, as opposed to the digital ink and paint used in most modern 2D animation (Disney's included), which looks too uniform to pass for something colored by a human. A pretty glaring example of this is The Simpsons pre-season 14 (hand coloring) and season 14-onward (digital ink and paint); the digitally-colored episodes--even today, after nearly a decade to adjust and improve the process--just look too sterile and "perfect" IMO.

Edited May 14, 2013 by Bob Violence