Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/11/24 ~ 2007/11/25
1 Always Zoku: San Cho Me No Yuhi (Always - Series: Setting Sun on 3rd Avenue; Toho)
2 Koizora (Toho)
3 Biohazard III (Resident Evil: Extinction; Screen Gems; Jp Distributor - Sony)
4 The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal Pictures; Jp Distributor Toho-Towa)
5 Midnight Eagle (Shochiku)
6 Crows Zero (Toho)
7 Eiga Yes! Puricure 5 -Kagami No Kuni No Miracle Dai Boken (Movie- Yes! PreCure 5 - Big Miracle Adventure in the Land of Mirrors)
8 Saw IV (Lions Gate; Jp Distributor - Asmik Ace)
9 Number 23 (The Number 23; New Line Cinema, Jp. Distributor -Herald)
10 A Mighty Heart (UIP)
Yamazaki Takashi's family comedy "Always Zoku: San Cho Me No Yuhi" takes the top spot this weekend. Last week's number one, Imai Natsuki's "Koizora" drops to number two. A couple of new films debut this week including Narsushima Izuru's action/thriller "Midnight Eagle", the Joel Schumacher/Jim Carrey thriller "Number 23" and the Michael Winterbottom/Angelina Jolie movie "A Mighty Heart".
Movies making their road-show debut in Japan in the coming weeks include Morita Yoshimitsu's "Tsubaki Sanjuro" (a remake of Kurosawa Akira's classic "Sanjuro", 11/27), Rod Hardy's "December Boys" (with Daniel Radcliffe, 12/1) and the German film "Grbavica" (Japanese title -"Sarajevo No
Hana/Flower of Sarajevo", 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 Always (Toho)--------------------$2,699,354/$26,525,927----------------------4------------382
2 Koizora (Toho)---------------$2,517,339/$23,980,806---------------------------4------------290
3 Biohazard III (Sony)-------------$1,607,008/$21,702,998---------------------4------------326
4 The Bourne Ultimatum (Toho-Towa)-$1,239,008/$10,516,098-----------3------------311
5 Midnight Eagle (Shochiku)--------$1,106,103/$1,714,372-------------------1------------314
6 Crows Zero (Toho)----------------$1,034,082/$19,613,619---------------------5------------259
7 Puricure 5 (Toei)----------------$804,406/$4,873,187----------------------------3------------136
8 Saw IV (Asmik Ace)---------------$424,439/$2,050,129-----------------------2------------118
9 Number 23 (Herald)---------------$291,131/$462,793--------------------------1------------117
10 A Mighty Heart (UIP)------------$210,512/$333,737-------------------------1------------151