Conan - 22,491
DbZ - 21,549

Total

DBZ - 175,401
Conan - 164,159

I wonder if Conan's sunday will beat DBZ's saturday ? Its 10 am admissions were just slightly ahead of DBZ's at the same time yesterday.

It's possible, it wasn't that far behind yesterday and if it does better today it could do.

How much in front in does Conan need to be in order to be #1 because it doesn't have 3D or Imax to give it a boost.

I don't really know. And it will depend on the other chains too.

Although on japanese websites the winner will be the movie which is ahead in admissions since that's how they proceed for the rankings (some other countries like France do the same).

Conan - 25,187
DBZ- 24,620

Does this presale thing happen during the weekdays too?

I would guess so. Although numbers will be vastly smaller regardless (except during the holidays).

Are there any other notable movies coming out in Japan over the next couple weeks?

Cinderella next week, and that's about it.

11 am (compared to saturday at the same time) :

31,506　Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (up by 7050 admissions)
27,824　Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F (down by 2084 admissions)

Total :

DBZ - 181,676
Conan - 173,174

I said BoG on Sunday did 93% what it did on Saturday and so far RoF's ticket sales are 93% of what it was at yesterday.

If it stays that way it would have 143k by the end of today but I'll be safe and hope it can reach 130k.

The Conan movie is up by around 25-30% for now which would put it at around 180,000 by the end of the day but I doubt that's going to happen. A 10% increase and finishing with 155,000 is probably more likely.

DBZ - 34,536
Conan - 34,055

Looks like a huge batch of showtimes just ended for DBZ. They should add how many of the showtimes planned for the day have ended in their data.

Hourly updates seem to favour Conan because the movie is close to 2h (113 minutes) while mid-hour updates seem to favour DBZ because the movie is a little over 1h30 (93 minutes). Hourly updates are probably the ones which represent an approximately equal percentage of showtimes for both movies.

12 pm (compared to saturday at the same time) :

44,383　Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (up by 11,624 admissions)
40,243　Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F (down by 643 admissions)

Excellent update for DBZ. Almost back to stability.

Going to bed now.

It's holding well up to yet, surprisingly so actually.

As of 2pm.

Conan - 74,036
DBZ - 67,197

DBZ is at practically the exact same as it was yesterday, only 4 admissions down at the same point.

You guys are on this! I was hanging out with some friends, but I'm here now.

Detective Conan is going to win Sunday by a comparable margin that Dragon Ball Z won Saturday, so this is one close battle.

Updates after 8PM will be much smaller than they were yesterday, though, since theaters end showtimes earlier than on Saturdays, so keep this in mind.

As of 3pm.

Conan - 89,173
DBZ - 82,562

Somits actually now ahead of yesterday. Is ¥850 million now possible?

Probably not, but I wouldn't rule it out. Let's just hope they hit ¥800 million, since that's a number usually reserved for major blockbusters.

As I mentioned, Sunday showtimes end much earlier than Saturday, so admission updates will become much weaker into the night compared to yesterday.

When should we expect to hear a weekend estimate and then weekend actual?

I'll post some weekend estimates tomorrow morning (and charts to go along with them, considering their huge openings), and weekend actuals are released Monday morning (Monday evening in Japan).

And if one or both open over ¥800 million , it's going to be some of the most impressive debuts in some time (especially occurring over the same weekend).

Usually, ¥600/700 million is the maximum for these films, so anything over ¥800 million is approaching major blockbuster territory. And as far as animated films go, only Hayao Miyazaki films, the last two One Piece films, and three Pixar films have opened above ¥800 million, too.

As of 7 pm :

135,563　Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno
123,221　Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F

Total :

Conan 277,231
DBZ 277,073

It had 129k tikctes by 8pm yesterday you said so it still looks to be holding up real well so far but Corpse said it won't do later on.

Yeah. It will have been stable all day but will start to decrease compared to saturday when the last showtimes kick-in. Same thing for Conan who's increase compared to saturday will probably be decreasing.

Not sure yet but imo it's certainly looking like DBZ will win the weekend in gross while Conan will win the weekend in admissions.