Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/11/17 ~ 2007/11/18

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1 Koizora (Toei)
2 Always Zoku: San Cho Me No Yuhi (Always - Series: Setting Sun on 3rd Avenue; Toho)
3 Biohazard III (Resident Evil: Extinction; Screen Gems; Jp Distributor - Sony)
4 The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal Pictures; Jp Distributor Toho-Towa)
5 Crows Zero (Toho)
6 Eiga Yes! Puricure 5 -Kagami No Kuni No Miracle Dai Boken (Movie- Yes! PreCure 5 - Big Miracle Adventure in the Land of Mirrors)
7 Saw IV (Lions Gate; Jp Distributor - Asmik Ace)
8 Hairspray (New Line; Jp Distributor -GAGA)
9 Yajikita Dochu - Telesco" (AKA Three For The Road)
10 Zou No Senaka (Back of an Elephant; Shochiku)

Imai Natsuki's "Koizora" (Love Sky) is number one again this weekend. There's very little change with the rest of the top ten. Only two new films debut on the list - the horror series sequel "Saw IV" and Hirayama Hideyuki's "Yajikita Dochu - Telesco" (AKA Three For The Road).

Films opening in Japan in the coming weeks include Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf" (Beowulf-Norowareshi Yusha/Beowulf The Cursed Hero; 12/1), Michael Winterbottom's " A Might Heart" (Mighty Heart - Ai To Kizuna/Mighty Heart-Love & Friendship; 11/23) and Susanne Bier's 2004 Dannish film "Brodre" (Aru Ai No Fukei/A Scene of Love; 12/1)

Here are the box office receipts for the weekend.

Film Title---------------Earnings this week/Total thus far (USD)----Weeks in play----No. of Screens
1 Koizora (Toei)---------------$3,056,384/$17,767,296----------------------3------------289
2 Always (Toho)--------------------$2,629,693/$19,710,458-------------------3------------382
3 Biohazard III (Sony)-------------$2,122,265/$17,499,756------------------3------------325
4 The Bourne Ultimatum (Toho-Towa)-$1,626,173/$7,071,209-------------------2------------309
5 Crows Zero (Toho)----------------$1,397,824/$16,636,213------------------4------------259
6 Puricure 5 (Toei)----------------$1,183,611/$3,306,717-------------------2------------137
7 Saw IV (Asmik Ace)---------------$835,732/$835,732-----------------------1------------116
8 Hairspray (GAGA)-----------------$291,482/$6,756,978---------------------5------------206
9 Telesco (Shochikku)--------------$250,875/$1,191,810---------------------2------------174
10 Zou No Senaka (Shochiku)---------$341,078/$3,543,731---------------------3------------29

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