Box office down

[Aaron Gerow]

Eiren released its figures for the 2005 box office and unfortunately 
they showed declines. Total box office was down about 6% to 198 billion 
yen as was total attendance, at 160 million. In good news, however, the 
share for Japanese films was at 41.3%, topping 40% for the first time 
since Princess Mononoke in 1997. The fact that only one foreign film 
topped 10 billion yen was the primary factor in this, but there were a 
number of Japanese hits, including Howl's Moving Castle (which just 
received an Academy Award nomination) and the Odoru daisosasen 
spinoffs.. Number of screens increased to 2926, with multiplexes now 
accounting for 67% of all screens.

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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