crossdavids: Japan Box Office Report ? November 10th/11th

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Japan Box Office Report ? November 10th/11th

(02) 'Aku no Kyoten' / (01) 'Nobou no Shiro' / (03) 'Kita no Canariatachi'

?Nobou no Shiro? remains on top and ?Aku no Kyoten? opens in at second place.

First place was defended by ?Nobou no Shiro? almost as bravely as the castle in the movie itself. After ten days it already recorded 982,363 viewers and a cumulative revenue of 1,184,000,000 Yen (14,760,928 USD). If this impressive and steady performance continues, it might even be able to reach 2,500,000,000 Yen (31,167,500 USD).

Second place featured the opening of Miike Takashi?s ?Aku no Kyoten? starring Ito Hideaki as a popular teacher and psychopathic killer. It already received a lot of praise at a recent international film festival and experienced a decent opening weekend in Japan with 215,059 viewers and a revenue of 298,945,000 Yen (3,726,947 USD). A realistic goal for this movie should be 1,500,000,000 Yen (18,700,500 USD) or even 2,000,000,000 Yen (24,934,000 USD) judging by the opening weekend.

The only other new movie in the top ten was ?Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away? this weekend. It opened at fifth place with 53,432 viewers and a revenue of 87,974,700 Yen (1,096,780 USD).

?Tsunagu?, which dropped to tenth place, has reached its personal milestone of 1,500,000,000 Yen. ?Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL? dropped outside of the top ten this weekend with a current cumulative revenue of 5,796,000,000 Yen (72,258,732 USD). The milestone of 6,000,000,000 Yen (74,802,000 USD) already seems to be out of reach, but it?s still screening in plenty of theaters.

You can check out the trailers of all the new Japanese films below the box office ranking!

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(Note: The ranking is not based on the revenue, but the number of sold tickets!)

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