Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 12th & 13th Oct 2019

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Joker (323)

2) Saikou no jinsei no mitsukekata (348)

3) Kioku ni gozaimasen! (351)

4) Sora no aosa wo shiru hito yo (318)

5) HiGH & LOW THE WORST (322)

6) Mitsubachi to Enrai (323)

7) Yesterday (106)

8) Tenki no Ko (358)

9) Kaguyasama wa kokurasetai Tensaitachi no renai zunousen (290)

10) John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (200)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 5th & 6th Oct 2019

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Joker (323)

2) Kioku ni gozaimasen! (351)

3) HiGH&LOW THE WORST (322)

4) Mitsubachi to Enrai (323)

5) John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (200)

6) Kaguyasama wa kokurasetai Tensaitachi no renai zunousen (290)

7) Tenki no Ko (358)

8) Ningen Shikaku Dazai Osamu to Sannin no onnatachi (320)

9) HELLO WORLD (254)

10) Annabelle Comes Home (169)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 29th & 30th September 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Gekijouban Natsume Yuujincho Utsusemi ni musubu (136)

2) Christopher Robin (362)

3) Chiri Tsubaki (341)

4) Koohii ga samenai uchi ni (305)

5) A Quiet Place (194)

6) The Meg (284)

7) Camera wo tomeruna! (2)

8) Gintama 2 Okite wa yaburu tame ni koso aru (345)

9) DTC Yukemuri Junjohen from HIGH&LOW (155)

10) Kensatsugawa no Zainin (334)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 9th & 10th Dec 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider (330)

2) DESTINY Kamakura Monogatari (363)

3) Murder on the Orient Express (355)

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 2nd & 3rd Dec 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi (341)

2) Tantei wa BAR ni iru 3 (333)

3) It (202)

4) Justice League (347)

5) Hibana (317)

6) HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION (319)

7) Touken Ranbu Hanamaru Makuai Kaisouroku (21)

8) Eiga Kaiketsu Zorori ZZ no Himitsu (113)

9) Last Recipe Kirin no shita no kioku (312)

10) GODZILLA Kaijuu Wakusei (158)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 25th & 26th Nov 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Justice League (347)

2) It  (202)

3) Hibana (317)

4) HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION (319)

5) Last Recipe Kirin no shita no kioku (312)

6) GODZILLA Kaijuu Wakusei (157)

7) Dorobo Yakusha (228)

8) Eiga Kaiketsu Zorori ZZ no Himitsu (113)

9) Eiga Kira Kira Puri Kyua Ala Mode Paritto! Omoide no Mille-feuille (216)

10) Gochuumon wa usagi desuka?? Dear My Sister (40)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 18th & 19th Nov 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) It  (202)

2) HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION (319)

3) GODZILLA Kaijuu Wakusei (157)

4) Dorobo Yakusha (225)

5) Thor: Ragnarok (353)

6) Last Recipe Kirin no shita no kioku (312)

7) Eiga Kira Kira Puri Kyua Ala Mode Paritto! Omoide no Mille-feuille (216)

8) Gochuumon wa usagi desuka?? Dear My Sister (40)

9) Logan Lucky (304)

10) Mix (275)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 11th & 12th Nov 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) HiGH & LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION (317)

2) It (202)

3) Thor: Ragnarok (353)

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 9th & 10th Sep 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Dunkirk (346)

2) Sandome no satsujin (313)

3) Sekigahara (338)

4) Despicable Me 3 (359)

5) Wonder Woman (338)

6) HIGH&LOW THE MOVIE 2 END OF SKY (314)

7) Kimi no suizou wo tabetai (319)

8) Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miruka? Yoko kara miruka? (298)

9) Spider-Man: Homecoming (355)

10) Sanposuru Shinryakusha (181)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 2nd & 3rd Sep 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Sekigahara (338)

2) Despicable Me 3 (359)

3) Wonder Woman (338)

4) Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miruka? Yoko kara miruka? (298)

5) Kimi no suizou wo tabetai (319)

6) HIGH&LOW THE MOVIE 2 END OF SKY (314)

7) Spider-Man: Homecoming (355)

8) Kido Senshi Gundam THE ORIGIN Gekitotsu Room Kaisen (36)

9) Gekijouban Pocket Monster Kimi ni kimeta! (364)

10) Skiptrace (155)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 26th & 27th Aug 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Sekigahara (337)

2) Despicable Me 3 (359)

3) Wonder Woman (338)

4) Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miruka? Yoko kara miruka? (298)

5) Kimi no suizou wo tabetai (319)

6) HIGH&LOW THE MOVIE 2 END OF SKY (314)

7) Spider-Man: Homecoming (355)

8) Gekijouban Pocket Monster Kimi ni kimeta! (364)

9) Mary to Majo no Hana (365)

10) Gintama (334)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 19th & 20th Aug 2017

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) HIGH&LOW THE MOVIE 2 END OF SKY (314)

2) Despicable Me 3 (359)

3) Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miruka? Yoko kara miruka? (298)

4) Spider-Man: Homecoming (355)

5) Kimi no suizou wo tabetai (319)

6) Gekijouban Pocket Monster Kimi ni kimeta! (364)

7) Transformers: The Last Knight (334)

8) Gintama (334)

9) Mary to Majo no Hana (365)

10) Kamen Rider Ex-Aid the Movie: True Ending (317)

Source: Eiga.com

2016's Top 20 bestselling Japanese drama DVDs on Amazon Japan

This ranking is based on sales data from Amazon Japan between 16 November 2015 and 13 November 2016 and includes full drama series and drama SPs:

1) Kurosaki-kun no iinari ni nante naranai Drama SP (DVD)

2) Aka Medaka (Blu-ray)

3) Bocchan (Blu-ray)

4) Kurosaki-kun no iinari ni nante naranai Drama SP (Blu-ray)

5) Toshokan Sensou BOOK OF MEMORIES (Blu-ray)

6) Toshokan Sensou BOOK OF MEMORIES (DVD)

7) Hatsumori Bemars (Blu-ray)

8) Tamiou (DVD)

9) HiGH & LOW SEASON 1 (DVD)

10) Kodoku no Gurume Season 5 (DVD)

11) Motto Abunai Deka (DVD)

12) Abunai Deka Vol.1 (DVD)

13) 24 Jikan Terebi drama SP 2015 Okasan, Ore wa Daijoubu (DVD)

14) Abunai Deka Vol. 2 (DVD)

15) Rinshou Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri (Blu-ray)

16) Kodoku no Gurume Season 5 (Blu-ray)

17) Rinshou Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri (DVD)

18) 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan (DVD)

19) Kounodori (DVD)

20) Aka Medaka (DVD)

Source: Amazon Japan

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 5th & 6th Nov

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Kimi no na wa (296)

2) Death Note Light up the NEW world (342)

3) Inferno (346)

4) Oboreru Knife (153)

5) Eiga Mahou Tsukai Puri Kyua! Kiseki no Henshin! Kyua Morphine! (212)

6) Boku no tsuma to kekkon shite kudasai (313)

7) Bridget Jones' Baby (194)

8) Nanimono (296)

9) Yamikin Ushijima-kun The Final (184)

10) HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 22nd & 23rd Oct

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Kimi no na wa (296)

2) Yamikin Ushijima-kun The Final (183)

3) Nanimono (296)

4) Star Trek BEYOND (276)

5) Kin Medal Otoko (209)

6) Jason Bourne (332)

7) HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN (313)

8) Eiga Koe no Katachi (121)

9) Sully (333)

10) GANTZ:0 (153)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 15th & 16th Oct

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the film:

1) Kimi no na wa (296)

2) Nanimono (296)

3) Jason Bourne (332)

4) HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN (313)

5) Eiga Koe no katachi (121)

6) GANTZ:0 (153)

7) Sully (333)

8) Good Morning Show (278)

9) SCOOP! (247)

10) Nagai Iiwake (95)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 8th & 9th Oct

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Kimi no na wa (296)

2) Jason Bourne (332)

3) HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN (313)

4) Eiga Koe no Katachi (121)

5) Good Morning Show (278)

6) Sully (333)

7) SCOOP! (247)

8) Ikari (323)

9) Yamikin Ushijima-kun Part 3 (184)

10) Shin Godzilla (348)

Source: Eiga.com

First-day-screening event of new movie "HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN"

The first-day-screening event of new movie "HiGH&LOW THE RED RAIN" was held at Marunouchi Picadilly 1 on 8 October which was attended by the director Yamaguchi Yudai and cast members EXILE's TAKAHIRO, Sandaime J Soul Brothers' Tosaka Hiroomi, Saito Takumi, Yoshimoto Miyu, Iwata Takanori, Suzuki Nobuyuki and Ishiguro Ken. The movie is the second installment in the HiGH& LOW series and describes the fight for street rights among 5 teams and the past and secrets surrounding the Amamiya brothers played by Saito, TAKAHIRO and Tosaka.

In line with the movie's title, Saito revealed that he was wearing red underwear which led TAKAHIRO to grin and remark that he did the same. Saito then suggested that they show each other later which led TAKAHIRO to joke that they can probably do an exchange of their uniforms like what players do after a soccer match. As the three actors who played brothers had to spend a long time in the Philippines for the filming, they became close friends as a result and even created a LINE chat group to talk. They also praised one another for being good looking. Saito also commented that it was probably not a good thing that their first-day-screening coincided with a rainy day but he chose to see it as rain which will bring good fortune to them and the movie..

Sources: Sanspo / Sponichi / Oricon

Completion screening event of new movie "HiGH & LOW THE RED RAIN"

The completion screening event of new movie "HiGH & LOW THE RED RAIN" was held on 21 September which was attended by the leads EXILE's TAKAHIRO, Sandaime J Soul Brothers' Tosaka Hiroomi and Saito Takumi who play the three Amamiya brothers Takeru, Masaki and Hiroto. The movie which is due to be shown in cinemas from 8 October and is directed by Yamaguchi Yudai, is the second installment under the "HiGH & LOW" project produced and planned by EXILE's HIRO. The first movie was screened in July this year.

Saito who plays the eldest brother and was standing between TAKAHIRO and Tosaka, remarked that he had the privilege of standing between these two guys due to his seniority as the big brother and told the female fans in the audience that his "brothers" smelled nice which made them squeal in delight. He recounted that he felt quite stressed when HIRO told him that Saito was chosen for the role because he looked cool and had a strong screen presence when standing next to his two brothers. In response, TAKAHIRO said that he was worried if he could play Saito's younger brother as he was also in awe of the latter which led Saito to said that it should be the other way round. On the other hand, Saito and Toosaka who have been close friends said that they wanted to work together someday and was glad that this day came earlier than expected. The three of them even started a LINE chat group to get closer to one another where they discussed things such as the situation for their location shooting in the Philippines.

The movie's premiere screening in Taiwan will be held on 29 September where TAKAHIRO and Toosaka will appear at to greet the fans personally.

Sources: Sponichi / Oricon / Eiga.com