[KineJapan] 2013 industry stats

[Peter Larson]

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.
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> http://www.eiren.org/toukei/index.html
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Kaze tachinu/The Wind Rises was the number one film, with animation
> dominating the top ten (6 of 10).
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> Aaron Gerow
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