Japan Box Office Watch

Titanic (3D) to open in 439 theaters nationwide this weekend.

The film opens nationwide on August 25th and stars Sato Takeru in the lead role.  The new manga series for Rurouni Kenshin will also be released this June in Jump Square magazine.

1 Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (Toho) Week 2

2 Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (Warner Bros.) Week 1

3 Liar Game: Reborn (Toho) Week 2

4 In Time (FOX) Week 4

5 War Horse (Walt Disney) Week 2

1 Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (Toho) Week 2

2 Liar Game: Reborn (Toho) Week 2

3 Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (Warner Bros.) Week 1

4 In Time (FOX) Week 4

5 Scryed Alteration II Quan (KlockWorx) Week 1

1 Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (Toho) Week 2

2 Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (Warner Bros.) Week 1

3 Liar Game: Reborn (Toho) Week 2

4 Hugo (Paramount) Week 2

5 War Horse (Walt Disney) Week 2

1 Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles (Toho) Week 2

2 Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (Warner Bros.) Week 1

3 Liar Game: Reborn (Toho) Week 2

4 Hugo (Paramount) Week 2

5 In Time (FOX) Week 4

The latest official trailer for the up and coming 15th Pokémon Movie- ‘Pokémon Kyurem VS The Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo’. Official Trailer.

1 (NEW) In Time (FOX) Week 1

2 (1) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sony) Week 2

3 (3) Shizanmono: The Movie (Toho) Week 4

4 (2) Always: Sunset on Third Street ‘64 (Toho) Week 5

5 (4) Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (TOEI) Week 2

6 (NEW) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) Week 1

7 (5) Phoenix Wright: The Movie (Toho) Week 2

8 (9) Japan’s Islands - Tales of the Animals (Toho) Week 3

9 (6) Arakawa Under the Bridge (Sony) Week 3

10 (10) The Documentary of AKB48: The Show Must Go On (Toho) Week 4

1 (1) Always: Sunset on Third Street ‘64 (Toho) Week 5

2 (NEW) In Time (FOX) Week 1

3 (2) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sony) Week 2

4 (4) Shizanmono: The Movie (Toho) Week 4

5 (3) Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (TOEI) Week 2

1 (NEW) In Time (FOX) Week 1

2 (1) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sony) Week 2

3 (2) Always: Sunset on Third Street ‘64 (Toho) Week 5

4 (3) Shizanmono: The Movie (Toho) Week 4

5 (NEW) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) Week 1

6 (4) Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (TOEI) Week 2

7 (5) Phoenix Wright: The Movie (Toho) Week 2

8 (6) Japan’s Islands - Tales of the Animals (Toho) Week 3

9 (8) The Documentary of AKB48: The Show Must Go On (Toho) Week 4

10 (NEW) POV - Cursed Film (Toho) Week 1

Title :: Opening Weekend :: Screen Count :: Release Date :: Final Total

PRESENT FILM:

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :: ¥230,892,600 ($2.98 million) / ¥288,471,700 ($3.71 million) 3-Day :: 427 :: Feb. 2012 

PAST FILMS:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button :: ¥327,204,357 ($3.53 million) :: 427 :: Feb. 2009 :: ¥2.40 billion ($25.40 million)

The Social Network :: ¥161,099,649 ($1.98 million) :: 329 :: Feb. 2011 :: ¥1.42 billion ($18.40 million)

Zodiac :: ¥81,248,101 ($658,000) :: 235 :: June 2007 :: .¥400 million est. ($3.45 million est.)

Panic Room :: ¥375,251,839 ($2.99 million) :: 291 :: May 2002 :: ¥1.95 billion ($15.71 million)

[TOP GROSSING FILMS]

Rank :: Title :: Release :: Revenue (billion)

01 :: The Last Samurai :: 2004 :: ¥13.70 

02 :: Mission: Impossible II :: 2000 :: ¥9.70 

03 :: War of the Worlds :: 2005 :: ¥6.00 

04 :: Minority Report :: 2003 :: ¥5.24 

05 :: Mission: Impossible IV :: 2012 :: ¥5.16 (52 Days in Release)

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Mission: Impossible III :: 2006 :: ¥5.15 

Mission: Impossible :: 1996 :: ¥3.60 

Vanilla Sky :: 2002 :: ¥3.32 

Knight & Day :: 2010 :: ¥2.31 

Collateral :: 2004 :: ¥2.20 

Eyes Wide Shut :: 1999 :: ¥1.75 

Valkyrie :: 2009 :: ¥1.25 

Tom Cruise is the most successful Hollywood actor in Japan, and his latest, M:I-4, just surpassed the total gross of M:I-3 this past weekend and will soon exceed the total gross for Minority Report to become Cruise’s 4th Highest Grossing Film in Japan in yen.  In USD, it has already become his 3rd Highest Grossing Film having a outgrossed Minority Report and War of the Worlds.