Usual Locations - Weekend Admissions (43% of Market)

268,855 - Jurassic World (NEW)
205,982 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (NEW)
139,711 - Boruto: Naruto the Movie (NEW)
115,489 - Minions (Week 2)
79,421 - Attack on Titan - Part 1 (Week 2)
70,484 - Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Drive (NEW)
63,942 - The Boy and the Beast (Week 5)
59,252 - Hero 2 (Week 4)
52,939 - Inside Out (Week 4)
43,335 - Japan's Longest Day (NEW)

Big, big weekend. Should definitely be in the Top 10, if not Top 5 of all-time (hoping for the second biggest).

Weekend Estimates will be posted shortly.

It's also worth mentioning that the Top 10 you see above will be the same films you see for nearly the entire month.

There aren't any wide openers until August 28th this year. All the studios released their tentpoles in July or early August this year to take advantage of Summer Vacation, but more importantly, of Obon Festival this upcoming week.

Corpse, what kind of total do you think is likely for Jurassic World?

Should be aiming for ¥7 billion ($55-60 million), but it could inch closer to ¥8 billion ($65 million), I believe.

That would have gotten it near $100 million just a couple years ago, but the exchange rate is incredibly unfavorable this year (almost hit a 17-year low last week).

Dang, that exchange rate sounds pretty rough. Thanks for the insight. Much appreciated.

Yeah, USD totals this year aren't very good as a result and don't represent how well the 2015 box office is actually doing.

There have been many records broken in local currency and admissions over the past 9 months, including the August weekend record this week. And as long as the Fall box office season is strong, 2015 can beat 2014 (despite Frozen) and achieve the third biggest box office year ever (local currency).

Sounds like a bad time for Japanese people to vacation to the USA.

Why could LoveLive get over ¥2.2 billion with only 121 screens?How high is its attendance rate?

Thanks for the update Corpse, got any updates or projections for Pokemon?

Ouch! Attack on Titan -62%

It has sold 1,556,176 tickets as of the 8th weekend. The thing with LL compared to say something like Idolmaster, is how wide its fanbase is. I'm sure you know that the LL mobile rhythm game has over 11 million players in Japan (16 million players worldwide), and has a male to female player ratio of 49.9:50.1.

Just the virtue of advertising the movie by changing the title screen, and featuring the PVs in news posts in game, gave it an insane amount of advertisement. Even if just 1 million of those players ended up watching the movie at least once, that is a big victory for the franchise.

Take a look at the Best Live collection album sales, which was released on January 9th, 2013 (a few days after the 1st season ep1 aired). Sure the 2 anime seasons provided it some boosts, but it would've never charted for 134 (this is not a typo) consecutive weeks and still counting on the Oricon album chart without the mobile game giving it continuous advertisement.

*9,090　130,179　134　μ's Best Album Best Live! collection　13/01/09　[Gold disc certification from the RIAJ in Jun 2014]

I know the LL movie has any many visitor benefits, but it is not like the Madoka, K-ON and Idolmaster did not have many as well. Look at how low Idolmaster did with even more visitor benefits than LL. Visitor benefits is not the only thing that spells success, as advertisement and word of mouth can make such a huge difference in terms of success.

Also today, the RIAJ has gold certified another 3 LL CDs for the month of July, to join the other 5 already gold certified. I know K-ON! also has had at least 8 gold disc certifications from the RIAJ, so it is not by luck that LL did so well at the box office.

僕たちはひとつの光／Future style by μ's／1年生: http://riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201507.html
SUNNY DAY SONG／?←HEARTBEAT by μ's／3年生: http://riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201507.html
Angelic Angel／Hello,星を数えて by μ's／2年生: http://riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201507.html
μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection II by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201505.html
冬がくれた予感 by BiBi: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201501.html
μ's Best Album Best Live! collection by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201406.html
タカラモノズ/Paradise Live by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201405.html
それは僕たちの奇跡 by μ's: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201404.html

Very high. Even in its 9th weekend, it's selling over 50% of its available tickets. san-ni-ichi covered the details on its popularity very well.



I'll provide the updated total for it later this evening after I post the Weekend Actuals. Every Monday, unless delayed by a holiday, I post the Weekend Actuals followed immediately by the Top Opening Weekends and Top Grossings Films of the year.



It may not be quite that high. Its total after Sunday was released earlier, and it's a fair bit higher than expected, meaning its avg. ticket price is very high. Wait until this evening for the Weekend Actuals.

It may not be quite that high. Its total after Sunday was released earlier, and it's a fair bit higher than expected, meaning its avg. ticket price is very high. Wait until this evening for the Weekend Actuals.

I'm going to post the Weekend Actuals very soon, but first, I wanted to announce that the Top 10 not only managed to crush the August Weekend Record, but also achieved the 4th Biggest Weekend of All-Time!

Biggest All-Time Weekends (Top 10 Films) [1998-]

01. ¥3.601 billion - 07/09-10/2005 (#1 Film - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
02. ¥3.427 billion - 05/03-04/2014 (#1 Film - Frozen)
03. ¥3.423 billion - 07/19-20/2003 (#1 Film - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge!)
04. ¥3.379 billion - 08/08-09/2015 (#1 Film - Jurassic World)
05. ¥3.329 billion - 07/21-22/2007 (#1 Film - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
06. ¥3.314 billion - 07/22-23/2006 (#1 Film - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
07. ¥3.160 billion - 04/17-18/2010 (#1 Film - Alice in Wonderland)
08. ¥3.129 billion - 04/18-19/2015 (#1 Film - Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F)
09. ¥3.048 billion - 07/21-22/2001 (#1 Film - Spirited Away)
10. ¥3.046 billion - 12/20-21/2014 (#1 Film - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan!)
11. ¥2.963 billion - 07/17-18/2010 (#1 Film - Arrietty)
12. ¥2.960 billion - 07/18-19/2009 (#1 Film - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

Weekend Actuals and 2015 Charts will be posted soon.

Is the Obon Holiday usually in July?

No, it's mid-August and began today (Monday) and lasts all week. It's probably going to be the biggest week of all-time considering we just had the fourth biggest weekend of all-time.

I was just wondering, because 7 of the 12 biggest weekends were in July...

The mid-July weekend is usually the biggest weekend of the year. It's the start of Summer vacation in Japan, so several major films open on it.