Crazy numbers for Namie.

That's the best-selling album since... what?

Namie Amuro... a 90's name. She's retiring, giving everything a boost.

"Finally" is the best selling album of the decade (2010-), and I have to do a bit more research into it, but I believe it's the highest selling album since 2004's MusiQ by Orange Range, or also from 2004, Utada Hikaru Singles Collection Vol. 1 by Utada Hikaru. It will probably, eventually, surpass both of those albums though, so we may have to go back as far as 2002's Deep River by Utada Hikaru (the last album to sell 3 million+ copies).

It's Namie's second best selling album ever, out of nineteen total (12 studio, 7 compilation). I also pretty certain it either entered, or is just shy, of the Top 40 best selling albums ever. That includes both domestic and international artists. If we're only including domestic, I think it's in the Top 30.

Following the release of the album, and as of her retirement on September 17th, she finishes her music career as the fourth best selling female artist in Japan with 36,189,000 records sold according to Oricon:

51.57 million (from Jan. 1999 to Feb. 2018) - Ayumi Hamasaki
42.00 million (from Nov. 1973 to Aug. 2013) - Yumi Matsutoya
37.10 million (from Mar. 1999 to Feb. 2018) - Utada Hikaru
36.19 million (from Oct. 1995 to Sept. 2018) - Namie Amuro

I expect Broly to do more than ¥3.85B accumulated til Sunday. Any less than that will hurt the chance to reach ¥4B.

I don't know if it'll be that high, I'm getting a weekend gross of about ¥43 million so I think Corpse will probably be right by saying $3.82 billion.

But then Resurrection F also made about ¥40 million on its 7th weekend which brought it's total to ¥3.59 billion and from there it made another ¥150 million to get to ¥3.74 billion.

If Broly made the same amount from this point on then it'd get to ¥3.97 billion so there's a chance.

A 10% chance perhaps?

I'm pretty busy this evening, so no Weekend Estimates. However, they would be mostly inline with the Weekend Forecast anyway, with a couple exceptions:

12 Suicidal Teens came in well above the forecast, and probably opened above ¥225 million and possibly debuted in second place. That's about where I expected it to debut before the weekend, but after the lackluster pre-sales, it seemed too high.

Psycho Pass: Case 1 - Crimes & Punishment, however, likely came in below the forecast by a fair amount.

So, other than the openers, the rest of the Top 10 mostly behaved as expected going into the weekend, with just slightly better holds than predicted.

Broly has got a decent chance at ¥4 billion hasn't it? It's what? 6.9% ahead of where Resurrection F was at its seventh weekend?

It only needs to finish 7% more than what Resurrection F did in total to reach ¥4 billion.

Or the other way tomlook at is Resurrection F was at ¥3.59 billion at this point and it made another ¥150 million. Broly needs another ¥163 million to get there.

Should it's chances not be pretty good?

It doesn't look that good. Next week has Disney's Mary Poppins Returns and Hugh Jackman's the Front Runner. The week after that has Aquaman and First Man.
But if Broly reaches ¥3.9B this Sunday it'll have a very good chance (in my eyes).

Is Mary Poppins a known IP in Japan? Though being a musical, I suspect it will do pretty well regardless.

Also interested to see if Aquaman can do better than the average DC/Marvel movie.

Corpse, can you check who really won Japan Academy Prize's Best Animated Feature in 2015 (2016 ceremony date)?
Because Toei press release said that Dragon Ball RoF won, but shouldn't it be the Boy and the Beast?
English press release http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/press/detail.php?id=521
Japanese press release in case of mistranslation http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/press/detail.php?id=516

Yes, The Boy and the Beast won Best Animated Film. Here's the actual academy's website (and link to the year): https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/39.html

My only reasoning for Toei's press releases you posted was a major error by whoever wrote them. I assume they just meant to say it was nominated in the category.

2018's Yearly Data is available. I'll have all the data posted later this morning.

2018 Yearly Results:

Yearly Revenue: ¥222.511 billion ($2.04 billion), -2.7%, 3rd Biggest Year Ever (behind 2016 > 2017)
Yearly Admissions: 169,210,000, -3.0%, 6th Most-Attended Year Since 2000 (behind 2016 > 2017 > 2010 > 2004 > 2009)

Japanese Film Share - 54.8%: ¥122.029 billion ($1.12 billion), -2.8%, 4th Biggest Year Ever (behind 2016 > 2012 > 2017)
Imported Film Share - 45.2%: ¥100.482 billion ($922 million), -2.5%, 3rd Biggest Year This Decade (behind 2017 > 2010)

# Of Japanese Films Released: 613, +3.2%, 2nd Most Japanese Films Ever Released (behind 2014)
# Of Imported Films Released: 579, -2.4%, 2nd Most Imported Films Ever Released (behind 2017)
# Of Overall Films Released: 1,192, +0.04%, Most Films Ever Released (beating 2017)
# Of Films Reaching ¥1 Billion ($10 million): 55, -11%, Lowest Number Since 2013

Number of Theater Screens: 3,561, +0.1%, Highest Screen Count Since 1969
Average Ticket Price: ¥1,315 ($12.06), +0.4%, New Record! (beating 2017)

*2018 marks the eleventh-consecutive year that Japanese Films earned more than Imported Films.

Final Totals for the 54 ¥1 billion earners will be posted soon.

2018: Top Multipliers

x29.52 - Bohemian Rhapsody *Still Playing*
↑15x+ (Phenomenal)
x13.36 - The Greatest Showman *Still Playing*
x13.23 - Every Day, A Good Day *Still Playing*
x11.61 - Incredibles 2
x10.80 - Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura
x10.73 - The 8-Year Engagement
x10.52 - Sensei Kunshu
x10.24 - Coco
x10.23 - Shoplifters *Still Playing*
↑10x+ (Excellent)
x9.71 - The Boss Baby
x8.94 - 50 First Kisses
x8.49 - Code Blue
x8.38 - Stolen Identity
↑8x+ (Great)
x7.39 - Café Funiculi Funicula
x7.38 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout
x7.33 - 2018 AVERAGE MULTIPLIER (+12.6% over 2017)
x7.31 - Christopher Robin
x7.20 - Mirai of the Future
x7.17 - Murder on the Orient Express
x7.12 - Killing for the Prosecutors
x7.08 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
x7.00 - Gintama 2
↑7x+ (Good)
x6.93 - Ready Player One
x6.91 - Ocean's 8
x6.76 - The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
x6.74 - Chihayafuru: Conclusion
x6.68 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
x6.63 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
x6.54 - Recall
x6.37 - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
x6.16 - Pokemon: Everyone's Story
x6.15 - Tonight, At The Movies
x6.02 - Peter Rabbit
x6.01 - The Legend of the Demon Cat
x6.00 - The Crimes That Bind
↑6x+ (Average)
x5.99 - My Hero Academia: Two Heroes *Still Playing*
x5.88 - Sakura: Guardian in the North
x5.56 - Avengers: Infinity War
x5.29 - The Meg
x5.18 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
x5.13 - Venom
x5.12 - Geostorm
x5.11 - Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside: Resurrection of the Demon King
x5.04 - Black Panther
x5.04 - Laplace's Witch
x5.01 - Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion
↑5x+ (Mediocre)
x4.80 - Deadpool 2
x4.56 - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
x4.29 - Solo: A Star Wars Story
x4.24 - Fullmetal Alchemist
x4.10 - Ant-Man and the Wasp
↑4x+ (Poor)
x3.94 - Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
x3.92 - Kamen Rider Build: Be the One
x3.25 - Hugtto! Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories *Still Playing*
↑3x+ (Awful)

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