Japan’s box office sales in 2022 grew 32 percent to 1.64 billion (213 billion yen) over the previous year, with admissions rising to 152 million, driven by anime and a rebound in market share for Hollywood.
Revenues are still well below the pre-pandemic 2019 box office of ¥261 billion (2 billion at current exchange rates), an all-time record high, according to figures released by the Motion Pictures Producers Association of Japan (Mppaj).
Hollywood’s fare took 31.2 percent of the box office last year, led by Top Gun: Maverick with 104 million, the only live-action film to top the 77 million (¥10 billion) mark that is the benchmark of a blockbuster hit in Japan. While the share for imported films was up by around half over the previous year, it too was well below the 45.6 percent recorded in 2019.
One Piece Film: Red from Toei was the box office king with 151 million (¥19.7 billion), with three other anime rounding out the top five.
Revenues are still well below the pre-pandemic 2019 box office of ¥261 billion (2 billion at current exchange rates), an all-time record high, according to figures released by the Motion Pictures Producers Association of Japan (Mppaj).
Hollywood’s fare took 31.2 percent of the box office last year, led by Top Gun: Maverick with 104 million, the only live-action film to top the 77 million (¥10 billion) mark that is the benchmark of a blockbuster hit in Japan. While the share for imported films was up by around half over the previous year, it too was well below the 45.6 percent recorded in 2019.
One Piece Film: Red from Toei was the box office king with 151 million (¥19.7 billion), with three other anime rounding out the top five.
- 1/31/2023
- by Gavin J Blair
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Each January, the Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan holds a press conference to reveal the previous year’s box office data and its list of top-grossing films.
One year ago — at what was then thought to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic — the event was a somber gathering: Receipts for 2020 were down a whopping 38% over the year before.
On Jan. 25, the mood was a tad more upbeat with the announcement that the total for 2021 reached $1.42 billion, a figure still well below pre-pandemic levels but up 13% over 2020. Further boosting spirits was the strong performance of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and local animated feature “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” over the holidays.
“This year, the New Year’s box office got off to a good start,” said Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan chairman Yoshishige Shimatani. ”I think the movie industry is in for something of a vintage year.”
The chairman’s...
One year ago — at what was then thought to be the height of the coronavirus pandemic — the event was a somber gathering: Receipts for 2020 were down a whopping 38% over the year before.
On Jan. 25, the mood was a tad more upbeat with the announcement that the total for 2021 reached $1.42 billion, a figure still well below pre-pandemic levels but up 13% over 2020. Further boosting spirits was the strong performance of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and local animated feature “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” over the holidays.
“This year, the New Year’s box office got off to a good start,” said Motion Picture Producers Assn. of Japan chairman Yoshishige Shimatani. ”I think the movie industry is in for something of a vintage year.”
The chairman’s...
- 2/12/2022
- by Brett Bull
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran Japanese film executive to head up festival, which will undergo several changes in 2017.
The Tokyo Film Festival has tapped up Takeo Hisamatsu (pictured) to head up the 30th edition of the festival later this year.
Hisamatsu, who was formerly an executive managing director at Shochiku Co. and deputy general manager of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, will replace outgoing Director General Yasushi Shiina, who held the top post at the Tokyo festival for four years.
With a nearly 40 year track record in the film business, Hisamatsu is currently the president of his own company My Way Movies.
In recent years, Hisamatsu has played a role in such productions as the 2013 Japanese remake of the Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven, Miwa Nishikawa’s 2009 comedy-drama Dear Doctor and Bushi No Ichibun, Yoji Yamada’s 2006 semi-prequel to Zatoichi.
“It is my hope that through this festival, we can continue to present films from around the world in all their diversity and richness...
The Tokyo Film Festival has tapped up Takeo Hisamatsu (pictured) to head up the 30th edition of the festival later this year.
Hisamatsu, who was formerly an executive managing director at Shochiku Co. and deputy general manager of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, will replace outgoing Director General Yasushi Shiina, who held the top post at the Tokyo festival for four years.
With a nearly 40 year track record in the film business, Hisamatsu is currently the president of his own company My Way Movies.
In recent years, Hisamatsu has played a role in such productions as the 2013 Japanese remake of the Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven, Miwa Nishikawa’s 2009 comedy-drama Dear Doctor and Bushi No Ichibun, Yoji Yamada’s 2006 semi-prequel to Zatoichi.
“It is my hope that through this festival, we can continue to present films from around the world in all their diversity and richness...
- 3/10/2017
- ScreenDaily
Japanese actress joins cast of Chen Kaige’s [pictured] Chinese-Japanese co-production, which is currently in production in China.
Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka has joined the cast of Chen Kaige’s Kukai, co-produced by China’s New Classics Media and Japan’s Kadokawa, which is currently in production.
Based on a novel by Japanese author Baku Yumemakura, the film tells the story of a Japanese Buddhist monk who visits Tang Dynasty China to learn about its culture and civilisation.
The film, which will be distributed in Japan by Kadokawa and Toho, has been shooting in Hubei province in China since the end of July.
The casting was announced today at Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) at an event attended by Matsuzaka, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and Yoshishige Shimatani, who head Kadowkawa and Toho respectively, and Japanese and Chinese government officials.
The film’s previously announced cast includes Chinese actor Huang Xuan (The Golden Era) and Shota Sometani, who also appears...
Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka has joined the cast of Chen Kaige’s Kukai, co-produced by China’s New Classics Media and Japan’s Kadokawa, which is currently in production.
Based on a novel by Japanese author Baku Yumemakura, the film tells the story of a Japanese Buddhist monk who visits Tang Dynasty China to learn about its culture and civilisation.
The film, which will be distributed in Japan by Kadokawa and Toho, has been shooting in Hubei province in China since the end of July.
The casting was announced today at Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) at an event attended by Matsuzaka, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and Yoshishige Shimatani, who head Kadowkawa and Toho respectively, and Japanese and Chinese government officials.
The film’s previously announced cast includes Chinese actor Huang Xuan (The Golden Era) and Shota Sometani, who also appears...
- 10/28/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The heads of Japan’s leading studios discussed their strategies for expanding into international markets at the close of Japan Day Project’s seminar programme on Monday.
Toho president Yoshishige Shimatani talked about how the company has set up a division to work on remakes of its content: “Sales of Japanese movies are small. We need new strategies and can’t just dub our movies into other languages and try to export them,” Shimatani said.
He also talked about working with Legendary Pictures on its Godzilla reboot: “Godzilla is like our Mickey Mouse. We handed it over to Legendary and they made a very good movie out of it.”
Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa explained how the company is setting up the Kadokawa Contents Academy in several Asian countries to offer courses for animation, manga and character design. “We want to use Japanese pop culture to produce quality content creators associated with local cultures,” Kadokawa said.
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Toho president Yoshishige Shimatani talked about how the company has set up a division to work on remakes of its content: “Sales of Japanese movies are small. We need new strategies and can’t just dub our movies into other languages and try to export them,” Shimatani said.
He also talked about working with Legendary Pictures on its Godzilla reboot: “Godzilla is like our Mickey Mouse. We handed it over to Legendary and they made a very good movie out of it.”
Kadokawa chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa explained how the company is setting up the Kadokawa Contents Academy in several Asian countries to offer courses for animation, manga and character design. “We want to use Japanese pop culture to produce quality content creators associated with local cultures,” Kadokawa said.
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- 5/19/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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