Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/10/13 ~ 2007/10/14

Weekend Japan Box Office Top Ten - 2007/10/13 ~ 2007/10/14

1 Hero (Toho)
2 Miezaru Teki (The Kingdom; UIP)
3 Closed Note (Toho)
4 Perfect Stranger (BVI)
5 Mirai Yosouzu (signs of Love; Shochiku)
6 Shiawase No Recipe (No Reservations; WB)
7 Fantastic Four:Ginga No Kiki (Rise of the Silver Surfer; Fox)
8 Evangelion: Shin Gekijouban (Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone AKA Rebuild of Evangelion; Toho)
9 Rouge Assassin AKA War (Lions Gate; JP Distributor - Toei)
10 Edith Piaf: Ai No Sanka (La Mome; Movie Eye)

"Hero" has remained in the top spot for a sixth week bringing its total Japanese box office take at over 60 Million (USD). "Hero" has so far earned more than all of the other films in the top ten combined. Peter Berg's "The Kingdom" (in Japan renamed "Miezaru Teki"/The Unseen Enemy) debuts in the No. 2 spot.

Films making their "road show" debut in the coming weeks include Susanne Bier's "Efter brylluppet" (After Wedding with "Casino Royale's" Mads Mikkelsen) 10/27, Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Invasion" (with Nicole Kidman and "Casino Royale's" Daniel Craig) 10/20 and Matthew Vaughn's
"Stardust".

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)----------------------$1,497,100/$60,152,042------------------------6------------475
2 The Kingdom (UIP)----------------$754,482/$754,482---------------------------1------------216
3 Closed Note (Toho)---------------$634,137/$5,719,333-------------------------3------------294
4 Perfect Stranger (BVI)-----------$541,523/$5,368,077-------------------------3------------297
5 Mirai Yosouzu (Shochiku)-----------$534,749/$2,241,127--------------------2------------234
6 No Reservations (WB)-------------$455,103/$4,490,277-----------------------3------------293
7 Fantastic Four...(Fox)-------------$301,407/$7,505,809-----------------------4--------------453
8 Evangelion..(Klockworx)--------------$295,188/$14,460,078------------------7-------------95
9 War (Toei)--------------------------------$270,118/$1,539,570---------------------2-------------248
10 La Mome (Movie Eye)-----------------$236,887/$2,495,268-------------------3------------202

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