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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Debuts
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Wow...

Do you think it will exceed 7m admissions?


50/50. The thing is, it's skewing older (not senior old, but firmly adult), unsurprisingly, and films that are bringing in primarily adults generally see the biggest New Year boost because the bank holidays are some of the only days they get off in the year.

We may not be seeing its weekend/weekly numbers at their peak quite yet.


Do you think A Star Is Born will siphon some of Bohemian Rhapsody's audience when it opens?


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So based on the actual gross, the actual attendance, the average ticket sales and the Mimorin ticket projections.

I'd wager that on Monday it made ¥80 million.


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R136a1 wrote:
Corpse wrote:
mark66 wrote:
Wow...

Do you think it will exceed 7m admissions?


50/50. The thing is, it's skewing older (not senior old, but firmly adult), unsurprisingly, and films that are bringing in primarily adults generally see the biggest New Year boost because the bank holidays are some of the only days they get off in the year.

We may not be seeing its weekend/weekly numbers at their peak quite yet.


Do you think A Star Is Born will siphon some of Bohemian Rhapsody's audience when it opens?


Probably not. Ultra-leggy, WOM smashes like this are never really affected by any competition.

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BoRhap currently completely flat from last Tuesday, and takes 1st place back handily.


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Broly looking at around ¥55 million on Tuesday. A big drop but that did happen with Resurrection F just the same.


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BoRhap currently completely flat from last Tuesday, and takes 1st place back handily.


Each individual weekday has been roughly flat since it opened...six weeks ago. It's simply refusing to drop more than 5% or so (and it often even increases) every day since day 1, and it's now day 40. I honestly think it's going to take over 2 months in release before it begins any kind of decline.

I'll have Weekend Actuals and the usual chart updates up later this evening.

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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Debuts
Broly probably made about ¥62 million today. An increase from yesterday just like Resurrection F did.

Should be over ¥1.2 billion now.


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So... moviegoers who attend a showing of Bohemian Rhapsody beginning December 22nd (this Saturday) will receive a special Christmas card while supplies last. This probably seems like a meaningless gimmick, but Japanese audiences typically eat this type of promotion up since it gives them an additional reason to pay for a movie ticket.



And I haven't forgotten this past weekend's actuals! A few numbers will be placeholders until tomorrow, but I'll be posting them very soon.

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Corpse wrote:
So... moviegoers who attend a showing of Bohemian Rhapsody beginning December 22nd (this Saturday) will receive a special Christmas card while supplies last. This probably seems like a meaningless gimmick, but Japanese audiences typically eat this type of promotion up since it gives them an additional reason to pay for a movie ticket.



And I haven't forgotten this past weekend's actuals! A few numbers will be placeholders until tomorrow, but I'll be posting them very soon.


So given the Christmas period is upon us, I feel like BoRhap was likely going to increase this weekend anyway. The question is, just how much can it increase given this promotion?


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Weekend Actuals (12/15-16)
01 (---) ¥812,697,700 ($7.2 million), 0, ¥1,050,805,000 ($9.3 million), Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Toei) NEW
02 (02) ¥431,538,700 ($3.8 million), -15%, ¥5,362,883,080 ($47.4 million), Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox) WK6
03 (01) ¥333,615,700 ($3.0 million), -35%, ¥4,602,139,800 ($41.0 million), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros.) WK4
04 (---) ¥251,396,400 ($2.2 million), 0, ¥268,885,800 ($2.4 million), Yo-Kai Watch: Forever Friends (Toho) NEW
05 (---) ¥221,477,000 ($2.0 million), 0, ¥255,353,600 ($2.3 million), The Grinch (Toho-Towa) NEW
06 (03) ¥x95,411,500 ($849,000), -30%, ¥404,144,900 ($3.6 million), It Comes (Toho) WK2
07 (04) ¥x64,458,900 ($573,000), -37%, ¥601,705,900 ($5.4 million), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Disney) WK3
08 (---) ¥x58,578,700 ($521,000), 0, ¥x72,455,700 ($645,000), Waiting for Spring (Warner Bros.) NEW
09 (05) ¥x44,270,600 ($393,000), -45%, ¥449,862,300 ($4.0 million), Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Shochiku) WK3
10 (06) ¥x28,166,100 ($251,000), -29%, ¥1,830,608,600 ($16.2 million), Stolen Identity (Toho) WK7


>Dragon Ball Super: Broly ki-blasts its way to the top of the box office, selling an excellent 639,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 467 screens, and 824,205 admissions since opening on Friday. This debut is 11% below the last film, Resurrection F, and up 14% compared to Battle of Gods.

While it may seem slightly disappointing that it fell below the past film, do remember that Resurrection F was the final Dragon Ball Z film and brought back the franchise's longtime fan favorite villain, Frieza. It was going to be very difficult for Broly to match/exceed its opening weekend, so coming just 11% below it is an accomplishment, in my opinion. And I'm sure it'll be naturally frontloaded like the past films in the franchise, but the rush factor may have been less prominent this time, so a similar total could be likely. I expect it'll gross between ¥3.5-4.0 billion ($30-35 million).

>Bohemian Rhapsody holds very strong in second place, and experiences its first weekend decline to date... Its sixth weekend is bigger than its opening weekend, and its second and third weekends... Its weekly gross remains at phenomenal as ever, once again earning ¥975 million-¥1.075 billion ($9/10 million), a figure it has grossed every single week since opening. Its six week multiplier is now the highest known number, even higher than films like Spirited Away or Frozen.

Since it just refuses to slow down, at all, it's nearly impossible to project where it's headed, even six weeks into its release. If I had to make an educated guess based on how other ultra-leggy films performed from this point on, then I would expect a gross between ¥9-10 billion ($80-90 million), but it can certainly go higher because it has yet to receive any holiday boost.

>Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald saw a sizable drop in its fourth weekend, but it's still an improvement over its predecessor. Its four week total continues to trail the first film, though, behind about 6% now which is also an improvement versus last week. Either the Wizarding World fanbase is very loyal (likely), or its reception isn't as bad as in the U.S. (also likely). Expect a total around ¥7 billion ($60-65 million).

>Yo-Kai Watch: Forever Friends, the fifth film in the franchise, was unable to halt the rapid decline the series is suffering from, dropping 37% compared to last year's film. It sold 222,930 admissions over the weekend frame on 368 screens, and 238,712 admissions since opening on Friday. I would say that given the low opening weekend that legs are probably going to be better than the previous entries, but... none of them have proved this to be true yet, so ¥1.5 billion ($13/14 million) is likely the ceiling here.

>The Grinch still hasn't had its weekend gross or admissions released yet, but it debuted in a disappointing fifth place (EDIT: Weekend Actual Updated Above). Since opening on Friday, it sold 210,923 admissions across 387 screens. This is by far the worst opening for an Illumination film since the original Despicable Me 8-years ago. It seems like Japanese audiences aren't fully committed to Illumination yet given this result, although, one could argue the property itself just had little appeal. We'll see how receptive moviegoers are to the next "original" Illumination release before making any sure comments.

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2018 - Top Grossing Films
Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Days In Release] - Film (Distributor)

¥10 billion ↨
¥9.23 billion ($83.1 million) / 7.18 million [E] - Code Blue (Toho)
¥9.18 billion ($83.6 million) / 6.88 million [F] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho)
¥8.06 billion ($72.2 million) / 5.53 million [E] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Toho-Towa)
¥7.50 billion ($66.2 million) / 5.05 million [F] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney)
¥5.37 billion ($50.0 million) / 4.68 million [F] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Toho)
¥5.36 billion ($47.4 million) / 3.90 million [38] - Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox)
¥5.21 billion ($48.4 million) / 3.73 million [F] - The Greatest Showman (Fox)

¥5 billion ↨
¥4.93 billion ($46.0 million) / 3.93 million [E] - Coco (Disney)
¥4.83 billion ($43.7 million) / 4.02 million [E] - Incredibles 2 (Disney)
¥4.68 billion ($42.2 million) / 3.39 million [E] - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Toho-Towa)
¥4.60 billion ($41.0 million) / 3.26 million [24] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros.)
¥4.53 billion ($40.9 million) / 3.67 million [F] - Shoplifters (Gaga)
¥3.73 billion ($34.0 million) / 2.50 million [F] - Avengers: Infinity War (Disney)
¥3.66 billion ($32.8 million) / 2.83 million [F] - Gintama 2 (Warner Bros.)
¥3.43 billion ($31.8 million) / 2.93 million [F] - The Boss Baby (Toho-Towa)
¥3.21 billion ($28.6 million) / 2.54 million [F] - Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura (Toho)
¥3.06 billion ($27.5 million) / 2.19 million [E] - One Cut of the Dead (Asmik Ace)
¥3.00 billion ($27.2 million) / 2.64 million [E] - Pokemon: Everyone's Story (Toho)

¥3 billion ↨
¥2.90 billion ($26.1 million) / 2.30 million [E] - Killing for the Prosecutors (Toho)
¥2.82 billion ($25.7 million) / 2.24 million [E] - Mirai of the Future (Toho)
¥2.80 billion ($25.0 million) / 2.23 million [F] - The 8-Year Engagement (Shochiku)
¥2.50 billion ($22.8 million) / 1.53 million [E] - Ready Player One (Warner Bros.)
¥2.41 billion ($21.3 million) / 1.81 million [E] - Christopher Robin (Disney)
¥2.15 billion ($19.1 million) / 1.49 million [45] - Venom (Sony)
¥2.09 billion ($18.9 million) / 1.50 million [E] - Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney)
¥2.04 billion ($18.2 million) / 1.82 million [F] - Yo-Kai Watch: Shadowside - Resurrection of the Demon King (Toho)

¥2 billion ↨
¥1.83 billion ($16.6 million) / 1.55 million [F] - Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion (Toho)
¥1.83 billion ($16.2 million) / 1.39 million [45] - Stolen Identity (Toho)
¥1.78 billion ($16.2 million) / 1.18 million [E] - Deadpool 2 (Fox)
¥1.73 billion ($16.1 million) / 1.47 million [F] - Chihayafuru: Conclusion (Toho)
¥1.70 billion ($15.5 million) / 1.40 million [F] - Legend of the Demon Cat (Toho/Kadokawa)
¥1.70 billion ($15.3 million) / 1.22 million [F] - Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Fox)
¥1.70 billion ($15.2 million) / 1.36 million [E] - Recall (Shochiku)
¥1.64 billion ($14.8 million) / 1.25 million [E] - Ocean's 8 (Warner Bros.)
¥1.62 billion ($14.5 million) / 1.28 million [F] - Murder on the Orient Express (Fox)
¥1.60 billion ($14.5 million) / 1.29 million [E] - My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Toho)
¥1.59 billion ($14.5 million) / 1.27 million [F] - The Crimes That Bind (Toho)
¥1.55 billion ($14.4 million) / 1.03 million [F] - Black Panther (Disney)
¥1.48 billion ($13.0 million) / 0.98 million [E] - The Meg (Warner Bros.)
¥1.45 billion ($12.9 million) / 1.14 million [E] - Café Funiculi Funicula (Toho)
¥1.38 billion ($12.4 million) / 1.06 million [F] - Laplace's Witch (Toho)
¥1.28 billion ($11.4 million) / 0.90 million [E] - Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney)
¥1.26 billion ($11.3 million) / 1.06 million [E] - Kamen Hensei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid With Legend Riders (Toei)
¥1.23 billion ($11.2 million) / 0.90 million [E] - Geostorm (Warner Bros.)
¥1.21 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.97 million [E] - 50 First Kisses (Sony)
¥1.21 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.83 million [E] - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Sony)
¥1.20 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.97 million [E] - Sakura: Guardian in the North (Toei)
¥1.18 billion ($10.7 million) / 1.00 million [E] - Sensei Kunshu (Toho)
¥1.12 billion ($10.0 million) / 0.87 million [E] - Fullmetal Alchemist (Warner Bros.)
¥1.12 billion ($9.9 million) / 0.96 million [E] - Hugtto! Pretty Cure: All Star Memories (Toei)
¥1.11 billion ($9.9 million) / 0.89 million [E] - Peter Rabbit (Sony)
¥1.11 billion ($9.8 million) / 0.88 million [E] - Every Day, A Good Day (Tokyo Theaters, Co.)
¥1.01 billion ($9.5 million) / 0.79 million [E] - Tonight, at the Movies (Warner Bros.)
¥1.00 billion ($9.1 million) / 0.84 million [E] - Kamen Rider Build: Be the One (Toei)

¥1 billion ↑

Legend:
¥10 billion+ (Uber-Blockbuster) / ¥5 billion+ (Blockbuster) / ¥3 billion+ (Hit) / ¥2 billion+ (Respectable) / ¥1 billion+ (Commercial Success)

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2019 - Top Opening Weekends
Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Screen Count] - Film (Distributor)

¥1 billion ↨
¥812.7 million ($7.2 million) / 639,000 [467] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Toei)
¥500 million ↨
¥300 million ↨
¥251.4 million ($2.2 million) / 222,930 [368] - Yo-Kai Watch: Forever Friends (Toho)
¥221.5 million ($2.0 million) / 180,000 [387] - The Grinch (Toho-Towa)

¥200 million ↨
¥161.3 million ($1.4 million) / 142,046 [439] - The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Disney)
¥137.0 million ($1.2 million) / 101,000 [331] - It Comes (Toho)
¥120.5 million ($1.0 million) / x89,919 [x89] - Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Shochiku)

¥100 million ↑

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¥1 billion+ (Exemplary) / ¥500 million+ (Great) / ¥300 million+ (Good) / ¥200 million+ (Acceptable) / ¥100 million+ (Mediocre)[/quote]

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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated! (12/1
What kind of total is the Grinch looking at with that opening? It appears to have bombed all across Asia, but Japan usually has better legs for animated films.


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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Debuts
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So... moviegoers who attend a showing of Bohemian Rhapsody beginning December 22nd (this Saturday) will receive a special Christmas card while supplies last. This probably seems like a meaningless gimmick, but Japanese audiences typically eat this type of promotion up since it gives them an additional reason to pay for a movie ticket.



So given the Christmas period is upon us, I feel like BoRhap was likely going to increase this weekend anyway. The question is, just how much can it increase given this promotion?


It probably won't increase too much. It's not growing, exactly, rather it continues to do almost the same identical numbers every week. It's selling the same number of tickets almost every day (no more than 5% either way most days). All of its Mondays, Tuesdays, etc. are almost identical and have been that way since it opened. Every week, all six weeks so far, it has earned between ¥950 million-¥1.075 billion ($8.6-9.6 million) -- that's incredible, phenomenal, consistency.

It seems very evident that it's not a particularly broad appealing film; otherwise it'd be making notable gains each week. Instead, it has found a very, very devoted demographic(s) that hasn't been appeased yet.

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What kind of total is the Grinch looking at with that opening? It appears to have bombed all across Asia, but Japan usually has better legs for animated films.


¥1.5-2.0 billion ($13-18 million or so). It shouldn't reach $20 million.

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“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Debuts
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It seems very evident that it's not a particularly broad appealing film; otherwise it'd be making notable gains each week. Instead, it has found a very, very devoted demographic(s) that hasn't been appeased yet.


Does this mean that Bohemian Rhapsody wouldn't really be affected by screen/showtime loss since the supply greatly exceeds the demand? Based on its weekly gross, it doesn't appear the occupancy for each showing is anywhere near capacity.


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By next weekend BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY will have made more money in December than in November - will it therefore count as a 2019 season movie?

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Corpse wrote:
It seems very evident that it's not a particularly broad appealing film; otherwise it'd be making notable gains each week. Instead, it has found a very, very devoted demographic(s) that hasn't been appeased yet.


Does this mean that Bohemian Rhapsody wouldn't really be affected by screen/showtime loss since the supply greatly exceeds the demand? Based on its weekly gross, it doesn't appear the occupancy for each showing is anywhere near capacity.


Well, it's still reaching 20-25% capacity each weekday, and around 40% on each of its weekends. That's mighty impressive after six weeks in release. Sure, there's a lot of capacity left to fill, but there's not really an additional audience there to fill that space.

But to answer your question, this does mean it won't be affected by much screen or showtime loss for quite some time, likely not until it begins to decline (probably the second week of January). But then again, if it receives key nominations and is able to win in any major categories during award season... it could go on, and on, perhaps even until early spring.

And theater chains in Japan are pretty smart when it comes to allocating screens and showtimes. If a film continues to do good business (ranking near the top of the charts), then most won't cut it much, if at all, even if it's been in release for 6 weeks, 2 months, 3 months, and hell, even half a year in some cases. Openers don't really have much of an impact on them.

And keep in mind that Japan isn't a market where going to the movies is regular entertainment; the average Japanese sees one or two films every year. There's plenty of seating available in the market.

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“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated! (12/1
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By next weekend BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY will have made more money in December than in November - will it therefore count as a 2019 season movie?


Good question. :)

This is where the box office year in Japan becomes a bit confusing (Dec. 01-Nov. 30), more so than normal. Since Bohemian Rhapsody will end up grossing more than 50% of its cumulative total after December 1st, then it will likely be counted as a 2019 release. For the time being I'll keep it on the 2018 charts that I update weekly, but Eiren will almost certainly rule it a 2019 film.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is another one that may end up a 2019 release. It's been holding quite well and unless it suddenly drops hard in the upcoming weeks (it is losing a hefty amount of screens/showtimes this weekend), then it seems likely to be moved from 2018 to 2019 as well. The same thing happened with the original film back in 2016, which may have been the last time this situation occurred.

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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated! (12/1
Thanks, Corpse. By the way, do you know when Bohemian Rhapsody's home release is scheduled for Japan?


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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2 ... an/.141083

The Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime film sold more than 1 million tickets in Japan as of Wednesday, six days after the film opened on December 14. The film has now earned more than 1.3 billion yen (about US$11.6 million).


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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated! (12/1
So does the percentage share on that Mimorin change or something?

Because on Friday at 12am it was at 110,000 and it actually did 185,000 so that would account for 59.5%.

For the Weekend combined it was at 407,000 and it actually did 639,000 which would be 63.9%.

And now for Monday to Wednesday combined it was at 96,000 but it's apparently done an extra 187,000 so that's 51.4%.

So this theatre share doesnt seem to be fixed.


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The theater share is pretty fixed, but the percentage share is not. It varies based on many factors, including: distributor, genre of film, premium format or not, animated or not, and overall demographic as the main ones.

Generally, the more adult a film skews, the better it performs in urban locations where the majority of the theaters at the usual locations on mimorin. And the more a film skews toward most other groups, especially family/children, but also other groups such as seniors, the worse they tend to perform in urban locations, but the better they perform in rural locations (many rural locations aren't accounted for on mimorin).

Dragon Ball Super: Broly is an animated Toei release (two of the big factors I mentioned above), so the usual locations at mimorin will represent less of its overall admissions. It's an animated film released by Toei, and both animated films and Toei released usually perform better, percentage-wise, in rural locations versus urban locations.

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And if it helps you with projections, because I know how interested you and some others here are in the new Dragon Ball film, here is a rough "multiplier guide" I created and frequently use:

x1.2: Very limited releases that are primarily showing in cities, namely Tokyo.
x1.3: Very adult (25-50 year-old) skewing films; male skewing; high premium format share; more limited releases.
x1.4: Teen/young adult skewing films; female skewing; fanbase films; solid premium format share.
x1.5: Broad appealing films; even share of premium-to-standard format share.
x1.6: Young/family skewing films; senior skewing films; animated films; low premium format share.
x1.7: Extremely young skewing films; larger presence in rural locations than urban locations.

This method can also help determine which demographics are turning out for any individual film, and when combined with how a film performs throughout the day (comparing ticket sales by time of day), it's pretty easily to understand who's seeing what, when, and where.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly got a 1.57 over its opening weekend (407,000, its usual locations admissions/639,000, its overall admissions). This was a little higher than I was expecting, but it had a low premium format share, so not unexpected and this is about how a film of its type typically performs.

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Post Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated! (12/1
So it was a 1.57 for Saturday and Sunday but for Monday to Wednesday it was at 96,000 for its usual locations but did 187,000 admissions so that would be 1.95.

Why is it that different? So for this upcoming weekend would we have to use the 1.57 again to get an estimate or could it be yet another number again?


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