by On the 13th, film company Toho held a conference in Tokyo to announce its distribution lineup for next year (2024), and Minami Ichikawa, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer said that this year’s box office revenue is expected to be “about 80 billion yen, which is the second highest in history.” It was also reported that the results were good.
The company’s all-time No. 1 is “Your Name.” “Shin Godzilla” was a massive hit in 2016, earning 85.4 billion yen. This year’s sales are expected to surpass the 77 billion yen made in 2019 when Weathering with You, previously ranked second, was released.
The strong performance was driven by “Detective Conan: Submarine,” the first movie in the series to surpass the 10 billion yen mark (currently in theaters, as of December 10, 241 days of sales)—earned 13.83 billion yen. Furthermore, director Hayao Miyazaki’s (*Tatsusaki Zaki) ‘s first new work in 10 years, “How Do You Live?” (currently in theaters, as of December 10, 150-day results) was a hit of 8.61 billion yen, and the numbers continue to pile up. Ing.
As usual, the company’s animation works are substantial. Still, the company’s 3rd place was “Kingdom: Flames of Fate” at 5.6 billion yen, 4th place was “Don’t Call It Mystery” at 4.74 billion yen, and 5th place was “TOKYO MER the Movie ~ Run.” “Emergency Room~” earned 4.53 billion yen, followed by “Godzilla-1.0” in 8th place with 4.15 billion yen (as of December 10, 38-day results), making four live-action movies over 4 billion yen. Director Ichikawa said calmly, “The live-action film also did well, so it was a well-balanced year.” The breakdown of anime and live-action ratios has settled down to 6:4 in the end.
In 2023, 16 of the 24 titles distributed by the company exceeded 1 billion yen. Considering that last year’s 1 billion yen was 12 out of 24, he was relieved, saying, “We have returned to pre-coronavirus levels.” Director Ichikawa also emphasized, “We achieved great results with our in-house produced work. We hope to continue this in the future.” Director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster” won the screenplay award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and is said to be making a big profit at the overseas box office. Domestically, it grossed 2.15 billion yen, “a considerable achievement for an original work,” said Mitsutaka Yoshida, executive officer. Furthermore, “Godzilla-1.0” is currently showing in North America, breaking records for Japanese live-action movies at the box office. It was the number-one foreign film released in North America this year.
What is the lineup for 2024?
The 25 films announced on this day will be distributed in 2024. We have established a solid structure with a series of animations and will broadcast two original animation works. Live-action works by TV stations also have attractive titles, including the new work directed and written by Koki Mitani, “Let’s Talk About Suomi” (Fuji Television), “Return of the Kingdom Taishogun” (Nippon Television), and “Golden Kamuy” (WOWOW). ) and other works from all key stations (including unreleased works). Our in-house productions include “Henn na Ie,” “She Comes in April,” “If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister,” and “Six Lying University Students,” which are based on best-selling novels, as well as “Six Liar College Students,” which is an original screenplay. “Dear Family” is also scheduled for release.
She also announced the launch of a new label, “TOHO NEXT.” Content other than movies, which has been called “ODS Screening” (*ODS = Other Digital Stuff), will be distributed as “TOHO NEXT”. The aim is to connect video works of various genres, such as live-action, animation, music, stage, and documentaries, to the movie theater business without being bound by conventional box office and screening forms.
2024 Toho Distribution Work Lineup
“Golden Kamuy”
Released on January 19, 2024
“The Movie: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Day the World Ends”
Released on January 26, 2024
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” The Miracle of Bonds, and To Pillar Training”
Released on February 2, 2024, *Co-distributed by Toho and Aniplex
“Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Chikyu Symphony”
Released on March 1, 2024 `
`Weird House”
Released on March 15, 2024
“Fourth, When the moon comes, she will be
released on March 22, 2024.
“Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Star”
will be released on April 12, 2024.
“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”
will be released on April 26, 2024.
The movie “Teasing Master Takagi-san”
will be released on May 31, 2024.
“Dear Family”
will be released on June 14, 2024.
“The Return of the Great Shogun”
will be released on July 12, 2024.
“What if Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes Prime Minister?” Tara”
to be released on July 26, 2024.`
`Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary”
to be released in the summer of 2024
“The Last Mile” to be released in summer 2024 “Your Color”
to be released in the summer of 2024. “Let’s Talk about Suomi” will be released in September 2024. Released on May 13 “Fure.” to be released in fall 2024 “Even though I just dropped my smartphone ~Final Chapter ~ Final Hacking Game” to be released in fall 2024 “Six Liar College Students” to be released in fall 2024 “Mysterious Dagashi Shop Zentendo” to be released in fall 2024 “My Hero Academia THE MOVIE” to be released in 2024 4″ (tentative title) production decided TOHO NEXT TV series special edition “Detective Conan vs. Kaitou Kid” to be released on January 5, 2024 Shimajiro movie “Miracle Jima no Nanairo Carnation” to be released on March 8, 2024
