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

[Legion Again]

7 minutes ago, UserHN said:

Is Corpse a 'he'? I thought Corpse is a girl lol

Haha, just had this discussion in the weekend thread last weekend I think. A dude who pretended for some time to be a chick.

[keysersoze123]

We will never stop discussing this for sure 🙂

 

I myself forget at times that he is a dude 🙂

 

Anyway F2 seems to be looking at around 15% week on week drop. That is really strong.

[charlie Jatinder]

9 minutes ago, UserHN said:

Is Corpse a 'he'? I thought Corpse is a girl lol

I was surprised too but I had it opposite. I was surprised to know he is a girl which was cleared soon.

[edroger3]

2 hours ago, PKMLover said:

Last monday F2 total was 145k, so the usual location was 97k (67%) or 105k (73%)? 

@edroger3

105/145. Based on real 1st week multipier of 1,38x

[PKMLover]

10 minutes ago, edroger3 said:

105/145. Based on real 1st week multipier of 1,38x.

weekday movie business perform in the same way with weekend (strong noon and early afternoon, week late afternoon and evening) in Japan or it is opposite?

Edited December 2, 2019 by PKMLover

[Olive]

Sunday 846.5m yen. 790K adm

[danhtruong5]

2nd monday seems to drop 23% from 1st monday....

[KP1025]

Frozen 2 weekend actuals: ¥1.443 billion (-10.7%)/1.24 million admissions

Cumulative Total: ¥4.3 billion

 

https://eiga.com/ranking/

[cannastop]

39 minutes ago, danhtruong5 said:

2nd monday seems to drop 23% from 1st monday....

totally normal and even a good drop.

[catlover]

47 minutes ago, KP1025 said:

Frozen 2 weekend actuals: ¥1.443 billion (-10.7%)/1.24 million admissions

Cumulative Total: ¥4.3 billion

 

https://eiga.com/ranking/

Oh wow bigger than estimates. Less than 11% drop! Weekly drop on Monday is looking good too. It could even be deflated because of yesterday's craziness.

Edited December 2, 2019 by catlover

[KP1025]

1 hour ago, catlover said:

Oh wow bigger than estimates. Less than 11% drop! Weekly drop on Monday is looking good too. It could even be deflated because of yesterday's craziness.

Yeah, its weekends have been crazy. After its OD on Friday, I didn't think Frozen 2 would beat TS4's giant OW due to that having a holiday-boosted, record-breaking Sunday. Not only did it blow past TS4's OW, but its second weekend managed to beat it too. 

 

I only hope that it doesn't drop too steeply next weekend. Needs a 30% or better drop to stay above ¥1 billion.

[john2000]

2 hours ago, danhtruong5 said:

2nd monday seems to drop 23% from 1st monday....

we have a second @PKMLover here.......

[Cynosure]

3 hours ago, KP1025 said:

Frozen 2 weekend actuals: ¥1.443 billion (-10.7%)/1.24 million admissions

Cumulative Total: ¥4.3 billion

 

https://eiga.com/ranking/

Amazing. It's actually up in admissions. 

Edited December 2, 2019 by Cynosure

[PKMLover]

Mon: 78,853 (-24% from last monday)

I think it was deflated by yesterday crazy performance due to discount tickets. 

[Jiffy]

9 hours ago, KP1025 said:

Frozen 2 weekend actuals: ¥1.443 billion (-10.7%)/1.24 million admissions

Cumulative Total: ¥4.3 billion

 

https://eiga.com/ranking/

So ~$39m USD? Crazy.

[KP1025]

Corpse:

 

Weekend Actuals (11/30-12/01)
01 (01) ¥1,443,473,900 ($13.2 million), -11%, ¥4,305,823,050 ($39.4 million), Frozen II (Disney) WK2
02 (02) ¥131,408,650 ($1.2 million), -36%, ¥625,559,600 ($5.7 million), The 47 Ronin in Debt! (Shochiku) WK2
03 (04) ¥130,778,700 ($1.2 million), -27%, ¥857,196,900 ($7.8 million), Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-Up Book and the Mystery Child (Asmik Ace) WK4
04 (03) ¥119,675,450 ($1.1 million), -41%, ¥2,074,773,850 ($19.0 million), Terminator: Dark Fate (Fox) WK4
05 (---) ¥x80,000,000 ($730,000), 0, ¥125,746,700 ($1.1 million), Doctor Sleep (Warner Bros.) NEW
06 (05) ¥x67,284,350 ($614,000), -42%, ¥1,672,885,600 ($15.3 million), It: Chapter Two (Warner Bros.) WK5
07 (06) ¥x43,295,350 ($395,000), -34%, ¥4,907,794,600 ($45.2 million), Joker (Warner Bros.) WK9
08 (---) ¥x35,000,000 ($320,000), 0, ¥x47,883,700 ($0.4 million), Nicky Larson et le parfum de Cupidon (Albatros Film) NEW
09 (07) ¥x32,780,400 ($299,000), -14%, ¥604,313,480 ($5.5 million), Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (Aniplex) WK6
10 (09) ¥x23,131,600 ($211,000), -35%, ¥829,512,150 ($7.5 million), At the Matinee (Toho) WK5
11 (---) ¥x20,000,000 ($180,000), 0, ¥x30,000,000 ($0.3 million), Human Lost (Toho Video Division) NEW
12 (08) ¥x16,043,800 ($146,000), -55%, ¥x97,142,500 ($0.9 million), Zombieland: Double Tap (Sony) WK2
13 (10) ¥x13,802,900 ($126,000), -39%, ¥251,860,200 ($2.3 million), Re: Life in a Different World from Zero (Kadokawa) WK4

>Frozen II utterly and crushingly dominated the weekend box-office once again, and did so by selling an extraordinary 1,240,000 admissions (an increase of 2.5% over its opening weekend!) in its sophomore frame. It was able to achieve the 2nd Biggest Second Weekend of All-Time, only behind Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and set a New Record for Biggest Second Weekend for an Animated Film, besting Howl's Moving Castle.

There was no doubt that the sequel to the Third Biggest Film of All-Time was bound for huge success at the box-office, and so far it's delivering upon that expectation and then some. It's far too early to project a likely total for a film on this scale, but we should be expecting a finish somewhere around the ¥20 billion ($180 million) milestone, potentially cracking the Top 5 Highest Grossing Films of All-Time.

>Doctor Sleep disappointed, possibly bombed. Warner Bros. gave it a decently wide release, but I don't believe it was expected to do very well in the market. Still, missing ¥100 million over the weekend frame is pretty disappointing. It sold 104,591 admissions since Friday.

>It: Chapter Two has begun to slow down after a couple stellar weeks, and probably won't reach the ¥2 billion milestone afterall, thus coming in below its predecessor. This isn't exactly a poor result, it can be tough to replicate a breakout success, but the early weeks of its release were suggesting a better finish.

>Joker is worth mentioning this week as it enjoys its ninth-weekend in the Top 10, because it's now a lock to reach the ¥5 billion blockbuster milestone in a couple weeks. The film is without a doubt one of the biggest breakout hits of 2019, grossing more than double any modern-day DC film, and became the highest grossing DC release ever (beating 1989's Batman). It will finish as the 5th Biggest Marvel/DC film ever.

>And finally, Weathering With You hasn't concluded its run quite yet, and exceeded the ¥14 billion milestone after its twentieth-weekend of release on nearly 10.5 million admissions. Makato Shinkai's follow-up to Your Name. wasn't able to reach its heights, but still proved to be a massive success in its own right, becoming the 12th Biggest Film of All-Time (though it'll be bumped to 13th in the coming weeks/months).

 

[cannastop]

Corpse
https://worldofkj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2249297#p2249297
Biggest Second Weekends/Two Week Totals (2000-):

¥1.57 billion ($12.2 million), +02%, ¥4.66 billion ($36.9 million) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
¥1.44 billion ($13.2 million), -11%, ¥4.31 billion ($39.4 million) - Frozen II (2019)
¥1.39 billion ($11.3 million), -31%, ¥4.56 billion ($37.7 million) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
¥1.26 billion ($11.6 million), -35%, ¥4.19 billion ($38.5 million) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
¥1.25 billion ($11.7 million), -16%, ¥4.75 billion ($44.5 million) - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
¥1.17 billion ($9.6 million), -21%, ¥4.39 billion ($36.2 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
¥1.16 billion ($11.2 million), +25%, ¥3.87 billion ($37.6 million) - Your Name. (2016)
¥1.12 billion ($10.0 million), +05%, ¥3.65 billion ($32.7 million) - Beauty and the Beast (2017)
¥1.11 billion ($13.8 million), -08%, ¥3.61 billion ($44.4 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
¥1.10 billion ($10.1 million), -02%, ¥3.58 billion ($33.0 million) - Aladdin (2019)
¥1.09 billion ($9.3 million), -50%, ¥4.68 billion ($39.7 million) - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
¥1.08 billion ($9.0 million), -19%, ¥3.62 billion ($30.1 million) - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
¥1.04 billion ($10.8 million), -14%, ¥3.33 billion ($33.8 million) - Rookies (2009)
¥1.02 billion ($10.9 million), -22%, ¥3.54 billion ($37.7 million) - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
¥1.02 billion ($9.1 million), -20%, ¥3.60 billion ($31.7 million) - The Da Vinci Code (2006)
¥1.01 billion ($9.3 million), -15%, ¥3.99 billion ($36.8 million) - Weathering With You (2019)
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¥975 million ($8.7 million), -02%, ¥4.24 billion ($34.6 million) - Spirited Away (2001)
¥941 million ($7.6 million), +11%, ¥4.36 billion ($35.0 million) - Jurassic World (2015)
¥936 million ($7.9 million), -25%, ¥3.18 billion ($26.9 million) - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
¥886 million ($8.0 million), -39%, ¥3.59 billion ($32.3 million) - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
¥872 million ($8.6 million), +13%, ¥3.01 billion ($29.6 million) - Frozen (2014)
¥860 million ($8.0 million), -04%, ¥2.49 billion ($23.1 million) - Finding Nemo (2003)
¥855 million ($7.9 million), -38%, ¥3.99 billion ($36.9 million) - Toy Story 4 (2019)
¥820 million ($7.6 million), -37%, ¥3.23 billion ($30.0 million) - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
¥820 million ($7.1 million), -19%, ¥2.98 billion ($25.8 million) - Hero (2007)
¥814 million ($7.3 million), -62%, ¥4.07 billion ($36.1 million) - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
¥811 million ($8.3 million), -16%, ¥2.85 billion ($29.2 million) - The Wind Rises (2013)
¥810 million ($7.5 million), -48%, ¥3.43 billion ($30.8 million) - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
¥806 million ($7.6 million), -22%, ¥3.23 billion ($30.5 million) - Ponyo (2008)
¥757 million ($6.8 million), -38%, ¥3.56 billion ($31.6 million) - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
¥756 million ($7.1 million), -25%, ¥2.62 billion ($25.0 million) - Boys Over Flowers: Final (2008)
¥748 million ($6.8 million), -42%, ¥2.76 billion ($25.1 million) - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
¥744 million ($6.6 million), -13%, ¥2.89 billion ($25.6 million) - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
¥740 million ($6.5 million), -29%, ¥2.62 billion ($23.2 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
¥728 million ($8.2 million), -26%, ¥2.37 billion ($27.3 million) - Toy Story 3 (2010)
¥726 million ($6.0 million), -42%, ¥3.84 billion ($31.8 million) - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
¥708 million ($6.3 million), -27%, ¥2.35 billion ($21.8 million) - Umizaru: The Limit of Love (2006)
¥705 million ($6.1 million), -63%, ¥3.75 billion ($32.4 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
¥704 million ($8.6 million), -48%, ¥2.86 billion ($34.7 million) - One Piece Film Z (2012)
¥704 million ($6.6 million), -17%, ¥1.71 billion ($16.0 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)
¥703 million ($7.2 million), -17%, ¥2.49 billion ($25.4 million) - Monsters University (2013)
¥701 million ($6.9 million), -09%, ¥3.27 billion ($32.1 million) - Stand By Me, Doraemon (2014)

[danhtruong5]

Wednesday is discount tickets for women everyweek, right?

So tuesday can be deflated again....

Edited December 3, 2019 by danhtruong5

[RJ 95]

I'm a bit busy for this past few days, so can't bother to post here. Frozen 2 Sunday number was fantastic, I expect 50% increase but didn't expect it will increase nearly 100% lol. Anyway this past 2 weekend confirm this kind of movie weekdays number isn't that important. Weekend and in minor scale Wednesday will show how it drops each week. Weekdays will become important again once winter school holidays start.

Edited December 3, 2019 by RJ 95

[danhtruong5]

From Corpse:

For long-term predictions, such as earnings for next weekend, and the weekend after next, etc., be sure to follow this thread (and participate in discussion!). The Japanese box-office isn't one that can really be projected in the long-term for most releases, typically only annual franchise films that are released on the same weekend every year, so you'll have to wait and see. The Japanese box-office is like a long waiting game.

As for Frozen II's possible final total... It's still too early to give an accurate number, but look for a finish that could approach ¥20 billion ($180 million) and 15 million admissions.

Upcoming Holidays:
The next holiday is New Year (Jan. 1st), and the subsequent bank holidays thereafter, resulting in what's simply known as "New Year Week". It's one of the three strongest weeks at the Japanese box-office, alongside "Golden Week" in late-April/early-May and "Obon Festival" in mid-August.

Competition:
The Japanese box-office isn't one where films really impact one another outside of competing for screens/showtimes, but even then it's pretty rare to see a noticeable impact outside of films competing for premium format showings (3D, 4D, IMAX, etc.). And with more theaters opening that include these formats, and older theaters being upgraded to support them, the competition for premium showings is also decreasing each year in the market. There's ample room (or ability, rather) at the Japanese box-office to support many big films at a time, despite potential audience overlap. In fact, you'll usually see the entire box-office thriving during weeks of heavy competition.

Special Discount Days & Discounted Tickets:
There are many, many ways to get discounted movie ticket prices in the market.

For starters, female moviegoers always get 50% off every Wednesday, which is known as "Ladies' Day". As you can imagine, films with strong female support benefit greatly from this day. Plus females make up ~60% of the moviegoer audience in the market. And secondly, every 1st of the month is "National Discount Day". All the major theater chains offer tickets at 40% off nationwide, which significantly increases their business.

In addition to those individual days, most chains offer a variety of ways to avoid paying the general admission fee. The major chains have one day of the week or month where their members receive discounted tickets. For example, Aeon Cinemas offer discounted tickets every Monday to their members; while Toho Cinemas offer discounted tickets every 20th of the month for their members.
Aeon and Toho are the two largest chains in the country, making up close to 60% of all locations in the market.

The order of biggest weekdays goes like this: Monday/Wednesday > Friday > Tuesday/Thursday.

And finally, most theater chains offer discounted tickets to individuals if they meet a specific criteria. If you're a student, you'll receive a discount. If you're a senior, you'll receive a discount. If you're a couple, you'll receive a discount. Like to see movies after 8PM? You'll receive a discount. It's actually pretty difficult TO pay the general admission fee at most theater chains. The only demographic that is out of luck are males in the workplace that aren't of senior-age yet. Why? Well, simply, they're the group with the most money and most capable of paying full price.

Theater Hours/Closure:
Theaters never close in Japan, and those in Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures can operate close to 24 hours on the weekends (7/8AM-3/4AM). The majority of theaters nationwide open early with the first showings beginning at 7/8AM, but the theaters in and around Tokyo keep playing films up to midnight or later, and it's not surprising to see 2/3AM showtimes on the weekends.

I hope this post answered most of your questions, but feel free to ask more of have me elaborate on anything above.