Spirited Away achieved 16-consecutive weeks at #1 in terms of admissions (domestic sources rank films by ticket sales), but lost in week 12 to Tomb Raider in gross (recapturing the top spot a week later); Frozen achieved 16-consecutive weeks at #1 in terms of gross, but lost to Detective Conan in week 6 in admissions (recapturing the top spot a week later).

I see, thanks for the clarification. Can't wait to see how good Your Name fare with this..
I cant even imagine if the film were being released in Sept, with quite a boost in the first weeks and then second boost in Dec. Would be insan to say the least.

Your Name. (Path to the All-Time Top 5; ¥20 billion+ [$200 million+])

Weekends:
08/27-28: ¥930.0 million ($9.2 million), 0, ¥1.278 billion ($12.6 million) [43% capacity]
09/03-04: ¥1.160 billion ($11.2 million), +25%, ¥3.872 billion ($37.6 million) [55% capacity]
09/10-11: ¥1.134 billion ($11.1 million), -02%, ¥6.286 billion ($61.2 million) [54% capacity]
09/17-18: ¥1.076 billion ($10.5 million), -05%, ¥8.534 billion ($83.0 million) [51% capacity]

*6th Biggest Second Weekend of All-Time; 9th Highest Two-Week Total of All-Time
*3rd Biggest Third Weekend of All-Time; 6th Highest Two-Week Total of All-Time
*Biggest Fourth Weekend of All-Time (NEW RECORD); 2nd Highest Two-Week Total of All-Time

Weekdays:
08/26: ¥348.0 million ($3.4 million), 0, ¥348 million ($3.4 million)
08/29-09/02: ¥1.434 billion ($13.9 million), +412%, ¥2.712 billion ($26.5 million)
09/05-09: ¥1.280 billion ($12.5 million), -11%, ¥5.152 billion ($50.1 million)
09/12-16: ¥1.172 billion ($11.5 million), -08%, ¥7.458 billion ($72.2 million)

Ongoing Weekday Estimates (09/19-23):

09/19: ¥571 million ($5.6 million), +157%, ¥9.104 billion ($88.6 million) *Actual*
09/20: ¥175 million ($1.7 million), -04%, ¥9.280 billion ($90.3 million)
09/21: ¥240 million ($2.3 million), -03%, ¥9.520 billion ($92.6 million)
09/22: ¥540 million ($5.3 million), +268%, ¥10.060 billion ($97.9 million)

% changes versus same day/week last week.

Awaiting Toho's announcement of the film exceeding ¥10 billion. It's only 8am right now, so they should report it in a couple/few hours to gain media attention and for stock purposes.

>Second Fastest Film to Ever Achieve the ¥10 Billion Milestone (28 days) behind Spirited Away (25 days).
>Second Fastest Film to Exceed 7.5 Million Admissions (28 days) behind Spirited Away (24 Days).
>Only non-Miyazaki Domestic Animated Film to Achieve the ¥10 Billion Milestone.

Your Name. continues to dominate the charts in other formats as well, with the original novel (written by Shinkai himself) and original soundtrack scoring 4-consecutive weeks atop their respective charts as well since the film debuted:

Your Name. (Original Novel)
08/22-28: Rank #1 - 74,467, +76%, 334,083 (WK11)
08/29-09/04: Rank #1 - 111,598, +51%, 445,681 (WK12)
09/05-11: Rank #1 - 106,418, -05%, 552,099 (WK13)
09/12-18: Rank #1 - 110,991, +04%, 663,010 (WK14)

Your Name. (Official Soundtrack)
08/22-28: Rank #1 - 57,878 (NEW)
08/29-09/04: Rank #1 - 38,772, -33%, 96,650 (WK2)
09/05-11: Rank #1 - 48,190, +24%, 144,790 (WK3)
09/12-18: Rank #1 - 40,711, -16%, 185,501 (WK4)

Absolute domination. Gorgeus. thanks for the update, as always, Corpse.

Here's the official announcement of Your Name. exceeding the ¥10 billion milestone (and 7.7 million admissions) after 28 days in release (second fastest all-time): http://eiga.com/news/20160923/17/

I'll post the Weekend Forecast soon.

When Kubo open in Japan? Seems like it could well there.

It doesn't have a release date, and probably won't see a theatrical release (maybe a limited release next year if it miraculously wins the Oscar)... I don't believe any of Laika's films have ever received theatrical releases, and if they have, it's only at a couple locations in Tokyo.

I do think Kubo and the Two Strings could perform fairly well in Japan, though it could face a bit of a backlash from borrowing heavily from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (the Moon Princess Kaguya story). The Japanese can be really... finicky when Hollywood adapts or uses elements of domestic material, especially if it's unacknowledged.

It's rare in Japan now for imported animated films to receive theatrical releases because they almost always bomb (usually missing the Top 10 entirely) and fail to find distributors. Disney/Pixar, and recently Illumination, firmly fill the imported animation interest of Japanese audiences; all the other imported animation films from Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount, etc. have to settle for home video.

>Blue Sky Studios has had only one of their films receive a theatrical release in Japan this whole decade with The Peanuts Movie, which bombed.

>DreamWorks hasn't had a theatrical release in Japan since... 2012 (Madagascar 3).

It makes sense. Japan is all about animation. They love the stuff. They have so much to choose from and so much of their own stuff, which resonates more than talking US animals.

Is Corpse okay?

I was gonna say the same thing.. I mean I can access mimorin but have no clue on whats going on there XD

Corpse was very busy this past week with work and helping organize a voter registration group, and had no adequate time to post any updates recently.

He'll have a free evening tomorrow, so expect an outpouring of posts then.

Da' fuck.

Does Corpse have an assistant?

No rush! Just wanted to make sure nothing bad happened.

Ha! If only! My fiance posted that.

I was busy working this past weekend so I could have some available time on Monday and Tuesday to assist with some voter registration groups in Pennsylvania (Greensburg and Pittsburgh).

It's too difficult, and takes too long, to post box office updates here from my phone. I'll have this past Weekend's Actuals up soon, followed by the usual chart updates later.

Cool. Look forward to the updates.

Take your time. It's good to have you back.

Thanks.

PG. Bump (WKND Actuals & More ->)