"Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Despicable Me 3" both claimed victory at the Japanese box office over the weekend. Sony Pictures Entertainment's "Homecoming" debuted at number one by box office, but…
"Despicable Me 3" topped the Japanese box office for the third weekend in a row. With Toho-Towa distributing the film earned $3.39 million on 304,000 admissions for the August 5-6 frame. Its…
"Despicable Me 3" won its second straight weekend at the Japanese box office. Distributed by Toho-Towa, the film earned $4.8 million on 428,000 admissions for the July 29-30 frame. By its tenth day…
TOKYO – "Despicable Me 3" opened atop the Japanese box office over the weekend, earning $5.4 million on 478,000 admissions. The performance was nearly 10% better than the previous installment of the…
Leading the box office charge for the start of the Japanese school summer holiday season was the 20th installment in the Pocket Monsters anime series. Titled "Gekijoban Pocket Monsters: Kimi ni…
Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" gave the competition no quarter at the Japanese box office for the July 8-9 frame, holding the top spot for a second weekend. The film…
Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" opened at No. 1 in Japan over the July 1-2 weekend – the best start for a foreign film so far this year. Bowing on 989 screens on the first…
Last week's Tokyo Content 2017 was an eye-popping demonstration of just how wide-ranging the definition of "content" has become in Japan. With its seven exhibitions and 1,650 exhibitors, the trade…
TOKYO – Amazon Prime’s new Japanese original series "FACE: Cyber Crime Special Investigation Unit" is set to premiere on the streaming service July 11. Starring Ayame Goriki as a cyber-crime special…
"Confession of Murder," Yu Irie's hit take on Jung Byung-Gil's 2012 Korean thriller, took top spot at the Japanese box office for the third consecutive weekend. For the June 24-25 frame, the film…
Yu Irie's Japanese remake of 2012 Korean hit thriller "Confession of Murder" topped the Japan box office for the second weekend. For the June 17-18 frame, the film about a serial killer who surfaces…
