The Three Musketeers actually broke 1 billion yen on it's 10th day in release. Next page for Weekend Results.

Weekend Results
November 5-6, 2011　

今 先 　　週末 　　 　　 累計　 screens　週　題
1　1　¥413,724,634 ($5,337,048)　¥1,623,466,525 ($20,942,718)　427　2　ステキな金縛り (A Ghost of a Chance)
2　-　¥349,677,065 ($4,510,705)　¥349,677,065 ($4,510,705)　316　1　カイジ2 人生奪回ゲーム (Kaiji 2)
3　2　¥227,804,740 ($2,938,681)　¥1,013,960,229 ($13,080,087)　723　2　三銃士/王妃の首飾りとダ・ヴィンチの飛行船 (The Three Musketeers)
4　3　¥130,500,235 ($1,683,453)　¥481,516,487 ($6,211,563)　168　2　映画スイートプリキュア♪ とりもどせ！心がつなぐ奇跡のメロディ♪ (Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody?)
5　4　¥66,909,250 ($863,129)　¥2,261,754,752 ($29,176,636)　614　5　猿の惑星：創世記（ジェネシス） (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
6　-　¥60,779,148 ($784,051)　¥146,622,355 ($1,891,428)　152　1　パラノーマル・アクティビティ3 (Paranormal Activity 3)
7　5　¥56,079,848 ($723,430)　¥295,257,486 ($3,808,822)　273　2　ミッション：8ミニッツ (Source Code)
8　-　¥52,111,896 ($672,243)　¥52,111,896 ($672,243)　420　1　1911 (1911)
9　6　¥38,601,614 ($497,961)　¥2,049,280,045 ($26,435,712)　273　7　モテキ (Moteki)
10　-　¥26,089,373 ($336,553)　¥49,436,972 ($637,737)　111　1　サラリーマンNEO 劇場版（笑） (Warai)

2011 Box Office Charts
Updated with Actuals (As of 11/06)

[JAPANESE FILMS]
1. July, From Kokuriko Hill (Toho) 4.41 billion yen ($57.74 million), 3.54 million admissions.
2. July, Pokemon the Movie: Best Wishes (Toho) 4.20 billion yen ($55.02 million), 4.07 million admissions.
3. Dec.10, Space Battleship Yamato (Toho) 4.10 billion yen ($50.48 million), 3.30 million admissions.
________
4. Jan., Gantz Part 1 (Toho) 3.45 billion yen ($41.66 million), 2.78 million admissions.
5. Mar., SP: The Motion Picture - Revolution (Toho) 3.33 billion yen ($41.06 million), 2.63 million admissions.
6. Dec.10, Partners the Movie 2 (TOEI) 3.19 billion yen ($38.98 million), 2.50 million admissions.
7. April, Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (Toho) 3.13 billion yen ($38.85 miillion), 2.65 million admissions.
________
8. April, Gantz: Perfect Answer (Toho) 2.80 billion yen ($35.38 million), 2.24 million admissions.
9. Mar., Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops (Toho) 2.45 billion yen ($31.26 million), 2.16 million admissions
10. Sept., Unfair: The Answer (Toho) 2,289,171,405 yen ($29,530,306), 1,814,480 admissions. [51 Days in Release]
11. Sept, Moteki (Toho) 2,049,280,045 yen ($26,435,712), 1,671,158 admissions. [45 Days in Release]
________
12. June, Andalusia: Goddess of Retribution (Toho) 1.85 billion yen ($24.05 million), 1.50 million admissions.
13. Aug., God's Medical Record (Toho) 1.83 billion yen ($24.48 million), 1.55 million admissions.
14. Dec.10, Inazuma Eleven (Toho) 1.77 billion yen ($22.42 million), 1.48 million admissions.
15. Aug., Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals / Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship DOUBLE FEATURE (TOEI) 1.76 billion yen ($23.02 million), 1.49 million admissions.
16. Oct., A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) 1,623,466,525 yen ($20,942,718), 1,294,899 admissions. [9 Days in Release]
17. May, Gaku (Toho) 1.60 billion yen ($20.23 million), 1.27 million admissions.
18. May, Princess Toyotomi (Toho) 1.58 billion yen ($20.08 million), 1.22 million admissions.
19. Feb., Miracle Man of the Pacific (Toho) 1.57 billion yen ($19.80 million), 1.25 million admissions.
20. Dec.10, Abacus and Sword (Asmik Ace) 1.42 billion yen ($17.92 million), 1.12 million admissions.
21. June, Paradise Kiss (Warner Bros.) 1.41 billion yen ($18.02 million), 1.12 million admissions.
22. Dec.10, Norwegian Wood (Toho) 1.40 billion yen ($17.69 million), 1.11 million admissions.
23. Dec.10, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Feat. Skull Movie Taisen Core (TOEI) 1.38 billion yen ($17.53 million), 1.11 million admissions.
24. April, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Den-O Let's Go All Kamen Riders (TOEI) 1.35 billion yen ($17.07 million), 1.11 million admissions.
25. Jan., 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (Toho) 1.23 billion yen ($15.56 million), 1.05 million admissions.
26. April, Crayon Shin-chan: The Golden Spy Mission (Toho) 1.20 billion yen ($15.13 million), 1.14 million admissions.
27. Aug., Bar Detective (TOEI) 1.19 billion yen ($15.47 million), 945,000 admissions.
28. June, The Cicada's Eighth Day (Shochiku) 1.17 billion yen ($14.74 million), 956,000 admissions.
29. Jan, Tomorrow's Joe (Toho) 1.10 billion yen ($13.85 million), 912,000 admissions.
30. April, Hankyu Densha (Toho) 1.06 billion yen ($13.44 million), 881,000 admissions.


[IMPORTED FILMS]
1. July, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Warner Bros.) 9.65 billion yen ($126.47 million), 6.90 million admissions.
________
2. May, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney) 9.00 billion yen ($116 million), 6.00 million admissions.
________
3. Nov.10, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) 6.90 billion yen ($84.28 million), 5.58 million admissions.
________
4. July, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) 4.18 billion yen ($54.74 million), 2.78 million admissions.
________
5. July, Cars 2 (Walt Disney) 2.97 billion yen ($38.81 million), 2.21 million admissions.
6. Feb., The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Fox) 2.68 billion yen ($32.94 million), 1.77 million admissions.
7. Mar., Tangled (Walt Disney) 2.55 billion yen ($32.34 million), 1.75 million admissions.
8. May, Black Swan (Fox) 2.50 billion yen ($32.24 million), 1.92 million admissions.
9. Oct., Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox) 2,261,754,752 yen ($29,176,363), 1,798,648 admissions. [31 Days in Release]
10. Dec.10, TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) 2.10 billion yen ($25.58 million), 1.35 million admissions.
________
11. Feb., The King's Speech (Gaga) 1.90 billion yen ($24.05 million), 1.45 million admissions.
12. Mar., The Tourist (Sony) 1.86 billion yen ($23.37 million), 1.44 million admissions.
13. June, Super 8 (Paramount) 1.75 billion yen ($22.75 million), 1.41 million admissions.
14. April, Gulliver's Travels (Fox) 1.57 billion yen ($19.81 million), 1.05 million admissions.
15. Jan., The Social Network (Sony) 1.42 billion yen ($17.84 million), 1.11 million admissions.
16. Oct., Fast Five (Toho-Towa) 1,398,580,150 yen ($18,041,683), 1,048,774 admissions. [38 Days in Release]
17. Aug., One Life (Avex Entertainment) 1.28 billion yen ($16.76 million), 1.04 million admissions.
18. Jan., Red (Walt Disney) 1.20 billion yen ($15.26 million), 967,000 admissions.
19. Aug., Kung Fu Panda 2 (Paramount) 1.05 billion yen ($13.66 million), 822,000 admissions.
20. Jan., Unstoppable (Fox) 1.05 billion yen ($13.31 million), 836,000 admissions.
21. Oct., The Three Musketeers (Gaga) 1,013,960,229 billion yen ($13,080,087), 678,233 admissions. [10 Days in Release]



Key:
Italics = Film is still in release and being tracked.
BOLD = Film ended it's run with it's final gross and admissions released.
BLUE Highlight = New Entry

Note - If a film is not in bold and isn't in italics (e.g. Unstoppable, Andalusia), it means tracking for that film ended and the total listed isn't final yet. The totals for those films are likely to increase <1% when the final total is released.

Highlights:

A Ghost of a Chance debuts high up on the charts in only nine days. And after next weekend, it'll surely make the Top 10 among Japanese films. It's also going to give Space Battleship Yamato a run for the No.3 position of 2011.

It's debut on the charts also makes it the 30th Japanese Film this year to gross 1 billion yen or more, beating 2010's 29 films. And with The Three Musketeers also hitting 1 billion yen, making it the 21st Imported Film to do so this year, that brings the overall total of 2011 Films above 1 billion yen to 51.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is still doing well, but it's slowing down.

Moteki becomes the 11th Japanese Film to gross 2 billion yen.


Films nearing 1 billion yen (900 million yen+):

PREVIOUS YEARS

Weekend Forecast
November 12-13, 2011

1 (1) A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 3
2 (2) Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 2
3 (3) The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 3
4 (-) Moneyball (Sony) NEW
5 (-) Immortals (Toho-Towa) NEW
6 (4) Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 3
7 (-) Contagion (Warner Bros.) NEW
8 (5) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox) Week 6
9 (6) Paranormal Activity 3 (Paramount) Week 2
10 (8) 1911 (TOEI) Week 2

Saturday Data:

Openers (percentage of ticket sales) vs Cowboys & Alien's opening day.

Moneyball (79.8%)
Contagion (64.5%)
Immortals (55.6%)

Holdovers, decreases compared to last Saturday.

A Ghost of a Chance (-31.6%)
Kaiji 2 (-41.5%)
1911 (-62.5%)
The Three Musketeers (-38.1%)
Suite Pretty Cure (-31.4%)
Source Code (-54.5%)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (-72.3%)
Moteki (-35.4%)

If all the figures remain mostly the same for Sunday, the weekend is looking to be approx.:

1 (1) A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) 275-300 million yen ($3.5-3.9 million), Week 3
2 (2) Kaiji 2 (Toho) 200-225 million yen ($2.6-2.9 million), Week 2
3 (3) The Three Musketeers (Gaga) 130-155 million yen ($1.7-2 million), Week 3
4 (-) Moneyball (Sony) 105-130 million yen ($1.4-1.7 million), NEW
5 (-) Contagion (Warner Bros.) 90-100 million yen ($1.1-1.3 million), NEW
6 (-) Immortals (Toho-Towa) 80-90 million yen ($1-1.1 million), NEW
7 (4) Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) 80-90 million yen ($1-1.1 million), Week 3
8 (9) Moteki (Toho) 25-30 million yen ($300-350,000), Week 8
9 (8) 1911 (TOEI) 20-25 million yen ($250-300,000), Week 2
10 (5) Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox) 20-25 million yen ($250-300,000), Week 6

No data was available for PA3, so I'm going to leave it unranked for now. But chances are, given the huge drop for Apes, it'll rank in the Top 10.

Whoa that's huge drop for Apes. Don't know why but I observed a similar behavior in most of the markets. It does well for a few weeks and then just burns out the demand.

Weekend Admission Ranking
November 12-13, 2011

1 (1) A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 3
2 (2) Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 2
3 (-) Moneyball (Sony) NEW
4 (3) The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 3
5 (4) Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 3
6 (-) Immortals (Toho-Towa) NEW
7 (-) Contagion (Warner Bros.) NEW
8 (6) Paranormal Activity 3 (Paramount) Week 2
9 (8) Source Code (Walt Disney) Week 3
10 (7) 1911 (TOEI) Week 2

A Ghost of a Chance has now exceeded 1.8 million admissions and ¥2.2 billion ($29 million) after 16 days in release. More than 3 million admissions and ¥4 billion ($50 million) is still looking very doable.

Great start for Moneyball. It brought in 108,982 admissions for ¥141,828,400 ($1.8 million) over the weekend on 329 screens. Those figures don't include whatever it grossed on Friday.

Mediocre debut for Immortals. For the weekend it achieved 67,707 admissions for ¥96,537,000 ($1.3 million) on 462 screens. It also opened on a Friday, so those figures don't include that gross either.

Contagion had an average debut with 58,791 admissions for ¥77,526,000 ($1 million) on 240 screens.

Weekend Results
November 12-13, 2011

今 先 　　週末 　　 　　 累計　 screens　週　題
1　1　¥278,164,205 ($3,616,135)　¥2,250,081,540 ($29,251,060)　427　3　ステキな金縛り (A Ghost of a Chance)
2　2　¥223,094,390 ($2,900,227)　*,¥802,817,891 ($10,436,633)　316　2　カイジ2 人生奪回ゲーム (Kaiji 2)
3　-　¥141,828,383 ($1,843,769)　*,¥180,981,800 ($2,352,763)　329　1　マネーボール (Moneyball)
4　3　¥134,570,224 ($1,749,413)　¥1,336,510,381 ($17,374,634)　717　3　三銃士/王妃の首飾りとダ・ヴィンチの飛行船 (The Three Musketeers)
5　-　*¥96,530,680 ($1,254,899)　*,¥129,666,378 ($1,685,623)　462　1　インモータルズ (Immortals)
6　4　*¥90,074,168 ($1,170,964)　*,¥608,491,091 ($7,910,384)　168　3　映画スイートプリキュア♪ とりもどせ！心がつなぐ奇跡のメロディ♪ (Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody?)
7　-　*¥77,525,955 ($1,007,837)　*,*¥77,525,955 ($1,007,837)　240　1　コンテイジョン (Contagion)
8　6　*¥40,490,017 ($526,370)　*,¥233,463,917 ($3,035,031)　153　2　パラノーマル・アクティビティ3 (Paranormal Activity 3)
9　7　*¥25,569,388 ($332,402)　*,¥372,913,927 ($4,847,881)　274　3　ミッション：8ミニッツ (Source Code)
10　9　*¥22,910,059 ($297,831)　¥2,101,640,923 ($27,321,332)　273　8　モテキ (Moteki)

Excellent once again for A Ghost of a Chance.

Japan will shortly become the biggest market for The Three Musketeers, passing up the US this coming weekend.

Baseball, and Brad Pitt, remain popular with Moneyball's very solid debut. If legs are strong it can achieve 1 billion.

2011 Box Office Charts
Updated with Actuals (As of 11/13)

[JAPANESE FILMS]
1. July, From Kokuriko Hill (Toho) 4.41 billion yen ($57.74 million), 3.54 million admissions.
2. July, Pokemon the Movie: Best Wishes (Toho) 4.20 billion yen ($55.02 million), 4.07 million admissions.
3. Dec.10, Space Battleship Yamato (Toho) 4.10 billion yen ($50.48 million), 3.30 million admissions.
________
4. Jan., Gantz Part 1 (Toho) 3.45 billion yen ($41.66 million), 2.78 million admissions.
5. Mar., SP: The Motion Picture - Revolution (Toho) 3.33 billion yen ($41.06 million), 2.63 million admissions.
6. Dec.10, Partners the Movie 2 (TOEI) 3.19 billion yen ($38.98 million), 2.50 million admissions.
7. April, Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (Toho) 3.13 billion yen ($38.85 miillion), 2.65 million admissions.
________
8. April, Gantz: Perfect Answer (Toho) 2.80 billion yen ($35.38 million), 2.24 million admissions.
9. Mar., Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops (Toho) 2.45 billion yen ($31.26 million), 2.16 million admissions
10. Sept., Unfair: The Answer (Toho) 2,305,050,807 yen ($29,965,660), 1,839,625 admissions. [58 Days in Release]
11. Oct., A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) 2,250,081,540 yen ($29,251,060), 1,802,893 admissions. [16 Days in Release]
12. Sept, Moteki (Toho) 2,101,640,923 yen ($27,321,332), 1,742,654 admissions. [52 Days in Release]
________
13. June, Andalusia: Goddess of Retribution (Toho) 1.85 billion yen ($24.05 million), 1.50 million admissions.
14. Aug., God's Medical Record (Toho) 1.83 billion yen ($24.48 million), 1.55 million admissions.
15. Dec.10, Inazuma Eleven (Toho) 1.77 billion yen ($22.42 million), 1.48 million admissions.
16. Aug., Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals / Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship DOUBLE FEATURE (TOEI) 1.76 billion yen ($23.02 million), 1.49 million admissions.
17. May, Gaku (Toho) 1.60 billion yen ($20.23 million), 1.27 million admissions.
18. May, Princess Toyotomi (Toho) 1.58 billion yen ($20.08 million), 1.22 million admissions.
19. Feb., Miracle Man of the Pacific (Toho) 1.57 billion yen ($19.80 million), 1.25 million admissions.
20. Dec.10, Abacus and Sword (Asmik Ace) 1.42 billion yen ($17.92 million), 1.12 million admissions.
21. June, Paradise Kiss (Warner Bros.) 1.41 billion yen ($18.02 million), 1.12 million admissions.
22. Dec.10, Norwegian Wood (Toho) 1.40 billion yen ($17.69 million), 1.11 million admissions.
23. Dec.10, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Feat. Skull Movie Taisen Core (TOEI) 1.38 billion yen ($17.53 million), 1.11 million admissions.
24. April, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Den-O Let's Go All Kamen Riders (TOEI) 1.35 billion yen ($17.07 million), 1.11 million admissions.
25. Jan., 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (Toho) 1.23 billion yen ($15.56 million), 1.05 million admissions.
26. April, Crayon Shin-chan: The Golden Spy Mission (Toho) 1.20 billion yen ($15.13 million), 1.14 million admissions.
27. Aug., Bar Detective (TOEI) 1.19 billion yen ($15.47 million), 945,000 admissions.
28. June, The Cicada's Eighth Day (Shochiku) 1.17 billion yen ($14.74 million), 956,000 admissions.
29. Jan, Tomorrow's Joe (Toho) 1.10 billion yen ($13.85 million), 912,000 admissions.
30. April, Hankyu Densha (Toho) 1.06 billion yen ($13.44 million), 881,000 admissions.


[IMPORTED FILMS]
1. July, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Warner Bros.) 9.65 billion yen ($126.47 million), 6.90 million admissions.
________
2. May, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney) 9.00 billion yen ($116 million), 6.00 million admissions.
________
3. Nov.10, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) 6.90 billion yen ($84.28 million), 5.58 million admissions.
________
4. July, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) 4.18 billion yen ($54.74 million), 2.78 million admissions.
________
5. July, Cars 2 (Walt Disney) 2.97 billion yen ($38.81 million), 2.21 million admissions.
6. Feb., The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Fox) 2.68 billion yen ($32.94 million), 1.77 million admissions.
7. Mar., Tangled (Walt Disney) 2.55 billion yen ($32.34 million), 1.75 million admissions.
8. May, Black Swan (Fox) 2.50 billion yen ($32.24 million), 1.92 million admissions.
9. Oct., Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox) 2,339,304,985 yen ($30,410,964), 1,842,181 admissions. [38 Days in Release]
10. Dec.10, TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) 2.10 billion yen ($25.58 million), 1.35 million admissions.
________
11. Feb., The King's Speech (Gaga) 1.90 billion yen ($24.05 million), 1.45 million admissions.
12. Mar., The Tourist (Sony) 1.86 billion yen ($23.37 million), 1.44 million admissions.
13. June, Super 8 (Paramount) 1.75 billion yen ($22.75 million), 1.41 million admissions.
14. April, Gulliver's Travels (Fox) 1.57 billion yen ($19.81 million), 1.05 million admissions.
15. Jan., The Social Network (Sony) 1.42 billion yen ($17.84 million), 1.11 million admissions.
16. Oct., Fast Five (Toho-Towa) 1.39 billion yen ($18.04 million), 1.05 million admissions.
17. Oct., The Three Musketeers (Gaga) 1,336,510,381 yen ($17,374,634), 896,987 admissions. [17 Days in Release]
18. Aug., One Life (Avex Entertainment) 1.28 billion yen ($16.76 million), 1.04 million admissions.
19. Jan., Red (Walt Disney) 1.20 billion yen ($15.26 million), 967,000 admissions.
20. Aug., Kung Fu Panda 2 (Paramount) 1.05 billion yen ($13.66 million), 822,000 admissions.
21. Jan., Unstoppable (Fox) 1.05 billion yen ($13.31 million), 836,000 admissions.



Key:
Italics = Film is still in release and being tracked.
BOLD = Film ended it's run with it's final gross and admissions released.
BLUE Highlight = New Entry

Note - If a film is not in bold and isn't in italics (e.g. Unstoppable, Andalusia), it means tracking for that film ended and the total listed isn't final yet. The totals for those films are likely to increase <1% when the final total is released.

Highlights:

A Ghost of a Chance continues to soar up the charts, exceeding 2 billion in just 16 (technically 15) days.

The Three Musketeers is also climbing the charts, up 4 from last week.


Films nearing 1 billion yen (900 million yen+):

PREVIOUS YEARS

Weekend Forecast
November 19-20, 2011

1 (1) A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 4
2 (2) Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 3
3 (-) Inochi no Antoki (Shochiku) NEW
4 (3) Moneyball (Sony) Week 2
5 (4) The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 4
6 (6) Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 4
7 (5) Immortals (Toho-Towa) Week 2
8 (7) Contagion (Warner Bros.) Week 2
9 (8) Paranormal Activity 3 (Paramount) Week 3
10 (-) Shaolin (Broad Media Studios) NEW

Weekend Admission Ranking
November 19-20, 2011

1 (1) A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 4
2 (2) Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 3
3 (3) Moneyball (Sony) Week 2
4 (4) The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 4
5 (-) Inochi no Antoki (Shochiku) NEW
6 (5) Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 4
7 (6) Immortals (Toho-Towa) Week 2
8 (7) Contagion (Warner Bros.) Week 2
9 (8) Paranormal Activity 3 (Paramount) Week 3
10 (-) Shaolin (Broad Media Studios) NEW

A Ghost of a Chance claims it's fourth consecutive week on top dipping just 9% from last weekend. It's total now exceeds ¥2.7 billion ($35 million) and 2.2 million admissions after 23 days in release.

Moneyball holds up, while Kaiji 2 and The Three Musketeers continue to stay strong, too. Musketeers most likely outgrossed it's US total ($19.5 million) this weekend.

Inochi no Antoki debuted on 230 screens to 74,280 admissions for ¥93,577,500 ($1.21 million).

And Shaolin, playing on only 64 screens, opened to 15,231 admissions for ¥19,067,200 ($250,000).

The market is now wide open for Kaibutsu-kun's opening next weekend.

NOTABLE RELEASES (Sept. 1 - Nov. 17 or 24)
-Coming late 2012.

Notable films updated for the first quarter of the 2012 Box Office Year.

Notable films are those with ¥1 billion ($12/13 million) potential or more.

Is K-On the movie talking about how the girls met or what happened after the events of season 2?

It's not in relation to the anime's plot. The movie's plot is about a field trip of some kind to the U.K. I believe.

The film opens in over 130 theaters, so perhaps a screen count near 200? And similar to the most recent films for One Piece and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-On will have a huge psa opening weekend.

Weekend Resulsts
November 19-20, 2011　

*1　*1　245,493,316 ($3,191,413)　　2,764,793,202 ($35,942,230)　427　4　ステキな金縛り (A Ghost of a Chance)
*2　*2　152,547,704 ($1,983,120)　　1,107,038,550 ($14,391,501)　316　3　カイジ2人生奪回ゲーム (Kaiji 2)
*3　*4　117,432,379 ($1,526,621)　　1,578,867,868 ($20,525,282)　717　4　三銃士／王妃の首飾りと～ (The Three Musketeers)
*4　*3　114,434,961 ($1,487,693)　　*,441,595,463 ($5,739,441)　329　2　マネーボール (Moneyball)
*5　*N　*93,577,511 ($1,216,508)　　*,*93,577,511 ($1,216,508)　230　1　アントキノイノチ (Inochi no Antoki)
*6　*6　*69,048,689 ($897,633)　　*,707,830,486 ($9,201,796)　168　4　スイートプリキュア♪～ (Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody?)
*7　*5　*57,813,171 ($751,571)　　*,280,306,281 ($3,643,981)　463　2　ｲﾝﾓｰﾀﾙｽﾞ神々の戦い (Immortals)
*8　*7　*50,840,512 ($660,962)　　*,207,652,180 ($2,699,478)　240　2　コンテイジョン (Contagion)
*9　*8　*28,764,226 ($373,934)　　*,294,036,238 ($3,822,471)　153　3　ﾊﾟﾗﾉｰﾏﾙ･ｱｸﾃｨﾋﾞﾃｨ　3 (Paranormal Activity 3)
10　*N　*19,067,198 ($247,873)　　*,*19,067,198 ($247,873)　116　1　新少林寺／ＳＨＡＯＬＩＮ (Shaolin)

This week's releases (Inochi no Antoki, Shaolin, and a couple limited releases) should be the final films to be included on the 2011 Box Office Charts.

Following the schedules of previous years, next weekend (Nov. 26-27) should be the first weekend that begins the 2012 Box Office Year.

2011 Box Office Charts
Updated with Actuals (As of 11/20)

[JAPANESE FILMS]
1. July, From Kokuriko Hill (Toho) 4.41 billion yen ($57.74 million), 3.54 million admissions.
2. July, Pokemon the Movie: Best Wishes (Toho) 4.20 billion yen ($55.02 million), 4.07 million admissions.
3. Dec.10, Space Battleship Yamato (Toho) 4.10 billion yen ($50.48 million), 3.30 million admissions.
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4. Jan., Gantz Part 1 (Toho) 3.45 billion yen ($41.66 million), 2.78 million admissions.
5. Mar., SP: The Motion Picture - Revolution (Toho) 3.33 billion yen ($41.06 million), 2.63 million admissions.
6. Dec.10, Partners the Movie 2 (TOEI) 3.19 billion yen ($38.98 million), 2.50 million admissions.
7. April, Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (Toho) 3.13 billion yen ($38.85 miillion), 2.65 million admissions.
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8. April, Gantz: Perfect Answer (Toho) 2.80 billion yen ($35.38 million), 2.24 million admissions.
9. Oct., A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) 2,764,793,202 yen ($35,942,230), 2,218,301 admissions. [23 Days in Release]
10. Mar., Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops (Toho) 2.45 billion yen ($31.26 million), 2.16 million admissions
11. Sept., Unfair: The Answer (Toho) 2.31 billion yen ($30.03 million), 1.84 million admissions.
12. Sept, Moteki (Toho) 2,137,929,801 yen ($27,793,087), 1,769,809 admissions. [59 Days in Release]
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13. June, Andalusia: Goddess of Retribution (Toho) 1.85 billion yen ($24.05 million), 1.50 million admissions.
14. Aug., God's Medical Record (Toho) 1.83 billion yen ($24.48 million), 1.55 million admissions.
15. Dec.10, Inazuma Eleven (Toho) 1.77 billion yen ($22.42 million), 1.48 million admissions.
16. Aug., Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals / Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship DOUBLE FEATURE (TOEI) 1.76 billion yen ($23.02 million), 1.49 million admissions.
17. May, Gaku (Toho) 1.60 billion yen ($20.23 million), 1.27 million admissions.
18. May, Princess Toyotomi (Toho) 1.58 billion yen ($20.08 million), 1.22 million admissions.
19. Feb., Miracle Man of the Pacific (Toho) 1.57 billion yen ($19.80 million), 1.25 million admissions.
20. Dec.10, Abacus and Sword (Asmik Ace) 1.42 billion yen ($17.92 million), 1.12 million admissions.
21. June, Paradise Kiss (Warner Bros.) 1.41 billion yen ($18.02 million), 1.12 million admissions.
22. Dec.10, Norwegian Wood (Toho) 1.40 billion yen ($17.69 million), 1.11 million admissions.
23. Dec.10, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Feat. Skull Movie Taisen Core (TOEI) 1.38 billion yen ($17.53 million), 1.11 million admissions.
24. April, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Den-O Let's Go All Kamen Riders (TOEI) 1.35 billion yen ($17.07 million), 1.11 million admissions.
25. Jan., 1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (Toho) 1.23 billion yen ($15.56 million), 1.05 million admissions.
26. April, Crayon Shin-chan: The Golden Spy Mission (Toho) 1.20 billion yen ($15.13 million), 1.14 million admissions.
27. Aug., Bar Detective (TOEI) 1.19 billion yen ($15.47 million), 945,000 admissions.
28. June, The Cicada's Eighth Day (Shochiku) 1.17 billion yen ($14.74 million), 956,000 admissions.
29. Oct., Kaiji 2 (Toho) 1,107,038,550 ($14,391,501), 895,662 admissions. [16 Days in Release]
30. Jan, Tomorrow's Joe (Toho) 1.10 billion yen ($13.85 million), 912,000 admissions.
31. April, Hankyu Densha (Toho) 1.06 billion yen ($13.44 million), 881,000 admissions.


[IMPORTED FILMS]
1. July, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Warner Bros.) 9.65 billion yen ($126.47 million), 6.90 million admissions.
2. May, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney) 9.00 billion yen ($116 million), 6.00 million admissions.
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3. Nov.10, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) 6.90 billion yen ($84.28 million), 5.58 million admissions.
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4. July, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) 4.18 billion yen ($54.74 million), 2.78 million admissions.
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5. July, Cars 2 (Walt Disney) 2.97 billion yen ($38.81 million), 2.21 million admissions.
6. Feb., The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Fox) 2.68 billion yen ($32.94 million), 1.77 million admissions.
7. Mar., Tangled (Walt Disney) 2.55 billion yen ($32.34 million), 1.75 million admissions.
8. May, Black Swan (Fox) 2.50 billion yen ($32.24 million), 1.92 million admissions.
9. Oct., Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Fox) 2,370,436,248 yen ($30,815,671), 1,856,608 admissions. [45 Days in Release]
10. Dec.10, TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) 2.10 billion yen ($25.58 million), 1.35 million admissions.
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11. Feb., The King's Speech (Gaga) 1.90 billion yen ($24.05 million), 1.45 million admissions.
12. Mar., The Tourist (Sony) 1.86 billion yen ($23.37 million), 1.44 million admissions.
13. June, Super 8 (Paramount) 1.75 billion yen ($22.75 million), 1.41 million admissions.
14. Oct., The Three Musketeers (Gaga) 1,578,867,868 yen ($20,525,282), 1,053,210 admissions. [24 Days in Release]
15. April, Gulliver's Travels (Fox) 1.57 billion yen ($19.81 million), 1.05 million admissions.
16. Jan., The Social Network (Sony) 1.42 billion yen ($17.84 million), 1.11 million admissions.
17. Oct., Fast Five (Toho-Towa) 1.39 billion yen ($18.04 million), 1.05 million admissions.
18. Aug., One Life (Avex Entertainment) 1.28 billion yen ($16.76 million), 1.04 million admissions.
19. Jan., Red (Walt Disney) 1.20 billion yen ($15.26 million), 967,000 admissions.
20. Aug., Kung Fu Panda 2 (Paramount) 1.05 billion yen ($13.66 million), 822,000 admissions.
21. Jan., Unstoppable (Fox) 1.05 billion yen ($13.31 million), 836,000 admissions.



Key:
Italics = Film is still in release and being tracked.
BOLD = Film ended it's run with it's final gross and admissions released.
BLUE Highlight = New Entry

Note - If a film is not in bold and isn't in italics (e.g. Unstoppable, Andalusia), it means tracking for that film ended and the total listed isn't final yet. The totals for those films are likely to increase <1% when the final total is released.

Highlights:

A Ghost of a Chance nears 3 billion yen ($40 million) as it continues to rise up the charts at a steady pace.

The Three Musketeers moves up three spots with 1.58 billion yen ($20.53 million), making Japan it's biggest overall market in under a month.

Kaiji 2 debuts on the chart, bringing the number of Japanese Films to exceed 1 billion yen this year to 31.


Films nearing 1 billion yen (900 million yen+):

PREVIOUS YEARS

Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie is reportedly 27.8% ahead of SP: The Motion Picture in advance ticket sales at the same point in time (one day before release).

If that figure stays constant for the weekend, Kaibutsu-Kun (Little Monster) will have no problem clearing 500,000 admissions, and possibly 550,000+. Factor in 3D and we're looking at potentially 750/800 million yen ($10 million+) or more for the weekend based on this early report.

And with such a big opening, 5 billion yen ($65 million) looks pretty certain.

Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie is opening on 640 screens (2D/3D), making it by far the widest local release ever by besting Ponyo on a Cliff's 481 screen count from July 2008. (EDIT; False Screen Count)

Weekend Forecast
November 26-27, 2011

1 (-) Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie (Toho) NEW
2 (1) A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 5
3 (2) Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 4
4 (-) Happy Feet Two (Warner Bros.) NEW
5 (4) Moneyball (Sony) Week 3
6 (3) The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 5
7 (5) Inochi no Antoki (Shochiku) Week 2
8 (6) Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 5
9 (-) Arthur Christmas (Sony) NEW
10 (8) Contagion (Warner Bros.) Week 3

Kaibutsu-Kun (Little Monster) remained strong in advance ticket sales before it's first showing this morning, tracking 34.6% ahead of SP: The Motion Picture (406,000 admissions); 21.5% ahead of Space Battleship Yamato (412,000 admissions); 16.7% ahead of Gantz (454,000) admissions).

All three comparisons suggest Kaibutsu-Kun is still targeting over 500,000 admissions this weekend. All three comparisons opened between ¥525-600 million ($6.5-7.5 million), but with 3D ticket prices, Kaibutsu-Kun should do ¥750-850 million ($10/11 million).

EDIT: It was actually 6.7% ahead of Gantz, which would be under a little 500,000 admissions using it as a comparison. Just to be safe I'm going to say 450-525,000 admissions or ¥650-750 million ($8.5-9.5 million) now.

Biggest Opening Weekends (2-Day): November

2002, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 2.068 billion
2003, The Matrix Revolutions - 1.627 billion
2001, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 1.550 billion
2004, Howl's Moving Castle - 1.484 billion
2005, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 1.327 billion
2010, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 937 million

Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie won't reach the heights of the Harry Potter films (I guess it has a small shot at Deathly Hallows), Miyazaki, or the uberhyped Matrix conclusion, but it looks safe to have the highest opening weekend in November otherwise.

Edit: Changes in the earlier projection in the post above.

Trailers and release dates for the latest, annual, installments in the Detective Conan and Doraemon film franchises have been released.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles will open in the franchises normal first Saturday of March (3/3) date, while Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker also opens in the franchises normal second Saturday (4/14) of April date.

Below is the BO History for both franchises with the trailers for their 2012 film releases.


Japan Box Office History - Detective Conan



1997, The Time Bombed Skyscraper - <1 billion yen
1998, The Fourteenth Target - 1.05 billion yen ($14.78 million)
1999, The Last Wizard of the Century - 1.45 billion yen ($17.68 million)
2000, Captured in Her Eyes - 2.50 billion yen ($26.31 million)
2001, Countdown to Heaven - 2.90 billion yen ($35.80 million)
2002, The Phantom of Barker Street - 3.40 billion yen ($30.25 million)
2003, Crossroad in the Ancient Capital - 3.20 billion yen ($28.59 million)
2004, Magician of the Silver Sky - 2.80 billion yen ($25.00 million)
2005, Strategy Above the Depths - 2.15 billion yen ($23.06 million)
2006, The Private Eyes' Requiem - 3.03 billion yen ($26.88 million)
2007, Jolly Roger of the Deep Azure - 2.53 billion yen ($20.72 million)
2008, Full Score of Fear - 2.42 billion yen ($23.15 million)
2009, The Raven Chaser - 3.50 billion yen ($35.57 million)
2010, The Lost Ship in the Sky - 3.20 billion yen ($35.16 million)
2011, Quarter of Silence - 3.13 billion yen ($38.85 million)
2012, The Eleventh Striker - ?.??






Japan Box Office History - Doraemon



1980, Nobita's Dinosaur - 1.55 billion yen ($11.99 million)
1981, The Record of Nobita: Starblazer - 1.75 billion yen ($14.41 million)
1982, Nobita and the Haunts of Evil - 1.22 billion yen ($9.80 million)
1983, Nobita's Monstrous Underwater Castle - 1.00 billion yen ($8.08 million)
1984, Nobita's Adventure into Underworld - 1.65 billion yen ($13.46 million)
1985, Nobita's Little Star Universe - 1.20 billion yen ($9.59 million)
1986, Nobita and the Steel Troops - 1.30 billion yen ($11.06 million)
1987, Nobita and the Dinosaur Knights - 1.50 billion yen ($13.13 million)
1988, Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West - 1.36 billion yen ($12.10 million)
1989, Nobita and the Birth of Japan - 2.02 billion yen ($17.84 million)
1990, Nobita and the Animal Planet - 1.91 billion yen ($16.49 million)
1991, Nobita and the Dorabian Nights - 1.80 billion yen ($15.83 million)
1992, Nobita and the Kingdom of the Clouds - 1.68 billion yen ($14.82 million)
1993, Nobita and the Tin-Plate Labyrinth - 1.65 billion yen ($14.83 million)
1994, Nobita and the Fantastical Three Musketeers - 1.35 billion yen ($13.10 million)
1995, Nobita's Genius Diary - 1.30 billion yen ($15.62 million)
1996, Nobita and the Galactic Express - 1.60 billion yen ($14.95 million)
1997, Nobita's Adventure in the Clockwork City - 2.00 billion yen ($17.93 million)
1998, Nobita's South Sea Adventure - 2.10 billion yen ($18.57 million)
1999, Nobita's Adventure: Drifts in the Universe - 2.00 billion yen ($17.87 million)
2000, Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King - 3.05 billion yen ($29.04 million)
2001, Nobita and the Winged Braves - 3.00 billion yen ($26.76 million)
2002, Nobita and the Robot Kingdom - 2.31 billion yen ($17.63 million)
2003, Nobita and the Wind Wizard - 2.54 billion yen ($22.61 million)
2004, Nobita's Wannyan Space-Time Odyssey - 3.05 billion yen ($28.77 million)
2006, Nobita's Dinosaur (2006) - 3.28 billion yen ($27.63 million)
2007, Nobita's New Great Adventure in the Underworld - 3.54 billion yen ($30.00 million)
2008, Nobita and the Green Giant Legend - 3.37 billion yen ($32.09 million)
2009, The New Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer - 2.45 billion yen ($25.23 million)
2010, Nobita's Great Merman Sea Adventure - 3.16 billion yen ($33.65 million)
2011, Nobita and the New Steel Troops - 2.45 billion yen ($31.26 million)
2012, Nobita and the Island of Miracles - ?.??

Weekend Data

Openers,

Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie: Admissions - 89.7% compared to Gantz; 101.8% compared to Space Battleship Yamato; 101.7% compared to SP: The Motion Picture; 107.8% compared to A Ghost of a Chance.

All the comparisons would put Kaibutsu-Kun (Little Monster) around 425-450,000 admissions for the weekend. 69.6% of it's ticket sales have been for 3D, so it's avg. admission fee should be close to 1,500 yen ($19/20) resulting in a weekend gross of approx. 650-700 million yen ($8.5-9 million).

Happy Feet Two: 43.9% compared to Shrek Forever After.

That comparison will only give Happy Feet Two 55-60 million yen ($700/800,000).

Holdovers, drops compared to last Weekend:

A Ghost of a Chance (-39.7%), Week 5
Kaiji 2 (-41.8%), Week 4
Antoki (-40.9%), Week 2
Moneyball (-40.8%), Week 3
The Three Musketeers (-50.4%), Week 5
Suite Pretty Cure (-51.6%), Week 5
Paranormal Activity 3 (-56.2%), Week 4
Contagion (-53.6%), Week 3
Immortals (-63.6%), Week 3

November 26-27, 2011
Weekend Admission Ranking by Location (Toho, Warner, Shikoku, Sunshine)


Toho

1. Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie (Toho) NEW
2. A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 5
3. Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 4
4. The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 5
5. Moneyball (Sony) Week 3
6. Inochi no Antoki (Shochiku) Week 2
7. Happy Feet Two (Warner Bros.) NEW
8. Arthur Christmas (Sony) NEW
9. Shaolin (Broad Media Studios) Week 2
10. Immortals (Toho-Towa) Week 3
http://www.tohotheater.jp/index.html

If I never mentioned it before, I use the theater chains above (Toho, Warner, Shikoku, and Sunshine Cinemas) because they make up over 70% of the nationwide theater/screen count in Japan.

Toho being the largest distributor operating about 25% of the overall screen count in the country. In recent years, Toho has been monopolizing the box office with a market share of 30-35% (maybe 40% this year).

Shikoku

1. Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie (Toho) NEW
2. A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 5
3. Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 4
4. Inochi no Antoki (Shochiku) Week 2
5. The Three Musketeers (Gaga) Week 5
6. Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 5
7. Happy Feet Two (Warner Bros.) NEW
8. Contagion (Warner Bros.) Week 3
9. Moneyball (Sony) Week 3
10. Shaolin (Broad Media Studios) Week 2
http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/cinema/ranking/

Warner

1. Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie (Toho) NEW
2. A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 5
3. Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 5
4. Kaiji 2 (Toho) Week 4
5. Moneyball (Sony) Week 3
http://www.warnermycal.com/

Sunshine

1. Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie (Toho) NEW
2. A Ghost of a Chance (Toho) Week 5
3. Suite Pretty Cure? Take Back! The Heart Binding Miracles Melody? (TOEI) Week 5
4. Moneyball (Sony) Week 3
5. s-CRY-ed (Showgate) NEW
http://www.cinemasunshine.co.jp/