Warner
1. The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) 5
2. Toy Story 3 (Disney) 6
3. Bayside Shakedown The Movie 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) 7
4 N Karate Kid (Sony)
5 N The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney)

Finally get Warner's Top 5 before the National Top 10.

Very fast updates today, so the National may be available much earlier than normal.

The Yen to USD conversion is really helping out Toy Story 3!

$1 USD was about 110 Yen in August 2008.

Today, $1 USD is about 86 Yen.

10 billion Yen in August 2008 ($90.9 m USD), would today be at $116.3 m USD (28% surplus).

Let me know if my math is off!

Your math is right. This time in 2008, Toy Story 3's Y8.3 billion would be near $75m I believe, with $100m looking a bit out of reach, but this year Y8.3 billion is over $95m and $100m will be a breeze.

I remember the article announcing Ponyo crossing Y10 billion Yen ($92m I think) in 2008. And today Y10 billion is over $116m.

EDIT:




The exchange rate this year is boosting everything beyond a normal USD total that's come to be expected. Add in 3D boosting grosses even more, and we get at least five $100m+ films this year: Avatar (3D), Alice (3D), Toy Story 3 (3D), Arrietty, and HP7 (3D). Doesn't look like Bayside Shakedown 3 will reach the mark, but Umizaru 3 (3D) is a candidate to make it six $100m+ films this year.

Toy Story 3 is up 28% compared to last weekend for Y538 million (about $6.3m). ScreenDaily and THR look to be a little low with their estimates this week.

Makes up for it being so shortchanged by the current UK exchange rate.

Hmm, I assume $120 million is a lock now. It could beat Alice...

Weekend Rankings
August 14-15, 2010



1 1 The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) 5
2 2 Toy Story 3 (Disney) 6
3 N The Karate Kid (Sony)
4 6 Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) 7
5 N The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney)
6 5 Inception (WB) 4
7 7 Pokemon 13 Diamond & Pearl Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (Toho) 6
8 3 Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade Forever A-Z (Toei) 2
9 4 Salt (Sony) 3
10 17 Police Dog Dream (Shochiku) 2

The Borrower Arrietty - Y479 million ($5.6 million) - 384,298 admissions, 32% increase over last week / Total - Y6.4 billion ($74.6 million) - 5.3 million admissions after 30 days.

Toy Story 3 - Y538 million ($6.3 million) - 360,071 admissions, 28% increase over last weekend / Total - Y8.2 billion ($95.6 million) - 5.6 million admissions after 37 days.

The Karate Kid - Y289 million ($3.4 million) - 236,591 admissions on 271 screens.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Y199 million ($2.3 million) - 166,359 admissions on 328 screens. (ScreenDaily used the 3day total as it's opening weekend, so that explains the large drop).

Police Dog Dream - Y125 million ($1.4 million) - 116,795 admissions on 253 screens.



Very strong for Arrietty, increasing 32% over last week ranking 1st in admissions for the fifth week in a row. It's already surpassed Tales From Eathsea in USD without breaking a sweat. $100 million is locked up (has been for a while), and should probably gross $110/$115m.

Toy Story 3 is also still going very strong with it's 28% over last week. It's edging closer to $100m which should be crossed at the end of the weekdays or on Saturday. Finding Nemo's $102.4m USD total will also be surpassed after next weekend. $120/$125m looks like a good projection.

Despite not playing well at all at Shochiku locations, The Karate Kid did well enough at the other major chains to open at No.3. Very good after what appeared to be weak pre-sales.

Bayside Shakedown 3 saw a big increase this week. The weekend total and overall total haven't been released yet, but climbing two spots is very impressive. $100m is 95% out of reach now, but $90m might be possible judging by this.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice played well at all locations, but not particularly great at any of them. Still a decent debut, but it'll probably miss a Y1 billion ($11.5 million) total.

Inception and Pokemon 13 continue to hold strong. It'll be an interesting race to see which one of then finishes 4th and 5th behind July's big 3.

Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider plummets like all the others in the series despite a holiday weekend.

Hefty drop for Salt. It would appear it actually dropped this weekend, too.

I see that Police Dog Dream was in limited release and had previews last weekend, but those were not included into the wide opening this weekend. If they had been, it'd have edged out The Sorcerer's Apprentice for the Top 5.

Most Recent updates will be in blue.

Summer 2010 Big 3 Watch

Bayside Shakedown 3:
2day total - Y971,993,832 ($11.08m), 707,399 admissions
5day total - Y1.5b ($17.2m), 1.1m admissions
7day total - Y1.9b ($21.5m), 1.55m admissions
9day total - Y2,501,584,528 ($28.4m), 2m admissions
16day total - Y3,662,187,666 ($42.3m), 2.9m admissions
17day total - Y3.92b ($45.1m), 3,005,883 admissions
19day total - Y4.2b ($48.3m), 3.2m admissions
23day total - Y4,599,620,600 ($52.6m), 3,531,063 admissions
25day total - Y4.7b ($53.8m), 3.6m admissions
30day total - Y5,251,455,362 ($61.1m), 4m admissions
37day total - Y5,724,349,425 ($66.4m), 4.3m admissions

Toy Story 3:
2day total - Y977,332,877 ($11.04m), 649,190 admissions
6day total - Y1.5b ($17.2m), 1m admissions
9day total - Y2,373,155,050 ($27.3m), 1.5m admissions
12day total - Y3b ($34.5m), 2m admissions
16day total - Y3.88b ($44.3m), 2.4m admissions
19day total - Y4,436,000,550 ($51m), 3,002,391 admissions
23day total - Y5,411,249,060 ($62.8m), 3.6m admissions
30day total - Y6,659,674,963 ($77.2m), 4.5m admissions
33day total - Y7.3b ($85.2m), 5m admissions
37day total - Y8.2b ($95.6m), 5.6m admissions

The Borrower Arrietty:
2day total - Y895,561,635 ($10.35m), 680,234 admissions
3day total - Y1.35b ($15.6m), 1,038,138 admissions
9day total - Y2,617,702,260 ($29.9m), 2,062,166 admissions
16day total - Y3,978,417,127 ($46.2m), 3m admissions
18day total - Y4,215,660,000 ($49.3m), 3,462,883 admissions
20day total - Y4.5b ($52.4m), 3.7m admissions
23day total - Y5,018,507,263 ($58.3m), 4.1m admissions
30day total - Y6.4b ($74.6m), 5.3m admissions


No new update for Bayside Shakedown 3 yet.

I'm really happy with that number of TS3

thank you Japan!!

and thank Corpse for all updates in past weeks, great job you've done here.

I'll update the 2010 Top 20 Charts and Admissions (going to add them to the 2010 charts) hopefully tomorrow when all figures are revealed for this past weekend.

Openers this Week

8/20
A-Team (Fox)




8/21
Thriller Restaurant (Toei)


Colorful (Toho)


Flowering Dogwood (Toho)


Neck (Asmik Ace)


Duel Masters: Honō no Kizuna Double Cross! (Toho)


Metal Fight Beyblade VS Taiyō Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha (Toho)


Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore (WB) (the japanese title is much better, "Great War of the World's Largest Meatball")



This weekend is a youngster's dream come true; and the Top 10 is going to be shaken up a bit.

Thriller Restaurant, Duel Masters, Beyblade, and Cats & Dogs 2 are all targeting a young audience. Thriller Restaurant will be the only one of those four that makes a solid debut in terms of gross though.

Colorful is the final film to be released in Sunrise Studio's trilogy (Summer Wars, Evangelion 2.0 from last year) planned a couple years ago and might attract a few younger moviegoers, but it's more steered for an older group. Based on Sunrise Studio's previous works, Colorful should have a very long run.

There's been alot of buzz surrounding Flowering Dogwood, so it should pull in decent numbers this weekend.

But despite all the new releases, Toy Story 3 and The Borrower Arrietty are very likely to be the Top 2 films once again in their seventh and sixth weekends.

I'm not sure if I'll be on much the next couple days, so the Top 20 Films of 2010 has been updated with rough estimates after this past weekend until then.

Admissions have also been included.

Top 20 Opening Weekends of 2010

1. April, Alice in Wonderland (Disney) - $14,297,616 (2day), 859 screens - $16,644 pta, 828,149 admissions
2. Dec. 09, One Piece Film Strong World (TOEI) - $11,692,830 (2day), 188 screens - $62,196 pta, 819,738 admissions
3. July, Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) - $11,080,725 (2day), 447 screens - 24,789 pta, 707,399 admissions
4. July, Toy Story 3 (Disney) - $11,034,083 (2day), 530 screens - $20,819 pta, 649,190 admissions
5. July, The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) - $10,352,700 (2day) / $15,627,122 (3day), 447 screens - $23,160 pta, 680,234 admissions (2day) / 1,038,138 admissions (3day)
6. July, Inception (WB) - $7,837,192 (2day + previews)/$8,915,763 (3day + previews), 523 screens - $14,928 pta
7. July, Pokemon 13 Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark (Toho) - $7,107,555 (2day), 369 screens - $19,262 pta, 601,602 admissions
8. Dec. 09, Up (Disney) - $6,992,874 (2day), 663 screens - $10,547 pta, 440,804 admissions
9. Dec. 09, Avatar (Fox) - $6,611,848 (2day)/$14,553,033 (5day), 839 screens - $7,881 pta
10. March, Doraemon 30 South Sea Adventure (Toho) - $6,115,994 (2day), 366 screens - $16,710 pta, 498,198 admissions


11. April, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (Toho) - $6,114,997 (2day), 410 screens - $14,915 pta, 437,613 admissions
12. April, Detective Conan 14 Lost Ship in the Sky (Toho) - $6,103,158 (2day), 352 screens - $17,339 pta, 471,527 admissions
13. Dec. 09, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider W & Dikeido (TOEI) - $5,096,420 (2day), 292 screens - $17,453 pta, 396,178 admissions
14. Dec. 09, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (Toho) - $4,364,808 (2day), 409 screens - $10,672 pta, 317,302 admissions
15. March, Liar Game: The Final Stage (Toho) - $4,331,798 (2day), 283 screens - $15,307 pta, 308,824 admissions
16. July, Salt (Sony) - $4,176,768 (2day), 332 screens - $12,812 pta, 319,545 admissions
17. May, Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (Toho) - $4,004,850 (2day), 320 screens - $12,515 pta, 270,705 admission
18. August, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade Forever A-Z (Toei) - $3,841,186 (2day), 460 screens - $8,350 pta, 251,720 admissions
19. Jan., Oceans (Gaga) - $3,756,389 (2day)/$4,356,393 (3day), 303 screens - $12,483 pta, 280,726 admissions
20. March, Sherlock Holmes (WB) - $3,641,763 (2day)/$4,567,460 (3day), 441 screens - $8,392 pta


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Top 20 Films of 2010

1. Avatar (Fox) - $166,371,800
2. Alice In Wonderland (Disney) - $135,112,098
3. Toy Story 3 (Disney) - $95,800,000 (37 days in release)
4. The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) - $74,800,000 (30 days in release)
5. Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) - $73,500,000 (44 days in release)
6. One Piece Film Strong World (TOEI) - $56,776,373
7. Up (Disney) - $54,285,463
8. Nodame Cantabile The Movie II (Toho) - $44,402,145
9. Nodame Cantabile The Movie I (Toho) - $44,322,317
10. Confessions (Toho) - $43,300,000 (79 days in release)


11. Pokemon 13 Diamond & Pearl Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark (Toho) - $38,500,000 (37 days in release)
12. Detective Conan 14 The Lost Ship in the Sky (Toho) - $36,140,006
13. Doraemon 30 Nobita's South Sea Adventure (Toho) - $35,780,264
14. Inception (WB) - $31,000,000 (23 days, plus 3 preview days in release)
15. Liar Game: The Final Stage (Toho) - $27,148,337
16. Oceans (GAGA) - $25,721,299
17. Sherlock Holmes (WB) - $23,274,806
18. Younger Brother (Shochiku) - $21,047,812
19. Trick The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (Toho) - $20,996,475
20. Sex and the City 2 (WB) - $19,487,280

Studio/Distributor Tally: Toho - 10, Disney - 3, WB - 3, TOEI - 1, Fox - 1, Shochiku - 1, Gaga - 1

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Top 20 Films of 2010 by Admissions

1. Avatar (Fox) - 9.7 million admissions
2. Alice in Wonderland (Disney) - 7.2 million admissions
3. Toy Story 3 (Disney) - 5.6 million admissions (37 days in release)
4. The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) - 5.3 million admissions (30 days in release)
5. Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) - 4.7 million admissions (44 days in release)
6. One Piece Film Strong World (Toei) - 4.1 million admissions
7. Up (Disney) - 3.25 million admissions
8. Nodame Cantabile The Movie 1 (Toho) - 3.1 million admissions
9. Nodame Cantabile The Movie 2 (Toho) - 3.1 million admissions
10. Confessions (Toho) - 3 million admissions (79 days in release)

11. Pokemon 13 Diamond & Pearl Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (Toho) - 2.8 million admissions (37 days in release)
12. Detective Conan 14 The Lost Ship in the Sky (Toho) - 2.7 million admissions
13. Doraemon 30 Nobita's South Sea Adventure (Toho) - 2.65 million admissions
14. Inception (WB) - 2.1 million admissions (23 days, plus 3 preview days in release)
15. Liar Game The Final Stage (Toho) - 2 million admissions
16. Oceans (GAGA) - 1.85 million admissions
17. Sherlock Holmes (WB) - 1.7 million admissions
18. Younger Brother (Shochiku) - 1.65 million admissions
19. Trick The Movie 3 Psychic Battle Royale (Toho) - 1.5 million admissions
20. Shutter Island (Paramount) - 1.4 million admissions



New Entries - None on any of the charts this weekend.
i - still playing

how much do you think the currently top 3 movies are going to drop this weekend?, after festivities

Based on previous years with Obon taking place primarily over the weekend (usually it's during the middle of the week, with one weekend day) like this year, drops all around should be 40/50%. Toy Story 3 and Arrietty will be closer to 40%, perhaps they can avoid a 40% drop, too, but everything else near or over 50%.

hard drop, and seeing too many films coming up this weekend it's kind of reasonable

Not going to update the charts until the full Top 10 is revealed, but actuals for Toy Story 3, The Borrower Arrietty, and the openers are now available:

Toy Story 3 - Y537,439,450 ($6.29), 360,071 admissions / Y8,283,716,750 ($96.99), 5,688,359 admissions after six weeks.
The Borrower Arriety - Y478,319,050 ($5.60), 384,298 admissions / Y6,450,248,350 ($75.52), 5,332,646 admissions after five weeks.

The Karate Kid - Y288,003,700 ($3.37), 236,591 admissions
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Y199,496,600 ($2.34), 166,359 admissions
Police Dream Dog - 125,387,300 ($1.47), 116,795 admissions

Studio Ghibli Box Office Breakdown:


1. Spirited Away (2001) - Y30.4 billion (23.5 million admissions) #1 (#1) All Time
2. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) - Y22 billion (15 million admissions) #3 (#3) All Time
3. Princess Mononoke (1997) - Y19.3 billion (14.2 million admissions) #5 (#6) All Time
4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008) - Y15.5 billion (12 million admissions) #8 (#10) All Time
5. Tales From Earthsea (2006) - Y7.65 billion (5.9 million admissions)
6. The Borrower Arrietty (2010) - Y6.46 billion (5.3 million admissions)
7. The Cat Returns (2002) - Y6.46 billion (5.5 million admissions)
8. Porco Rosso (1992) - Y2.8 billion (3.05 million admissions)
9. Pom Poco (1994) - Y2.65 billion (3.25 million admissions)
10. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - Y2.15 billion (2.6 million admissions)
11. Only Yesterday (1991) - Y1.87 billion (2.2 million admissions)
12. Whisper of the Heart (1995) - Y1.85 billion (2.1 million admissions)
13. My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) - Y790 million (1.2 million admissions)
14. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) - Y760 million (910,000 admissions)
15. My Neighbor Totoro/Grave of the Fireflies (Double Feature) (1988) - Y590 million (800,000 admissions)
16. Castle in the Sky (1986) - Y580 million (770,000 admissions)

After 30 days, The Borrower Arrietty ranks 6th in Yen and 7th in admissions.

Looks to be heading towards about Y9/Y9.5 billion and 7.5/8 million admissions for 5th in both Yen and Admissions behind only the major four Hayao Miyazaki films.

Weekend Summary
August 14-15, 2010



1. Toy Story 3 Walt Disney Int'l $6,272,089 6 498 $12,595 +27% $96,206,122
2. The Borrower Arrietty Toho $5,558,692 5 447 $12,436 +24% $75,071,699
3. Karate Kid Sony Int'l $3,343,335 1 271 $12,337 0 $3,343,335
4. Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose ! Toho $2,574,674 7 447 $5,760 +14% $73,638,472
5. Inception Warner Bros. Int'l $2,415,956 4 521 $4,637 +1% $30,895,058
6. Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Walt Disney Int'l $2,316,156 1 328 $7,061 0 $3,391,362
7. Kamen Rider The Movie W/Goseiger TOEI $1,996,920 2 460 $4,341 -48% $9,946,891
8. Salt Sony Int'l $1,916,410 3 326 $5,879 -21% $16,982,638
9. Pokemon 13 Diamond & Pearl Ruler of Illusions Zoroark Toho $1,756,363 6 369 $4,760 +2% $38,915,057
10. Police Dog Dream Shochiku $1,455,747 1 253 $5,754 0 $1,555,000

Superb for Toy Story 3. It'll pass Finding Nemo in USD this weekend and is on targeting a total over $120m.

Also superb for The Borrower Arrietty. It's now the highest grossing non-Miyazaki film and is looking at a total of about $110/$115m making it the first non-Miyazaki Ghibli film to gross over $100m, outgrossing the nearest film (Tales From Eathsea) by $40m or more.

Good debut for The Karate Kid. Legs will appear weaker than normal being a holiday weekend, but a total in the low teens is solid for the film.

Bayside Shakedown 3 delivers an excellent 7th weekend, climbing two spots in the rankings. $100m is extremely unlikely which is disappointing for the film, but a total around $90m is still great and would make it the 3rd biggest local live-action film in USD.

Great weekend for Inception, keeping a total of $40m still in reach.

Mediocre opening for The Sorcerer's Apprentice. A $10m total is going to be a bit of a stuggle for it.

Kamen Rider nosedives it's second weekend, which is nothing new in the series. In fact, a sub 50% drop isn't too bad. A total of maybe $15m is doable, but it'll likely finish with about $13m.

Nothing special for Salt, dropping a rather harsh 21% for this weekend. The drop should rule out a total in the high 20's, but low/mid 20's is still solid.

Pokemon 13 keeps on going in it's 6th week now and will cross $40m before the weekend. Mid/High 40's should be the finish, comparable with the last several films in the franchise (which recently passed 55 million admissions after 13 films making it the most successful franchise in Japan in terms of admissions).

Okay for Police Dog Dream. It's play was limited to one major chain and a few smaller ones, so respectable opening.

Top 20 Opening Weekends of 2010

1. April, Alice in Wonderland (Disney) - $14,297,616 (2day), 859 screens - $16,644 pta, 828,149 admissions
2. Dec. 09, One Piece Film Strong World (TOEI) - $11,692,830 (2day), 188 screens - $62,196 pta, 819,738 admissions
3. July, Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) - $11,080,725 (2day), 447 screens - 24,789 pta, 707,399 admissions
4. July, Toy Story 3 (Disney) - $11,034,083 (2day), 530 screens - $20,819 pta, 649,190 admissions
5. July, The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) - $10,352,700 (2day) / $15,627,122 (3day), 447 screens - $23,160 pta, 680,234 admissions (2day) / 1,038,138 admissions (3day)
6. July, Inception (WB) - $7,837,192 (2day + previews)/$8,915,763 (3day + previews), 523 screens - $14,928 pta
7. July, Pokemon 13 Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark (Toho) - $7,107,555 (2day), 369 screens - $19,262 pta, 601,602 admissions
8. Dec. 09, Up (Disney) - $6,992,874 (2day), 663 screens - $10,547 pta, 440,804 admissions
9. Dec. 09, Avatar (Fox) - $6,611,848 (2day)/$14,553,033 (5day), 839 screens - $7,881 pta
10. March, Doraemon 30 South Sea Adventure (Toho) - $6,115,994 (2day), 366 screens - $16,710 pta, 498,198 admissions


11. April, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (Toho) - $6,114,997 (2day), 410 screens - $14,915 pta, 437,613 admissions
12. April, Detective Conan 14 Lost Ship in the Sky (Toho) - $6,103,158 (2day), 352 screens - $17,339 pta, 471,527 admissions
13. Dec. 09, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider W & Dikeido (TOEI) - $5,096,420 (2day), 292 screens - $17,453 pta, 396,178 admissions
14. Dec. 09, Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (Toho) - $4,364,808 (2day), 409 screens - $10,672 pta, 317,302 admissions
15. March, Liar Game: The Final Stage (Toho) - $4,331,798 (2day), 283 screens - $15,307 pta, 308,824 admissions
16. July, Salt (Sony) - $4,176,768 (2day), 332 screens - $12,812 pta, 319,545 admissions
17. May, Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (Toho) - $4,004,850 (2day), 320 screens - $12,515 pta, 270,705 admission
18. August, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade Forever A-Z (Toei) - $3,841,186 (2day), 460 screens - $8,350 pta, 251,720 admissions
19. Jan., Oceans (Gaga) - $3,756,389 (2day)/$4,356,393 (3day), 303 screens - $12,483 pta, 280,726 admissions
20. March, Sherlock Holmes (WB) - $3,641,763 (2day)/$4,567,460 (3day), 441 screens - $8,392 pta


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Top 20 Films of 2010

1. Avatar (Fox) - $166,371,800
2. Alice In Wonderland (Disney) - $135,112,098
3. Toy Story 3 (Disney) - $96,206,122 (37 days in release)
4. The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) - $75,071,699 (30 days in release)
5. Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) - $73,638,472 (44 days in release)
6. One Piece Film Strong World (TOEI) - $56,776,373
7. Up (Disney) - $54,285,463
8. Nodame Cantabile The Movie II (Toho) - $44,402,145
9. Nodame Cantabile The Movie I (Toho) - $44,322,317
10. Confessions (Toho) - $43,272,008 (79 days in release)


11. Pokemon 13 Diamond & Pearl Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark (Toho) - $38,915,057 (37 days in release)
12. Detective Conan 14 The Lost Ship in the Sky (Toho) - $36,140,006
13. Doraemon 30 Nobita's South Sea Adventure (Toho) - $35,780,264
14. Inception (WB) - $30,895,058 (23 days, plus 3 preview days in release)
15. Liar Game: The Final Stage (Toho) - $27,148,337
16. Oceans (GAGA) - $25,721,299
17. Sherlock Holmes (WB) - $23,274,806
18. Younger Brother (Shochiku) - $21,047,812
19. Trick The Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (Toho) - $20,996,475
20. Sex and the City 2 (WB) - $19,487,280

Studio/Distributor Tally: Toho - 10, Disney - 3, WB - 3, TOEI - 1, Fox - 1, Shochiku - 1, Gaga - 1

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Top 20 Films of 2010 by Admissions

1. Avatar (Fox) - 9.7 million admissions
2. Alice in Wonderland (Disney) - 7.2 million admissions
3. Toy Story 3 (Disney) - 5.6 million admissions (37 days in release)
4. The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) - 5.3 million admissions (30 days in release)
5. Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) - 4.7 million admissions (44 days in release)
6. One Piece Film Strong World (Toei) - 4.1 million admissions
7. Up (Disney) - 3.25 million admissions
8. Nodame Cantabile The Movie 1 (Toho) - 3.1 million admissions
9. Nodame Cantabile The Movie 2 (Toho) - 3.1 million admissions
10. Confessions (Toho) - 3 million admissions (79 days in release)

11. Pokemon 13 Diamond & Pearl Ruler of Illusions Zoroark (Toho) - 2.8 million admissions (37 days in release)
12. Detective Conan 14 The Lost Ship in the Sky (Toho) - 2.7 million admissions
13. Doraemon 30 Nobita's South Sea Adventure (Toho) - 2.65 million admissions
14. Inception (WB) - 2.1 million admissions (23 days, plus 3 preview days in release)
15. Liar Game The Final Stage (Toho) - 2 million admissions
16. Oceans (GAGA) - 1.85 million admissions
17. Sherlock Holmes (WB) - 1.7 million admissions
18. Younger Brother (Shochiku) - 1.65 million admissions
19. Trick The Movie 3 Psychic Battle Royale (Toho) - 1.5 million admissions
20. Shutter Island (Paramount) - 1.4 million admissions



New Entries - None on any of the charts this weekend.
i - still playing

Most Recent updates will be in blue.

Summer 2010 Big 3 Watch

Bayside Shakedown 3:
2day total - Y971,993,832 ($11.08m), 707,399 admissions
5day total - Y1.5b ($17.2m), 1.1m admissions
7day total - Y1.9b ($21.5m), 1.55m admissions
9day total - Y2,501,584,528 ($28.4m), 2m admissions
16day total - Y3,662,187,666 ($42.3m), 2.9m admissions
17day total - Y3.92b ($45.1m), 3,005,883 admissions
19day total - Y4.2b ($48.3m), 3.2m admissions
23day total - Y4,599,620,600 ($52.6m), 3,531,063 admissions
25day total - Y4.7b ($53.8m), 3.6m admissions
30day total - Y5,251,455,362 ($61.1m), 4m admissions
37day total - Y5,724,349,425 ($66.4m), 4.3m admissions
44day total - Y6,340,024,652 ($73.7m), 4.7m admissions

Toy Story 3:
2day total - Y977,332,877 ($11.04m), 649,190 admissions
6day total - Y1.5b ($17.2m), 1m admissions
9day total - Y2,373,155,050 ($27.3m), 1.5m admissions
12day total - Y3b ($34.5m), 2m admissions
16day total - Y3.88b ($44.3m), 2.4m admissions
19day total - Y4,436,000,550 ($51m), 3,002,391 admissions
23day total - Y5,411,249,060 ($62.8m), 3.6m admissions
30day total - Y6,659,674,963 ($77.2m), 4.5m admissions
33day total - Y7.3b ($85.2m), 5m admissions
37day total - Y8,283,716,750 ($96.2m), 5,688,359 admissions

The Borrower Arrietty:
2day total - Y895,561,635 ($10.35m), 680,234 admissions
3day total - Y1.35b ($15.6m), 1,038,138 admissions
9day total - Y2,617,702,260 ($29.9m), 2,062,166 admissions
16day total - Y3,978,417,127 ($46.2m), 3m admissions
18day total - Y4,215,660,000 ($49.3m), 3,462,883 admissions
20day total - Y4.5b ($52.4m), 3.7m admissions
23day total - Y5,018,507,263 ($58.3m), 4.1m admissions
30day total - Y6,465,551,370 ($75.1m), 5,341,467 admissions

Weekly Manga Rankings
August 9-15, 2010



1 N Fullmetal Alchemist #26 - Square Enix, Hiromu Arakawa - 781,466
2 1 One Piece #59 - Shueisha, Eiichiro Oda - 317,944, 2,170,485 (Week 2 Total)
3 2 Naruto #52 - Shueisha, Masashi Kishimoto - 161,363, 1,007,569 (Week 2 Total)
4 N Strobe Edge #9 - Shueisha, Io Sakisaka - 152,907
5 3 Bleach #46 - Shueisha, Tite Kubo - 106,181, 655,093 (Week 2 Total)
6 4 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #30 - Shueisha, Akira Amano - 105,108, 435,288 (Week 2 Total)
7 N Amanchu! #3 - Mag Garden, Kozue Amano - 95,123
8 10 Initial D #41 - Kodansha, Shūichi Shigeno - 92,603, 184,311 (Week 2 Total)
9 5 Gintama #35 - Shueisha, Hideaki Sorachi - 89,800, 369,985 (Week 2 Total)
10 N 7SEEDS #18 - Shogakukan, Yumi Tamura - 76,428

Only one more Fullmetal Alchemist after Volume 26. The final volume should be released in December, and will probably challenge a 1m first week.

One Piece #59 becomes only the second manga to sell over 2m copies in two weeks, One Piece #57 being the first, after breaking the all-time first week sales record last week. Total copies sold is now 197m, edging closer and closer to that major 200m milestone to be the first manga series to ever sell that many copies.

Naruto #52 sells over 1m copies in two weeks, one of the few volumes in the series to do so in that amount of time. Naruto surpassed 100m copies sold last spring, and is rumored to be nearing it's end within a year.

Quite terrific for Toy Story 3 and The Borrower Arrietty. I actually think that both will get above $120 million.

Hopefully Inception can get to $40 million. But where's How to Train Your Dragon?

Dropped out of the Top 10, but still had a pretty good week and weekend. $10m total doesn't look possible, however.

Weekend Forecast
August 21-22, 2010



1 1 Toy Story 3 (Disney) 7
2 2 The Borrower Arrietty (Toho) 6
3 N Flowering Dogwood (Toho)
4 N A-Team (Fox)
5 4 Bayside Shakedown 3 Set The Guys Loose! (Toho) 8
6 N Metal Fight Beyblade VS Taiyō Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha (Toho)
7 5 Inception (WB) 5
8 6 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney) 2
9 3 The Karate Kid (Sony) 2
10 N Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore (WB)

A tricky weekend to project a Top 10 for (films below the top 5 anyway). Coming off a Holiday Weekend, with half a dozen films opening this weekend.

Thriller Restaurant isn't projected to make the Top 10, but I believe it'll still make it. Not sure if the site projecting the Top 10 pays much attention to TV Ratings, but Thriller Restaurant is always ranked in the Top 10 in ratings. It'll have limited screens due to the genre and Toei being the distributor, but that shouldn't matter since it has a fanbase.

The Karate Kid is in store for one of the biggest drops of the year. Opened on a Holiday weekend and has 4/5 films aimed at kids/families opening this weekend.

Flowering Dogwood is reported to be tracking at 70% of March's Liar Game: The Final Stage.

If it maintained that pace throughout the rest of the day and tomorrow, we should be looking at a gross of Y275-Y300 million ($3.2-$3.5 million). That'd be excellent, and could get the film to a total near Y2 billion ($23 million).

If it can increase that 70%, it just may make a run for No.1 or No.2 this weekend.

no update for ts3?