[KineJapan] 2013 industry stats

[Jasper Sharp]

I'm not sure what the number of pink films currently being produced is - probably about half of the hundred when I was writing Behind the Pink Curtain. I think about 100 of these 591 "releases" consist of what is known as ODS ("other digital stuff") - in other words, broadcasts of live or prerecorded sports of musical events to theatres. You are right though, the artificially inflated 591 figure for no. of domestic releases actually exceed the oft-cited 1960 peak of 547.



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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:06:33 -0500
From: pslarson2 at gmail.com
To: kinejapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [KineJapan] 2013 industry stats

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. 

Pete


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:

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).






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