"Tokyo Tower..." opened at the top last weekend

Last weekend's box office ranking was Joe Odagiri's "Tokyo Tower - Mom, Me and Sometimes Dad".  In the opening day report, Shochiku said that its final result is expected to surpass "Love and Honor", but according to Mr. Texas, the number does not add up.

The weekend gross was 194 million yen, 90% of Odagiri's "SHINOBI" and 65% of "Love and Honor".  The press loves to pit Joe Odagiri, up and coming movie star, against King of J-drama Takuya Kimura, and said Odagiri will prevail in this movie, but it does not look that way.

The film is based on million-seller novel, but it is already made into a special one-time drama and a TV drama series, so Mr. Texas thinks people don't watch the same story 3 times, even though the success formula of "TV drama - to - movie" is still working in many, such as "Unfair".

Source:  Movie Consultant Blog