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

[Olive]

TLJ has a great OD, OW may not drop much from TFA.

TLJ Friday may be 450M+ yen, TFA 379M only night after 630PM

¥1,245,023,900 ($10.27 million), 0, ¥1,619,340,000 ($13.36 million), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney) NEW

 

 

[UserHN]

14 minutes ago, Olive Skywalker said:

TLJ has a great OD, OW may not drop much from TFA.

TLJ Friday may be 450M+ yen, TFA 379M only night after 630PM

¥1,245,023,900 ($10.27 million), 0, ¥1,619,340,000 ($13.36 million), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney) NEW

 

 

Great news. I'm glad there are some countries where TLJ has respectable drop from TFA. As opposed to the drop in Russia, SK, and the expected huge drop in China.

[George Parr]

1 hour ago, UserHN said:

Great news. I'm glad there are some countries where TLJ has respectable drop from TFA. As opposed to the drop in Russia, SK, and the expected huge drop in China.

I think that has a lot to do with where Star Wars is a known entity. Asia didn't have Star wars back in the days, or the countries were too tiny a market back then for it to be well-known, apart from Japan, where it has always been quite big. TFA then created interest everywhere, which didn't last in places where the movie didn't catch on.

 

You basically had the core-markets of the franchise delivering for TFA, and in many cases even exceeding what was normal for SW. Which now falls back to where the interest usually was (roughly at least). Outside the core-markets, there isn't really an established fanbase that lifts the franchise to the top, so the drops are heavier, especially in regions where this kind of movie doesn't really work as well.

[Olive]

Hollywood had a great year in Japan

Top 10 foreign movies 2017 - 61.2B yen , vs. 47.2B yen 2016 (+29%)

Top 10 local movies 2017 - 36.3B yen, vs. 68.5B yen 2016 

[SchumacherFTW]

Kinda shows the impact Your Name and Godzilla had last year. 

[Olive]

Only 4% drop on Sat in usual locations vs. EP7.

Let's see how Sunday goes.

thanks to a better ER, EP8 OW may end up slightly higher.

[George Parr]

Sounds like it is neck-and-neck with TFA on Sunday as well. Very impressive opening. Maybe Yo-Kai Watch having slipped a lot in the recent past does help a bit, even if Japan is one of the markets where you can have multiple huge openings at the same time.

[Olive]

Usual locations(2/3 of market):Fri-Sun

EP7 - 747K

EP8 - 772K

Yeah, a better OW in USD is likely, let's wait for actuals tomorrow.

 

[Olive]

On 2017/12/15 at 9:15 PM, Olive Skywalker said:

TLJ has a great OD, OW may not drop much from TFA.

TLJ Friday may be 450M+ yen, TFA 379M only night after 630PM

¥1,245,023,900 ($10.27 million), 0, ¥1,619,340,000 ($13.36 million), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney) NEW

 

 

TLJ OW = 1.126B yen, -9.6% from TFA

 

TLJ OW+OD+previews = 1.617B yen, almost flat to TFA.

[Fullbuster]

1 hour ago, Olive Skywalker said:

TLJ OW = 1.126B yen, -9.6% from TFA

 

TLJ OW+OD+previews = 1.617B yen, almost flat to TFA.

 

Impressive from Japan, one of the biggest OS markets for Star Wars along with the UK, Germany and France.

[Valonqar]

So happy!

[titanic2187]

Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals (12/16-17)

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Weekend Actuals (12/16-17)
01 (---) ¥1,125,800,000 ($9.9 million), 0, ¥1,617,174,500 ($14.4 million), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney) NEW
02 (---) ¥399,218,800 ($3.6 million), 0, ¥399,218,800 ($3.6 million), Yo-Kai Watch: Shadowside - Resurrection of the Demon King (Toho) NEW
03 (---) ¥262,989,100 ($2.3 million), 0, ¥280,748,900 ($2.5 million), The 8-Year Engagement (Shochiku) NEW
04 (02) ¥257,430,200 ($2.3 million), -13%, ¥867,935,800 ($7.7 million), Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura (Toho) WK2
05 (01) ¥181,287,300 ($1.6 million), -50%, ¥644,157,300 ($5.7 million), Kamen Rider Generations: Build & Ex-Aid - Legend Riders (Toei) WK2
06 (03) ¥139,581,600 ($1.2 million), -38%, ¥676,376,200 ($6.0 million), Murder on the Orient Express (Fox) WK2
07 (05) ¥71,370,400 ($633,000), -51%, ¥821,038,150 ($7.4 million), Fullmetal Alchemist (Warner Bros.) WK3
08 (04) ¥53,077,520 ($471,000), -63%, ¥271,944,740 ($2.4 million), Girls und Panzer: The Finale - Part 1 (Showgate) WK2
09 (06) ¥48,252,500 ($428,000), -45%, ¥558,734,100 ($5.0 million), Detective in the Bar 3 (Toei) WK3
10 (07) ¥34,601,300 ($307,000), -52%, ¥1,994,454,400 ($17.8 million), IT (Warner Bros.) WK7
11 (08) ¥23,034,400 ($205,000), -66%, ¥887,814,400 ($7.9 million), Justice League (Warner Bros.) WK4
12 (09) ¥20,254,500 ($179,000), -57%, ¥630,593,500 ($5.6 million), Hibana: Spark (Toho) WK4

>Star Wars: The Last Jedi debuted atop the box office, this year going unchallenged. Episode VIII in the franchise sold 737,467 admissions over the weekend frame across 937 screens, and 1,058,269 admissions over the 3-day weekend. The weekend frame itself is down 9.6% in revenue and 7.9% in admissions versus Star Wars: The Force Awakens, while the 3-day total in revenue is also down, by a mere 0.1%, but its admissions are actually up... by 0.1%. 

Overall, this is a very encouraging debut (especially the 3-day result), and while I highly doubt this one will develop the legs that Episode VII achieved, it should still be good for a ¥9-10 billion ($80-90 million) total with a slight chance of exceeding the ¥10 billion milestone. The Star Wars franchise is pretty consistent in their respective totals, typically selling around 7 million admissions, and this one should follow suit.

>Yo-Kai Watch: Shadowside - Resurrection of the Demon King, the fourth film in the franchise, experienced another steep decline in the series, selling 355,230 admissions over the weekend on 366 screens. This is a harsh 35% decline versus last year's film. The only good news for this film franchise is that each film has been developing slightly stronger legs over the last, and I believe that'll be the case once again, but the ceiling here is still going to be "just" ¥2.5 billion ($22/23 million) and it'll probably fall short of that figure.

>The 8-Year Engagement got off to a good start, selling 203,803 admissions over the weekend frame across 320 screens (and 217,341 after limited previews). Romantic films released in mid-December always develop very, very good legs, so this debut could be enough to result in a total near ¥2 billion ($17/18 million) this time of year. This will be one of Shochiku's highest grossing films in awhile.

>Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura experienced an excellent second weekend hold, and after some strong weekdays as well, it appears it'll be the leggy film of the season. Almost every December has a film that develops incredible legs (10+ multiplier), so this will probably be the one of 2017. A total over ¥2.5 billion ($22/23 million) looks good now, and ¥3 billion ($26/27 million) could be in play.

>Murder on the Orient Express dropped a bit harder than I was expecting, but a strong set of weekdays is encouraging, and a total of at least ¥1.5 billion ($13 million) is certainly still in play. Not exactly a success, but solid nonetheless. 

>Fullmetal Alchemist just wasn't able to stabilize in the slightest and sees another major drop in its third weekend of release. It's just barely going to crawl over the ¥1 billion milestone,
definitely one of the biggest disappointments of 2017, unfortunately, and a rare miss from Warner Bros. distribution of domestic films.

>IT dropped hard in its seventh weekend of release, but still managed to hang on in the Top 10, and is ever so close to the ¥2 billion milestone, which it'll reach on Monday or Tuesday. This was a big success for Warner Bros., and joins a small list of horror films that reached the ¥2 billion mark as well.

[titanic2187]

From corpse:

Japan Box Office: Star Wars Box Office History

Star Wars Box-Office History

Opening Weekends (3-Day/Previews Included):
¥1.879 billion / 1,357,977 [758] - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
¥1.619 billion / 1,044,330 [958] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

¥1.617 billion / 1,058,269 [937] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)  
¥1.604 billion / 1,138,689 [639] - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack on the Clones (2002)

Note: The opening weekends for the original trilogy are unknown, as is the opening weekend for Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which is surprising. However, Episode I reportedly sold 500,000+ tickets on its first day, and if Sunday behaved the same way then as it does today, it should have sold 1.1/1.2 million tickets on its opening weekend.

Totals:
01. ¥12.70 billion ($109.9 million) / 8.30 million - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 
02. ¥11.63 billion ($96.3 million) / 7.48 million - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 
03. ¥9.35 billion ($78.4 million) / 6.80 million - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 
04. ¥9.17 billion ($82.7 million) / 6.60 million - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 
05. ¥6.58 billion ($33.9 million) / 6.87 million - Star Wars: Episode I - A New Hope (1978) *Estimate*
06. ¥5.30 billion ($22.2 million) / 4.85 million - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
07. ¥4.95 billion ($21.9 million) / 4.90 million - Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

[Giesi]

So TLJ didn‘t drop at all, remains flat from TFA. What is the reason for that?

[Valonqar]

4 hours ago, Giesi said:

So TLJ didn‘t drop at all, remains flat from TFA. What is the reason for that?

They marketed the sith out of it in Japan but also tailored it to that market specifically (means more honesty about what the movie is about than mystery box BS). 

[Barnack]

41 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

They marketed the sith out of it in Japan but also tailored it to that market specifically (means more honesty about what the movie is about than mystery box BS). 

It also inspired itself quite a bit by post WW2 cinematography, Kurosawa works, Three Outlaw Samurai, etc... like it heavily influenced Lucas back in the days, maybe it helped.

 

The bombing opening scene but also those reds soldier way to use swords did feel asian a bit.

Edited December 20, 2017 by Barnack

[Valonqar]

16 minutes ago, Barnack said:

It also inspired itself quite a bit by post WW2 cinematography, Kurosawa works, Three Outlaw Samurai, etc... like it heavily influenced Lucas back i n the days, maybe it helped.

 

The bombing opening scene but also those reds soldier way to use swords did feel asian a bit.

Good points! 

[Olive]

 The Last Jedi Sat -30% from last week.

[George Parr]

That doesn't sound all too different from what TFA did on the second weekend, though that one saw the Emperor's holiday fall during the week, not on Saturday.

[Olive]

3 hours ago, George Parr said:

That doesn't sound all too different from what TFA did on the second weekend, though that one saw the Emperor's holiday fall during the week, not on Saturday.

Night totally slowed down, -38% Saturday with holiday help and weekend drop will be over 40%