Disney's Frozen - Part 3

[Young Superman]

Anyone else think Disney star Dove Cameron looks a lot like Elsa?

 

[Raiden]

Will Frozen princesses head to 'Once Upon A Time'?

 

[Incarnadine]

So, there are 2 significant openers in Japan as competition for Frozen, Detective Conan and Captain America 2. This has caused a loss of about 15% of Frozen's seats this weekend, but the Saturday number for Frozen is down just -1.53% at TOHO.

TOHO Saturday admission numbers:

Detective Conan - 64,398
Frozen - 56,681
CA2 - 14,589

Conan will probably edge out Frozen for Saturday, but Frozen should win Sunday and the weekend with another weekend around 8 million.

TOHO accounts for 20% of theaters, but Frozen edged Conan out on some of the smaller ones

Kinezo admissions

Frozen - 12,849
Detective Conan - 11,697


Absolutely amazing and consistent holds every weekend. Here's the list of TOHO Saturday admissions numbers to date:

1- 58,491
2- 67,663
3- 58,906
4- 61,448
5- 57,660
6- 56,681

And in preparation for tomorrow, Sunday admissions to date:

1- 64,414
2- 72,506
3- 80,440
4- 67,696
5- 67,869
6- ???

 

[X Knight]

Anyone else think Disney star Dove Cameron looks a lot like Elsa?

she's cute, and she does look like Elsa a bit.

 

[Raiden]

So, there are 2 significant openers in Japan as competition for Frozen, Detective Conan and Captain America 2. This has caused a loss of about 15% of Frozen's seats this weekend, but the Saturday number for Frozen is down just -1.53% at TOHO.

TOHO Saturday admission numbers:

Detective Conan - 64,398
Frozen - 56,681
CA2 - 14,589

Conan will probably edge out Frozen for Saturday, but Frozen should win Sunday and the weekend with another weekend around 8 million.

TOHO accounts for 20% of theaters, but Frozen edged Conan out on some of the smaller ones

Kinezo admissions

Frozen - 12,849
Detective Conan - 11,697


Absolutely amazing and consistent holds every weekend. Here's the list of TOHO Saturday admissions numbers to date:

1- 58,491
2- 67,663
3- 58,906
4- 61,448
5- 57,660
6- 56,681

And in preparation for tomorrow, Sunday admissions to date:

1- 64,414
2- 72,506
3- 80,440
4- 67,696
5- 67,869
6- ???

I wonder why TWS is doing so poorly in Japan, when it's a huge hit in both China and S.Korea? But I'm glad Frozen is still doing so well over there.

 

[X Knight]

so it seems like Frozen could very well hit the magic $400m this weekend!!

 

[Incarnadine]

I wonder why TWS is doing so poorly in Japan, when it's a huge hit in both China and S.Korea? But I'm glad Frozen is still doing so well over there.

TWS is actually doing better in Japan than CA: TFA. The first one only did $3,431,374 total, this one will open to about $2 million and do $5-6 million most likely.
With a few exceptions, superhero movies don't fare that well in Japan for some reason.
Thor did 5.7m, Thor 2 did 6.0m.
The biggest ones I can find are The Avengers at 45.2m and The Amazing Spider-Man at 39.2m.

 

[Raiden]

TWS is actually doing better in Japan than CA: TFA. The first one only did $3,431,374 total, this one will open to about $2 million and do $5-6 million most likely.
With a few exceptions, superhero movies don't fare that well in Japan for some reason.
Thor did 5.7m, Thor 2 did 6.0m.
The biggest ones I can find are The Avengers at 45.2m and The Amazing Spider-Man at 39.2m.

Japan got their own superheroes such as Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Super Sentai. Maybe they just like their homegrown superheroes more than the imports.

 

[Incarnadine]

Well, Sunday is up for Frozen and we are looking at a slight weekend increase over last weekend.

This movie simply won't slow down in Japan.

Frozen's 6 Sundays up to today...

1- 64,414
2- 72,506
3- 80,440
4- 67,696
5- 67,869
6- 68,963

Weekend total...

125,644

last weekend...

125,429

Compared to the other big opener, Detective Conan, it looks like a split decision for the weekend crown. Conan has slightly higher admissions, but Frozen has higher ticket prices and will win in Yen and dollars.

In dollars that puts Frozen right around $105 million with no signs of slowing down. With next weeks 3d and sing-a-long expansion followed by golden week holiday it could be over 150m 2 weeks from now.

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Domestic and WW numbers updated.

It looks like we'll have to wait until Friday for $400 million. Frozen weekend estimate is $254k for a total of $399,873,000.
Another $127k to go.

Worldwide total is now $1,129,173,000. Good enough to pass both LOTR: ROTK and Transformers: DOTM for #6 all time worldwide.

Frozen just needs $86.3m to pass Iron Man 3 for both the #1 2013 movie WW and #5 all time WW.

 

[Raiden]

I think Frozen will probably beat IM3 now, seeing that Japan's obsession with Frozen will probably continue by adding another 100 mil in the bank.

 

[Octoberist]

I hope Dove Cameron doesn't get corrupted like the other Disney kids.

Thank God Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake made it out okay. Yes, it freaked me out that Ryan was in the Mickey Mouse Club!

 

[Incarnadine]

I hope Dove Cameron doesn't get corrupted like the other Disney kids.

Thank God Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake made it out okay. Yes, it freaked me out that Ryan was in the Mickey Mouse Club!

Keri Russell turned out good too. Maybe never quite hit it as big as some of the others but she's great in The Americans and still looks amazing.

 

[Octoberist]

I'm kinda shocked she's still around doing great RELEVENT work. Not to say she wouldn't but I always had a vibe that after Felicity, she would've disappeared.

But no, she's on The Americans, and next up, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Not bad.

 

[X Knight]

so close to $400m........lol

 

[Young Superman]

I hope Dove Cameron doesn't get corrupted like the other Disney kids.

Thank God Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake made it out okay. Yes, it freaked me out that Ryan was in the Mickey Mouse Club!

Agreed, from what I've seen in interviews she seems like a nice girl with a good head on her shoulders.

 

[Nathan]

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[Incarnadine]

For whatever reason, weekdays for Frozen have increased from last week in Japan and after being neck and neck with Detective Conan for the weekend Frozen is running almost double Conan during the weekdays. Frozen should remain flat, or even increase this weekend from last weekend.
Frozen still hasn't had a single weekend lower than its opening weekend in Japan, which is just bizarre, and probably unprecedented.
By Sunday Frozen should be over 120m, maybe as high as 122m.

 

[Nathan]

Can't stop watching this.

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[Young Superman]

Can't stop watching this.

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[Incarnadine]

It's official, Frozen passed $400 million domestic on Friday and it is already starting to get press.

From Forbes

Box Office: Disney's 'Frozen' Tops $400M - Forbes

On its 155th day of domestic release, Walt Disney’s animated smash Frozen has crossed $400 million at the domestic box office. Coming off a $67 million Fri-Sun debut over its $93m Thanksgiving weekend opening, the film has earned a mammoth 5.9x its opening weekend number. And while rank doesn’t matter per-se, its 17-week hold in the top ten brings to mind the kind of old-school hits like Ghostbusters and Back to the Future that used to just play for months and months on end. Heck, Frozen has been out on VOD since February 25th and available on DVD since March 18th. Frozen has actually earned $15.7m since its VOD release and $3.3m since it dropped on DVD/Blu-Ray and sold 3.8 million copies in a single day. This wasn’t just a predetermined smash hit. Frozen touched a nerve around the world in a way few films do today.

Boxofficemojo

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=frozen2013.htm

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $400,024,000 35.3%
+ Foreign: $733,407,000 64.7%
= Worldwide: $1,133,431,000

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That overseas total is from last weekend. Japan did another 6.2m during the weekdays, an increase from the previous week and Saturday estimates have Frozen dropping just -1% in admissions from last Saturday, but with the addition of the 3D dubbed version ticket price average is higher and Frozen is increasing in dollars this weekend. Weekend estimates range from 8.4m to 9m (last weekend was about 8.3m).

Frozen will easily win the weekend in Japan with those numbers, which is amazing since it's Frozen's 7th weekend. Not only will Frozen win, it's not even close this weekend, even with 3 more big openers and Detective Conan's 2nd weekend. Frozen is about 1.5x the #2 movie and almost double the #3 and #4 movies.

 

[X Knight]

^^ Congrats Frozen!! t:

 

[DA_Champion]

With a few exceptions, superhero movies don't fare that well in Japan for some reason.

I wonder if it's because their comic books are generally better.

 

[DA_Champion]

Are you guys excited for Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel potentially appearing on Once Upon a Time as their frozen characters?

 

[Incarnadine]

Early pre-sales for Sunday are looking strong. Weekend should be essentially flat in admissions, but up in dollars, despite several new openers and losing another 11% of its seats.
Apparently on the Japanese forums a number of theater managers are regretting the way they allocated seats this weekend with Frozen clearly dominating and the openers only doing ok. Frozen is likely to get those seats back, and maybe more when Golden Week begins on Tuesday.

Some info on GW:

"The end of April through around May 5th is called "Golden Week" in Japan since there are many national holidays during this period. Many Japanese offices close for about a week to 10 days, depending on the calender. People take a vacation and travel around the country or abroad, so tourist attractions in Japan are crowded during this time"

"Golden week technically begins with the Emperor's Birthday on April 29 and concludes with Children's Day on May 5. Many Japanese take vacation time a day or two before and after, so the impact of Golden Week actually stretches to around 10 days."

"Golden Week is a collection of four national holidays within a week. Instead of just giving people those four holidays off, many offices end up closing for about 7-10 days, giving their employees a full week of freedom. Even if they’re not given the whole week, many employees will just take time off anyway. The holiday week starts on April 29th and goes through May 5th."

 

[redhawk23]

I wonder if it's because their comic books are generally better.

The Pacific Ocean is a powerful filter for crap. Much as the Atlantic spares us from the less distinguished sides of British television.