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Author:  Corpse [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 7-8
For fun, I'm gonna keep track of 20th Century Boys Chapter 1 vs Chapter 2.

20th Century Boys Chapter 1's Performance:

Week 1: 2 (-) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 1 5,783,151 310 18,655 5,783,151
Week 2: 1 (2) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 2 4,060,361 310 13,097 -30 14,515,955
Week 3: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 3 3,283,706 310 10,593 -20 20,907,844
Week 4: 3 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 4 2,166,862 310 6,990 -33 26,337,790
Week 5: 5 (3) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 5 1,420,782 310 4,583 -34 30,389,538
Week 6: 7 (5) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 6 881,472 298 2,958 -40 33,468,681
Week 7: 7 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 7 725,688 300 2,419 -20 35,562,726
Week 8: 10 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 8 353,969 300 $1,180 -49 36,642,872

Went on to gross $43.7M.


20th Century Boys Chapter 2's Performance:

Week 1: 1 (-) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 1 6,943,576 374 18,566 - 6,943,576
Week 2: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 2 3,793,611 374 10,143 -44 14,599,052
Author:  Corpse [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 7-8
Feb 14 - 15
Nationwide Box Office
This Week/Last Week/Title/Distributor/Week#

1 2 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON WB 2
2 1 20th Century Boys -Chapter 2- (JPN.) Toho 3
3 NEW The Shonen Merikensack - Brass Knuckle Kids (JPN.) Toei 1
4 3 MAMMA MIA! Toho Towa 3
5 4 Penguins In The Sky - Asahiyama Zoo (JPN.) Kadokawa 4
6 5 QUANTUM OF SOLACE SPE 4
7 7 Pandemic (JPN.) Toho 5
8 6 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR Disney 2
9 NEW STREET KINGS FOX 1
10 9 CHE: PART TWO GAGA/Nikkatsu 3
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 14-15 (Button rises to No.1)
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Author:  Corpse [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 14-15 (Button rises to No.1)
Japan
Two-day weekend February 14-15, 2009
Rank/Film/Origin/Distributor/Week 2-day gross ¥/2-day gross $/Screens/Screen avg $/2-day change/Total gross $ to 15 Feb 2009

1(2) The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (US) Warner Bros 2 Y278,452,282 -- $3,026,655 426 7,105 -12 11,298,029
2(1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 (Jap) Toho 3 Y249,094,772 -- $2,707,552 374 7,239 -29 21,277,691
3(-) Brass Knuckle Kids (Jap) Toei NEW Y201,154,682 -- $2,186,464 280 7,809 - 2,191,514
4(3) Mamma Mia! The Movie (US, UK) Towa 3 Y176,206,032 -- $1,915,283 342 5,600 -12 16,711,055
5(6) Penguins In The Sky - Asahiyama Zoo (Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu) (Jap) Kadokawa 2 Y94,376,725 -- $1,025,834 252 4,071 -15 4,365,232
6(4) Quantum Of Solace (US, UK) Sony Pictures Releasing International 4 Y81,925,365 -- $890,493 340 2,619 -29 18,232,144
7(7) Pandemic (Kansen Rettô) (Jap) Toho 5 Y80,461,993 -- $874,587 324 2,699 -25 17,916,351
8(5) High School Musical 3: Senior Year (US) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International 2 Y59,889,216 -- $650,970 196 3,321 -47 3,081,149
9(-) Street Kings (US) 20th Fox NEW 5Y3,501,855 -- $581,542 194 2,998 - 582,885
10(9) Che: Part Two (US, Fr, Sp) Gaga 3 Y27,131,764 -- $294,910 287 1,028 -30 3,120,538
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 7-8
20th Century Boys Chapter 1's Performance:

Week 1: 2 (-) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 1 5,783,151 310 18,655 5,783,151
Week 2: 1 (2) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 2 4,060,361 310 13,097 -30 14,515,955
Week 3: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 3 3,283,706 310 10,593 -20 20,907,844
Week 4: 3 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 4 2,166,862 310 6,990 -33 26,337,790
Week 5: 5 (3) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 5 1,420,782 310 4,583 -34 30,389,538
Week 6: 7 (5) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 6 881,472 298 2,958 -40 33,468,681
Week 7: 7 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 7 725,688 300 2,419 -20 35,562,726
Week 8: 10 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 8 353,969 300 $1,180 -49 36,642,872
Went on to gross $43.7M.


20th Century Boys Chapter 2's Performance:

Week 1: 1 (-) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 1 6,943,576 374 18,566 - 6,943,576
Week 2: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 2 3,793,611 374 10,143 -44 14,599,052
Week 3: 2 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 3 2,707,552 374 7,239 -29 21,277,691
Author:  Corpse [ Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 14-15 (Button rises to No.1)
Feb 21 - 22
Nationwide Box Office

This Week/Last Week/Title/Distributor/Week#

1 NEW CHANGELING Toho Towa 1
2 2 20th Century Boys -Chapter 2- (JPN.) Toho 4
3 1 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON WB 3
4 NEW SEVEN POUNDS SPE 1
5 4 MAMMA MIA! Toho Towa 4
6 3 The Shonen Merikensack - Brass Knuckle Kids (JPN.) Toei 2
7 5 Penguins In The Sky - Asahiyama Zoo (JPN.) Kadokawa 5
8 14 Departures (JPN.) Shochiku 24
9 6 QUANTUM OF SOLACE SPE 5
10 7 Pandemic (JPN.) Toho 6



Nice to see Departures appear in the Top 10 again after 24 weeks, must have something to do with interest in being nominated for Best Foriegn Film and the Oscars being this past weekend, and it actually won Best Foreign Film too.
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 21-22 (Departures back in Top 10)
Crazy close finish for the Top 3 films. And great increase for The Departures, this week/weekend will be interesting to see how it does coming off it's Best Foeign Picture win.

Two-day weekend February 21-22, 2009

Rank/Film/Origin/Distributor/Week 2-day gross¥/2-day gross$/Screens/Screen avg $/2-day change/Total gross $ to 22 Feb 2009


1(-) Changeling (US) UPI NEW Y178,776,308 -- $1,881,856 301 6,252 - 2,434,212
2(1) The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (US) Warner Bros 3 Y178,433,794 -- $1,878,250 407 4,615 -36 15,827,923
3(2) Twentieth Century Boys 2 (Jap) Toho 4 Y174,386,572 -- $1,835,648 374 4,908 -30 24,274,199
4(-) Seven Pounds (US) Sony Pictures Releasing International NEW Y162,849,231 -- $1,714,202 326 5,258 - 1,719,615
5(3) Brass Knuckle Kids (Jap) Toei 2 Y125,858,956 -- Y1,324,831 280 4,732 -37 5,312,500
6(4) Mamma Mia! The Movie (US, UK) Towa 4 Y125,544,443 -- $1,321,520 340 3,887 -29 20,171,850
7(5) Penguins In The Sky - Asahiyama Zoo (Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu) (Jap) Kadokawa 3 Y71,314,855 -- $750,683 252 2,979 -24 6,007,766
8(-) Departures (Okuribito) (Jap) Shochiku Co 24 Y56,167,290 -- $591,235 182 3,249 - 35,391,508
9(6) Quantum Of Solace (US, UK) Sony Pictures Releasing International 5 Y47,150,007 -- $496,316 336 1,477 -42 19,003,580
10(7) Pandemic (Kansen Rettô) (Jap) Toho 6 4Y2,718,618 -- $449,670 324 1,388 -47 18,506,809
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (2009) Feb 7-8
20th Century Boys Chapter 1's Performance:

Week 1: 2 (-) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 1 5,783,151 310 18,655 5,783,151
Week 2: 1 (2) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 2 4,060,361 310 13,097 -30 14,515,955
Week 3: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 3 3,283,706 310 10,593 -20 20,907,844
Week 4: 3 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 4 2,166,862 310 6,990 -33 26,337,790
Week 5: 5 (3) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 5 1,420,782 310 4,583 -34 30,389,538
Week 6: 7 (5) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 6 881,472 298 2,958 -40 33,468,681
Week 7: 7 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 7 725,688 300 2,419 -20 35,562,726
Week 8: 10 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 8 353,969 300 $1,180 -49 36,642,872
Went on to gross $43.7M.


20th Century Boys Chapter 2's Performance:

Week 1: 1 (-) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 1 6,943,576 374 18,566 - 6,943,576
Week 2: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 2 3,793,611 374 10,143 -44 14,599,052
Week 3: 2 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 3 2,707,552 374 7,239 -29 21,277,691
Week 4: 3 (2) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 4 1,835,648 374 4,908 -30 24,274,199



Chapter 2 is starting to fall back a little bit now, though it's 4th weekend drop was slightly better than Chapter 1's.
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 21-22 (Departures back in Top 10)
Feb 28-March 1

1 8 Okuribito (Departures) Shochiku $3,583,099 +470.7% 189 +7 $18,958 $42,997,788 25 Japan
2 1 Changeling Toho-Towa $1,892,425 -5.3% 301 - $6,287 $7,251,238 2 USA
3 3 20-seiki shônen: Dai 2 shô - Saigo no kibô Toho $1,737,488 -10.9% 374 - $4,646 $28,825,366 5 Japan
4 2 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button WB $1,736,431 -13.0% 352 -55 $4,933 $20,918,297 4 USA
5 N Australia Fox $1,542,441 - 369 - $4,180 $1,542,441 1 Australia, USA
6 4 Seven Pounds Sony $1,284,085 -29.5% 326 - $3,939 $5,141,527 2 USA
7 6 Mamma Mia! Toho-Towa $1,186,169 -15.5% 340 - $3,489 $24,603,320 5 Germany, UK, USA
8 5 Shonen merikensakku Toei $1,131,463 -19.6% 280 - $4,041 $8,183,600 3 Japan
9 7 Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu Herald $666,438 -16.4% 251 -1 $2,655 $7,921,018 4 Japan
10 11 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Disney $373,320 -18.1% 196 - $1,905 $4,969,956 4 USA



25 Weeks later and a Best Foriegn Picture Oscar, The Departures is No.1 with a massive 470% increase and it just added 7 screens. 50M+ is happening easily now.
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 28-Mar 1 (Departures No.1)
20th Century Boys Chapter 1's Performance:

Week 1: 2 (-) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 1 5,783,151 310 18,655 5,783,151
Week 2: 1 (2) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 2 4,060,361 310 13,097 -30 14,515,955
Week 3: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 3 3,283,706 310 10,593 -20 20,907,844
Week 4: 3 (1) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 4 2,166,862 310 6,990 -33 26,337,790
Week 5: 5 (3) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 5 1,420,782 310 4,583 -34 30,389,538
Week 6: 7 (5) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 6 881,472 298 2,958 -40 33,468,681
Week 7: 7 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 7 725,688 300 2,419 -20 35,562,726
Week 8: 10 (7) Twentieth Century Boys Toho 8 353,969 300 $1,180 -49 36,642,872
Went on to gross $43.7M.


20th Century Boys Chapter 2's Performance:

Week 1: 1 (-) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 1 6,943,576 374 18,566 - 6,943,576
Week 2: 1 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 2 3,793,611 374 10,143 -44 14,599,052
Week 3: 2 (1) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 3 2,707,552 374 7,239 -29 21,277,691
Week 4: 3 (2) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 4 1,835,648 374 4,908 -30 24,274,199
Week 5: 3 (3) Twentieth Century Boys 2 Toho 5 1,737,488 374 4,646 - 28,825,366


Much better Week 5 hold for Chapter 2 and closes the gap just a bit by doing so.
Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 28-Mar 1 (Departures No.1)
Am I just imagining this or are Hollywood films slowly recovering in Japan from their recent slum? I mean Benjamin Button could be heading to $30+ million now...
Author:  the ultimate biu [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 28-Mar 1 (Departures No.1)
So how is Dragonball looking for next weekend??
Author:  neo_wolf [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 28-Mar 1 (Departures No.1)
Lol, Street fighter only did 175k.
Author:  Corpse [ Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 28-Mar 1 (Departures No.1)
the ultimate biu wrote:
So how is Dragonball looking for next weekend??


Not sure, but it's been getting a good amount of buzz as expected.
Author:  Corpse [ Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) Feb 28-Mar 1 (Departures No.1)
Mar 7-8, 2009

1 N Yattâman Nikkatsu $4,626,729 - 312 - $14,829 $4,631,173 1 Unknown
2 N Eiga doraemon: Shin. Nobita no uchû kaitakushi Toho $3,766,592 - 364 - $10,348 $3,770,210 1 Unknown
3 1 Okuribito (Departures) Shochiku $2,433,652 -32.1% 196 +7 $12,417 $47,583,239 26 Japan
4 N Jeneraru rûju no gaisen (The Triumphant Return of General Rouge) Toho $1,496,036 - 301 - $4,970 $1,497,473 1 Unknown
5 N Chô Gekijôban Keroro Gunso 4: Gekishin! DRAGON WARRIORS De arimasu! (Sergeant Keroro: The Super Movie 4 - Gekishin Dragon Warriors) Herald $992,159 - 168 - $5,906 $993,112 1 Unknown
6 2 Changeling Toho-Towa $883,714 -53.3% 301 - $2,936 $9,293,430 3 USA
7 4 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button WB $793,701 -54.3% 327 -25 $2,427 $21,325,419 5 USA
8 3 20-seiki shônen: Dai 2 shô - Saigo no kibô Toho $721,531 -58.5% 311 -63 $2,320 $30,052,788 6 Japan
9 5 Australia Fox $676,928 -56.1% 354 -15 $1,912 $3,487,529 2 Australia, USA
10 7 Mamma Mia! Toho-Towa $543,063 -54.2% 334 -6 $1,626 $25,585,029 6 Germany, UK, USA


Nice for Yattaman, I have to admit it looks really neat.
Ouchy for all the holdovers with so much new competition now.
Author:  Corpse [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Dragonball is opening this weekend. Expectations seem to be pretty high, so should be interesting and it's the most obvious key market for it's success.

It did cost 100M+ afterall.
Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Corpse wrote:
Dragonball is opening this weekend. Expectations seem to be pretty high, so should be interesting and it's the most obvious key market for it's success.

It did cost 100M+ afterall.


Really? It looks like a $30 million production.
Author:  Corpse [ Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Indeed. No idea how the budget reached that level. The visuals look "okay", but just very average. And Sheron from the short footage doesn't look much better than the dragons in Dragon Wars which cost under 50M.
Author:  the ultimate biu [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
$3M OW for Dragonball
Author:  MARVEL_ROCKS [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
^ LOL that is terrible.

They spent bulk of their money marketing in Japan yet the opening is so weak. Should have done 6+ million but 3 million is laughable.

On top of that WOM is poisonous so it is going to drop hard in all these markets. Last weeks Yatterman opened with 4.6+ million LOL

I am loving how this is bombing in Asia. I heard opening in taiwan, singapore, malaysia, south korea were poor too.

In China it cracked 3+ million which is good but still it has bombed pretty much in asia.
Author:  Corpse [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Yatterman was expected to do well too though. It was seen as one of the strongest spring releases, so the solid opening for it is expected.


But 3M is indeed poor. No way does it come close to it's budget WW. Huge loss for Fox.
Author:  Keyser Söze [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Does DBZ have any potential in europe. Fox may not even release it in certain territories if it has such low potential. I think it will not even crack 100M WW.
Author:  Corpse [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Japan was always going to be it's biggest market I'm sure, unless it somehow caught on somewhere else. But the americanization of Dragonball probably caused some backlash too.

And it didn't help many fans had no interest since it didnt even look like Dragonball at all.
Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
In Germany, Dragonball is well-liked by many. However, even the fans that saw the trailer think it looks like utter bullshit.
Author:  Jonathan [ Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Japan Box Office (09) March 7-8
Wow, what's with Changeling? Is Angie a big draw in Japan?
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