Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten. 2007/09/22 ~ 2007/09/23

Posted by JMaruyama at 10:53am.

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Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/09/22 ~ 2007/09/23

1 Hero (Toho)
2 Fantastic Four:Ginga No Kiki (Rise of the Silver Surfer; Fox)
3 Arthur To Minimoys No Fushigi Na Koku (Arthur and the Invisible; Asmik Ace)
4 Evangelion: Shin Gekijouban (Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone AKA Rebuild of Evangelion; Toho)
5 Life/Tengoku De Kimi Ni Aetara (Toho)
6 Megane (Nikkatsu)
7 Miss Potter (Herald)
8 Harry Potter Tou Fushichou No Kishidan (Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix; Warner Bros.)
9 Ocean’s 13 (Warner Bros.)
10 Sukiyaki Western Django (Sony Pictures)

A number of new releases make their debut this week including Ogigami Aoko’s quirky comedy “Megane”, the Japanese release of Tim Story’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” and Luc Besson’s newest kid adventure movie “Arthur et les Minimoys”. “Hero” continues to do strong business, staying in the top spot for another week. “Evangelion 1.0” also fought off the competition staying in the top five.

Movies debuting this week in Japan include Olivier Dahan’s “La Mome” (in Japan - Edith Piaf: Ai No Sanka/Eulogy; 9/29), Scott Hicks’ “No Reservations” (in Japan - Shiawase No Recipe/Recipe for Happiness; 9/29) and Steven Soderbergh’s “The Good German” (in Japan - Saraba Berlin/Goodbye Berlin; 9/22).

Here are the box office receipts for the week.

Film Title---------------Earnings this week/Total thus far (USD)----Weeks in play----No. of Screens
1 Hero (Toho)--------------------------$4,379,979/$38,825,185--------------------3------------475
2 Fantastic Four...(Fox)-------------$1,796,503/$2,141,891-------------------1--------------541
3 Arthur..(Asmik Ace)-------------------------$1,410,670/$1,410,670----------1-------------298
4 Evangelion..(Klockworx)-----------$820,836/$11,203,840--------------------4---------------82
5 Tengoku...(Toho)----------------------$599,058/$12,284,961-------------------5---------------298
6 Megane (Nikkatsu)--------------------$485,443/$485,443----------------------1-----------------72
7 Miss Potter (Herald)------------------$480,317/$2,503,339--------------------2----------------292
8 Harry Potter (WB)--------------------$405,458/$79,518,524------------------10----------------522
9 Ocean’s Thirteen (WB)-------------$340,299/$26,635,677--------------------7----------------306
10 Sukiyaki Western (Sony)--------$274,116/$1,469,082--------------------2------------------213