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

[SLAM!]

12 hours ago, druv10 said:

>Ride Your Wave came in a bit higher than estimates, but its debut is still pretty disappointing given Toho's apparent confidence in it based on its impressive screen/showtime counts. It only sold 62,719 admissions over the weekend across 299 screens. 

 

It's a real shame about this one. I would've thought Masaaki Yuasa had garnered a wider audience since Devilman Crybaby. But he's been making project after project at breakneck speed, and there has to be some sort of audience fatigue surrounding how quickly each of his films are coming out. Think about it--Lu Over The Wall, The Night is Short, Walk On Girl, Devilman Crybaby, and Ride Your Wave all in fairly short succession from one another? Something's gotta give. Satoshi Kon, for example, did a much better job spacing out his releases, at least from what I know.

Edited June 25, 2019 by Slambros

[lorddemaxus]

8 minutes ago, Slambros said:

 

It's a real shame about this one. I would've thought Masaaki Yuasa had garnered a wider audience since Devilman Crybaby. But he's been making project after project at breakneck speed, and there has to be some sort of audience fatigue surrounding how quickly each of his films are coming out. Think about it--Lu Over The Wall, The Night is Short, Walk On Girl, Devilman Crybaby, and Ride Your Wave all in fairly short succession from one another? Something's gotta give. Satoshi Kon, for example, did a much better job spacing out his releases, at least from what I know.

I'm a huge Yuasa fan and I didn't even know this existed. I think it more has to do with the fact that this is probably the least marketed of all his recent movies (maybe it's different in Japan though).

Edited June 25, 2019 by lorddemaxus

[KevinPr]

14 hours ago, druv10 said:

Weekend Actuals (06/22-23)
01 (01) ¥995,950,100 ($9.3 million), -09%, ¥5,515,403,800 ($50.9 million), Aladdin (Disney) WK3
02 (---) ¥310,000,000 ($2.9 million), 0, ¥396,614,500 ($3.5 million), The Fable (Toho) NEW
03 (02) ¥133,237,300 ($1.2 million), -52%, ¥694,015,300 ($6.5 million), Men in Black International (Sony) WK2
04 (---) ¥132,000,000 ($1.2 million), 0, ¥188,900,300 ($1.8 million), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (Fox) NEW
05 (03) ¥121,389,100 ($1.1 million), -42%, ¥2,463,096,400 ($22.9 million), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Toho) WK4
06 (---) x¥82,467,900 ($768,000), 0, ¥x82,467,900 ($768,000), Ride Your Wave (Toho) NEW
07 (06) ¥x81,815,800 ($761,000), -43%, ¥2,689,270,900 ($24.6 million), The Confidence Man JP (Toho) WK6
08 (04) ¥x77,249,700 ($719,000), -57%, ¥378,833,300 ($3.5 million), Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: Maji LOVE Kingdom (Shochiku) WK2
09 (07) ¥x64,375,800 ($599,000), -35%, ¥231,828,740 ($2.1 million), Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (Aniplex) WK2
09 (05) ¥x62,284,660 ($580,000), -57%, ¥288,073,620 ($2.6 million), Girls und Panzer: Finale - Chapter 2 (Showgate) WK2
10 (08) ¥x55,286,100 ($515,000), -05%, ¥622,597,200 ($5.7 million), Promare (Toho) WK5
11 (13) ¥x36,822,600 ($343,000), -07%, ¥6,055,546,800 ($54.8 million), Avengers: Endgame (Disney) WK9
12 (09) x¥32,640,900 ($304,000), -42%, ¥316,860,800 ($2.9 million), Children of the Sea (Toho Video Division) WK3
 

Promare making bigger than Children of the Sea? Wow! I never thought Imaishi is so popular.

[meriodejaneiro]

6 hours ago, PKMLover said:

Sad 

😫

There wont be "re-release" or something like that?

I read in another thread that japan would see the EG re-release in october. 

[fastclock]

Apparently Spiderman opens in Japan this weekend. Japan and China ahead of Dom release.

[Stewart]

27 minutes ago, fastclock said:

Apparently Spiderman opens in Japan this weekend. Japan and China ahead of Dom release.

Friday is +15% over Aladdin's OD.

 

Will likely be more frontloaded, but very good start.

[charlie Jatinder]

Oh didn't know it released in Japan as well.

Besides, OD is less than Homecoming, maybe that was some holiday as Saturday and Sunday dropped from Friday. Shall do $8.5mn 3 days I guess.

[UserHN]

32 minutes ago, Stewart said:

Friday is +15% over Aladdin's OD.

 

Will likely be more frontloaded, but very good start.

SH films are always frontloaded in Japan.

[Nero]

2 minutes ago, UserHN said:

SH films are always frontloaded in Japan.

Not always. Just recent, look at Spidey original trilogy

[jj99]

Aladdin 1st Friday ended with 131,315

 

S:FFH currently at 148,107 @ 11PM. not going to add much more.

 

+12.8%

 

Aladdin is at 68,033 for today. Made 75,671 las week Friday. Just a drop of 10%. Fingers crossed for another single digit drop this weekend.

[Sunny Max]

Far From Home day 1 updated admissions are 149,309 ... 

 

13.9% more than Aladdin's day 1 (131,315) ... 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2019 by Sunny Max

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

Oh didn't know it released in Japan as well.

Besides, OD is less than Homecoming, maybe that was some holiday as Saturday and Sunday dropped from Friday. Shall do $8.5mn 3 days I guess.

Homecoming just over 6x the 2-day, so it seems like this debut would put it in reasonable contention to beat IW and enter top 5 live action SH.

[catlover]

Aladdin is still going strong with Spidey opening. I guess that's expected since the core demo for those 2 movies aren't really the same. Also, it's very rare for a Hollywood movie to open earlier in Japan than in NA, isn't it? It happened to Pikachu, but it's Pokemon so that's a special case.

[UserHN]

1 minute ago, catlover said:

Aladdin is still going strong with Spidey opening. I guess that's expected since the core demo for those 2 movies aren't really the same. Also, it's very rare for a Hollywood movie to open earlier in Japan than in NA, isn't it? It happened to Pikachu, but it's Pokemon so that's a special case.

Isn't Spidey the most popular SH in Japan? Maybe the studio knows it so they opened earlier this time.

[catlover]

2 minutes ago, UserHN said:

Isn't Spidey the most popular SH in Japan? Maybe the studio knows it so they opened earlier this time.

Yeah, but it's not that popular to have an earlier release. I think it's more because of what are waiting in July for summer holiday. TS4 and Weathering With You both have potentials to make ¥10b+. While late June to early July is empty.

[Sunny Max]

Far From Home debuted with estimated $2.8 M at the local box office ...

 

Aladdin finally dethroned from the #1 spot for the first time after 21 Days .. movie grossed approx $1.3 M

 

[lor15]

Any clue about ffh wom in Japan?

[Sunny Max]

FFH local rating is 86 .... which is more than all MCU films .. AEG had 85 ...

 

[Sunny Max]

4 minutes ago, lor15 said:

Any clue about ffh wom in Japan?

extremely positive wom ... local rating is extra-ordinary ... 

[charlie Jatinder]

2 hours ago, Thanos Legion said:

Homecoming just over 6x the 2-day, so it seems like this debut would put it in reasonable contention to beat IW and enter top 5 live action SH.

Homecoming 3 days $7.1mn. Day One around $3.4mn.