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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:42 pm Reply with quote
#8, "Flying Colors", I think a better romanization of the literal title would be "Biri Gal", where "biri" means "last place" or "at the bottom". I watched it on a plane last year and that makes way more sense than "Billy".
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Here's the list:

  • 2015: Highest Grossing Films (¥1 billion Earners) [FINAL]

    01. ¥9.53 billion ($78.1 million) / 6.26 million - Jurassic World (Toho-Towa) #34 All-Time
    02. ¥9.18 billion ($77.7 million) / 7.22 million - Big Hero 6 (Disney) #42 All-Time
    03. ¥7.80 billion ($66.2 million) / 6.97 million - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (Toho) #63 All-Time
    04. ¥5.85 billion ($47.7 million) / 4.58 million - The Boy and the Beast (Toho)
    05. ¥5.73 billion ($46.6 million) / 4.46 million - Cinderella (Disney)
    06. ¥5.21 billion ($42.9 million) / 4.28 million - Minions (Toho-Towa)
    07. ¥5.14 billion ($42.3 million) / 3.91 million - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Paramount)
    08. ¥4.67 billion ($38.4 million) / 3.64 million - Hero 2 (Toho)
    09. ¥4.48 billion ($37.1 million) / 3.58 million - Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno (Toho)
    10. ¥4.04 billion ($33.6 million) / 3.40 million - Inside Out (Disney)
    11. ¥3.93 billion ($33.1 million) / 3.48 million - Doraemon: Nobita's Space Record of Space Heroes (Toho)
    12. ¥3.74 billion ($31.1 million) / 2.81 million - Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F (Toei)
    13. ¥3.54 billion ($29.2 million) / 2.53 million - Furious 7 (Toho-Towa)
    14. ¥3.25 billion ($26.3 million) / 2.40 million - Attack on Titan - Part 1 (Toho)
    15. ¥3.21 billion ($26.0 million) / 2.16 million - Avengers: Age of Ultron (Disney)
    16. ¥2.84 billion ($23.4 million) / 2.31 million - Biri Gal (Toho)
    16. ¥2.84 billion ($22.9 million) / 2.02 million - Love Live! The School Idol Movie (Shochiku)
    18. ¥2.77 billion ($23.4 million) / 2.42 million - Assassination Classroom (Toho)
    19. ¥2.74 billion ($22.0 million) / 1.91 million - Terminator: Genisys (Paramount)
    20. ¥2.62 billion ($21.3 million) / 2.01 million - Boruto: Naruto the Movie (Toho)
    21. ¥2.61 billion ($21.3 million) / 2.40 million - Pokemon XY: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (Toho)
    22. ¥2.51 billion ($20.5 million) / 1.84 million - Ted 2 (Toho-Towa)
    23. ¥2.43 billion ($20.2 million) / 2.08 million - No Longer Heroine (Warner Bros.)
    24. ¥2.38 billion ($20.0 million) / 1.85 million - Into the Woods (Disney)
    25. ¥2.36 billion ($19.4 million) / 1.78 million - Unfair: The End (Toho)
    26. ¥2.32 billion ($19.3 million) / 1.95 million - Strobe Edge (Toho)
    27. ¥2.29 billion ($18.9 million) / 1.96 million - Crayon Shin-chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! (Toho)
    28. ¥2.25 billion ($18.7 million) / 1.73 million - American Sniper (Warner Bros.)
    29. ¥2.02 billion ($17.1 million) / 1.59 million - Parasyte - Part 1 (Toho)
    30. ¥2.00 billion ($16.9 million) / 1.57 million - The Last: Naruto the Movie (Toho)
    31. ¥1.90 billion ($16.3 million) / 1.61 million - Ao Haru Ride (Toho)
    32. ¥1.81 billion ($14.9 million) / 1.26 million - Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
    33. ¥1.80 billion ($14.7 million) / 1.41 million - Library Wars: The Last Mission (Toho)
    34. ¥1.76 billion ($14.4 million) / 1.36 million - Bakuman (Toho)
    35. ¥1.75 billion ($14.4 million) / 1.32 million - The Intern (Warner Bros.)
    36. ¥1.68 billion ($13.7 million) / 1.39 million - Sea Town Diary (Toho)
    36. ¥1.68 billion ($14.1 million) / 1.26 million - Attack on Titan - Part 2: End of the World (Toho)
    38. ¥1.65 billion ($14.0 million) / 1.15 million - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Warner Bros.)
    39. ¥1.60 billion ($13.0 million) / 1.24 million - Ryozu and the Seven Henchmen (Warner Bros.)
    40. ¥1.54 billion ($13.0 million) / 1.20 million - Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb (Fox)
    41. ¥1.50 billion ($12.3 million) / 1.15 million - Parasyte - Part 2 (Toho)
    42. ¥1.46 billion ($11.9 million) / 1.10 million - Tomorrowland (Disney)
    43. ¥1.42 billion ($12.0 million) / 1.12 million - The Vancouver Asahi (Toho)
    44. ¥1.40 billion ($11.8 million) / 1.11 million - Annie (Sony)
    45. ¥1.33 billion ($10.8 million) / 1.03 million - Shinjuku Swan (Sony)
    46. ¥1.32 billion ($10.8 million) / 1.03 million - Initiation Love (Toho)
    46. ¥1.32 billion ($10.8 million) / 1.02 million - Galaxy Turnpike (Toho)
    46. ¥1.32 billion ($10.7 million) / 1.05 million - Japan's Longest Day (Shochiku)
    49. ¥1.31 billion ($10.2 million) / 1.02 million - Prophecy (Toho)
    49. ¥1.31 billion ($10.4 million) / 1.04 million - Mozu (Toho)
    51. ¥1.30 billion ($10.8 million) / 1.01 million - Terrace House: Closing Door (Toho)
    52. ¥1.22 billion ($10.3 million) / 0.82 million - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount)
    53. ¥1.21 billion ($10.0 million) / 0.91 million - Ant-Man (Disney)
    54. ¥1.17 billion ($9.7 million) / 0.96 million - The Lion Who Stands in the Wind (Toho)
    54. ¥1.17 billion ($9.7 million) / 0.89 million - Gone Girl (Warner Bros.)
    56. ¥1.12 billion ($9.2 million) / 0.82 million - The Anthem of the Heart (Aniplex)
    57. ¥1.08 billion ($9.0 million) / 0.86 million - Bee of the Sky (Shochiku)
    58. ¥1.06 billion ($8.9 million) / 0.83 million - ST: Scientific Investigation Squad (Toho)
    58. ¥1.06 billion ($8.5 million) / 0.79 million - Pixels (Sony)
    60. ¥1.00 billion ($8.3 million) / 0.72 million - Girls und Panzer: The Movie (Showgate)

    Japanese / Imported

    Number of ¥1 Billion Earners Per Year [2000-]
    Year - # of ¥1 Billion Films (Japanese/Imported)
    2005 - 62 (25/37)
    2015 - 60 (38/22)
    2012 - 59 (39/20)
    2009 - 57 (34/23)
    2013 - 56 (35/21)
    2011 - 54 (32/22)
    2008 - 52 (28/26)
    2007 - 51 (29/22)
    2004 - 51 (20/31)
    2006 - 50 (28/22)
    2014 - 49 (31/18)
    2010 - 48 (29/19)
    2000 - 48 (18/30)
    2003 - 48 (18/30)
    2002 - 47 (17/30)
    2001 - 45 (15/30)
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    2000-2015 - 834 (436/401)
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:16 am Reply with quote
It shows that live action Japanese film is dead when nearly all the live action films are either Manga adaptations or, like HERO, based on a TV show. Stuff from directors like Kurosawa and Ozu, popular original live action films, is a thing from the distant past. Well, Hollywood is following the footsteps with mostly franchise stuff these days (Star Wars 7, Jurassic Park 4), but still the situation is not that bad that live action films became spinoffs of Manga and TV.
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