[KineJapan] Content industry export value statistics?

[Stephen Cremin]

¥153. Just joking.



I'd love to know the value of movie exports and presumably that was estimated by JETRO, VIPO, etc, when pushing for their budgets. But given how difficult it is to get timely and detailed box office data in Japan, I imagine the numbers you're looking for might not be so forthcoming. (That US$300m Cool Japan fund should license Kogyo Tsushin's historical data for industry use. How can one hope to have a professional film industry in any country without transparent box office?)



In South Korea, sales companies give the actual dollar numbers for each film by territory to the Korean Film Council in confidence, who publish aggregated numbers on the annual percentage change in sales, including overages. They can also break it don by territory, to see how sales to Germany, etc, is faring. But looking at last years total export value, which grew 83.7% on 2012, is pretty meaningless without knowing what Weinstein paid for SNOWPIERCER.




It would be fascinating to have annual figures in Japan going back several years, if only to see the effectiveness of the subsidies going to sales companies at markets, etc. Surely it's the best indicator of their success. I'd be careful of the word "content" as it's too vague and government departments might define it more broadly than is useful.


Stephen Cremin











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On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Eija Niskanen <eija at helsinkicineaasia.fi>
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> Hi! Which source do you suggest I find reliable yearly figures in terms of
> finding the export value of content industry in all and movie export - and
> is there a special figure for remake export value?
> Eija
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