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

[Steven]

Weathering with you will realease in China on November 1th

[Tower]

(C)2019フジテレビ　東宝 ("Hit Me Anyone One More Time")

Weekend Actuals (09/28-29)
01 (01) ¥247,058,400 ($2.3 million), -33%, ¥2,292,952,800 ($21.1 million), Hit Me Anyone One More Time (Toho) WK3
02 (04) ¥132,578,800 ($1.2 million), -11%, ¥13,291,927,400 ($123.5 million), Weathering With You (Toho) WK11
03 (02) ¥129,529,200 ($1.2 million), -26%, ¥1,743,297,600 ($16.1 million), Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Toho) WK4
04 (05) ¥x84,587,900 ($784,000), -31%, ¥936,059,100 ($8.6 million), No Longer Human (Shochiku/Asmik Ace) WK3
05 (03) ¥x75,335,800 ($698,000), -57%, ¥487,253,600 ($4.5 million), Ad Astra (Fox) WK2
06 (06) ¥x73,223,500 ($678,000), -37%, ¥360,611,000 ($3.3 million), Hello World (Toho) WK2
07 (07) ¥x64,415,200 ($597,000), -30%, ¥2,374,458,400 ($22.4 million), Ossan's Love: Love or Dead (Toho) WK6
08 (09) ¥x54,453,700 ($504,000), -28%, ¥246,412,700 ($2.2 million), Annabelle Comes Home (Warner Bros.) WK2
09 (---) ¥x50,000,000 ($465,000), 0, ¥x65,000,000 ($605,000), Ninkyo Gakuen (Avex Pictures) NEW
10 (08) ¥x44,765,100 ($415,000), -42%, ¥6,546,480,600 ($61.7 million), The Lion King (Disney) WK8
11 (10) ¥x44,221,800 ($410,000), -37%, ¥228,806,500 ($2.1 million), Blind Witness (Gaga) WK2

>Hit Me Anyone One More Time achieves its third consecutive weekend atop the box-office, going unchallenged for the #1 position, selling a further 185,000 admissions. Koki Mitani's latest is very likely to exceed the ¥3 billion (~$30 million) milestone, and could climb a high as ¥3.5 billion (~$35 million). This is a very impressive result for an early Fall release, and it should have a safe spot in the Yearly Top 20.

>Weathering With You rose to second place in its eleventh-weekend of release, as predicted, thanks to its 4DX expansion; and while the hold is certainly great, it is, perhaps, just slightly worse than expected going into the weekend. Makoto Shinkai's latest uber-blockbuster sold 85,000 admissions over its eleventh weekend, and has now sold an incredible 9,972,393 admissions after seventy-three days in release. It'll exceed 10 million admissions on Tuesday (probably <5,000 away after Monday), which will make it the eighteenth overall and tenth domestic film in history to ever achieve this accomplishment.

>Kaguya-sama: Love is War continues its surprisingly welcomed good performance, and has locked up an eventual ¥2 billion (~$20 million) total with another good hold.

>Ad Astra delivered a disappointing debut last weekend, coming in third place, but its second weekend is probably even more disappointing. It's uncommon for any film besides heavily frontloaded fanbase films to drop over 50% in their sophomore frame, so a 57% decline is very alarming here. A ¥1 billion (~$10 million) total was unlikely after its debut, but now that milestone has become impossible.

>Ninkyo Gakuen remains estimated. It ranked in ninth place in weekend admissions, and that's probably where it debuted in revenue as well. Sometimes in takes a day or two longer for limited/near-limited releases from independent distributors to report their numbers, so I'll update this post with its actual figures when/if they're released.

>The Lion King just keeps on slipping and will probably see a severe screen/theater cut next weekend. It will, at least, surpass Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald sometime this week (probably Friday) to become the #5 film of 2019, but it looks to finish around ¥6.65 billion (~$62.6 million), which will be just shy of allowing it to break into the All-Time Top 100 (¥6.71 billion is required).

>Toy Story 4 has fallen outside of the Top 20 now and will enter limited release as soon as next week. Its weekend number wasn't reported due to being too low, but its cumulative total is now ¥10.04 billion ($94.0 million) after twelve-weeks in release.

[Tower]

Upcoming Release Schedule: October

10/04:
[325] - Joker (Warner Bros.)
[324] - Listen to the Universe (Toho)
[321] - High & Low: The Worst (Shochiku)
[201] - John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Pony Canyon)
[124] - Hikita-san! I'm Pregnant (Tokyo Theaters, Co.)

10/11:
[352] - Way to Find The Best Life (Warner Bros.)
[318] - Her Blue Sky (Toho)
[240] - La verite (Gaga)
[194] - Crawl (Toho-Towa)
[106] - Yesterday (Toho-Towa)
[x79] - Girls und Panzer: das Finale - Chapters 1 & 2 (Shochiku) [4D re-release]

10/18:
[366] - Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Disney)
[268] - Paradise (Kadokawa)
[160] - Robin Hood (2018) (Kino Films)
[147] - Special Actors (Shochiku)
[147] - Immortal Heroes (Nikkatsu)

10/19:
[231] - Star☆Twinkle PreCure The Movie: Putting Thought into the Star Song (Toei)

10/25:
[328] - Gemini Man (Toho-Towa)
[x75] - The Queen's Corgi (Aeon Entertainment)

10/26:
[121] - Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (Aniplex)

Preliminary theater counts in [brackets] are subject-to-change, especially for premium format releases distributed by Disney and Warner Bros.

General Theater Count Key:
<100: Limited.
101-149: Wide.
150-199: Below Average.
200-249: Average.
250-299: Above Average.
300-349: Very Wide.
>350: Optimal.

[cannastop]

 

sigh

[lorddemaxus]

2 hours ago, cannastop said:

 

sigh

I actually thought that was surprisingly decent. The 3D animation works a lot better than I thought it would.

[Sunny Max]

Biggest ever opening for a DC film in Japan .. 

 

Joker grossed approx $1.9 M on Friday .. Beating BVS ($1.1 M) & TDKR ($1 M) ..

 

 

[MaxAggressor]

 

[Sunny Max]

Joker At Japanese Box Office :-

 

Fri :- $1.9 M

Sat :- $2.5 M

Sun :- $2.3 M

 

Total :- $6.7 M

 

Biggest opening ever for a DC film in Japan .. & Biggest opening for a Non-Avengers/Spiderman CBM locally ..

[Tower]

From Corpse:

Joker performed very well over the weekend, and easily achieved the biggest opening for a DC film. But more impressive than that (given DC films aren't very popular), is that it certainly appears to have opened above ¥500 million, maybe earning as much as ¥550 million since the R-15 rating will likely inflate the average ticket price.

A ¥3 billion ($30 million) total should be in play, meaning it could challenge 1989's Batman to become the highest-grossing DC film ever.

 

Marvel & DC Box Office History (1980-)

Opening Weekends:
¥1.226 billion ($9.6 million) - Spider-Man (2002)
¥1.207 billion ($10.1 million) - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
¥1.084 billion ($10.0 million) - Spider-Man 2 (2004)
¥962.0 million ($8.7 million) - Avengers: Endgame (2019)
¥793.9 million ($6.5 million) - Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
¥698.6 million ($6.5 million) - Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
¥672.4 million ($6.2 million) - Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
¥580.9 million ($7.4 million) - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
¥530.0 million ($5.0 million) - Joker (2019) *Est*.
¥500.9 million ($6.3 million) - The Avengers (2012)
¥448.8 million ($4.2 million) - Captain America: Civil War (2016)
¥448.5 million ($4.1 million) - Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
¥439.0 million ($3.9 million) - Venom (2018)
¥426.6 million ($3.8 million) - Captain Marvel (2019)
¥420.3 million ($4.1 million) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
¥414.7 million ($4.3 million) - Iron Man 3 (2013)
¥394.1 million ($3.4 million) - Doctor Strange (2017)
¥390.1 million ($3.8 million) - Suicide Squad (2016)
¥383.3 million ($3.6 million) - Deadpool (2016)
¥375.1 million ($3.4 million) - Deadpool 2 (2018)
¥372.0 million ($4.6 million) - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
¥371.3 million ($3.3 million) - Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
¥368.9 million ($3.4 million) - Superman Returns (2006)
¥361.9 million ($3.1 million) - X2: X-Men United (2003)
¥333.2 million ($3.1 million) - The Dark Knight (2008)
¥322.2 million ($2.9 million) - Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
¥314.3 million ($2.8 million) - Aquaman (2019)
¥309.7 million ($2.9 million) - Black Panther (2018)
¥290.2 million ($2.7 million) - Batman Begins (2005)
¥276.6 million ($2.4 million) - X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
¥272.5 million ($2.7 million) - X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
¥268.3 million ($2.8 million) - Man of Steel (2013)
¥266.5 million ($2.4 million) - Wonder Woman (2017)
¥264.6 million ($2.9 million) - Iron Man 2 (2010)
¥249.4 million ($2.2 million) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
¥247.5 million ($2.1 million) - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
¥230.6 million ($2.0 million) - Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
¥224.1 million ($2.1 million) - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
¥211.7 million ($2.0 million) - Iron Man (2008)
¥204.7 million ($1.9 million) - Fantastic Four (2005)
¥204.4 million ($1.8 million) - Justice League (2017)
¥200.4 million ($1.7 million) - Ant-Man (2015)
¥198.4 million ($1.9 million) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
¥194.3 million ($1.6 million) - Daredevil (2003)
¥187.1 million ($1.8 million) - Thor: The Dark World (2014)
¥184.3 million ($1.9 million) - The Wolverine (2013)
¥176.8 million ($1.9 million) - X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
¥167.0 million ($1.5 million) - Shazam! (2019)
¥163.3 million ($1.4 million) - Logan (2017)
¥160.9 million ($1.4 million) - Hulk (2003)
¥158.5 million ($1.9 million) - X-Men: First Class (2011)
¥153.1 million ($1.5 million) - X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
¥132.0 million ($1.2 million) - X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
¥129.9 million ($1.6 million) - Thor (2011)
¥109.7 million ($1.2 million) - Watchmen (2009)
¥88.3 million ($1.1 million) - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
¥65.1 million ($0.6 million) - Catwoman (2004)
¥42.6 million ($0.6 million) - The Green Lantern (2011)
¥41.5 million ($0.4 million) - The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Totals:
¥7.50 billion ($59.2 million) - Spider-Man (2002)
¥7.12 billion ($66.9 million) - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
¥6.70 billion ($61.1 million) - Spider-Man 2 (2004)
¥6.12 billion ($55.3 million) - Avengers: Endgame (2019)
¥3.74 billion ($34.1 million) - Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
¥3.61 billion ($46.2 million) - The Avengers (2012)
¥3.21 billion ($26.0 million) - Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
¥3.16 billion ($39.1 million) - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
¥3.14 billion ($30.7 million) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
¥3.03 billion ($27.8 million) - Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
¥3.00 billion ($20.0 million) - Batman (1989)
¥2.80 billion ($25.6 million) - Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
¥2.63 billion ($24.1 million) - Captain America: Civil War (2016)
¥2.57 billion ($26.4 million) - Iron Man 3 (2013)
¥2.55 billion ($12.0 million) - Superman II (1981)
¥2.25 billion ($20.0 million) - Venom (2018)
¥2.06 billion ($18.7 million) - Captain Marvel (2019)
¥2.04 billion ($19.2 million) - Deadpool (2016)
¥1.97 billion ($24.2 million) - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
¥1.87 billion ($16.4 million) - Doctor Strange (2017)
¥1.86 billion ($16.9 million) - Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
¥1.85 billion ($18.1 million) - X-Men (2000)
¥1.80 billion ($16.3 million) - Deadpool 2 (2018)
¥1.80 billion ($15.9 million) - X2: X-Men United (2003)
¥1.76 billion ($17.0 million) - Suicide Squad (2016)
¥1.63 billion ($14.7 million) - Aquaman (2019)
¥1.60 billion ($15.8 million) - The Dark Knight (2008)
¥1.56 billion ($14.5 million) - Black Panther (2018)
¥1.53 billion ($14.3 million) - X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
¥1.50 billion ($11.9 million) - Superman Returns (2006)
¥1.40 billion ($14.1 million) - Batman Begins (2005)
¥1.34 billion ($12.2 million) - Wonder Woman (2017)
¥1.32 billion ($11.7 million) - Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
¥1.21 billion ($10.0 million) - Ant-Man (2015)
¥1.20 billion ($13.7 million) - Iron Man 2 (2010)
¥1.15 billion ($10.2 million) - Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
¥1.14 billion ($10.1 million) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
¥1.10 billion ($9.8 million) - Justice League (2017)
¥1.07 billion ($9.7 million) - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
¥1.03 billion ($10.1 million) - X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
¥970 million ($9.8 million) - Man of Steel (2013)
¥950 million ($10.1 million) - Fantastic Four (2005)
¥900 million ($9.3 million) - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
¥900 million ($9.8 million) - X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
¥850 million ($8.2 million) - Hulk (2003)
¥830 million ($6.9 million) - Daredevil (2003)
¥820 million ($8.4 million) - The Wolverine (2013)
¥800 million ($8.9 million) - Iron Man (2008)
¥750 million ($8.0 million) - X-Men: First Class (2011)
¥740 million ($6.8 million) - Logan (2017)
¥725 million ($6.9 million) - X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
¥700 million ($6.3 million) - Shazam! (2019)
¥700 million ($6.8 million) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
¥650 million ($6.3 million) - Thor: The Dark World (2014)
¥550 million ($7.0 million) - Thor (2011)
¥420 million ($4.2 million) - Watchmen (2009)
¥400 million ($3.7 million) - X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
¥400 million ($5.0 million) - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
¥370 million ($3.3 million) - Catwoman (2004)
¥240 million ($2.0 million) - The Incredible Hulk (2008)
¥200 million ($1.9 million) - Green Lantern (2011)

Marvel/DC

Edited October 7, 2019 by Tower

[titanic2187]

Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals (10/05-06)

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Weekend Actuals (10/05-06)
01 (---) ¥548,000,000 ($5.1 million), 0, ¥755,668,700 ($7.0 million), Joker (Warner Bros.) NEW
02 (01) ¥174,190,400 ($1.6 million), -30%, ¥2,774,574,200 ($25.6 million), Hit Me Anyone One More Time (Toho) WK4
03 (---) ¥163,719,600 ($1.5 million), 0, ¥310,096,300 ($2.9 million), High & Low: The Worst (Shochiku) NEW
04 (---) ¥127,000,000 ($1.2 million), 0, ¥176,410,200 ($1.6 million), Listen to the Universe (Toho) NEW
05 (---) ¥126,000,000 ($1.2 million), 0, ¥181,101,000 ($1.7 million), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Pony Canyon) NEW
06 (02) ¥x96,272,300 ($891,000), -27%, ¥13,508,909,400 ($125.5 million), Weathering With You (Toho) WK12
07 (03) ¥x83,534,400 ($774,000), -35%, ¥1,924,628,500 ($17.9 million), Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Toho) WK5
08 (04) ¥x55,360,000 ($512,000), -35%, ¥1,117,749,100 ($10.4 million), No Longer Human (Shochiku/Asmik Ace) WK4
09 (06) ¥x45,088,100 ($417,000), -38%, ¥470,119,800 ($4.3 million), Hello World (Toho) WK2
10 (09) ¥x37,008,300 ($343,000), -32%, ¥337,119,700 ($3.0 million), Annabelle Comes Home (Warner Bros.) WK3
11 (07) ¥x29,340,200 ($272,000), -55%, ¥2,462,611,800 ($23.2 million), Ossan's Love: Love or Dead (Toho) WK7
12 (05) ¥x27,484,400 ($254,000), -63%, ¥593,406,300 ($5.5 million), Ad Astra (Fox) WK3

I'm not going to do a full analysis since this update is very late.

>Joker really surprised in its debut, delivering the biggest opening weekend ever for a DC film by a whopping 41%, besting that of Suicide Squad. The solo Joker outing sold an impressive 356,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 359 screens; and sold 498,971 admissions since opening on Friday. And while all that's a significant achievement, it's also very notable since it came in above ¥500 million, making it just the ninth overall comic book/superhero film (DC/Marvel) to open above that mark AND it achieved the biggest opening weekend for the month of October (by revenue). Very, very impressive all around.

Even if it as the poor/mediocre legs of most films of the genre, it'll reach at least ¥2.5 billion ($25 million), but the novelty/unique factor of the release should give it more standard legs, so I'd expect a total between ¥3-3.5 billion ($30 million+). And as long as it exceeds ¥3 billion, it'll surpass the 1989 Batman to become DC's highest grossing film ever in Japan.

>All the other openers mostly performed as expected -- not very well, so I'll briefly go over their admissions: High & Low: The Worst sold 121,462 admissions on 322 screens; Laws of the Universe sold 96,000 admissions on 324 screens; John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum sold 84,000 admissions on 256 screens.

>Weathering With You has reached 10,118,193 admissions after twelve-weeks in release, surpassing Avatar on the all-time admissions chart. But the most notable accomplishment for it this weekend was that it surpassed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Armageddon, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban all at once to become the 13th highest-grossing film of all time. It's slowing down now, but it'll climb one more spot when it surpasses The Last Samurai (¥13.7 billion) in the coming weeks.

[titanic2187]

The impact of hyper-typhoon on Japan box office from corpse. 

 

It's going to affect the whole box-office, and in an extreme way. There's no reason to even post a Weekend Forecast this week.

(Super) Typhoon Hagibis is huge (unfortunately, its impact could be the biggest in 50 years...) and is going straight across central Japan (where 80%+ of ticket sales come from). Up to 40 inches of rain is expected over the next 24 hours. Thankfully, the country's preparation is on point, and a lot of the area will effectively be on lockdown Saturday. Railways, supermarkets, hotels, theme parks, and even theaters are shutting down/going on lockdown. You know it's serious when most of Tokyo will be closed after 1PM today. It's the first time since the terrible 2011 Tohoku Earthquake that so many facilities will be closed.

As a result, Saturday-to-Saturday pre-sales are down over 90% (95% in most cases) for nearly every film. Sunday will recover a bit, as long as the storm's aftermath isn't catastrophic, but I believe everything will be down ~70/80% across the board this weekend.

[reddevil19]

Well, hopefully people will be back in cinemas once this passes and some good holds come in. Regardless, most important is that everyone is safe and this passes with little damage.

[teard1972]

after the storm, people going back to the cinemas

hope Joker is doing well today. 

 

[RJ 95]

Yeah from mimorin data it looks like today adm will triple yesterday.

Around $ 1.7 - 2 million weekend.

Also from Google I just look that tomorrow is holiday also in Japan ?

Edited October 13, 2019 by RJ 95

[teard1972]

5 minutes ago, RJ 95 said:

 

Also from Google I just look that tomorrow is holiday also in Japan ?

yeah, Sports day, the second Monday of October...just hope Japanese opt for movie going tomorrow, because traditionally this day is for outdoor, sightseeing ~ 

[RJ 95]

Good recovery for Joker today , 2 day weekend should be at least $ 2 million with Friday it's $ 2.9 million

[SchumacherFTW]

I wonder how much Japan v Scotland affects the BO today. The last few matches have averaged 30m each, they say up to 40m could be watching today. Next weekend when they play South Africa in the Quarter Finals will be HUGE 

[The Horror of Lucas Films]

I've noticed that Annabelle: Comes Home is doing quite good here. Every TCU movie released in Japan couldn't even reach $1m on total, while Annabelle is coming for at least $5m, any reason for such an increase?

[Tower]

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Weekend Actuals (10/12-13)
01 (01) ¥331,967,900 ($3.1 million), -40%, ¥1,993,317,200 ($18.4 million), Joker (Warner Bros.) WK2
02 (02) ¥x78,874,800 ($728,000), -55%, ¥3,101,788,500 ($28.6 million), Hit Me Anyone One More Time (Toho) WK5
03 (---) ¥x75,000,000 ($692,000), 0, ¥193,293,450 ($1.8 million), Way to Find the Best Life (Warner Bros.) NEW
04 (---) ¥x70,000,000 ($646,000), 0, ¥166,000,000 ($1.5 million), Her Blue Sky (Toho) NEW
05 (03) ¥x65,873,200 ($608,000), -60%, ¥543,000,000 ($5.0 million), High & Low: The Worst (Shochiku) WK2
06 (04) ¥x55,119,950 ($509,000), -57%, ¥453,412,750 ($4.2 million), Listen to the Universe (Toho) WK2
07 (---) ¥x50,000,000 ($461,000), 0, ¥129,449,500 ($1.2 million), Yesterday (Toho-Towa) NEW
08 (06) ¥x47,731,850 ($441,000), -51%, ¥13,620,000,000 ($126.5 million), Weathering With You (Toho) WK13
09 (05) ¥x39,325,800 ($363,000), -69%, ¥351,982,600 ($3.2 million), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Pony Canyon) WK2
10 (07) ¥x33,906,700 ($774,000), -59%, ¥2,041,796,500 ($19.0 million), Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Toho) WK6

NOTE: Japan suffered through a major typhoon over the weekend, which greatly impacted the weekend box-office.

NOTE 2: Monday was a national holiday, so the cumulative totals above are as of Monday, 10/14.

>Joker easily repeats atop the box-office, and it has already outgrossed every modern DC film after two weeks (plus Monday) in release, and is the third highest-grossing DC film ever, behind just Batman and Superman II. And it's a lock to outgross both of them now, snapping the incredibly long 30-year streak of the 1989 Batman. It might be a little early to predict this, but a ¥4 billion ($35-40 million) total is looking quite likely.

>Way to Find the Best Life and Her Blue Sky couldn't have opened under worse conditions really, so it's not fair to analyze their debuts, really. Neither appear particularly strong, not a surprise given the time of year, but let's wait and see how they perform over the next week or two before writing them off as disappointments.

>Weathering With You has reached 10.22 million admissions after thirteen weeks in release, and is now less than ¥100 million away from surpassing The Last Samurai to become the 12th highest-grossing film of all-time.

And finally, given how much of an impact the typhoon had on the box-office, look for next weekend to see strong holds. I'd even expect some potential increases, but a lot of the lost weekend business was made up on Monday due to the holiday, so that should counter any crazy holds (single-digit) or possible increases.

[RJ 95]

7 minutes ago, Tower said:

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Weekend Actuals (10/12-13)
01 (01) ¥331,967,900 ($3.1 million), -40%, ¥1,993,317,200 ($18.4 million), Joker (Warner Bros.) WK2
02 (02) ¥x78,874,800 ($728,000), -55%, ¥3,101,788,500 ($28.6 million), Hit Me Anyone One More Time (Toho) WK5
03 (---) ¥x75,000,000 ($692,000), 0, ¥193,293,450 ($1.8 million), Way to Find the Best Life (Warner Bros.) NEW
04 (---) ¥x70,000,000 ($646,000), 0, ¥166,000,000 ($1.5 million), Her Blue Sky (Toho) NEW
05 (03) ¥x65,873,200 ($608,000), -60%, ¥543,000,000 ($5.0 million), High & Low: The Worst (Shochiku) WK2
06 (04) ¥x55,119,950 ($509,000), -57%, ¥453,412,750 ($4.2 million), Listen to the Universe (Toho) WK2
07 (---) ¥x50,000,000 ($461,000), 0, ¥129,449,500 ($1.2 million), Yesterday (Toho-Towa) NEW
08 (06) ¥x47,731,850 ($441,000), -51%, ¥13,620,000,000 ($126.5 million), Weathering With You (Toho) WK13
09 (05) ¥x39,325,800 ($363,000), -69%, ¥351,982,600 ($3.2 million), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Pony Canyon) WK2
10 (07) ¥x33,906,700 ($774,000), -59%, ¥2,041,796,500 ($19.0 million), Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Toho) WK6

NOTE: Japan suffered through a major typhoon over the weekend, which greatly impacted the weekend box-office.

NOTE 2: Monday was a national holiday, so the cumulative totals above are as of Monday, 10/14.

>Joker easily repeats atop the box-office, and it has already outgrossed every modern DC film after two weeks (plus Monday) in release, and is the third highest-grossing DC film ever, behind just Batman and Superman II. And it's a lock to outgross both of them now, snapping the incredibly long 30-year streak of the 1989 Batman. It might be a little early to predict this, but a ¥4 billion ($35-40 million) total is looking quite likely.

>Way to Find the Best Life and Her Blue Sky couldn't have opened under worse conditions really, so it's not fair to analyze their debuts, really. Neither appear particularly strong, not a surprise given the time of year, but let's wait and see how they perform over the next week or two before writing them off as disappointments.

>Weathering With You has reached 10.22 million admissions after thirteen weeks in release, and is now less than ¥100 million away from surpassing The Last Samurai to become the 12th highest-grossing film of all-time.

And finally, given how much of an impact the typhoon had on the box-office, look for next weekend to see strong holds. I'd even expect some potential increases, but a lot of the lost weekend business was made up on Monday due to the holiday, so that should counter any crazy holds (single-digit) or possible increases.

So base from this 3m Monday then, higher than I expect 2.7m. It confirm ticket price higher than first week. It's hold this week is crazy too. Tuesday just 20%, Wed just drop 24%. Possibly it can get 2.5m weekend if maleficent not hitting hard also with 26m at Sunday. 40m is not that far fetch.