<div dir="ltr">Just a question, subtracting out anime and films aimed at children, how many films does Japan make per year? 591 seems like almost as many as the US produces on a yearly basis. <br><br>Pete</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Gerow Aaron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu" target="_blank">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">For those interested, Eiren has released the officials stats for the film industry in 2013. <div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.eiren.org/toukei/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.eiren.org/toukei/index.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>There's not much change: total BO is slightly down, total attendance is slightly up. The market share for Japanese films went down from 65.7% to 60.6%, but still remains strong. The number of screens increased slightly. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The problem is that the number of films released increased yet again: 1117 total (up from 983), with 591 being Japanese films (up from 554). That's an average of 21 films opening each week. What that means, especially with a lower BO, is that each film is getting less money and publicity; and with the only marginal increase in screens, each film is getting less time on screen. And with Toho distributing 20 of the top 30 Japanese films (Toei had 5 and Shochiku only 1; Warners had 3), the fundamental imbalance of the industry continues.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kaze tachinu/The Wind Rises was the number one film, with animation dominating the top ten (6 of 10).</div><br><div>
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