ULTRAMAN SAGA - Rumors and Pictures

[Reimon]

Wow.:O_O:

 

[kaijusamurai]

Sorry it's a bit late, but here are some new numbers.

http://www.bunkatsushin.com/news/article.aspx?id=58184

In the first 9 days, Ultraman Saga made 340 million yen.

https://twitter.com/#!/moviewalker_ce/status/187113421995646977

During the weekend of March 31-April 1, Ultraman Saga had 85,430 viewers for a weekend total of ￥95,905,050.

Is....is that good?

 

[nerefir]

I don't know, is it? I'm used to Rider movies.

 

[leemo]

I'm sure it would be chicken feed for a Rider or Sentai movie but how does it compare to the Zero and Mega Monster Battle movies BO?

 

[knightphoenix2]

From Box Office Mojo ...

This was reported on Box Office Mojo earlier this week for Japanese movies:



Japan Box Office

March 31–April 1, 2012

(US $1 = 82.82 Yen)







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TW

LW

Movie

Studio

Weekend Gross

Change

Screens

Change / Avg.

Gross-to-Date

Week



1

1

Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to kiseki no shima - Animaru adobenchâ

Toho

$3,678,829

+21.5%

359

-

$10,247

$35,487,107

5



2

2

Bokura ga ita (We Were Here Part 1)

Toho

$2,393,402

-9.9%

295

-

$8,113

$19,017,309

3



3

3

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Disney

$1,897,906

-7.2%

463

-

$4,099

$19,719,620

4



4

6

Puss in Boots

PPI

$1,757,323

+17.0%

518

+2

$3,393

$10,654,650

3



5

5

Precure All Stars New Stage Mirai No Tomodachi

Toei

$1,347,267

-13.4%

172

-

$7,833

$9,232,219

3



6

7

Raiâ gêmu: Saisei (Liar Game: Reborn)

Toho

$1,279,221

-10.8%

318

-

$4,023

$23,167,011

5



7

4

Ultraman Saga

Shochiku

$1,182,262

-33.3%

318

-51

$3,718

$4,259,266

2



8

N

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

WB

$1,031,030

-

176

-

$5,858

$1,031,030

1



9

8

The Iron Lady

GAGA

$959,452

-13.7%

206

+1

$4,658

$8,307,626

3



10

9

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D)

Fox

$606,440

-21.1%

500

-86

$1,213

$5,974,202

3



Basically, it's saying that Saga had dropped to Number 7, after opening last week at Number 4. It also states that Saga is showing in 318 theaters, as opposed to the 369 theaters it started with. However, the box office monetary drop is relatively small, only 33%, when your standard drop is usually 40-50% or more. It says that it made $4,259,266. Which does correspond with Y348,303,276.

So, based on American dollars, I'd say that Saga is definitely beating The Revenge of Belial's take, and should go into Ultra Galaxy Legend territory. If Shochiku can staunch the bleeding of theaters, and maintain current levels, it could match Super 8 UltraBrothers.

Only time will tell ...

 

[Reimon]

So that's how it is.

 

[Shynilyte]

According to this post, Revenge of Belial only made 111,473,800 yen during its first four days, and was only shown on 170 screens. Yeah, Saga seems to be doing better.

Also, Ultra Galaxy made over 1.7 billion Yen in China. Hopefully, that country will keep on being a great market for Ultra movies.

 

[Reimon]

I guess that Saga is worth watching after all.

 

[knightphoenix2]

I guess that Saga is worth watching after all.

The problem was, and still is, getting the Japanese general audience that once loved the early Heisei Ultraman shows to agree.

 

[Reimon]

Yeah, if this will follow to the Ultra Series in the future.