Japan Box Office Report – August 13th/14th

"Transformers 3" / "Harry Potter 8" / "Cars 2"

As usual, the success of the two ‘tokusatsu’ movies “Kamen Rider OOO” and “Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger” didn’t last longer than one weekend, at least not as long as the big-budget blockbusters from overseas.
Therefore, the eighth and final “Harry Potter” movie easily reclaimed its first place after one week in second. It now broke through the 7 billion Yen mark (91 million USD). “Transformers 3” is back in second place, and “Cars 2” placed third. The ‘tokusatsu’ double-feature came in short below the top three in fourth place.
Studio Ghibli’s “Kokuriko-zaka Kara” finally overtook the “Pokémon” movie with 1.3 times more tickets sold than the previous weekend. Both anime feature films already grossed more than 3 billion Yen (39 million USD).
“The Tree of Life“, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, opened in at seventh place, with an opening weekend revenue of 102,042,600 Yen (1.3 million USD).
Only two Japanese movies opened this weekend: “Amazing Grace“, starring Kubozuka Shunsuke, Miyata Daizo, and Kanda Sayaka; and the third film in the anime series “Towa no Quon“. You can check out their trailers below the ranking.
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	Rank/Last		Title	Weeks
	01 (02)		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	05
	02 (03)		Transformers: Dark of the Moon	03
	03 (04)		Cars 2	03
	04 (01)		Kamen Rider OOO / Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger	02
	05 (06)		Kokuriko-zaka Kara	05
	06 (05)		Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom / Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram	05
	07 (00)		The Tree of Life	01
	08 (07)		Kochikame the Movie	02
	09 (08)		Gekijouban Naruto: Blood Prison	03
	10 (09)		Nintama Rantaro	04

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> “Amazing Grace” (Drama)
Cast: Kubozuka Shunsuke, Miyata Daizo, Kanda Sayaka, Kamakari Kenta, and more

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> “Towa no Quon Episode 03” (Anime, Sci-Fi, Action)