Today the box-office profit of the year 2008 was published. The statistics have been taken since 2000. Profits of all movies released last year reached yen 194,836,000,000 which was -1.8% than the year before. However Japanese movies sold yen 115,859,000,000 which was 22.4% up and became the heighest since 2000. Foreign movies sold yen 78,977,000,000 which decreased to occupy only 40.5% of total and became the lowest year since 2000.
The most popular Japanese movie of last year was "Gake no ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)", Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which sold more than yen 15,500 million.
The most popular foreign movie of last year was Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which sold yen 5,710 million.
The most popular Japanese movie ever was "Sen to Chihiro no kami kakushi (千と千尋の神隠し)" Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki in 2001 which got Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards. The profit was yen 30,400 million and more than 23,500,000 people went to see the movie.
The most popular foreign movie ever was "Titanic" in 1998 which sold yen 26,000 million and more than 16,830,000 people watched in Japan, and $1,835,000,000(USD) in the world.
There are 3,359 screens in Japan which added 138 since the year before and 160,490,000 people went to see the movie last year which is -1.7% than previous year.
If the entrance fee becomes cheaper, I am sure more and more people will go to see movies.
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