Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten. 2007/10/6 ~ 2007/10/7

Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/10/6 ~ 2007/10/7

1 Hero (Toho)
2 Closed Note (Toho)
3 Perfect Stranger (BVI)
4 Mirai Yosouzu (Signs of Love; Shochiku)
5 Shiawase No Recipe (No Reservations; WB)
6 Fantastic Four:Ginga No Kiki (Rise of the Silver Surfer; Fox)
7 Rouge Assassin AKA War (Lions Gate; JP Distributor - Toei)
8 Evangelion: Shin Gekijouban" (Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone AKA Rebuild of Evangelion; Toho)
9 Edith Piaf: Ai No Sanka (La Mome; Movie Eye)
10 Arthur To Minimoys No Fushigi Na Koku (Arthur and the Invisibles; Asmik Ace)

Kimura Takuya and "Hero" are unstoppable at the Japanese Box Office as the movie remains No. 1 for a fifth straight week.

Yukisada Isao's adaptation of the Shizukui Shusuke novel "Closed Note" and James Foley's Halle Berry/Bruce Willis drama "Perfect Stranger" hold on to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots for a second week.

Only two new releases debut this week - the Jet Li vs Jason Statham movie "War" (in Japan - "Rouge Assassin") and Chono Hiroshi's romantic drama "Mirai Yosouzu - Ai Shi Te Ru No Sign" (AKA Signs of Love).

Notable upcoming "road shows" include Matsuo Suzuki's "Quiet Room Yokosou" (Welcome To The Quiet Room ---starring Aoi Yu, Tsumabuki Satoshi, Uchida Yuki and Ryo) -10/20, the Japan debut of Adam Shankman's "Hairspray" -10/20 and the Japan debut of Robert DeNiro's "The Good Shepard" -10/20.

"Quiet Room Yokosou" definitely looks interesting.

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)--------------------------$2,691,491/$55,766,142-------------------------------5----------------------475
2 Closed Note (Toho)---------------$996,225/$3,835,037------------------------------------2----------------------294
3 Perfect Stranger (BVI)-----------$938,558/$3,735,671------------------------------------2-----------------------296
4 Mirai Yosouzu (Shochiku)-----------$718,136/$718,136---------------------------------1-----------------------234
5 No Reservations (WB)-------------$672,727/$3,009,708---------------------------------2------------------------292
6 Fantastic Four...(Fox)-------------$575,553/$6,510,926----------------------------------3------------------------493
7 War (Toei)----------------------------------$560,646/$560,646---------------------------------1-----------------------246
8 Evangelion..(Klockworx)--------------$395,909/$13,721,300-----------------------------6------------------------90
9 La Mome (Movie Eye)-----------------$327,145/$1,604,363-------------------------------2-----------------------197
10 Arthur..(Asmik Ace)---------------$269,371/$3,546,823---------------------------------3------------------------270