Usual Locations (~70% of Market) - Weekend Admissions

Biggest Openers Since 2015:

Saturday Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
983,582/1,278,438 (76.9% capacity), [267/6,080] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
452,803/1,077,542 (42.0% capacity), [267/3,777] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
416,776/1,080,891 (38.6% capacity), [268/3,872] - Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Dec., 2021)
348,024/605,267 (57.4% capacity), [239/1,676] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
345,143/655,976 (52.6% capacity), [249/1,832] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
332,987/725,315 (45.9% capacity), [258/2,202] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
330,349/701,865 (47.1% capacity), [247/2,864] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
330,262/1,121,775 (29.4% capacity), [255/4,793] - Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Apr., 2021)
317,709/530,456 (59.9% capacity), [231/1,727] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
293,246/714,702 (41.0% capacity), [236/2,789] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
289,656/530,905 (54.5% capacity), [230/1,502] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
286,726/658,842 (43.5% capacity), [231/2,256] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
283,482/670,255 (42.3% capacity), [254/2,527] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
279,289/719,848 (38.8% capacity), [261/2,370] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
274,872/775,754 (35.4% capacity), [262/2,657] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
274,621/729,821 (37.6% capacity), [267/2,669] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
271,313/719,670 (37.7% capacity), [261/2,374] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
266,911/816,498 (32.7% capacity), [251/3,196] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
262,671/667,610 (39.3% capacity), [245/2,327] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
258,108/705,935 (36.6% capacity), [257/3,194] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
248,613/533,783 (46.6% capacity), [258/2,293] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
241,332/608,132 (39.7% capacity), [250/1,979] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
227,704/679,600 (33.5% capacity), [273/3,061] - Spider-Man: No Way Home (Jan., 2022)
227,517/473,967 (48.0% capacity), [221/1,582] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
217,221/919,956 (23.6% capacity), [258/3,250] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
213,125/644,497 (30.1% capacity), [272/2,832] - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Apr., 2022)
209,804/462,825 (45.3% capacity), [229/1,366] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
205,137/648,401 (31.6% capacity), [259/2,096] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)
202,075/451,836 (44.7% capacity), [218/1,257] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
196,491/520,369 (37.8% capacity), [237/1,744] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
193,053/648,160 (29.8% capacity), [252/2,037] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
191,730/585,196 (32.8% capacity), [254/1,787] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
187,901/485,825 (38.7% capacity), [235/1,574] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
174,835/517,134 (33.8% capacity), [260/1,835] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
174,797/501,322 (34.8% capacity), [240/1,487] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)
166,650/766,440 (21.7% capacity), [241/2,556] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
165,385/471,596 (35.1% capacity), [262/2,020] - The Lion King (Aug., 2019)
157,910/547,894 (28.8% capacity), [252/1,655] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
157,739/484,007 (32.6% capacity), [247/1,422] - Masquerade Hotel (Jan., 2019)
151,875/419,163 (36.2% capacity), [251/1,655] - Avengers: Infinity War (Apr., 2018)
139,061/668,663 (20.8% capacity), [236/2,346] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
136,031/515,406 (26.4% capacity), [233/1,460] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
136,021/413,696 (32.9% capacity), [259/1,802] - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (July, 2019)

Sunday Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
983,247/1,270,221 (77.4% capacity), [267/6,010] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
433,284/1,000,982 (43.3% capacity), [267/3,611] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
422,119/710,943 (59.4% capacity), [263/2,516] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
415,451/710,757 (58.5% capacity), [258/2,166] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
357,985/643,941 (55.6% capacity), [249/1,793] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
339,580/1,052,128 (32.3% capacity), [268/3,752] - Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Dec., 2021)
328,862/595,145 (55.3% capacity), [240/1,648] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
318,573/1,100,836 (28.9% capacity), [259/4,716] - Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Apr., 2021)
316,396/810,365 (39.0% capacity), [251/3,159] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
303,414/524,359 (57.9% capacity), [231/1,688] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
288,800/558,006 (51.7% capacity), [250/1,859] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
287,736/686,927 (41.9% capacity), [261/2,298] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
285,092/696,581 (40.9% capacity), [261/2,302] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
282,386/512,761 (55.1% capacity), [230/1,434] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
275,491/670,208 (41.1% capacity), [236/2,636] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
264,078/659,166 (40.1% capacity), [254/2,486] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
263,634/633,723 (41.6% capacity), [245/2,241] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
247,101/696,438 (35.5% capacity), [267/2,581] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
240,717/553,701 (43.5% capacity), [257/1,672] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
237,416/703,893 (33.8% capacity), [260/3,197] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
234,075/456,584 (51.2% capacity), [218/1,263] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
229,553/688,690 (33.3% capacity), [273/3,073] - Spider-Man: No Way Home (Jan., 2022)
228,840/514,921 (44.4% capacity), [258/2,258] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
220,152/483,455 (45.5% capacity), [235/1,567] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
219,122/687,402 (31.9% capacity), [247/2,805] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
217,273/450,421 (48.2% capacity), [229/1,277] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
214,354/623,299 (34.4% capacity), [252/1,972] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
210,322/497,446 (42.2% capacity), [240/1,479] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)
207,464/639,737 (32.4% capacity), [231/2,205] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
205,221/685,215 (29.9% capacity), [236/2,336] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
203,669/748,846 (27.2% capacity), [243/2,554] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
203,404/565,007 (36.0% capacity), [253/1,771] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
201,580/429,746 (46.9% capacity), [221/1,467] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
198,490/475,197 (41.8% capacity), [261/2,000] - The Lion King (Aug., 2019)
196,225/903,942 (21.7% capacity), [258/3,189] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
191,678/510,040 (37.6% capacity), [233/1,443] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
184,038/642,257 (28.7% capacity), [271/2,794] - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Apr., 2022)
179,254/485,593 (36.9% capacity), [247/1,414] - Masquerade Hotel (Jan., 2019)
177,571/377,061 (47.1% capacity), [259/1,757] - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (July, 2019)
175,504/501,557 (35.0% capacity), [237/1,587] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
163,731/511,689 (32.6% capacity), [260/1,810] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
159,662/421,852 (37.8% capacity), [252/1,652] - Avengers: Infinity War (Apr., 2018)
136,457/548,056 (24.9% capacity), [259/2,017] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)

Weekend Results (~70% of Market):
Tickets Sold/Available Tickets (% Capacity), [Theaters/Showings], Film Title
1,967,023/2,548,968 (77.2% capacity), [267/12,091] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
886,099/2,078,835 (42.6% capacity), [267/7,389] - Frozen II (Nov., 2019)
756,383/2,133,139 (35.5% capacity), [268/7,625] - Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Dec., 2021)
748,438/1,436,072 (52.1% capacity), [258/4,368] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
703,128/1,299,917 (54.1% capacity), [249/3,625] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
697,121/1,487,446 (46.9% capacity), [263/5,175] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
676,886/1,200,412 (56.4% capacity), [240/3,324] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
648,835/2,222,611 (29.2% capacity), [260/9,509] - Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Apr., 2021)
621,123/1,051,181 (59.1% capacity), [231/3,415] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
583,307/1,626,823 (35.9% capacity), [251/6,355] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
572,042/1,043,666 (54.8% capacity), [230/2,936] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
569,497/1,392,147 (40.9% capacity), [236/5,431] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
564,449/1,416,549 (39.8% capacity), [261/4,673] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
559,049/1,406,597 (39.7% capacity), [261/4,672] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
549,579/1,389,766 (39.6% capacity), [247/5,670] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
547,821/1,330,179 (41.2% capacity), [254/5,015] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
530,132/1,116,138 (47.5% capacity), [250/3,838] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
526,470/1,302,175 (40.4% capacity), [245/4,570] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
521,805/1,426,417 (36.6% capacity), [267/5,521] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
495,524/1,409,828 (35.1% capacity), [260/6,391] - Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (Mar., 2021)
494,190/1,298,579 (38.1% capacity), [231/4,461] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
477,529/1,048,231 (45.6% capacity), [261/4,552] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
457,257/1,368,290 (33.4% capacity), [273/6,134] - Spider-Man: No Way Home (Jan., 2022)
436,267/x,908,420 (48.0% capacity), [218/2,520] - Your Name. (Aug., 2016)
429,097/x,903,746 (47.5% capacity), [221/3,049] - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apr., 2015)
427,077/x,913,713 (46.8% capacity), [229/2,643] - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Apr., 2015)
413,446/1,823,898 (22.7% capacity), [258/6,439] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
408,053/x,969,280 (42.1% capacity), [235/3,141] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Mar., 2018)
407,419/1,271,559 (32.0% capacity), [252/4,010] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
398,627/1,101,595 (36.2% capacity), [257/3,337] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
397,191/1,287,063 (31.1% capacity), [272/5,627] - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (Apr., 2022)
395,204/1,150,630 (34.3% capacity), [254/3,559] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
385,119/x,998,768 (38.6% capacity), [240/2,966] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)
371,995/1,021,926 (36.4% capacity), [237/3,331] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
370,390/1,515,394 (24.4% capacity), [243/5,111] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
364,228/x,947,797 (38.4% capacity), [262/4,025] - The Lion King (Aug., 2019)
344,292/1,394,229 (24.7% capacity), [236/4,683] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
342,594/1,196,457 (28.6% capacity), [259/4,113] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)
338,566/1,028,823 (32.9% capacity), [260/3,645] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
336,993/x,969,600 (34.8% capacity), [247/2,836] - Masquerade Hotel (Jan., 2019)
327,709/1,025,446 (31.9% capacity), [233/2,903] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
313,592/x,790,757 (39.7% capacity), [259/3,559] - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (July, 2019)
311,497/x,841,015 (37.0% capacity), [252/3,307] - Avengers: Infinity War (Apr., 2018)

Looks like this is the only market where it's not gonna decline considerably from Crimes of Grindelwald. Maybe there's actually more Mads Mikkelsen stans in Japan then Depp stans now?

Warner Bros : $8.6M /¥1070M

USD looks so terrible that I want to punch the walls of house whole day

Yeah, USD totals are going to suck for most of the year due to how unfavorable the exchange rate has become since early March, I expect. ¥10 billion is barely $80 million...

It's the most unfavorable it's been since 2015, but could go back much, much further.

Corpse, we need to get back $1=¥75.72 of October 2011. We need to do something (╥﹏╥)

Link : https://www.macrotrends.net/2550/dollar ... ical-chart

If only 2011 or 2012 actually had some huge films! No films earned over ¥10 billion in those years to take advantage of the crazy favorable exchange rates back then.

It is nice to know that Depp's absence seems to have had little/no impact. And Mikkelsen's presence here will help his profile grow in the market, too.

The Harry Potter / Wizarding World brand is perhaps "too big to fail" outright in Japan. At its peak in the early 2000s, it was gigantic (and again in 2007 when the book series concluded). It's far and away the biggest film franchise (revenue) in the market. And while the series gradually lost its audience over time, it stabilized right before HP ended which has carried over well into Fantastic Beasts with minor losses.

And I don't think it's a market where many care much about JKR's comments and such to the point of abandoning the series. At least, I don't get that impression. I only saw a handful out of thousands of posts about her on Japanese boards over the weekend. Many probably don't even pay much attention to this type of news outside Japan, either. And, personally, I think there's room to still enjoy the works of problematic people and separate the two.

Wizarding World Box-Office History (2001-):

Opening Weekends:
¥2.068 billion ($16.9 million) / 1,467,945 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
¥2.050 billion ($16.7 million) / 1,390,446 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
¥1.871 billion ($17.1 million) / 1,469,755 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
¥1.550 billion ($12.4 million) / 1,279,120 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
¥1.327 billion ($11.3 million) / 1,065,264 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
¥1.301 billion ($16.4 million) / 880,697 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
¥988.1 million ($10.4 million) / 805,297 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
¥937.4 million ($11.2 million) / 766,633 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
¥854.0 million ($7.5 million) / 579,334 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
¥822.8 million ($7.5 million) / 546,138 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
¥785.6 million ($6.3 million) / 503,955 - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

Totals:
¥20.30 billion ($163.7 million) / 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
¥17.30 billion ($147.8 million) / 14.20 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
¥13.50 billion ($125.1 million) / 11.00 million - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
¥11.00 billion ($90.5 million) / 9.00 million - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
¥9.67 billion ($125.3 million) / 6.90 million - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
¥9.40 billion ($80.6 million) / 7.80 million - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
¥8.00 billion ($84.3 million) / 6.50 million - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
¥7.34 billion ($64.8 million) / 5.24 million - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
¥6.86 billion ($88.9 million) / 5.58 million - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
¥6.57 billion ($58.7 million) / 4.92 million - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

This is the second biggest OW for a Hollywood film since 2019, behind No Way Home (by about 10-15%). And it's also the biggest OW for Warner Bros. since, fittingly, The Crimes of Gindelwald in 2018.

Official Numbers:
OD : ¥x270,156,930 /181,242 admits
OP : ¥x785,576,530 /503,955 admits
OW: ¥1,055,733,460 /685,197 admits

Actual came lower than Warner Bros Report $8.6M /¥1070M. Screen Counts was 895, running on 365 locations.

Pretty close and still very good. The Wizarding World BO History and April Opening Weekend charts have been updated above.

-Second Biggest OW for a Hollywood film since 2019 (after No Way Home).
-Biggest OW for Warner Bros. since 2018 (since The Crimes of Grindelwald).

What's not good? That exchange rate! Just hit the most unfavorable level since June 2015, and isn't going to take much to reach 2002(!) levels now. So while JPY / Admissions are perfectly fine, don't expect USD totals to be good this year and potentially the worst they've been in over 20 years (it's much harder to get an unfavorable exchange rate back to more neutral levels, at least in a stagnant market like Japan with little/no inflation--can take many months or well over a year).

Corpse can Conan 2022 open bigger than Conan 2021. I am a bit of confusion because they have reduced shows to 31 times vs 43 times (last year), how likely are the percentage improvement are you expecting or decrease likewise. Can we expect the biggest Non-Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen OD/OP/OW? I am very much curious because I want Conan to exceed ¥10B.

Again, on the side-note, some analysts are speaking of Howl's Moving Castle Legs for Shinkai "Suzume's Locking-Up". How are you expecting from this film based on yesterday teaser look? Can we expect it to exceed ¥10B, or vice versa....

Its going to have less showings than the last year conan movie! That's surprising. Maybe they want to save for FB3?

by the way heres the trailer for Suzume's Locking-Up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4GAIig9gY

I agree with Corpse about its date. Maybe its a unique date for the movie? Toho having bigger plans somewhere or trying to do something?

This way we cannot (?) break last year record ¥1.609B /¥2.218B (2-Days/3-days) Opening. It's opening on 500 theatres this time, but why reduce shows to save FB3 (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ)

Regarding Suzume's Locking-Up, I heard that it's expected to pull Howl's Moving Castle Legs, Though, I myself do not know much about it. I honestly like the trailer but the drop from Your Name - Weathering With You is so big that I can even think above ¥10B (very honest), but yet if it pulls Howl's Moving Castle Legs then ¥20B looks possible.

Howl's Moving Castle Trends (All Total Ending on __)
W00 : ¥1.48B
W01 : ¥4.75B
W02 : ¥6.79B
W03 : ¥8.45B
W04 : N/A
W05 : N/A
W06 : ¥12.88B
W07 : ¥15.24B
W08 : ¥15.76B
W09 : ¥16.42B
W10 : ¥16.85B
W11 : ¥17.23B
W12 : ¥17.70B
W13 : ¥17.89B
W14 : ¥18.11B
W15 : ¥18.28B
W16 : ¥18.52B
W17 : ¥18.65B

Finals : ¥19.60B

This year's Conan can't match last year's film's seating/showings because the market was pretty dead when it opened AND it became the first film in history to open on every single premium format screen and broke the theater count record.

However, all those seats aren't always necessarily. It "only" sold 29.2% of its available tickets because it was given such a crazy wide release. Last year's film set a franchise OW record (revenue), but sold 12,000 less tickets than the 2019 film.

This year's film will probably get a little more than the 2019 film in terms of seating/showings, which will be plenty. I don't know if it will break the franchise OW record, but it'll probably more or less match the most recent films. And with DBS being delayed, it has a very open Golden Week period. And Dr. Strange isn't opening until May 4th (the day before the holiday period ends), so any impact it'll have on seating/screens will be minimal.

So long as COVID doesn't cause more restrictions/SOEs (cases are slowly creeping up again, unfortunately), this year's film is in an excellent position to go for that ¥10 billion milestone.

With Conan basically monopolising golden week 10 billion feels more likely than ever unless the movie is very poorly received or something. Seems like a relatively safe bet for it to make it this time around.

Conan shows are heavily reduced in some sites. Aeon Cinema Kohoku is now scheduling to screen only 22 times. Last year, it was screened for 65 times, so we have lost 43 shows <(￣︶￣)>

Many of last year's showings were rather empty last year due to the near record release they gave it.

The new film can safety go back to 2018/2019 levels and still put up the same sort of opening weekend. The last three films sold between 1.012-1.144 million admissions over the weekend. Adding many more showings didn't result in last year's film going above this.

And yes, JustLurking. If any Detective Conan film is going to reach uber-blockbuster status (¥10 billion), it'll be this one since conditions are extraordinarily favorable. Fantastic Beasts 3 will be the only holdover that's making significant money. And Golden Week is abnormally light on releases this year since Toei had to delay DBS, and Hollywood isn't releasing a thing over the holiday period. Disney missed a big opportunity with Dr. Strange 2 by releasing it at the very end of Golden Week (it only gets 2 days...) rather than before or during it.

Yup! I can see people calling last year release as "Overkill", TOHO Umeda has 21 shows (9680 seats) vs 29 shows (11,700 seats). Let's see how people favours this time ( ◜‿◝ )♡

This will almost certainly be the biggest opening of all 2022 (and likely top 3 yearly contender), so hope everyone's excited.

EngSub trailer for anyone interested:

Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween, the 25th entry in the Detective Conan franchise, opens this Friday.

Detective Conan Box-Office History (1997-):

OPENINGS:
¥1.609 billion ($14.8 million) / 1,122,000 - Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
¥1.464 billion ($13.1 million) / 1,144,539 - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
¥1.296 billion ($12.1 million) / 1,012,000 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
¥1.287 billion ($11.9 million) / 987,568 - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
¥1.209 billion ($11.1 million) / 933,781 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
¥874.8 million ($7.4 million) / 688,623 - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
¥789.3 million ($7.8 million) / 649,865 - Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
¥671.5 million ($6.9 million) / 565,914 - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
¥649.8 million ($6.4 million) / 539,132 - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2013)
¥629.7 million ($7.7 million) / 540,975 - Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
¥593.2 million ($6.0 million) / 501,700 - Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
¥561.9 million ($6.0 million) / 431,527 - Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
¥550.1 million ($6.5 million) / 453,619 - Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
¥543.5 million ($4.7 million) / 449,917 - Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
¥468.0 million ($3.9 million) / 400,000 - Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Capitol City (2003)
¥452.4 million ($3.9 million) / 385,000 - Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
¥420.0 million ($4.1 million) / 358,754 - Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (2008)
¥418.6 million ($3.2 million) / 354,000 - Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
¥400.0 million ($3.7 million) / 330,300 - Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
¥288.0 million ($2.6 million) / 238,000 - Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
¥219.0 million ($1.8 million) / 186,000 - Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001)
¥208.0 million ($1.9 million) / 178,000 - Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)

Note: No Opening Weekend data available for the 1997, 1998, and 1999 releases.

TOTALS:
¥9.37 billion ($85.5 million) / 7.26 million - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
¥9.18 billion ($83.6 million) / 6.88 million - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
¥7.65 billion ($70.5 million) / 5.48 million - Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)*
¥6.89 billion ($61.6 million) / 5.35 million - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
¥6.33 billion ($58.1 million) / 4.94 million - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
¥4.48 billion ($37.1 million) / 3.58 million - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
¥4.26 billion ($41.1 million) / 3.55 million - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2013)
¥4.11 billion ($40.3 million) / 3.30 million - Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
¥3.63 billion ($37.1 million) / 3.02 million - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
¥3.50 billion ($35.6 million) / 3.00 million - Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
¥3.40 billion ($30.3 million) / 2.89 million - Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
¥3.28 billion ($42.3 million) / 2.75 million - Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
¥3.20 billion ($35.2 million) / 2.71 million - Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
¥3.20 billion ($28.6 million) / 2.70 million - Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Capitol City (2003)
¥3.13 billion ($39.8 million) / 2.65 million - Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
¥3.03 billion ($26.8 million) / 2.58 million - Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
¥2.90 billion ($23.7 million) / 2.50 million - Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001)
¥2.80 billion ($25.6 million) / 2.35 million - Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)
¥2.53 billion ($21.1 million) / 2.15 million - Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)
¥2.50 billion ($23.5 million) / 2.15 million - Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)
¥2.42 billion ($23.1 million) / 2.06 million - Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear (2008)
¥2.32 billion ($19.2 million) / 2.00 million - Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)
¥2.15 billion ($20.0 million) / 1.82 million - Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005)
¥1.65 billion ($12.1 million) / 1.40 million - Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (1998)
¥0.18 million ($1.4 million) / NA - Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (1997)

*Run impacted by 6-week theater closures in Tokyo, Osaka, and 6 other prefectures.

A couple things:

If it opens above ¥1 billion, Detective Conan will enter the first place tie with Harry Potter and Star Wars as the only film franchises with six films to open above the milestone.

If it opens above 1 million admissions, Detective Conan will rise to second place (ahead of Star Wars) as the film franchise with the most films to open above the milestone (Harry Potter is first with five films).

I imagine it'll be the sole first place holder for both achievements in a couple years.