https://twitter.com/disneyjp/status/1737231359377326148



So

Turning Red will be released in Japanese theaters on March 15,

Luca will be released in Japanese theaters on March 29,

Soul will be released in Japanese theaters on April 12.


Any chance for these movies to make any significant business?

So how’s the first weekend for Spy Fam looking?

Google Translated from Kogyo Tsushin report
SPY×FAMILY CODE: White” (Toho) debuted at number one. In the first three days, 866,000 people attended and box office revenue was 1.224 billion yen.
In second place was ``Wish'' (Disney), which debuted at number one last week, with 257,000 viewers and box office revenue of 369 million yen over the three-day weekend. The cumulative results were 866,000 people and box office revenue of 1,222 million yen.

Top Gun Maverick will leave Japanese theater at the end of this day (January 4, 2024) with a final gross of 13.76 billion yen. It stays in theater for 1 year and 7 months, surely this must be a record breaking?

It will continue playing at Toho Cinema Hibiya as earlier before NY Expansion.

Its still play at 109 Cinemas Tomiya, シネマサンシャイン下関, and more until 11 January. Full list below

Post Covid-19 Longest screening record is still under Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, would take years to reach "In The Corner of The World"

Midnight Swan is also playing like 1 show every wednesday, - Numbers reported as of 4th Year Anniversary - ¥804,006,220 / 584,447 admits.

Top Gun Maverick is the longest screening work for an imported title without a break, taking down the record of West Side Story (1961) ~ 511 Days!

Now I'm wondering what trigger Kogyotsushin to stop displaying red text on Top Gun Maverick. Usually it means that movie is not in theater anymore, or is it mean that the website will stop updating about that movie?
https://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/alltime/

Same problem for Demon Slayer: Mugen Train which still playing at Ufotable Theatre Tokushima is not shown as red.

How long did In this Corner of the world run?
DS: Mugen Train is only being shown in Ufotable theater right? Does that count as it still running? (Like, if it runs in just a single movie theater it counts as still running, right?)

1,837 days - In This Corner Of The World

Well, there wasn't any pause like Bohemian Rhapsody playing once in a week (1 show/week at Toho Cinema Hibiya). You can see the schedule here where its seen that its playing everyday, so I consider it as still playing. Ofc, I do not know if there is any other ruling here

Great date. Maybe the 22nd would have been just a tad more ideal, being a week closer to what I presume will be an Oscars sweep, and it'd have the full benefit of Spring Break* versus just one weekend. And it's a month before Golden Week too.

If it's going to do any significant numbers in Japan, it really couldn't have a better date. Just needs to sweep the Oscars now, or at least take home all/most the big awards (BP and BD being required).

*Spring Break is ultimately pretty minimal for adult/senior-skewing films which I expect this one to be, so not much of a loss missing out on most of it, really.

Oppenheimer is at $952,954,330 globally. Maybe another $4M domestic for $957M. Maybe another $3M from other global markets.

Need $40M to get to $1B. Ever so close!

I feel like it's locked to win BP BD and BA (Cillian), if it could grab a few others (emily blunt for supporting?) that would help a lot

Downey should win for sure plus many technical awards like Cinematography, sound etc. It will win enough awards to make it a strong play. I am hoping it does very well in large markets with big expat population in Japan. Let us see what happens close to release.

Corpse. how many imax/plf screens are there in Japan?

From the news, 2023 is second only to 2019 in term of box-office, just like many countries.

Box Office in 2023

¥221.482B Gross (+3.93% LY)
155.535M Admission (+2.32% LY)

Share% 66.9 J vs 33.1 I (where local films reached ¥148.181B (+1.09% LY) &Imported reached ¥73.301B (+10.17% LY)

All-Time 2nd Best Year for Local Releases behind 2016 ¥148.608B! Though, Imported condition is still a lot of pain as it's still behind Pre-Pandemic Years just paring with 2012 ¥67.009B. Overall, Industry is largely behind Pre-Pandemic Years 2019 (¥261.180B/-15.20%), 2018 (¥222.511B/-0.01%), 2017 (¥228,572B/-3.10%) &2016 (¥235.508B/-5.96%)

Is the DEMON SLAYER craze already over?

Isn't the opening of HASHIRA TRAINING kinda soft?

Hashira Training, like Swordsmith Village, is just a compilation of old episode plus new unaired episode. There's no reason to craze over it.

I know, but HASHIRA TRAINING is nevertheless down 44 % compared to SWORDSMITH VILLAGE...

I would say it's a bit disappointing. It's still a lot for the type of "film" that it is, but the decline from the last similar "film" last year is worth noting. This is considered the weakest arc in the story too, so that could have had an impact on it.

I do think its overall popularity has likely waned since 2019-2021 though. The manga ended almost 4 years ago now, and the anime releases have been pretty far apart, so not having a steady supply of content for people can have a negative impact. It's harder to keep massive amounts of people on board this way.

The last arc (or two technically) is being adapted as a two (or three) part theatrical film, so I'm hoping Part 1 can make late 2024. But probably doubtful since season 4 is suppose to release in April. Not sure if ufotable can put out a (presumably) 11/12 episode season plus first part of a movie in the same year.

And Japanese films released in parts typically release in quick succession with only a couple/few months apart. So if part 1 is ready for late 2024, that means part 2 (and maybe 3) would be close to completion too.

Oppenheimer - R15+ / 3 hrs

IMAX release confirmed (50 locs)

I'm going to make some time tomorrow to update the Biggest OW chart. Why? Because Part 1 of the Haikyuu movie just achieved the fifth biggest 3-Day OW ever, and I believe the 6th biggest overall.

Is 2023 the first year ever for Japanese box-office that top 4 films (Japanese box-office calendar, including the First Slam Dunk) or top 3 films (Standard calendar, excluding the First Slam Sunk) are all animated films?

Can I remove "Hiatus" from the thread title? :-)