The sixteenth and final volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ debuted at the 9th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 68,087 copies sold in its first week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Big Trump cards) landed on the 31st position, selling an estimate of 15.541 copies, making the overall sales of volume 16 an estimate of 83.628 copies on its first week. These numbers are roughly 21% more than the first week sales of volume 15 (69.419 copies)!
It is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these, considering volume 16 was available for pre-order for a very long time.
Still, I expected somehow slightly higher numbers given that it’s the final volume and the sales seemed to be picking up again with volume 15.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on the image to access an interactive version):
The fifteenth volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ dropped to the 30th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 16,512 copies sold in its second week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Clear Bookmarks) did not appear in the ranking this time around.
Overall, volume 15 has sold an estimate of 85,931 copies in two weeks.
Despite the strong performance it had on its first week, this is the second weakest overall sales figures by the second week for a Clear Card volume, only behind its previous volume (14), which had sold an estimate of 75,315 copies by the second week.
It is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):
I could be wrong but I don’t think we will see week 3 for volume 15.
UPDATE: volume 15 did not make it to its 3rd week in Oricon’s weekly Top 30.
The fifteenth volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ debuted at the 4th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 53,972 copies sold in its first week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Clear Bookmarks) landed on the 30th position, with an estimate of 15,447 copies sold. Combined, both versions sold an estimate of 69,419 copies.
This is the highest first week sales for a Clear Card volume since volume 11 (77,190 copies). It definitely seems like the series reaching its climax has picked up on the sales.
Moreover, Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ volume 15 was this week’s most sold title published by Kodansha.
Finally, it is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):
The fourteenth volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ dropped to the 12th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 34,423 copies sold in its second week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Acrylic Charms) did not appear on the weekly top 30.
Combing the sales of weeks one and two, it sold an estimate of 75,315 copies overall. This is the lowest overall sales by the second week for a Clear Card volume yet, although figures for the Special Edition and preorders are unknown.
Please note that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):
I don’t think it will make it to week 3, but we’ll see.
The fourteenth volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ debuted at the 5th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 40,892 copies sold in its first week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Acrylic Charms) did not appear on the weekly top 30.
This is the second lowest sales for a first week, only behind the first week sales of volume 12 (49,816 copies).
However, it is worth mentioning two points: 1) volume 14 was released on March 31st and the ranking is up until April 2nd, meaning that volume 14 had only 3 days of actual sales out of a full week. Taking that into consideration, it had a decent run. Still, previous volumes of Clear Card went through a similar scenario and still had a better sales performance in their first week; and 2) The first 4 titles are not published by Kodansha, meaning Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ volume 14 was this week’s most sold title published by Kodansha.
Finally, it is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):
The thirteenth volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ dropped to the 14th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 26,542 copies sold in its second week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Big Acrylic Stands) did not appear on the weekly top 30.
Last week I reported that the Special Edition sales numbers were unknown, but it turns out that I was able to find from a different source that the Special Edition (Big Acrylic Stands) debuted on the 40th position in its first week, with an estimate of 15,042 copies sold in its first week.
This changes things a bit and it means that combining the first and second week sales, volume 13 sold an overall estimate of 94,869 copies, outselling the overall sales of volume 12 in its second week!
It’s good to see this uptake for Clear Card in its final stage.
It is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):
The thirteenth volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ debuted at the 4th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 53,303 copies sold in its first week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Big Acrylic Stands) did not appear on the weekly top 30.
Volume 13 outsold the sales of both normal and special editions of volume 12 combined in its first week, but volume 12 had the lowest first week sales of Clear Card, therefore volume 13 is behind all the other volumes released before volume 12. In other words, volume 13 had the second worst first week sales, only behind volume 12.
The announcement that the series will be over on volume 14 might have caused an impact on this slight increase of sales.
It’s worth mentioning that while the regular edition landed in the 4th position, the first 3 titles are not published by Kodansha. Meaning Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ volume 13 was this week’s most sold title published by Kodansha.
Finally, it is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):
The XXXHOLiC live-action movie directed by Mika Ninagawa had its Blu-ray and DVD released on October 5th with two versions: regular and special.
The Blu-ray Special Edition debuted on the 3rd place on Oricon’s weekly Blu-ray ranking, with an estimate of 3,999 copies sold. The Regular Edition, on the other hand, did not make it to the weekly ranking.
The DVD Special Edition debuted on the 5th place, with an estimate of 1,492 copies sold. The Regular Edition debuted on the 12th place with an estimate of 669 copies sold.
Together, the Blu-ray and DVD versions of the XXXHOLiC live-action movie sold an estimate of 6,160 copies on its first week.
Source: Oricon.
It is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.
The Blu-ray and DVD versions of XXXHOLiC live-action movie can be purchased on CD Japan:
The XXXHOLiC live-action movie directed by Mika Ninagawa dropped to the 8th place in Japan’s box office on it’s second week, grossing a total of $295,141 (-56.5%).
The movie’s total domestic gross is now of US$2,882,403.
May 7th-9th weekend (Gross/Total Gross)
1st – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($9,337,114 / $9,337,114) 2nd – Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween ($3,040,033 / $53,371,256) 3rd – Crayon Shin-chan: Mononoke Ninja Chinpuden ($1,093,629 / $11,281,299) 4th – Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore ($1,073,066 / $30,891,296) 5th – Radiation House ($551,481 / $4,622,406) 8th – XXXHOLiC ($295,141 / $2,882,403)
It’s also worthwhile checking XXXHOLiC‘s performance against the previous movies directed by Mika Ninagawa by their second week:
Sakuran (2006) – second week at #7 (Grossing: $670,913 / Total domestic gross by week 2: $1,615,641)
Helter Skelter (2012) – second week at #4 (Grossing: $2,152,782 / Total domestic gross by week 2: $10,263,918)
Diner (2019) – second week at #5 (Grossing: $1,398,350 / Total domestic gross by week 2: $5,921,261)
No Longer Human – second week at #5 (Grossing: $1,147,796 / Total domestic gross by week 2: $6,045,219)
It doesn’t seem like the movie is doing super well. It’s only winning against Sakuran at this point, but then again, maybe Sakuran‘s numbers have not been adjusted to reflect inflation over time.
One potential reason is the lack of a better distribution. So it depends on how many theaters the movie is actually showing.
They recently announced that from May 20th they will start screening sessions with audio commentary by the cast and director, as a strategy to make people go back and watch it again.
The XXXHOLiC live-action movie directed by Mika Ninagawa debuted on the 5th place in Japan’s box office on it’s opening week. It took a while for the numbers to come in, due to the Golden Week holiday in Japan.
The movie grossed US$678,321 in its opening weekend (April 29th-May 1st) and US$1,450,436 after 9 days since its release.
April 29th – May 1st weekend (Gross/Total Gross)
1st – Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween ($5,665,453 / $40,330,183) 2nd – Crayon Shin-chan: Mononoke Ninja Chinpuden ($2,191,837 / $6,726,318) 3rd – Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore ($2,166,432 / $26,088,958) 4th – Free! The Final Stroke Part 2 ($987,323 / $3,215,116) 5th – XXXHOLiC ($678,321 / $1,450,436)
I honestly expected a much better performance, I don’t know how much the pandemic caused an impact on it — probably not much considering how well the Detective Conan movie is doing. Also, I’ve been informed that the movie is not being screened in a lot of theaters, which could mean that the distribution is not as wide as the other movies in positions 1-4. If there are less screens showing the movie, you will end up having less grossing.
There are many ways to measure if a movie was successful, the most common of them being whether it profited enough to cover its productions costs. Unfortunately, at this point it is unknown how much was the production cost for the XXXHOLiC movie.
It’s also worthwhile checking XXXHOLiC‘s performance against the previous movies directed by Mika Ninagawa:
Sakuran (2006) – debuted at #6 (First weekend gross: $370,831 / Total domestic gross: $5,973,534)
Helter Skelter (2012) – debuted at #4 (First weekend gross: $2,937,152 / Total domestic gross: $24,231,554)
Diner (2019) – debuted at #3 (First weekend gross: $1,756,882 / Total domestic gross: $9,673,094)
No Longer Human – debuted at #4 (First weekend gross: $1,566,799 / Total domestic gross: $10,452,114)
Only Sakuran (2012) had a slightly worse performance than XXXHOLiC, but given that the numbers are from 2012, I honestly don’t know if they have been corrected to reflect inflation over the years (I don’t think so). Helter Skelter had a really good opening weekend, the best of all five Ninagawa movies, and the best total grossing as well.
There are two things to keep an eye out from now on: 1) how the XXXHOLiC movie goes in the next weekends (maybe it will have a timid, but long run); 2) Due to CLAMP’s international appeal, there is a possibility of having the XXXHOLiC movie opening in other countries, which would of course contribute to its total grossing. The same happened with Sakuran and Helter Skelter (both also manga adaptations).
Considering that at this point the movie is not getting distributed massively, one could say that it was a good first week performance. Let’s hope that it will open in more screens in the next weeks.
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