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

[keysersoze123]

Terrific performance. How high can it go? 15B Yen?

[KP1025]

12 minutes ago, Olive said:

BATB up to 7.94b yen.

 

 

 

That's quite a big jump from Corpse's forecast. 

[Olive]

Weekend top 3

BATB 575M -36% 7.94B

Conan 243M -49% 5.82B

GV2 249M New 331M (OW is +11% from GOTG)

[keysersoze123]

Great for Beast. meh for Guardians. I am assuming it dropped in $.

[CalifoBoy]

Then it's safe to say Beauty and the Beast will outgross Alice in Wonderland, at least in yearn?!

 

16 hours ago, James said:

I think Dumbledore being back and tying Hogwarts and Europe sort of to the story will have a pretty big impact. I am not hoping for 100m, but maybe 80-90m. 

 

 

The Potter films were massive in Japan, specially the first three movies and the last one whom grossed more than $120 million each one. I hope that the next FB movies could, at least, follow the same path as the first one, but WB would have to create a big marketing about Dumbledore and Hogwarts.

[Olive]

Alice was 8.38B after 4th weekend, it did better in GW than BATB.

[CalifoBoy]

2 hours ago, Olive said:

Alice was 8.38B after 4th weekend, it did better in GW than BATB.

Then how could BatB finish above 100 million?!

[Olive]

Just now, CalifoBoy said:

Then how could BatB finish above 100 million?!

BATB had way better post GW weekend drop.

[CalifoBoy]

37 minutes ago, Olive said:

BATB had way better post GW weekend drop.

 

Aw then a $100 million total is likeable then?!

[KP1025]

39 minutes ago, CalifoBoy said:

Then how could BatB finish above 100 million?!

 

There are actually quite a few films whose 4-week totals were under Alice in Wonderland but ended up outgrossing it (some by a lot). Late legs are incredibly important in Japan, and Beauty and the Beast certainly has a path to surpassing Alice's 11.8 billion yen. 

[CalifoBoy]

28 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

 

There are actually quite a few films whose 4-week totals were under Alice in Wonderland but ended up outgrossing it (some by a lot). Late legs are incredibly important in Japan, and Beauty and the Beast certainly has a path to surpassing Alice's 11.8 billion yen. 

 

I guess Beauty won't have great competition till the opening of Pirates 5, this one will definitely make tons of money in Japan.

[SchumacherFTW]

RIP 君の名は。In the title, you will be sorely missed. 

Edited May 15, 2017 by SchumacherFTW

[BoilingHotCoffee]

the title actually changed!!!

[KP1025]

Courtesy of Corpse:

 

Weekend Actuals (05/13-14)
01 (01) ¥575,283,300 ($5.1 million), -35%, ¥7,937,943,000 ($70.4 million), Beauty and the Beast (Disney) WK4
02 (---) ¥249,454,500 ($2.2 million), 0, ¥330,917,600 ($3.0 million), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Disney) NEW
03 (02) ¥243,381,500 ($2.2 million), -49%, ¥5,820,562,100 ($52.0 million), Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Toho) WK5
04 (03) ¥225,824,500 ($2.0 million), -51%, ¥3,104,727,000 ($28.3 million), The Fate of the Furious (Toho-Towa) WK3
05 (05) ¥123,454,200 ($1.1 million), -45%, ¥1,207,919,900 ($10.8 million), Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (Toho) WK3
06 (04) ¥119,516,600 ($1.1 million), -47%, ¥566,830,900 ($4.9 million), Memory (Toho) WK2
07 (06) ¥71,430,000 ($629,000), -53%, ¥1,403,835,600 ($12.5 million), Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri (Toho) WK5
08 (---) ¥61,355,000 ($539,000), 0, ¥78,665,700 ($692,000), Split (Toho-Towa) NEW
09 (08) ¥42,434,900 ($374,000), -56%, ¥775,205,600 ($6.8 million), Blade of the Immortal (Warner Bros.) WK3
10 (07) ¥42,213,700 ($372,000), -56%, ¥351,129,100 ($3.1 million), The Last Cop: The Movie (Shochiku) WK2

The post-Golden Week weekend regularly experiences harsh drops, and this weekend was no exception - lots of ~50%+ drops across the board.

>Beauty and the Beast easily took the top spot once again, delivering an impressive 35% decline post-Golden Week to claim its fourth-consecutive week atop the box office (and it won't be the last). After 24 days in release, Disney's latest live-action iteration has sold 5,649,320 admissions, becoming the most-attended film since last August, and the 97th reported film to exceed 5 million admissions at the box-office.

The film has several weeks, a month+ really, to continue its box-office dominance and will probably reach the ¥10 billion ($90 million+) uber-blockbuster milestone near the end of the month, and look for a total somewhere within the range of ¥11-12 billion ($100-105 million), a very common gross for Disney's biggest live-action releases (they have four other films that are actually in that range).

>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 managed to squeak out a second place debut in a close battle for the position, selling 163,143 admissions over the weekend frame across 705 screens, besting the debut of its predecessor by a so-so 12%. The opening is big enough to guarantee a total above ¥1 billion ($10 million), but due to the general frontloaded nature of most Marvel/DC films, look for a total no higher than ¥1.5 billion ($13/14 million).

Marvel, and other imported comic/superhero studios, will likely never have a major presence in Japan, but their films are continuing to grow with the box-office, even if it's small increases year after year. 

>Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter almost scored another week in second place, but a sub-50% decline post-Golden Week is certainly a welcomed accomplishment for the franchise. The 21st entry in the long-running series continues to outpace last year's record-breaking franchise film, and should finish around ¥6.5 billion ($60 million), a figure that's unlikely to be beaten by any other animated film this year. This will be the fifth-consecutive film in the series to break the franchise record.

>The Fate of the Furious wasn't spared the post-Golden Week decline, dropping over 50%, but after setting a new record opening for the franchise, it's very likely going on to outgross Furious 7 to become the highest-grossing film in the franchise as well. I expect a finish around ¥3.7/3.8 billion ($35 million).

>Your Name. is no longer being tracked, so its running total likely won't be reported now until it's officially completed its run in the coming weeks/months.

Edited May 16, 2017 by KP1025

[bladels]

Exactly the same post GW drop as Frozen. Can BATB do something crazy like $150M+? 

[BoilingHotCoffee]

what and when is the next major competition anyways?

Edited May 16, 2017 by BoilingHotCoffee

[Cynosure]

Pirates 5 in July.

Edited May 16, 2017 by Cynosure

[Valonqar]

Sorry for being OT but I need help from Japanese fans. Just spotted this on reddit:

 

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/05/japanese-star-wars-the-last-jedi-promotional-leaflet-teases-shocking-truth.html

 

Do you know whether translation is correct and whether the promo material is from official (Disney or Lucasfilm) source? Thanks. 

Edited May 16, 2017 by Valonqar

[CalifoBoy]

Japan's going to be massive for BatB, and i'm predicting it could finish with at least $510.0 millions in North America is that too much?!

[bladels]

6 hours ago, CalifoBoy said:

Japan's going to be massive for BatB, and i'm predicting it could finish with at least $510.0 millions in North America is that too much?!

It can reach $510M if not for the super early Bluray release date, we have to wait and see.