One Piece Strong World outsells Harry Potter and Ponyo on opening weeken
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Subject: One Piece Strong World outsells Harry Potter and Ponyo on opening weeken Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:01 pm
One Piece Film Strong World, the 10th One Piece anime film, opened with 1.038 billion yen (about US$11.7 million) this past weekend . By comparison, Ponyo took in 1.025 billion yen (US$11.55 million) during its opening weekend last year. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opened on 844 screens in Japan this year with 990 million yen (US$11.2 million).
One Piece Film Strong World opened on 188 screens throughout Japan. 68 of those screens had sold-out showings throughout the weekend. The film's per-screen average was 5.52 million yen (US$62,200) — the record for a nationwide release in Japan.
On the first day, the film made 553 million yen (US$6.24 million), and it made 485 million yen (US$5.47 million) on the second day. In all, the film was seen 820,000 times. Part of the reason for the huge audiences was the One Piece Volume 0 manga that was given to the first attendees. Toei has decided to add another printing of 1 million copies.
Subject: One Piece Strong World outsells Harry Potter and Ponyo on opening weeken 
Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:01 pm