It's too bad Your Name isn't being tracked anymore. I really wanted to see if it managed to cross ¥25 billion yet. They announced the home release pretty early in my opinion.

It's down to 5 theaters in its 42nd week, playing in 2/9 regions and 5/47 prefectures as of today. It's losing 1 of those locations on Friday (Aichi), going down to 4 theaters next week:

Kanto: Tokyo - Ikebukuro Cinema (1 showing a day) / END DATE: TBD
Kanagawa: Kawasaki - Cinecitta (1 showing a day) / END DATE: TBD
Nagano: Saku - SM Cinema (1 showing a day) / END DATE: TBD
Aichi: Nagoya - Aeon Cinema Nagoya Chaya (1 showing a day) / END DATE: 6/16
Tokushima: Ufotable Cinema (1 showing a day) / END DATE: TBD

I could count the daily admissions from 4/5 of these theaters, if you really want me to, until it leaves them. Cinecitta is one of the five busiest theaters in the country, so it could still be playing there after it's released on home video next month and celebrate a full year in theatrical release.

Thanks for the update, Corpse. If it's not too much work, it would be interesting to know how much it's making weekly at this point. I'm really just curious how close it is to ¥25 billion now (or if it has surpassed it already), but I guess we won't know for sure until its run has officially concluded.

Happy for BatB even though it was dethroned this weekend. Great for the openers I believe.

Corpse will these two continue at top for the coming weekend or is there a chance of BatB regaining #1 again?

I was just reading the international weekend report from Screen Daily, when I saw this:



Is that the correct number and drop for Fate of the Furious? I'm wondering how they determined its #4 ranking when it's not even in the Top 10 anymore.

Not much more could be wrong about Screen Daily's (or Universal's?) report there... The only true statement is that it's the highest-grossing film in the Furious series in Japan.

The Fate of the Furious fell out of the Top 10, ranking 13th over its seventh weekend earning ¥37,900,500 ($344,000) -- down 32% compared to last weekend.

Who knows how they came up with their incorrect weekend gross and ranking.

At the moment, it's very hard to say which film will be #1 this upcoming weekend: Confessions of a Murderer could repeat (if drops across the board are normal); Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon may rise to the top with a surprise hold (due to its strong audience reception); or Beauty and the Beast could regain the top spot if it has another sub-10% drop.

But that's not all; director Takashi Shimizu's Innocent Curse could debut atop the box office. Horror films have limited appeal/potential at the box office, but the #1 spot could be obtained with a gross around ¥250 million, or less, this upcoming weekend and that's doable.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is also opening, but I doubt it does much and will likely barely make the Top 5.

Thanks would be another close weekend to track. Might see 4 movies battling for #1 position.

Eiga.com's Most "Liked" Upcoming Summer Releases (July & August):

01 (01) 12,915 [+804] / 31st [+10] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (07/01/17)
02 (02) 9,251 [+433] / UR - Spider-Man: Homecoming (08/11/17)
03 (03) 7,689 [+489] / 69th [+25] - Gintama (07/14/17)
04 (04) 6,083 [+383] / 66th [+13] - Wonder Woman (08/25/17)
05 (05) 5,376 [+312] / 86th [+11] - Transformers: The Last Knight (08/04/17)
06 (06) 5,325 [+549] / UR - Mary and the Witch's Flower (07/08/07)
07 (07) 4,986 [+345] / 81st [+02] - I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (07/28/17)
08 (09) 4,617 [+414] / 72nd [+28] - John Wick: Chapter 2 (07/07/17)
09 (08) 4,429 [+256] / UR - Tokyo Ghoul (07/29/17)
10 (11) 4,097 [+300] / UR - Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom? (08/18/17)
11 (10) 4,064 [+206] / UR - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (08/04/17)
12 (12) 3,684 [+257] / UR - Despicable Me 3 (07/21/17)
13 (13) 3,121 [+213] / 90th [-28] - Shinobi's Country (07/01/17)
14 (15) 3,060 [+446] / 40th [+20] - The Mummy (07/28/17)
15 (14) 2,926 [+229] / UR - Power Rangers (07/15/17)
16 (17) 2,614 [+382] / 49th [+51] - Life (07/08/17)
17 (16) 2,592 [+238] / UR - Cars 3 (07/15/17)
18 (18) 1,763 [+97] / UR - Sekigahara (08/26/17)
19 (19) 1,625 [+135] / UR - Pokemon: I Choose You! (07/15/17)
20 (20) 1,274 [+202] / UR - The Anthem of the Heart (07/22/17)

UR = Unranked in the Top 100 Search List.

As of 06/14/17

As expected Spidey and Pirates are Top 2. I completely forgot but is Transformers a big franchise in Japan? I don't remember it being one. Nice to see JW2 in the mix.

I thought Despicable Me 3 would be higher. Any predictions on whether it will be over or under Minions?

The Transformers franchise does pretty well in Japan, but it's not a blockbuster series. I'm thinking the latest film will do around ¥2.5 billion ($25 million).



I don't believe it'll match Minions; it was the first ever non-Disney, imported animated film to exceed ¥5 billion, and the actual minion characters themselves are why it was so successful. I don't know why, but Japanese audiences (at least children/families) have taken a liking to them, when they typically don't go for such animation.

That said, Despicable Me 2 saw a nice bump over Despicable Me, and Illumination's popularity has really grown in the market as well (surprisingly), so I expect Despicable Me 3 to increase over its predecessor. The third film has an excellent release date, and it'll likely earn at least ¥3 billion ($30 million) in my opinion.

Here is the list of the biggest ninth weekends that Beauty and the Beast will be added to after Sunday; it's aiming for the 11th-13th spots.

Biggest Ninth Weekends/Nine Week Totals (2000-)

01. ¥737.8 million ($7.2 million), -34%, ¥17.08 billion ($167.4 million) - Frozen (2014)
02. ¥650.0 million ($5.8 million), -07%, ¥19.98 billion ($171.7 million) - Spirited Away (2001)
03. ¥476.3 million ($4.6 million), +02%, ¥16.41 billion ($159.8 million) - Your Name. (2016)
04. ¥419.2 million ($4.0 million), +21%, ¥10.47 billion ($98.8 million) - The Last Samurai (2003)
05. ¥404.7 million ($4.4 million), -20%, ¥11.87 billion ($131.1 million) - Avatar (2009)
06. ¥377.4 million ($3.1 million), -11%, ¥15.27 billion ($129.6 million) - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
07. ¥343.5 million ($3.4 million), -45%, ¥15.76 billion ($154.9 million) - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
08. ¥324.9 million ($3.4 million), -29%, ¥10.62 billion ($108.7 million) - The Wind Rises (2013)
09. ¥296.5 million ($2.2 million), -31%, ¥17.89 billion ($136.2 million) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
10. ¥278.1 million ($2.2 million), -45%, ¥15.23 billion ($129.6 million) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
11. ¥259.9 million ($2.4 million), -31%, ¥13.88 billion ($129.2 million) - Ponyo (2008)
12. ¥214.9 million ($2.0 million), -11%, ¥10.29 billion ($97.1 million) - Finding Nemo (2003)
13. ¥201.2 million ($1.9 million), -51%, ¥11.92 billion ($108.4 million) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
14. ¥200.3 million ($1.9 million), -30%, ¥6.91 billion ($64.0 million) - Zootopia (2016)
¥200 million+

Saturday Report:

>Confessions of a Murderer was down just 25% compared to last Saturday, giving it a strong advantage to repeat atop the box office for a second weekend. Warner Bros. will be very pleased since the film is looking to be their biggest release so far in 2017, with it currently on track to out-gross Kong: Skull Island.

>Beauty and the Beast held very well, down 27% from last Saturday, but it's not quite good enough to reclaim the #1 spot in its ninth weekend unless it delivers a remarkable Sunday performance.

>The Irregular at Magic High School: The Girl Who Calls the Stars sold ~52% of its available tickets on Saturday, and while I'm sure its avg. ticket price will be very high, the strong holds from the holdovers will prevent any chance of a surprise #1 debut. Still, it could definitely do ¥150 million+ ($1.5 million), which would be very impressive given the screen count of just 59.

>Innocent Curse got off to an expected so-so start and is eyeing a debut around ¥150 million ($1.3 million), quite standard for a higher profile horror release.

>King Arthur: Legend of the Sword bombed, missing the Top 5, and will likely miss ¥100 million (sub-$1 million) over the weekend.

Good for Top 3 and for a June weekend.

Weekend Actuals will be up in an hour or two; they're up slightly from estimates.

This June actually hasn't been too bad. I doubt it's the weakest month this year.

Pg Bump (WKND Actuals ->>)