Demon Slayer: Mugen Train adds 110,882 more admissions to, again, its long-achieved all-time record. It'll break 29 million admissions in a few weeks.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time will be joining the list in the next week as it's approaching 5 million admissions. It'll be aiming for up to 6 million admissions, and may crack the Top 80.

Most Attended Films of All-Time (5 Million+)

001. 28.70 million - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020) *178-Day Total*
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002. 24.28 million - Spirited Away (2001)*
003. 20.03 million - Frozen (2014)
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004. 19.50 million - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
005. 19.30 million - Your Name. (2016)
006. 17.43 million - Titanic (1997)*
007. 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
008. 15.50 million - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
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009. 14.98 million - Princess Mononoke (1997)*
010. 14.00 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
011. 13.00 million - Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
012. 12.87 million - Ponyo (2008)
013. 12.60 million - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
014. 12.55 million - Godzilla vs. King Kong (1962)
015. 12.10 million - The Last Samurai (2003)
016. 11.00 million - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
017. 10.69 million - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
018. 10.61 million - Weathering With You (2019)
019. 10.45 million - Frozen II (2019)
020. 10.31 million - Avatar (2009)
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021. 9.72 million - The Wind Rises (2013)
022. 9.61 million - Godzilla (1954)
023. 9.50 million - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
024. 9.00 million - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
025. 8.94 million - Beauty and the Beast (2017)
026. 8.90 million - Armageddon (1998)
027. 8.80 million - Antarctica (1983)
027. 8.80 million - The Sinking of Japan (1973)
029. 8.60 million - Finding Nemo (2003)
030. 8.55 million - Jurassic Park (1993)
030. 8.55 million - Aladdin (2019)
032. 8.40 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
033. 8.34 million - The Return of Godzilla (1955)
034. 8.30 million - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
035. 8.00 million - The Da Vinci Code (2006)
036. 7.82 million - Toy Story 4 (2019)
037. 7.80 million - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
038. 7.75 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
039. 7.71 million - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
040. 7.65 million - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
041. 7.60 million - Monsters, Inc. (2002)
042. 7.59 million - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
043. 7.58 million - Arrietty (2010)
044. 7.50 million - The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
045. 7.38 million - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
046. 7.36 million - Toy Story 3 (2010)
047. 7.33 million - The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
048. 7.26 million - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
049. 7.22 million - Big Hero 6 (2014)
050. 7.20 million - Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
051. 7.18 million - Code Blue (2018)
052. 7.16 million - The Eternal Zero (2013)
053. 7.10 million - Bayside Shakedown (1998)
054. 7.09 million - Monsters University (2013)
055. 7.02 million - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
056. 7.00 million - Seven Samurai (1954)
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057. 6.97 million - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014)
058. 6.95 million - Rookies (2009)
059. 6.90 million - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
060. 6.88 million - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
061. 6.80 million - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
062. 6.70 million - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
063. 6.67 million - A Slope in the Sun (1958)
064. 6.66 million - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (200
065. 6.60 million - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
066. 6.54 million - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back! (1998)
066. 6.50 million - The Silk Road (1988)9)
068. 6.46 million - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
069. 6.40 million - Crimson Wings (1958)
070. 6.35 million - Boys Over Flowers: Final (2008)
071. 6.31 million - Stand By Me, Doraemon (2014)
072. 6.29 million - Hero (2007)
073. 6.26 million - Jurassic World (2015)
074. 6.25 million - Looking at Love and Death (1964)
075. 6.23 million - Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
076. 6.22 million - Despicable Me 3 (2017)
077. 6.18 million - Tales from Earthsea (2006)*
078. 6.00 million - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
079. 5.94 million - Man Who Causes A Storm (1957)
080. 5.93 million - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003)
081. 5.91 million - Zootopia (2016)
082. 5.90 million - The Sixth Sense (1999)
083. 5.86 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
084. 5.75 million - Umizaru: Brave Hearts (2012)
085. 5.70 million - Bayside Shakedown: Set the Guys Loose! (2010)
086. 5.69 million - Shin Godzilla (2016)
087. 5.67 million - One Piece Film Z (2012)
088. 5.60 million - Umizaru: The Last Message (2010)
088. 5.60 million - Pokemon: Revelation Lugia (1999)
088. 5.60 million - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2006)
088. 5.60 million - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
088. 5.60 million - Finding Dory (2016)
093. 5.55 million - Deep Impact (1998)
094. 5.53 million - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
095. 5.50 million - Departures (2008)
095. 5.50 million - The Cat Returns (2002)
095. 5.50 million - Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
098. 5.41 million - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
099. 5.40 million - Ghostbusters (1984)
100. 5.35 million - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
101. 5.30 million - The Matrix (1999)
101. 5.30 million - Umizaru: The Limit of Love (2006)
103. 5.24 million - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
104. 5.20 million - Speed (1994)
105. 5.17 million - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
106. 5.14 million - Spider-Man (2002)
107. 5.13 million - Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
108. 5.10 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
109. 5.08 million - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
110. 5.01 million - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (2015)
111. 5.00 million - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)

*=re-release admissions included.

Three more movies and entry criteria to Top 100 admissions list will be 5.5m admissions. 2 are about to break 5.5m and I'm sure one more will be added by end of this year.

Haven't updated this one in over a year, so here!

Changes versus the last update:

Well, new #1 for one! Demon Slayer, of course, takes the #1 spot.

Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is up to 25th place already and will enter the Top 20. I don't want to say any higher (and 19th *should* be maximum) than that since ¥9 billion is 50/50 at best right now, and is just a very hard number to reach for a franchise animated film as you can see on the list. The biggest animated films, and overall films really, are typically original films (which Demon Slayer shattered the expectations of).

And Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur released last August (after getting delayed from last March) made the list at #92.

Top Grossing Animated Films (¥3 billion+)

001. ¥39.62 billion ($378.8 million) - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020) *178-Day Total*
002. ¥31.68 billion ($261.2 million) - Spirited Away (2001)*
003. ¥25.50 billion ($249.6 million) - Frozen (2014)
004. ¥25.03 billion ($236.5 million) - Your Name. (2016)
005. ¥20.18 billion ($173.7 million) - Princess Mononoke (1997)*
006. ¥19.60 billion ($190.0 million) - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
007. ¥15.50 billion ($156.0 million) - Ponyo (2008)
008. ¥14.19 billion ($131.7 million) - Weathering With You (2019)
009. ¥13.35 billion ($122.3 million) - Frozen II (2019)
010. ¥12.02 billion ($123.5 million) - The Wind Rises (2013)
011. ¥11.00 billion ($102.4 million) - Finding Nemo (2003)
012. ¥10.80 billion ($130.7 million) - Toy Story 3 (2010)
013. ¥10.09 billion ($94.3 million) - Toy Story 4 (2019)
014. ¥9.37 billion ($85.5 million) - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019)
014. ¥9.37 billion ($76.8 million) - Monsters, Inc. (2002)
016. ¥9.25 billion ($111.9 million) - Arrietty (2010)
017. ¥9.18 billion ($83.6 million) - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
017. ¥9.18 billion ($77.7 million) - Big Hero 6 (2014)
019. ¥8.96 billion ($91.3 million) - Monsters University (2013)
020. ¥8.38 billion ($80.2 million) - Stand By Me, Doraemon (2014)
021. ¥7.84 billion ($65.3 million) - Tales From Earthsea (2006)*
022. ¥7.80 billion ($66.2 million) - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014)
023. ¥7.63 billion ($70.6 million) - Zootopia (2016)
024. ¥7.54 billion ($67.8 million) - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back! (1998)
025. ¥7.43 billion ($68.0 million) - Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (2021) *35-Day Total*
026. ¥7.31 billion ($66.1 million) - Despicable Me 3 (2017)
027. ¥6.89 billion ($61.6 million) - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
028. ¥6.87 billion ($77.1 million) - One Piece Film Z (2012)
028. ¥6.83 billion ($65.8 million) - Finding Dory (2016)
030. ¥6.46 billion ($54.4 million) - The Cat Returns (2002)
031. ¥6.36 billion ($64.8 million) - Pokemon: Revelation Lugia (1999)
032. ¥6.33 billion ($58.1 million) - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
033. ¥5.85 billion ($47.7 million) - The Boy and the Beast (2015)
034. ¥5.55 billion ($52.1 million) - One Piece: Stampede (2019)
035. ¥5.53 billion ($46.5 million) - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (2015)
036. ¥5.37 billion ($50.0 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (2018)
037. ¥5.30 billion ($64.0 million) - Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo (2012)
038. ¥5.26 billion ($51.1 million) - The Incredibles (2004)
039. ¥5.21 billion ($42.9 million) - Minions (2015)
040. ¥5.18 billion ($50.3 million) - One Piece Film Gold (2016)
041. ¥5.16 billion ($46.1 million) - Moana (2017)
042. ¥5.11 billion ($45.4 million) - Sing (2017)
043. ¥5.02 billion ($45.6 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (2019)
043. ¥5.02 billion ($47.2 million) - Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: The Rise of Darkrai (2007)
045. ¥5.00 billion ($60.5 million) - Up (2009)
045. ¥5.00 billion ($46.6 million) - Coco (2018)
047. ¥4.90 billion ($44.3 million) - Incredibles 2 (2018)
047. ¥4.90 billion ($40.2 million) - Dinosaur (2000)
049. ¥4.85 billion ($45.8 million) - Pokemon: Spell of the Unown (2000)
050. ¥4.80 billion ($58.1 million) - One Piece Film Strong World (2009)
050. ¥4.80 billion ($53.3 million) - Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)
052. ¥4.67 billion ($51.6 million) - Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009)
053. ¥4.50 billion ($38.4 million) - Pokemon Advanced: Jirachi - Wishmaker (2003)
054. ¥4.48 billion ($37.1 million) - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)
055. ¥4.47 billion ($57.8 million) - From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
056. ¥4.45 billion ($32.5 million) - Porco Rosso (1992)
057. ¥4.43 billion ($39.6 million) - Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic (2017)
058. ¥4.38 billion ($39.1 million) - Pokemon Advanced: Destiny Deoxys (2004)
059. ¥4.33 billion ($56.1 million) - Pokemon Best Wishes: White - Victini and Zekrom/Black - Victini and Reshiram (2011)
060. ¥4.30 billion ($38.9 million) - Pokemon Advanced: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)
061. ¥4.26 billion ($41.2 million) - Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2013)
062. ¥4.25 billion ($37.2 million) - Aladdin (1993)
063. ¥4.24 billion ($41.1 million) - The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
064. ¥4.22 billion ($53.9 million) - Wolf Children (2012)
065. ¥4.16 billion ($50.3 million) - Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Zoroark - Master of Illusions (2010)
066. ¥4.12 billion ($36.7 million) - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
067. ¥4.11 billion ($40.3 million) - Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
068. ¥4.05 billion ($40.3 million) - Pom Poco (1994)
069. ¥4.04 billion ($33.5 million) - Inside Out (2015)
070. ¥4.00 billion ($36.0 million) - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
070. ¥4.00 billion ($44.2 million) - Wall-E (2008)
070. ¥4.00 billion ($44.2 million) - Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
073. ¥3.98 billion ($43.4 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
074. ¥3.93 billion ($33.1 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Space Record of Space Heroes (2015)
075. ¥3.90 billion ($36.3 million) - Ratatouille (2007)
075. ¥3.90 billion ($32.5 million) - Pokemon: Celebi - Voice of the Forest (2001)
077. ¥3.86 billion ($35.0 million) - Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
078. ¥3.74 billion ($31.1 million) - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (2015)
079. ¥3.63 billion ($37.1 million) - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)
080. ¥3.62 billion ($46.2 million) - Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (2012)
081. ¥3.61 billion ($46.1 million) - Pokemon Best Wishes: Kyurem Vs. The Sacred Swordsman - Keldeo (2012)
082. ¥3.58 billion ($35.1 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Demon - Peko and the Exploration Party (2014)
083. ¥3.55 billion ($32.3 million) - Pokemon: I Choose You! (2017)
084. ¥3.54 billion ($30.0 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (2007)
085. ¥3.53 billion ($34.0 million) - Memories of Marnie (2014)
086. ¥3.50 billion ($35.6 million) - Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
087. ¥3.45 billion ($29.9 million) - Toy Story 2 (2000)
088. ¥3.44 billion ($31.9 million) - The Boss Baby (2018)
089. ¥3.40 billion ($28.2 million) - Pokemon Advanced: Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
089. ¥3.40 billion ($30.3 million) - Detective Conan: The Phantom of Barker Street (2002)
091. ¥3.37 billion ($32.1 million) - Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)
092. ¥3.35 billion ($31.5 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur (2020) *New entry since last update*
093. ¥3.29 billion ($29.7 million) - Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
094. ¥3.28 billion ($42.3 million) - Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)
094. ¥3.28 billion ($27.6 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur (2006)
096. ¥3.26 billion ($28.2 million) - Yo-Kai Watch: Great Adventure of the Flying Whale and the Double Worlds, Nyan! (2016)
097. ¥3.20 billion ($31.7 million) - The Lion King (1994)
097. ¥3.20 billion ($28.6 million) - Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)
097. ¥3.20 billion ($35.2 million) - Detective Conan: Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)
100. ¥3.17 billion ($33.0 million) - Pokemon Best Wishes: ExtremeSpeed Genesect - Mewtwo Awakens (2013)
101. ¥3.16 billion ($33.6 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Merman Sea Adventure (2010)
102. ¥3.13 billion ($39.8 million) - Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (2011)
103. ¥3.09 billion ($27.9 million) - Pokemon: Everyone's Story (2018)
104. ¥3.05 billion ($29.0 million) - Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King (2000)
104. ¥3.05 billion ($28.9 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Wannyan Space-Time Odyssey (2004)
106. ¥3.03 billion ($26.8 million) - Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
107. ¥3.01 billion ($39.0 million) - Cars 2 (2011)
108. ¥3.00 billion ($32.4 million) - Wreck-It Ralph (2013)
108. ¥3.00 billion ($25.8 million) - Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)
108. ¥3.00 billion ($25.8 million) - One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure (2001)

*=re-release earnings included.

Hi Corpse!

How does Monster Hunter compare to the other Paul W.S. Anderson movies?

Thanks for all your hard work!

Here are all his films that have earned over ¥1 billion.

¥4.70 billion ($56.8 million) - Resident Evil: Afterlife
¥4.27 billion ($37.9 million) - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
¥3.87 billion ($48.9 million) - Resident Evil: Retribution
¥2.85 billion ($25.1 million) - Resident Evil: Extinction
¥2.70 billion ($24.0 million) - Resident Evil: Apocalypse
¥2.30 billion ($17.9 million) - Resident Evil
¥1.95 billion ($24.9 million) - The Three Musketeers
¥1.68 billion ($16.2 million) - Alien vs. Predator

Monster Hunter is probably going to finish around ¥1.3 billion (~$12 million) or so.

He has a very good record in Japan. Japan was the biggest overall market for the last two Resident Evil films (Retribution and Final Chapter), as well as for The Three Musketeers. And Japan was the #1 overseas market for the remaining four Resident Evil films, Alien vs. Predator, and soon to be Monster Hunter. Milla Jovovich takes credit here too, since Japan is almost always the #1 overall market/#1 overseas market for her smaller releases as well. I don't know if she still does this, but she used to visit the country often, appear in commercials, do interviews, etc. on a regular basis.

DO these numbers include the opening day (Friday)?

For the totals, yeah. Not in the opening weekends. Only Saturday and Sunday is reported as the opening weekend in the market.

And only the last four films have opened on Friday.

How did The Fifth Element do there back in the day?

Good Wednesday for DS !

Oh, thanks, forgot to check on it.

It had a distributor income of ¥1.7 billion, so its gross was likely around ¥2.7 billion (~$22 million).

Widest Releases (Seating) Since 2015 (~70% of the Market):

Seating, [Theaters/Showings]
1,336,504, [267/6,170] - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Oct., 2020)
1,123,168, [250/4,797] - Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Apr., 2021)
1,085,077, [267/3,786] - Frozen 2 (Nov., 2019)
919,956, [258/3,250] - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov., 2018)
816,498, [251/3,196] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (July, 2018)
790,550, [257/3,511] - Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Mar., 2021)
775,754, [262/2,657] - Toy Story 4 (July, 2019)
766,440, [241/2,556] - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov., 2016)
728,306, [267/2,690] - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Dec., 2019)
725,315, [258/2,202] - Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (Apr., 2019)
719,848, [261/2,370] - Weathering With You (July, 2019)
719,670, [261/2,374] - Aladdin (June, 2019)
714,702, [236/2,789] - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Dec., 2015)
701,865, [247/2,864] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (July, 2017)
670,255, [254/2,527] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec., 2017)
668,663, [236/2,346] - Finding Dory (July, 2016)
667,610, [245/2,327] - Beauty and the Beast (Apr., 2017)
658,842, [231/2,256] - One Piece Film Gold (July, 2016)
655,976, [249/1,832] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Apr., 2018)
648,401, [259/2,096] - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (June, 2019)
648,160, [252/2,037] - Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Dec., 2018)
608,132, [250/1,979] - Code Blue (July, 2018)
605,267, [239/1,676] - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (Apr., 2017)
585,196, [254/1,787] - One Piece: Stampede (Aug., 2019)
547,894, [252/1,655] - Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of Moon Exploration (Mar., 2019)
533,783, [258/2,293] - Avengers: Endgame (Apr., 2019)
530,905, [230/1,502] - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (Apr., 2016)
530,456, [231/1,727] - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (Dec., 2015)
520,369, [237/1,744] - Jurassic World (Aug., 2015)
517,134, [260/1,835] - Spider-Man: Far From Home (June, 2019)
515,406, [233/1,460] - Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (Mar., 2016)
501,322, [240/1,487] - Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic (Mar., 2017)

Here is Detective Conan's Friday seating/showing counts. More than 50% more seats and more than double the amount of showings versus the previous film... And each theater is showing it 19 times a day on average (second highest for any film in recorded history). Truly whopping, and around a dozen locations weren't calculated for the Friday report either (should be 260/265 with them added).

Also, this is only at the usual locations which makes up ~70% of the market. Detective Conan broke the theater count record this year and is playing in 498 theaters versus the normal 350-375 range that almost all these films played in, so the usual locations is actually more like ~55% of the market for it.

I'll update this again tomorrow when the Saturday seating/showings come out, as I suspect it'll come in a bit higher. The missing locations from Friday should be included in the Saturday report, so it may come in near 1.2 million and 5,000 showings for Saturday.

WOW

Indeed the theater count is really impressive and gives you an idea how the franchise has grown in the market.

The number of seats is incomplete the real number should be ~1.35M
Also presales at TOHO cinemas for Conan:
Friday 48,358 / 463,675
Saturday 28,345 / 459,747

DS is obviously out of sight, but is there a chance it might reach #2 of all time by pulling ahead of The Matrix Reloaded ? It would need to do more than ¥2,222,854,550 and 1,486,743 admissions over the 2 day period.

I can see it happening in admissions, but in revenue it's going to be very difficult. The last movie had an average ticket price over its OW of 1279 yen. With all the extra screen formats I guess we can push that up to 1300 yen for this weekend, but that means it would still need to pull over 1.71 million admissions to beat The Matrix Reloaded in revenue.

@Cynosure By looking at presales, I don't think it will cross 2 billion yen over the weekend, in my opinion something around 1.5 billion yen is more likely.

250k + 400k + 420k at usual locations for a ￥2.2b FSS

I wouldn't set expectations up to be an opening of ¥2 billion or more. Just aiming to open above the last film is already a VERY high bar (it's the third biggest opening ever for a domestic film), even if it has far more screens/showings. Having more seating doesn't necessarily equal a higher debut, especially for a franchise that has a ceiling.

Now, Detective Conan hasn't hit that ceiling yet as it's been increasing year-on-year for seven or eight years now, and it did go from being a successful franchise by earning ¥3-4 billion about every year for over 10 years, to a sudden rise in 2016/2017 by jumping over 50%, and then another sudden rise in 2018/2019 by jumping a further 30/40% from there. The last two films have earned more than double the average the films were earning before 2016.

But a ceiling has to be hit eventually, especially for a long-running series like this, even if it has seen huge gains in recent years. And the last two films have reached a level of success, especially over their opening weekends, that's very, very high for the market. Exceeding 1 million admissions over the weekend is a huge, huge accomplishment. The ceiling is likely very near. You have to sort of ignore most of the top early/mid-2000s opening weekends since they had previews (several days worth) equal to or even greater than their actual openings added to their opening weekends. What they did, such as The Matrix Reloaded, is nonstandard and that's why it held the record for 17-years (and why Demon Slayer beating it, obliterating it, is one of the biggest feats ever in the market), and why many others from that era still have high rankings on the all-time opening weekend list.

04/13 - Tues.: ¥x10,000,000 ($0.09 million) / x6,500 *est.*
04/14 - Wed.: ¥x15,000,000 ($0.14 million) / x11,000 *est.*
04/15 - Thur.: ¥x15,000,000 ($0.14 million) / x9,500 *est.*[/size]

182-Day Cumulative Total: ¥39,670,710,050 ($379.22 million) / 28,730,498 Admissions


Corpse, is 40 billion yuan still accessible?
Tomorrow the seats of DS have been severely cut ...

¥40 billion is 100% locked and has been for a long, long time. Getting a mere ~¥330 million more now is very easy, it's just going to take some time.

And it currently has way too many seats and doesn't need them anymore. It's not selling a lot of tickets (for 6 months in release it still is, but not relative of its seating count). At the usual locations (~70% of the market), it only sold 4.7% of all its seats yesterday. 95.3% were empty. It's still doing record amounts each day at this stage (Your Name. is the only other competitor it has that we know of), but it has a lot of seats to give up necessarily so this week. I'm a little surprised it wasn't cut a bit more, but Toho is probably just playing a little safe.

Judging from KnY's "normal" weekends (70 or so million), it can get that 330 million in five weeks or so
I think lmao

Its biggest strength has really been its weekdays. It hasn't set too many very late weekend records, but its weekly totals for the past two or three months have been the highest ever recorded due to the strong weekdays. If they're not equal to/greater than the weekends, they're coming in at like 80/90% of the prior weekend gross (this week is aiming for 90%, for example).

And don't forget Golden Week from April 29th-May 5th. There's a very high chance it hits ¥40 billion near the end of the holiday period, or almost immediately afterwards.

Golden Week is set up perfectly this year for the box office since all four national holidays during the week fall on the weekdays (Thur., Mon. Tues., and Wed.), therefore all 7 days are effectively holidays with Saturday and Sunday included. Friday (April 30th) is the only one that's not a day off for everyone, but since it occurs after Showa Day (April 29th), at least some schools/businesses are likely to be closed.

And Disney "delayed" Black Widow (essentially cancelling it in the market with the Disney+ announcement, since theaters will likely boycott it like they did Raya) which was scheduled to open on April 29th, which would have given it a full first week over 7 consecutive holidays (basically) this year in a pretty open market. It was the most ideal release date imaginable. Japan is one of the least pirated markets in the world, so they wouldn't have needed to worry much about it ending up online ahead of the U.S. release either.