Japan Box Office Report & Trailer Park – December 26th/27th

(02) 'Ted' / (01) 'Strawberry Night' / (03) 'Life of Pi'
In a tough battle for the top spot on the box office chart, the new Japanese mystery thriller ‘Strawberry Night‘ – starring Takeuchi Yuko – emerged victorious over American comedy ‘Ted‘, which did extremely well even on its second weekend.
In third place opened the visually stunning ‘Life of Pi‘, while the rest of the chart was filled with movies that already opened one week ago or even earlier. ‘Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.‘ managed to climb back up from 14th place into the top ten again.
The new movie with Abe Hiroshi, ‘Tsuya no Yoru Aru Ai ni Kakawatta, Onna-tachi no Monogatari‘, only opened in the twelfth position.
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Japan Box Office Chart – January 19th/20th
01 (00) Strawberry Night (Weeks: 01)
02 (01) Ted (Weeks: 02)
03 (00) Life of Pi (Weeks: 01)
04 (02) Tokyo Kazoku (Weeks: 02)
05 (03) Les Miserables (Weeks: 06)
06 (05) ONE PIECE FILM Z (Weeks: 07)
07 (04) Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie (Weeks: 02)
08 (06) Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge (Weeks: 03)
09 (07) Looper (Weeks: 03)
10 (14) Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. (Weeks: 11)
(Note: The ranking is not based on the revenue, but the number of sold tickets!)
Short Facts:
- ‘Strawberry Night’ opened with 241,095 viewers (311 screens) and a revenue of 317,935,400 Yen (3,506,827 USD)
—- Viewer breakdown: 32% men, 68% women
—- 27.4% in their twenties; 18.2% in their forties; 15.8% in their late teens
—- 15.3% in their thirties; 14.2% in their fifties
—- 70.0% loved the TV drama and/or love the cast
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- ‘Ted’ 2nd weekend results – viewers: 222,895 / revenue: 330,542,000 Yen (3,645,878 USD)
- ‘Ted’ cumulative results – viewers: 760,484 / revenue: 1,063,018,100 Yen (11,725,089 USD)
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- ‘Life of Pi’ opened with 219,536 viewers (713 screens) and a revenue of 329,795,700 Yen (3,637,646 USD)
- ‘Life of Pi’ cumulative results (3 days) – viewers: 279,886 / revenue: 415,561,800 Yen (4,583,646 USD)
—- Viewer breakdown: 50% men, 50% women; mostly appealed to a younger audience
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- ‘Tokyo Kazoku’ cumulative results – viewers: 647,021 / revenue: 684,878,100 Yen (7,554,205 USD)
- ‘ONE PIECE FILM Z’ cumulative results – viewers: 5,368,560 / revenue: 6,493,154,400 Yen (71,619,493 USD)
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- ‘Evangelion’ was added to 94 more cinemas this week due its great popularity
- ‘Evangelion’ cumulative results – viewers: 3,731,375 / revenue: 5,143,875,650 Yen (56,736,948 USD)
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Trailers of all Japanese movies that opened this weekend:

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Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Drama (Rated PG-12)
Director: Sato Yuichi

Cast:
Takeuchi Yuko
Nishijima Hidetoshi
Osawa Takao
Koide Keisuke
Ukaji Takashi
Maruyama Ryuhei
and more…
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Genre: Love, Drama (Rated R-15)
Director: Yukisada Isao
Cast:
Abe Hiroshi
Koizumi Kyoko
Nonami Maho
Fubuki Jun
Maki Yoko
Kutsuna Shiori
and more…
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Genre: Drama (Rated R-15)
Director: Otomi Izumi
Cast:
Misaki Ayame
Aoyagi Sho
Mizuhashi Kenji
Tajima Yusei
NorA
Suzuki Ryohei
and more…
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Genre: Drama
Director: Riju Go
Cast:
Hashimoto Ai
Kiyozuka Shinya
Mickey Curtis
Yoshizawa Hisashi
Yanagi Yurei
Aitsuki Akiko
and more…
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Genre: Crime, Suspense (Rated PG-12)
Director: Kadoi Hajime
Cast:
Sato Eriko
Kitamura Kazuki
Wakamura Mayumi
Mimoto Masanori
Sugimoto Tetta
Sakata Masanobu
and more…
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Genre: Youth, Drama (Rated PG-12)
Director: Nakamura Yoshihiro
Cast:
Hamada Gaku
Kurashina Kana
Nagayama Kento
Haru
Naomi Ortega
Tanaka Kei
and more…
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Genre: Drama
Director: Aikawa Yoshihiro
Cast:
Nagatsuka Kyozo
Suga Kenta
Nounen Rena
Fukuda Saki
Suzuki Hiroki
Higa Rino
and more…
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Genre: Mother-Child Drama
Director: Nakamura Daisuke
Cast:
Suzuki Sawa
Ishigaki Yuma
Owada Shinya
Imai Masayuki
Sawada Ayako
Takahashi Kento
and more…
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Genre: Omnibus, Horror
Director: Nakano Takao
Cast:
Yashiro Minase
Natsume Suzu
Masuda Yuki
Tsuda Eisuke
Narita Risa
Kato Meguro
and more…

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