Thanks for the early update again, Passenger did underperformed in several markets and a $6 M closure wont be bad at all.
Now Japan is the third biggest foreign market for both La La Land and Moana, it has always been one of the top contributor to H'wood biggies.
One more thing, I really don't get the appeal of kamen rider, looks like ultra low budget power rangers to me

The Kamen Rider movies must be really cheap to produce for them to continue to release 3 a year despite low box office returns.

Well, Power Rangers was inspired by Super Sentai, which was influenced by Kamen Rider, which started the genre. So Kamen Rider resembling Power Rangers (or rather, vice-versa) is to be expected.

The Kamen Rider films aren't costly, I believe their budgets are around ¥400 million (~$4 million), and each theatrical release is able to at least double that figure. I highly doubt the films ever end up matching or grossing less than their budgets. And besides, they have the various yearly TV series', home video sales, video games, and other merchandise revenue that'll keep the franchise going for... well, probably forever.

Thanks for the numbers. Do you have an estimate for Your Name as well?

Your Name. earned ~¥17 million ($154,000) in its 31st weekend. I'll have its cumulative total and admissions posted with the Weekend Actuals update coming up in an hour or two.

That would benefit the new Power Rangers movie a little in Japan then, already existing a decent fandom for such genre.
And it's surprising that Sing is performing on par with Moana, did they dubbed the film in Japanese with popular J-pop artists?

Sing is dubbed, actually, with a diverse popular cast of music artists, screen actors, and voice actors contributing to the dub. Pretty much all of the marketing I've seen features the Japanese cast, so it's definitely having a positive effect on its box office returns.

Spring Break / Sakura Season 2017

Daily Estimates (03/27-31):

Monday (03/27)


Tuesday (03/28)
¥150 million ($1.3 million), +45%, ¥2,220,000,000 ($20.1 million), Sing (Toho-Towa) Day 12
¥115 million ($1.0 million), +48%, ¥2,930,000,000 ($26.4 million), Moana (Disney) Day 19
¥110 million ($1.0 million), +198%, ¥2,890,000,000 ($26.0 million), Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Toho) Day 25
¥80 million ($720,000), 0, ¥575,000,000 ($5.2 million), Kong: Skull Island (Warner Bros.) Day 4
¥65 million ($585,000), 0, ¥390,000,000 ($3.5 million), Daytime Shooting Star (Toho) Day 5
¥55 million ($495,000), 0, ¥285,000,000 ($2.6 million), Policeman and Me (Shochiku) Day 4
¥30 million ($270,000), -34%, ¥3,485,000,000 ($31.3 million), La La Land (Gaga) Day 33
¥25 million ($225,000), -23%, ¥855,000,000 ($7.7 million), Let's Go, Jets! (Toho) Day 18
¥20 million ($180,000), 0, ¥215,000,000 ($1.9 million), Passengers (Sony) Day 5
¥20 million ($180,000), 0, ¥245,000,000 ($2.2 million), Kamen Rider X Super Sentai: Ultra Superhero War (Toei) Day 4
.....
¥4 million ($36,000), -19%, ¥24,796,000,000 ($234.7 million), Your Name. (Toho) Day 214

% changes versus same day last week.

Kong Boss Kong playing behind 3 aniamated movies? Only in Japan ya know.

Rank 1-5 maintain the same position.
And LLLand up from 8 to 7 wow. If it stay there long enough for Beauty then the top 10 will has 4 musical

Your Name total 24,835 million yen, it receive 48 million yen last week, decrease from 63 million yen. Just only 165 million yen more to be 25 billion yen, but it seems very long way to go.
Will it stay long enough for golden week, which it needs to break the milestone?
IMHO low chance, but Japanese box office analyst Hal51 said that positive word of mouth from North America release will reflect back to Japan (really?)
But many marketing gimmicks can be done, if they advertise on 'this week is the last week that Your Name will stay on theatre' then many people will come to see it one last time, making it pass 25 billion yen.

How WOM in US will benefit its run in Japan?
And it's getting limited release, probably 200-300 screens, so you can't expect big numbers either.

Your Name did not really benefit from Spring Break...no large bumps like the other animated films. I'm not sure Golden Week would help it that much if it is still in theaters then.

I was unable to log in all weekend (and I actually had sufficient time to post updates this weekend!), but I'll post the Weekend Actuals and Chart Updates tomorrow evening.

If it does well in the U.S., on whatever its theater count ends up being this weekend, it can generate some interest, but since over 19 million people have seen the movie in Japan now, there really isn't much of an audience left to get to turn out.

It'll remain in theaters until at least Golden Week. It's now down to a single showtime at most locations going into this upcoming weekend, but it hasn't lost a single theater yet. Given its status, it'll still be awhile before it begins to loses theaters. And, given its status again, it's highly likely that Toho will eventually announce when its final week in theaters is, which will give it a noticeable bump. I highly doubt Toho will have it fall short of ¥25 billion, even if it takes until Summer (it should only take until early May).

Golden Week is a lot stronger than Spring Break, which mostly gives a boost at the box office for films that skew toward families and students. Your Name., while appealing to just about every age group, has played weaker in the mornings indicating it never had a significant family/children audience.

Films that skew toward adults and seniors don't benefit from Spring Break, since it's an ordinary week for most, but they do benefit greatly during Golden Week since the workplace have most of the week off.

Pg. Bump (Wknd Actuals & Chart Updates ->)