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Chrno2
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Is it no surprise? I mean when does he ever NOT take first place. I don't think I've ever seen a director's film take first place because it was good and not on name recognition alone. Not knocking the man cause I think his work is great, but I'm kind of tired of feeling that he can't make one movie that at least drops to 2 or 3rd. I mean he's becoming synonymous with "perfection".
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bravetailor
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Considering those reports that Ghibli kind of need money right now, it would be in all of our best interests that it performs as best as it can and not be at 2nd or 3rd place for a while.
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Chrno2
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Wow. Didn't realize that they were having some economic issues. Unless they're really expecting to bring in some huge numbers. I would have thought that most of what the studio has put out had not problem raking it in. |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4532 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Japan was one of those countries that was supposed to "save" Pacific Rim, but, while Pacific Rim has done amazing in China, actually exceeding the "domestic" (US & Canada) box office take (though it is my understanding Warner only gets 20% of the Chinese box office take), it's doing thoroughly mediocre numbers in Japan, opening at #5 and dropping to #6 the following weekend, only taking in about $9.2 million so far for its entire run.
Glad to see Monsters University doing so well, remaining at the #1 for the year in Japan so far (though it should be passed by The Wind Rises by the end of August). Seth MacFarlaine's Ted is still at number three for 2013 (so far) at the Japanese box office. |
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Lavnovice9
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I am thinking people assumed Japan would embrace Pacific Rim because it is about robots but they do not know the genre is already filled by their own works and foreign attempts aren't needed or desired. The market is competitive and they have large amounts of mecha anime and super sentai to overshadow it. I do not understand why people are surprised by this when previous American attempts at mecha have failed to penetrate Japanese market like Megas XLR and SymBionic Titan which also failed in their home American market. Maybe the reason they think is it is a movie and movies have a better chances to penetrate the market as Japan does not have as big of a movie industry as they do television industry so there is less competitors?
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bravetailor
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Even though people associate mecha with Japan, people forget that mecha anime and mecha products are actually kind of a niche in Japan too. Every Gundam show that airs is not guaranteed to be a ratings smash. In fact, the majority of mecha shows get very low TV ratings and are mostly supported by model enthusiasts (who themselves are a niche audience)
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enurtsol
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Here's some interesting new tidbits for Ghibli fans:
"Ghibli’s Miyazaki hints at possible Nausicaa sequel"
"China gives big boost to Pacific Rim in box office, amuses many with weird subtitles such as “Pegasus Meteor Fist”
They want the Chinese version. |
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