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

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