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

[Issac Newton]

Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space War 2021 OD : ¥40M (est.)

 

In 2019, Nobita's Lunar Exploration OD was ¥61M /59K attendees, though it's finals reached ¥5.02B. So, it will be interesting to see how this work trend this time 🌼

 

For Comparison:

 

Stand By Me 2: Doraemon:

OW : ¥671M /542K attendees in 4-days

WK : ¥386M /305K attendees

FN : ¥2.78B

 

Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur Movie:

OW : ¥761M /630K attendees in 4-days

WK : ¥413M /334K attendees

FN : ¥3.35B

 

Doraemon: Nobita's Lunar Exploration

OW : ¥757M /645K attendees in 3-days

WK : ¥696M /586K attendees

FN : ¥5.02B

 

Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

OW : ¥843M /717 attendees in 2-days

FN : ¥5.37B

Edited March 4, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

When I underestimated Doraemon:

 

Mimorin Numbers

D1 : 23,421

D2 : 97,303

 

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Highest Grossing Foreign Film (Animated /Different Country):

 

¥25.47B : Frozen (US)

¥650M : I, Little Prince &Star Prince (France)

¥580M : The Legend of Hei (China)

¥230M : Angry Birds (Finland)

¥40M : Orthopaedic Water (Korea)

 

[Olive]

22 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Highest Grossing Foreign Film (Animated /Different Country):

 

¥25.47B : Frozen (US)

¥650M : I, Little Prince &Star Prince (France)

¥580M : The Legend of Hei (China)

¥230M : Angry Birds (Finland)

¥40M : Orthopaedic Water (Korea)

 

How much did White Snake make？

[Issac Newton]

32 minutes ago, Olive said:

How much did White Snake make？

¥112,066,660 /80,469 attendees Until 9 August 2021 (open on 30 July 2021) (Link)

 

Final Numbers are around ¥300M

 

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

On 3/5/2022 at 5:34 PM, Issac Newton said:

When I underestimated Doraemon:

 

Mimorin Numbers

D1 : 23,421

D2 : 97,303

 

 

Doraemon kill it 😱😱😱

 

D3 : 125,564

[Issac Newton]

"The Batman" IMAX Previews are on sale!

 

Shinjuku

Screen 10 : 174 /311+2 (1 show)

 

Nagareyama Ootakanomori

Screen 06 : 24 /283+2 (1 show)

 

Nishinomiya OS

Screen 02 : 31 /275+2 (1 show)

 

Chanter

Screen 04 : 136 /338+3 (1 show)

 

Tachikawa Tachihi

Screen 01 : 34 /288+2 (1 show)

 

Sendai

Screen 06 : 27 /364+2 (1 show)

 

Lalaport Yokohama

Screen 03 : 23 /371+2 (1 show)

 

Nijo

Screen 10 : 30 /324+2 (1 show)

 

Namba

Screen 02 : 63 /452+3 (1 show)

 

Edit: Adding New Locations

Edited March 6, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space War 2021 started with ¥440M /350K attendees on 3-days, topping the Weekend score with ¥394M /322K attendees. Will projected a potential ending of ¥3.0B

 

The Last 10 Years start with ¥300M /228K attendees in 3-days, ending second in row of Weekend result : ¥221M /162K attendees

 

Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0 finally drop to third on it's 11th Weekend, which result in ¥133M /87K attendees, the box office score has reached ¥12.39B /8.85M attendees, rounding off, it defeats Beauty and The Beast (¥12.4B) rising to 22nd in history!

[MG10]

1 hour ago, Issac Newton said:

Doraemon: Nobita's Little Space War 2021 started with ¥440M /350K attendees on 3-days, topping the Weekend score with ¥394M /322K attendees. Will projected a potential ending of ¥3.0B

 

The Last 10 Years start with ¥300M /228K attendees in 3-days, ending second in row of Weekend result : ¥221M /162K attendees

 

Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0 finally drop to third on it's 11th Weekend, which result in ¥133M /87K attendees, the box office score has reached ¥12.39B /8.85M attendees, rounding off, it defeats Beauty and The Beast (¥12.4B) rising to 22nd in history!

 

I must say that after seeing the excellent results of the anime films of the last few years (mainly Kimetsu no Yaiba and Jujutsu Kaisen, but also the usual Detective Conan, Evangelion and Doraemon) I checked again how much Dragon Ball: Broly has earned, and as I remembered it was only ¥4 billion

 

But how is it possible that the most important and promoted film of one of the most famous and appreciated series of all time loses the comparison so clearly?

Edited March 7, 2022 by MG10

[Issac Newton]

Actual Until 03/06 (Sun)

■ Jujutsu Kaisen Movie 0 : ¥12,396,642,890 (WK : ¥133.31M)

■ The Last 10 Years : ¥306,685,070

■ Spiderman: No Way Home : ¥4,112,426,290

■ Confidence Man JP Hero : ¥2,652,441,840

■ Drive My Car : ¥708,641,750 (265→266 locations)

■ 99.9 Criminal Lawyer : ¥2,858,847,670

■ ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5x20 "Records of Memories" : ¥4,542,939,410 (58 locations)

Edited March 7, 2022 by Issac Newton

[JustLurking]

6 hours ago, MG10 said:

 

I must say that after seeing the excellent results of the anime films of the last few years (mainly Kimetsu no Yaiba and Jujutsu Kaisen, but also the usual Detective Conan, Evangelion and Doraemon) I checked again how much Dragon Ball: Broly has earned, and as I remembered it was only ¥4 billion

 

But how is it possible that the most important and promoted film of one of the most famous and appreciated series of all time loses the comparison so clearly?

Demon Slayer is pretty much the most popular anime of all time by a mile in Japan at this point, so all comparisons are pretty much off in that case. JJK isn't up there, but it's still tremendously popular. In any circumstance I would say a DB movie would lose this comparison regardless nowadays, it just isn't as popular in 2022 (in Japan).

 

Conan is possibly the long running anime series to have aged the best, even getting more popular in recent years. Evangelion is a different kind of appeal, with an extremely loyal fanbase (plus inflated ticket price and strong push by studio, even featuring what was pratically a re-rerelease towards the end of its run with new scenes which pushed it over the edge for 10B, a mark that it was clearly going to miss otherwise). Doraemon nowadays, doesn't really seem much different from DB in terms of numbers to me, minus Stand By Me which is a very different deal.

 

But a big factor to me is simply that DB movies hardly feel like an event, even when they're canon. It's a story that has been complete for decades and is only being milked at this point, only playing for its own fanbase nowadays. It's not going to appeal to casuals outside of the brand fans at all. A movie like JJK while still frontloaded to a degree is not the same kind of movie that just dies off immediately after fanboys rush is over like a Broly or your typical franchise film.

 

Highkey expecting Super Hero to do worse than Broly as well, as the movie's pv really have just looked all around underwhelming. The CGI isn't terrible, but compared to the animation spectacle of Broly it's just not up to par.

Edited March 7, 2022 by JustLurking
elaborating

[Sophia Jane]

Demon Slayer＝MCU(Most popular for now

Dargon Ball＝Superman (In term of global culture impact is the biggest ,It's super popular in last century but lost the fanbase of nowadays new kid)

JJK＝Fast*Furious(It's super popular but not the most popular)

Doramon＝SpangeBob (The TV series is super popular but the popularity can't transform to Box office)

Canon＝James Bond 007 (It's already popular for a real long time and still popular nowadays )

 

 

Edited March 7, 2022 by Bruce

[MG10]

2 hours ago, JustLurking said:

Highkey expecting Super Hero to do worse than Broly as well, as the movie's pv really have just looked all around underwhelming. The CGI isn't terrible, but compared to the animation spectacle of Broly it's just not up to par.

 

Thanks for the answer, and yeah for "Super Hero" I'm expecting ¥2B to be generous

[SchumacherFTW]

JJK looking like it's going to do pretty solid business here in the UK next week. They've just added 4DX shows in the 17th at one of the chains

[Issac Newton]

Spoiler

On 3/6/2022 at 9:12 PM, Issac Newton said:

 

"The Batman" IMAX Previews are on sale!

 

Shinjuku

Screen 10 : 174 /311+2 (1 show)

 

Nagareyama Ootakanomori

Screen 06 : 24 /283+2 (1 show)

 

Nishinomiya OS

Screen 02 : 31 /275+2 (1 show)

 

Chanter

Screen 04 : 136 /338+3 (1 show)

 

Tachikawa Tachihi

Screen 01 : 34 /288+2 (1 show)

 

Sendai

Screen 06 : 27 /364+2 (1 show)

 

Lalaport Yokohama

Screen 03 : 23 /371+2 (1 show)

 

Nijo

Screen 10 : 30 /324+2 (1 show)

 

Namba

Screen 02 : 63 /452+3 (1 show)

 

 

Just Some Hours away from Opening!!!

 

Shinjuku (19:30∼22:40)

Screen 10 : 275 /311+2 (1 show)

 

Nagareyama Ootakanomori (19:00∼22:10)

Screen 06 : 54 /283+2 (1 show)

 

Nishinomiya OS (19:00∼22:10)

Screen 02 : 68 /275+2 (1 show)

 

Chanter

Screen 04 : 271 /338+3 (1 show)

 

Tachikawa Tachihi

Screen 01 : 84 /288+2 (1 show)

 

Sendai

Screen 06 : 52 /364+2 (1 show)

 

Lalaport Yokohama

Screen 03 : 44 /371+2 (1 show)

 

Nijo

Screen 10 : 70 /324+2 (1 show)

 

Namba

Screen 02 : 134 /452+3 (1 show)

Edited March 9, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

The Batman (2022 Film)

 

IMAX Previews : ~¥8M

 

Est. Opening Day : ¥120M

Edited March 11, 2022 by Issac Newton

[Flamengo81]

https://twitter.com/Luiz_Fernando_J/status/1502285312000724999?s=20&t=k1PkEkn_l4NdgWPPqCiWzw
In #Japan’s #BoxOffice, #TheBatman had solid FRI debut grossing est 1.1M, 2nd biggest FRI opening ever for a #DCFilm, on pair with #BvS 1.1M, beating Nolan films’ op. days & only under #Joker’s 1.9M Eyeing a 3.4M-5M SAT-SUN weekend, 4.5M-6M 3-day opening



Is this accurate?

Edited March 11, 2022 by Flamengo81

[Issac Newton]

4 minutes ago, Flamengo81 said:

Is this accurate?

It's an estimate like mine. Somewhere between $1M-$1.1M. You will know Studio (est.) numbers by Mon (02:00 JST), Est. in yen by Tuesday (16:00 JST) &actuals by Tuesday (24:00 JST) /Wednesday (09:00 JST)

[Flamengo81]

Quote

It's an estimate like mine. Somewhere between $1M-$1.1M. You will know Studio (est.) numbers by Mon (02:00 JST), Est. in yen by Tuesday (16:00 JST) &actuals by Tuesday (24:00 JST) /Wednesday (09:00 JST)

 

 

 

So quite some time for the actuals. Well... Let's hope for the better and great legs.

[JustLurking]

Isaac's estimate seems pretty spot on to me and that puts it at 1M flat on current exchange rate.