First, I should apologie for my english,<br>
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I´m just a japanese cinema "aficionado" from Spain, but seeing those
numbers form the MPPA of Japan I can only think of being looking just a
part of the picture. With the new distribution channels, movies don´t
relay as much as they used to in the theather run. Does the MPPA of
Japan release any number regarding DVD sales and rentals, VOD, TV runs,
cable, etc?<br>
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If I recall correctly the USA box office has remain revereal year now
in the sub 10 billon mark (9,8 was 2007 number I think). Also the DVD
sales/rentals slowly declined (23 billions). In the other hand
downloadeable market experimented a healthy growth (0,6 bill to a
estmation of 1,6 in 2008), also the HD movies market appeared in the
radar (a mere 0,3 bill).It would be interesting to see the trend in
those and other new areas in Japan. <br>
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The figures realeased shouldn´t worry the MPPA. Toho just missed 4 bill
in one of their top 5 movies. 15 movies in both years above 2 bill and
29 (2007) vs 28 (2006) movies above 1 bill. Good health and good trend
to continue.<br>
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Once again, excuse my english.<br>
<br>
Óscar Pérez Alba<br>
Madrid, Spain<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/1/31, Aaron Gerow <<a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Just a quick note, but the Motion Picture Producers Association of<br>Japan released their statistics for the film industry for 2007.<br><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>