[KineJapan] R: 2013 industry stats

[Picollo Franco]

Thank you so much as usual, Aaron.
I didn't see the multi-awarded "The Great Passage". Are my tired years or is the list lacking of something?


Da: kinejapan-bounces+franco.picollo=gmail.com at lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:kinejapan-bounces+franco.picollo=gmail.com at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] Per conto di Gerow Aaron
Inviato: martedì 28 gennaio 2014 15:40
A: Japanese Discussion Forum Cinema
Oggetto: [KineJapan] 2013 industry stats

For those interested, Eiren has released the officials stats for the film industry in 2013.

http://www.eiren.org/toukei/index.html

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.

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.

Kaze tachinu/The Wind Rises was the number one film, with animation dominating the top ten (6 of 10).

Aaron Gerow
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