Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten. 2007/09/01 ~ 2007/09/02

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Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/09/01 ~ 2007/09/02
1 Evangelion: Shin Gekijouban (Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone AKA Rebuild of Evangelion; Toho)
2 Life/Tengoku De Kimi Ni Aetara (Toho)
3 Harry Potter Tou Fushichou No Kishidan (Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix; Warner Bros.)
4 Ocean’s 13 (Warner Bros.)
5 Transformers (UIP)
6 Remy No Oishi Resteran (Ratatouille; Disney)
7 Rush Hour 3 (New Line Cinema—Toho - Jp. Distributor)
8 Taxi 4 (Apipoulaï/Europa - Asmik-Ace - Jp. Distributor)
9 Gekijouban Pocket Monster Diamond Pearl/Dearuga vs Valkia vs Takurai (Toho)
10 Saiyuki (Toho)

Anno Hideaki’s much anticipated “Evangelion Shin Gekijouban/Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone” debuts this weekend to impressive numbers and easily captures the No. 1 spot in Japan. Last week’s No. 1 “Rush Hour 3” plummets from the top five to 7th place. Shinjou Takehiko’s “Tengoku De Kimi Ni Aetara” continues to hold strong at No. 2 as does “Harry Potter” (No. 3) and “Ocean’s 13” (No. 4).

Notable movies soon to be hitting theaters in Japan include Miike Takashi’s spaghetti western ”Sukiyaki Western Django” (9/24), Aoyama Shinji’s ”Sad Vacation” (9/8) and Julien Temple’s “London Calling: The Life of Joe Strummer” (Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten; 9/8).

Here is a partial report of the box office receipts for the week.

Film Title---------------------Earnings this week/Total thus far (USD)----Weeks in play
1 Eva: 1.0 (Toho) -----------------$2,418,701/$2,418,701----------------------------1
2 Tengoku de kimi..(Toho)-----------$1,760,133/$5,776,204----------------------2
3 Harry Potter...(WB) --------------$1,671,816/$75,100,678-----------------------7
4 Ocean’s Thirteen (WB)-------------$1,364,290/$22,436,612---------------------4
5 Transformers (UIP)----------------$1,338,034/$30,585,905------------------------5

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Reader Comments

Caterpillar 09/04/2007 @ 11:54am

It would be interesting to know in how many theaters these films played because that would add some perspective. Japan seems to be all over the place in terms of how wide an opening films can/will get.
Andrew Cunningham 09/04/2007 @ 7:03pm

The Evangelion movie had only 84 prints. Most wide releases manage to top 100…