Japan Box Office Report � 2/24~2/25 2018

TH STAFF

Check out the box office charts and trailers of all the new Japanese films of the past weekend below!

Japan Box Office Chart � February 24th/February 25th

01 (01)

The Greatest Showman (Weeks: 02)

02 (00)

Legend of the Demon Cat (Weeks: 01)

03 (02)

Tonight, At The Movies (Weeks: 01)

04 (03)

The Crimes That Bind (Weeks: 05)

05 (00)

Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou (Weeks: 01)

06 (04)

Impossibility Defense (Weeks: 04)

07 (05)

The Scythian Lamb (Weeks: 04)

08 (08)

Paddington 2 (Weeks: 06)

09 (07)

Geostorm (Weeks: 06)

10 (09)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Weeks: 11)
(Note: The ranking is not based on the revenue, but the number of sold tickets!)

Short Facts:
#Cast/Staff (new films only)
Legend of the Demon Cat
Original title: KU-KAI
Cast: Sometani Shota, Huang Xuan, Abe Hiroshi, Sandrine Pinna, Matsuzaka Keiko, and more
Director: Chen Kaige ('Together', 'Farewell My Concubine')
Original: Yumemakura Baku
Script: Chen Kaige & Wang Hui-Ling
Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou
English: "Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms"
Cast: Iwami Manaka, Irino Miyu, Kayano Ai, Kaji Yuki, Sawashiro Miyuki, and more
Director: Akada Mari (debut)
Script: Akada Mari ('My Teacher', 'The Anthem of the Heart')

#Weekend Results (Saturday & Sunday only)
The Greatest Showman
- 243,550 viewers / �364,200,400 ($3,393,592)
Legend of the Demon Cat
- 229,281 viewers / �282,930,700 ($2,636,327)
Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou
- 32,000 viewers / �48,000,000 ($447,260)
#Cumulative Results (at the end of Sunday)
Tonight, At The Movies
- 550,831 viewers / �701,363,300 ($6,535,252)
The Crimes That Bind
- 1,116,895 viewers / �1,395,703,000 ($13,005,059)
(1 USD = 107.320 JPY)

Trailer Park (New Openings)

Legend of the Demon Cat
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[Fantasy, Mystery, History, Rated G]

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