The film industry is in the middle of the most profitable season of the year. 'Monsters University' continues to dominate and forces the new 'Pok�mon' film to stand in 2nd place on its opening weekend. It should cross the 2 billion Yen mark soon and eventually reach a cumulative revenue of 6 to 7 billion Yen.

As it was already mentioned, the new 'Pok�mon' film 'Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens' opened in at 2nd place. In three days it recorded the same amount of revenue 'Monsters University' managed to record in just two. Of course it was still a fantastic opening weekend and should lay the foundation for a nice cumulative revenue of more than 3 billion Yen.

Meanwhile, 'Midsummer Formula' has still done very well on its 3rd weekend with a very steady stream of viewers. If this continues for a little longer, it should have no problem cracking the 4 billion Yen. So far it already surpassed the 2 billion Yen mark.

'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D' opened in at 7th place.

Don't forget to check out the trailers of all the new Japanese films below the box office chart!

Japan Box Office Chart � July 13/14
01 (01) Monsters University (Weeks: 02)
02 (00) Gekijouban Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! (Weeks: 01)
03 (03) Midsummer Formula (Weeks: 03)
04 (02) Fast & Furious 6 (Weeks: 02)
05 (04) Gekijouban Gintama Kanketsuhen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Weeks: 02)
06 (05) Sore Ike! Anpanman: Tobase! Kibou no Handkerchief (Weeks: 02)
07 (00) Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Weeks: 01)
08 (06) 100 Kai Naku Koto (Weeks: 04)
09 (07) After Earth (Weeks: 04)
10 (08) Nintama Rantaro Natsuyasumi Shukudai Daisakusen! no Dan (Weeks: 02)
(Note: The ranking is not based on the revenue, but the number of sold tickets!)

Short Facts:
#Opening Results (Saturday & Sunday only)
- 'Pocket Monsters' - viewers: 464,839 (345 screens) & revenue: 486,293,500 Yen (4,889,681 USD)
- 'Pocket Monsters' - viewers: 62% men and 38% women
- 'Pocket Monsters' - viewers: 37% primary school students, 28.2% in their thirties, 17.6% in their twenties
- 'Silent Hill' - viewers: approx. 90,000,000 Yen (904,950 USD) in 4 days (Friday + holidays on Monday)
- 'Silent Hill' - viewers: 50% men and 50% women; primarily fans of the games and couples

#Cumulative Results
- 'Midsummer Formula' - viewers: 1,640,499 & revenue: 2,007,675,900 Yen (20,187,181 USD)

Trailers of all Japanese films that opened this weekend:

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie:
ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens
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Genre: Anime, Action, Family
Cast: Matsumoto Rika, Otani Ikue, Miyano Mamoru, Yuki Aoi, Hayashibara Megumi, Miki Shinichiro, and more...


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Jinjin
???? - Man of Virtue
Genre: Human Drama
Cast: Daichi Yasuo, Komatsu Misaki, Sato B-saku, Nakai Kie, Inoue Masahiro, Wakamura Mayumi, and more...


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Ikenie no Jirenma
??????? - Sacrifice Dilemma
Genre: Suspense, Survival
Cast: Suga Kenta, Taketomi Seika, Kinomoto Minehiro, Yamamoto Hikaru, Kanon Rio, Yanagi Takayuki, and more...


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Shin S to M Gekijouban
??S?M ??? - New S&M Movie
Genre: Suspense, Erotic, Human Drama
Cast: Miyauchi Tomomi, Kadena Reon, Ida Kunihiko, Miwa Asumi, Kawamura Rika, Niwa Tsutomu, and more...


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