I dont think he is coming back :-(

Anyway IO2 is opening with previews on 7/31 and Obon is around the corner as well. Let us see how the reception is. Pixar has all but disappeared from the market and so expectations are low.

Obon is in the corner now. I hope Corpse is doing well

It's nice when a user stops posting or reduces posting. It means their life is doing well.

I wonder if Corpse would consider doing updates for the upcoming Demon Slayer trilogies!

I'm sure everyone here that was there at the time would agree that the days leading up to the opening and the month or so after was one of the most exciting box office runs to follow ever!

Last weekend Conan passed Suzume, hopefully it can make a run at Ponyo

So the 27th DETECTIVE CONAN movie has crossed the 10m admissions mark... (10,064,149 admissions and 14,408,089,360 Yen)

HAIKYU!! is at 7,626,327 admissions (10,914,148,720 Yen)

Friday - ¥962,785,780 / 638,119 admissions
Saturday - ¥1,239,818,980 / 839,126 admissions
Sunday - ¥1,149,889,740 / 797,088 admissions

OW - ¥3,352,494,500 / 2,274,333 admissions.

Second biggest OW of all time behind Demon Slayer's.

Seems like 3.4B-3.5B Debut

OD was reportedly 960M / 630K admits

I wonder how would GW be like? I wish Corpse could return..

Oppenheimer

¥379M / 231K admits — 3-Days Debut

Need Good Exchange rate too

Hopefully it has the legs that carry it to a billion $.

¥420-¥430M Debut I guess.

Oppenheimer opened in Japan. Initial reactions shared on DHD article below.

$800k FRI Opening Day. So $1B is out but will be an interesting run there. 4.0 stars from audiences.

DHD https://deadline.com/2024/03/oppenheime ... 235871494/

ok. That is unfortunate as this thread is about his updates.

He has left and come back a few times in the last half year

Is Corpse no longer active at KJ?

Some interesting progresses from the latest weekend report
Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle (currently no.3) surpasses 7 billion yen.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM (currently no.9) surpasses 4 billion yen.
Godzilla Minus One re-enters the chart at no.4 in its 20th weekend and reaches 6.4 billion yen
The Boy and the Heron re-enters the chart at no.8 in its 36th weekend, surpasses 9 billion yen, and now ranked at 64th in the highest grossing film in Japanese cinema.

Thanks, appreciate those insights!

Pre-sales for Nationwide start 48 hours before opening. Oppenheimer will have 3 Premiere Shows in Tokyo on March 25 (whose pre-sale will start from March 19 (00:00 JST). In addition, the film had preview screening on back 2-3 days ago at Hiroshima &Nagasaki where in addition to the notable personals like Takashi Hiraoka, Tatsuya Mori, Arthur Binard, the film was presented to 110 Students from High School &University at Hatchoza, Naka Ward, Hiroshima. Some inner critics circle have watched the film in Early March

As for the premieres, the film will open on

Toho Cinema Shinjuku (IMAX)
109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku (35 mm)
Shinjuku Wald 9 (Dolby Cinema)

March 25 (Monday) - 19:00 JST Show for all 3 [Presales will start from March 19 (00:00 JST)]

You can read comments on Oppenheimer here - https://eiga.com/news/20240315/19/

Any initial presales data on Oppenheimer prior to it's end of March release?

Chiming in to say that I'm really digging the Shogun TV series on FX and wouldn't mind seeing it air on the big screen (perhaps across 4-5 parts) for a limited time.

Is this the first time ever for Japan's cinema to show English dub (with Japanese sub) despite the film's original language is Japanese?

Also

On the brighter side, here's the result of Japan Academy Film Prize
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_Japa ... Film_Prize
Some interesting things I notice
-Godzilla -1 sweeps as expected
-Is this the first time foreigner win best director?
-Happiest person would be Sakura Ando, who win both lead actress and support actress in the same event, she already won both categories before. Japanese voters don't seem to care about 'spread the wealth' concept.
-The battle between Heron and Blue Giant end in a happy ending situation where Heron take best animation while Blue Giant take best music.