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

[Issac Newton]

4 Imported Film has so far cross ¥1000M in Japan same as 2020

[Issac Newton]

2021 Highest Grossing Film in 🗾 Japan:

1️⃣ Evangelion 3.0 + 1.01: Thrice Upon A Time : ¥10.24B (Anime)

2️⃣ Detective Conan : The Scarlet Bullet : ¥7.55B (Anime)

3️⃣ Belle : ¥6.44B (Anime)

4️⃣ Tokyo Revengers : ¥4.45B (Live-action)

5️⃣ Rurouni Kenshin: The Final : ¥4.35M (Live-action)

6️⃣ The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms : ¥4.03B (Live-action)

7️⃣ I Fell in Love Like A Flower Bouquet : ¥3.81B (Romantic)

8️⃣ Fast &Furious 9 : ¥3.64B (Imported /🇺🇲 US)

9️⃣ My Hero Academia: The Movie: World Heroes' Mission : ¥3.33B (Anime)

🔟 Masquerade Night : ¥3.16B (Live-action)

[Issac Newton]

Western Works that are originally planned to release alongside with JJK Movie 0 are either delayed or release date forward by 1/2 weekends.

 

Release Date:

Venom 2 : 12/3

Matrix Resurrection : 12/17

The King's Man : 12/24

Spider Man : No Way Home : 2022

 

JJK Movie 0 open at 12/24. The trailer of the film is yet to be dropped. 

[Issac Newton]

Belle 's MX4D release did not make much improvement. We are stopping at ¥6.5B as finals.

[SchumacherFTW]

4 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

Belle 's MX4D release did not make much improvement. We are stopping at ¥6.5B as finals.

That doesn't seem surprising, it's not a 4D type of movie at all. 

[Issac Newton]

11 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

That doesn't seem surprising, it's not a 4D type of movie at all. 

In Japan, 4DX is much popular than MX4D. Other thing is very late decision. (At least, should have arrived 2 weekends earlier)

[Issac Newton]

WK Oct 23-24 (Sat-Sun)

1️⃣ Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! : ¥170M 🆕 (no actual reported so far)

3️⃣ 007 No Time To Die : ¥116,987,890 /¥2,085,722,430

[KP1025]

Corpse:

 

Weekend Actuals (10/23-24)
01 (---) ¥169,625,170 ($1.49 million), 0, ¥169,625,170 ($1.5 million), Tropical-Rouge! Precure the Movie: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring (Toei) NEW
02 (01) ¥120,897,850 ($1.06 million), -44%, ¥605,347,400 ($5.3 million), Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (Toho/Asmik Ace) WK2
03 (02) ¥116,987,890 ($1.03 million), -37%, ¥2,085,722,430 ($18.6 million), 007: No Time to Die (Toho-Towa) WK4
04 (---) ¥x94,871,680 ($834,000), 0, ¥127,583,260 ($1.1 million), Cube Shochiku) NEW
05 (04) ¥x86,404,950 ($760,000), -38%, ¥3,359,612,300 ($30.4 million), Masquerade Night (Toho) WK5
06 (05) ¥x86,164,000 ($758,000), -34%, ¥563,403,580 ($5.0 million), Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim (Nikkatsu) WK3
07 (03) ¥x85,069,240 ($748,000), -42%, ¥417,906,750 ($3.7 million), Dune (Warner Bros.) WK2
08 (06) ¥x56,196,930 ($494,000), -46%, ¥257,495,590 ($2.3 million), Lupin's Daughter (Toei) WK2
09 (07) ¥x30,610,070 ($269,000), -44%, ¥701,078,740 ($6.1 million), In The Wake (Shochiku) WK4
10 (---) ¥x30,524,450 ($268,000), 0, ¥x36,702,330 ($0.3 million), Ron's Gone Wrong (Disney) NEW

Well, not an impressive weekend. I couldn't find a previous Pretty Cure film that ever debuted at #1, so that's pretty telling here. Granted... this is one of the better openings in the 30 film overall series in recent years, but this usually isn't enough to take the #1 spot. Good for it and the franchise thought to have what I believe is their first #1 debut!

Also... the holdovers largely disappointed over the weekend with four films dropping over 40% and the best hold only at 34%. This time of year is weak, the weakest of the year, but still rough to look at!

>Tropical-Rouge! Precure the Movie: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring, the 30th film in the overall Pretty Cure film franchise, debuted atop the box-office to become the first in the franchise to ever do so as mentioned above. This crossover film sold a solid 141,071 admissions over the weekend across 237 screens. This is about the average in the franchise opening weekend range, but it is higher than many in more recent years (e.g. it's up a very impressive 47% over the last film back in the Spring).  

>Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai had a very rough second weekend hold, but thanks to some solid weekdays (8% less than its opening weekend), its two-week total is a little more respectable. Still, this drop rules out it coming near ¥1.5 billion now, and it'll likely settle for around ¥1.2 billion ($10/11 million) or so. Not a disappointing result, but certainly below expectations given its cast and marketing. Maybe some interest was lost since it was delayed for, I think, a full year or more due to COVID.  

>No Time to Die held alright, but again, these mid-30% drops are just average and quickly lowers the ceiling when they're happening every weekend. Good news: It outgrossed Quantum of Solace already and will surpass Casino Royale next weekend.  

>Dune also had a rough second weekend, and combined with meh weekdays, any very small chance it may have had at reaching ¥1 billion are gone. It's probably going to be lucky to reach ¥700 million ($6-6.5 million).  

>Masquerade Night was never really able to achieve the holds it was needing in order to reach ¥4 billion, and the drop this weekend rules that milestone out now. It's still going to finish strong, likely above F9: The Fast Saga, with around ¥3.7 billion ($33/34 million) and finish in 8th for 2021.  

>Ron's Gone Wrong rounds out the Top 10, bombing pretty spectacularly. It sold just 28,899 admissions over its first three-days in release on 370 screens. It wasn't going to do well or anything, but this is another very, very bad result caused by the ongoing day-and-date release issue in the market this year.  

>Free! The Final Stroke - Part 1 fell outside the Top 10, but given its great hold this weekend and because we have some Kyoto Animation fans here, I'm going to provide an estimate for its updated total when I update the Top Grossing Films: 2021 chart after this post!

[Issac Newton]

Other Notable Work (Total until 10/24)

Belle : ¥6,471,498,000 /4,656,537 attendees

MHA : ¥3,355,130,100

[Issac Newton]

New Films opening this Weekend (10/29-10/31)

10/29 : And the Baton Was Passed &Sing a Bit of Harmony

10/31 : What Happened to Our Nest Eggs?! &Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night

 

[Issac Newton]

2021 TOP 10 Imported Film in 🗾 Japan:

1️⃣ Fast & Furious 9 : ¥3.64B

2️⃣ 007 No Time To Die : ¥2.09B

3️⃣ Godzilla vs Kong : ¥1.88B

4️⃣ Monster Hunter : ¥1.23B

5️⃣ Shang Chi : ¥960M

6️⃣ Black Widow : ¥900M

7️⃣ Jungle Cruise : ¥821M

8️⃣ Tom &Jerry : ¥789M

9️⃣ The Suicide Squad : ¥579M

🔟 Wonder Woman 1984 : ¥535M

[Danhjpn]

4 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

2021 TOP 10 Imported Film in 🗾 Japan:

1️⃣ Fast & Furious 9 : ¥3.64B

2️⃣ 007 No Time To Die : ¥2.09B

3️⃣ Godzilla vs Kong : ¥1.88B

4️⃣ Monster Hunter : ¥1.23B

5️⃣ Shang Chi : ¥960M

6️⃣ Black Widow : ¥900M

7️⃣ Jungle Cruise : ¥821M

8️⃣ Tom &Jerry : ¥789M

9️⃣ The Suicide Squad : ¥579M

🔟 Wonder Woman 1984 : ¥535M

SC and BW didn't break even ¥1B ($10M) ????

What is hope for Eternals in Japan lol. Japan doesn't like Western Superhero movies in general but this movie is quite different from other previous Marvel movies with more asthetic and romance aspect. 

[Issac Newton]

2 minutes ago, Danhjpn said:

SC and BW didn't break even ¥1B ($10M) ????

What is hope for Eternals in Japan lol. Japan doesn't like Western Superhero movies in general but this movie is quite different from other previous Marvel movies with more asthetic and romance aspect. 

Actually, Black Widow could have cross ¥1B but due to Disney+ Premium Access, two major theatre chain boycotted it's release. On the other hand, Disney/Marvel no longer has any hold in the country (excluding the Spider-Man &Venom). Eternal should try ¥1.5B but it's ranking will be included in 2022 as Japanese Eiren/Oricon Yearly analysis ended on November. Important thing, it's a market dominate by Anime and Live-action. I suggest Disney to bring movie like Luca or similar to Frozen &Aladdin to reclaim box office (¥10B+ /$88M+)

¥1B =$8.8M-$9M. 

[Danhjpn]

4 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Actually, Black Widow could have cross ¥1B but due to Disney+ Premium Access, two major theatre chain boycotted it's release. On the other hand, Disney/Marvel no longer has any hold in the country (excluding the Spider-Man &Venom). Eternal should try ¥1.5B but it's ranking will be included in 2022 as Japanese Eiren/Oricon Yearly analysis ended on November. Important thing, it's a market dominate by Anime and Live-action. I suggest Disney to bring movie like Luca or similar to Frozen &Aladdin to reclaim box office (¥10B+ /$88M+)

¥1B =$8.8M-$9M. 

yeah I know about both Frozen wonderful run in Japan as I follow theirs everyday during the run back then haha. 

[Mau]

2 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

Actually, Black Widow could have cross ¥1B but due to Disney+ Premium Access, two major theatre chain boycotted it's release. On the other hand, Disney/Marvel no longer has any hold in the country (excluding the Spider-Man &Venom). Eternal should try ¥1.5B but it's ranking will be included in 2022 as Japanese Eiren/Oricon Yearly analysis ended on November. Important thing, it's a market dominate by Anime and Live-action. I suggest Disney to bring movie like Luca or similar to Frozen &Aladdin to reclaim box office (¥10B+ /$88M+)

¥1B =$8.8M-$9M. 

Sadly Luca was released directly to Disney plus, however I heard many people watched it bc it reminded to Ghibli

[Coldbird]

What are some predictions for Venom 2?

[Issac Newton]

12 hours ago, Mau said:

Sadly Luca was released directly to Disney plus, however I heard many people watched it bc it reminded to Ghibli

Luca could have performed equal to Frozen &Aladdin here. Unfortunately, Disney+ shattered everything. I forgot about Soul too. 

 

(If released)

Luca Forecast was above ¥5B.

Soul Forecast was above ¥7B

Edited October 27, 2021 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

12 hours ago, Coldbird said:

What are some predictions for Venom 2?

¥500M+ OW

¥3B+ ending (depending on WOM)

[Danhjpn]

40 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

¥500M+ OW

¥3B+ ending (depending on WOM)

That is huge for a superhero movie in Japan. 

[Issac Newton]

13 minutes ago, Danhjpn said:

That is huge for a superhero movie in Japan. 

Spiderman & it's spinoff are established Franchises in Japan.