Japan Box Office Report – November 26th/27th

There are only two new entries in the top ten this weekend, “Kaibutsu-kun" and “Happy Feet Two”.

The movie adaption of the drama “Kaibutsu-kun“, starring Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi, took the box office chart by storm. 431,093 people went to see the movie over the weekend, resulting in an amazing first-weekend revenue of 581,038,150 Yen (7.46 million USD).

Out of all those people, 75% decided to see the 3D version rather than the non-3D version of the movie. Moreover, it should be noted that “Kaibutsu-kun” exceeded the first-weekend result of now second place, “Suteki na Kanashibari“, by 15%. However, the late start might make it difficult to compete for the title of the most successful Japanese movie of 2011. The expected total revenue of over 4 billion Yen (51.36 million USD) should be able to make up for lost title.

Meanwhile, “Suteki na Kanashibari” already mobilized more than 2.5 million people and cleared the 3 billion Yen (38.52 million USD) mark. “Kaiji 2” dropped down to third place. This means that people at movie distributor Toho can give themselves a pat on the back again for claiming the top three of the box office chart once again this year.

“Moneyball“, in at the fourth position, is still going strong as well and could actually reach the 1 billion Yen (12.84 million USD) mark sooner or later.

As already mentioned, “Happy Feet Two” was the second new entry in the top ten this weekend. The animated movie attracted 40,750 people and grossed 54,031,300 Yen (693,869 USD). You just can’t get a lot of Japanese people to watch an animated CG movie, unless you’re a company called Pixar.

Check out the trailers of the new Japanese movies below!

> “Eiga Kaibutsu-kun” (Fantasy Drama)

Cast: Ohno Satoshi, Matsuoka Masahiro, Yashima Norito, Kawashima Umika, and more

> “Hard Romantic-er” (Human Drama)

Cast: Matsuda Shota, Nagayama Kento, Ashina Sei, Maki Yoko, and more

> “Gal Basara” (Youth Comedy)

Cast: Arimura Kasumi, Taketomi Seika, Arai Moe, Mori Ren, and more

> “Hanako no Nikki” (Human Drama)

Cast: Kurashina Kana, Nagashima Toshiyuki, Kim Sujin, SORA, and more

> “Kurosawa Eiga 2011 ~Warai ni Dekinai Koi ga Aru~” (Love Story)

Cast: Kurosawa Kazuko, TEYU, Tsubaki Onyakko, Mitsuura Yasuko, and more

> “Fuwaku no Adagio” (Human Drama)

Cast: Shibakusa Rei, Chiba Peiton, Shibuya Takuo, Tachibana Rumi, and more

> “Kokkuri-san Gekijouban” (Horror)

Cast: Suzuki Mariya, Kataoka Asuka, Umemoto Shizuka, Goto Nana, and more