Japan Box Office Report – July 30th/31st

"Transformers 3" / "Harry Potter 8" / "Cars 2"

“Harry Potter” is showing off it’s magic as it sits on top of the Japanese box office ranking for the third week in a row. Not even “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” was able to outsell the magical thrill-ride during its own opening weekend.
Another 369,845 people saw the “Harry Potter” movie on Saturday and Sunday, adding over 530 million Yen (6.9 million USD) to its overall revenue in Japan. It even already broke through the 5 billion Yen (65 million USD) mark.
“Transformers 3” was just as much of a box office hit around the globe, but ‘only’ 363,912 of the Japanese people decided to see it on its opening weekend. Just as a reminder, “Harry Potter” was seen by over 880,000 people on its first weekend. When looking at the third-week results of “Harry Potter”, “Transformers” could have obtained the first place with only a couple thousand more moviegoers, because its revenue was actually higher by 40 million Yen, due to a longer runtime and more 3D screenings. (The number of sold tickets has priority for this ranking.)
Disney Pixar’s “Cars 2” also did a good job on its first weekend in Japan, thanks to its ‘polyrhythmic’ promotions. 336,597 people saw the movie, resulting in a revenue of over 450 million Yen (5.9 million USD). The movie obviously aims at families with children, therefore the Japanese dubbed version was preferred by 98% of those who saw it during the weekend.
The new “Naruto” movie also opened inside the top 10 with 11,722 sold tickets and a revenue of over 125 million Yen (1.65 million USD).
Don’t forget to check out the trailers of the new Japanese movies below the ranking!
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	Rank/Last		Title	Weeks
	01 (01)		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	03
	02 (00)		Transformers: Dark of the Moon	01
	03 (00)		Cars 2	01
	04 (02)		Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom / Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram	03
	05 (03)		Kokuriko-zaka Kara	03
	06 (00)		Gekijouban Naruto: Blood Prison	01
	07 (05)		Rock – Wanko no Shima	02
	08 (04)		Nintama Rantaro	02
	09 (06)		Andalucia: Megami no Hofuku	06
	10 (11)		Soreike! Anpanman: Sukue! Kokorin to Kiseki no Hoshi	05

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> “Naruto: Blood Prison” (Anime, Action/Adventure)

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> “Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World” (Anime, Bishonen)

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> “Tokyo Ningen Kigeki – Human Comedy in Tokyo” (Episodic Character Flick, Isolation)

Directed & Written by: Fukada Koji

Cast: Kakudate Reina, Nemoto Eriko, Ogino Yuri, Kibiki Yuko, Yamamoto Masayuki, Inoue Minako…

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> “Tales of Terror The Movie: Raid” (Ghost Stories, Documentary)

Directed by: Murakami Kenji

With: Ginty Kobayashi, Tanobe Naoto, Ichikawa Rikio, Murakami Kenji, and more

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> “Satoyama no Gakko” (Documentary)

Directed by: Haramura Masak

—Note: Trailer for the said movie ends at 1:50!

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> “Kasuka na Hikari e” (Documentary)

Directed by: Mori Yasuyuki

About: Ota Takashi