Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten. 2007/09/15 ~ 2007/09/16

Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/09/15 ~ 2007/09/16

1 Hero (Toho)
2 Evangelion: Shin Gekijouban (Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone AKA Rebuild of Evangelion; Toho)
3 Life/Tengoku De Kimi Ni Aetara - Toho
4 Miss Potter (Herald)
5 Harry Potter Tou Fushichou No Kishidan (Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix; Warner Bros.)
6 Tsuribaka Nisshi 18 (Shochiku)
7 Sukiyaki Western Django (Sony Pictures)
8 Ocean's 13 (Warner Bros.)
9 Transformers (UIP)
10 Rush Hour 3 (New Line - Jp. Distrubutor Toho-Towa)

Domestic films dominated the Japanese box office this weekend as Kimura Takuya's "Hero" held on to the top spot earning another 7 million (USD) bringing it's total to over 25 million (USD). "Evangelion: 1.0" is also still doing good business remaining at the 2nd spot this week on 91 screens. Miike Takashi's "Sukiyaki Western: Django" debuted weakly at No. 7 while Renée Zellweger's "Miss Potter" trumped "Harry Potter" debuting at No. 4

This week Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" portion of "Grindhouse" is set to debut (9/22) as well as Tim Story's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" ("Ginga No Kiki" in Japan).

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)----------------------$7,105,918/$25,858,992----------------------------2------------475
2 Eva: 1.0 (Clockworks)-------------$1,262,402/$8,976,123------------------------3--------------91
3 Tengoku de kimi..(Toho)-----------$859,886/$10,556,762------------------------4-------------289
4 Miss Potter (Herald)--------------$740,381/$740,381-------------------------------1-------------292
5 Harry Potter...(WB)---------------$686,812/$78,326,650--------------------------9---------------562
6 Ocean's Thirteen (WB)-------------$546,608/$25,636,852----------------------6----------------307
7 Sukiyaki Western:Django (Sony)----$546,559/$546,559----------------------1----------------213
8 Transformers (UIP)----------------$490,211/$33,311,102--------------------------7----------------363
9 Tsuribaka Nisshi 18 (Shochiku)----$440,435/$1,981,858----------------------2----------------178
10 Rush Hour 3 (New Line/Toho-Towa)--$396,318/$7,121,827----------------4-----------------265