2002 box office

[Aaron Gerow]

The film industry yesterday released the box office figures for 2002. The 
total box office for the year was 19,678,000,000 yen (98.5% of the 2001 
figures) on admissions of 160,767,000 (98.3%). Miyazaki's Sen to Chihiro 
was a big reason for the good numbers in 2001, but the success of the two 
Harry Potter films helped the industry keep the decline to only a small 
amount. A total or 293 Japanese films were released compared to 347 
foreign films, with Japanese movies taking in only 27.1% of the total box 
office (compared to 39% in 2001). The top Japanese grosser was Studio 
Ghibli's Neko no ongaeshi (6.46 billion yen). The number of screens rose 
to 2635, or 50 more than the previous year.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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