2002 box office

[Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de]

Hello all,

I was wondering where these figures are released- I know Kinema Junpo gives
out some statistics in their february edition, is that where these statistics
were taken from?

Greetings,

Alex Zahlten


> 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.
> 
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> Yokohama National University
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