May box office revenue decreased by 98.9% due to corona impact Record low update June 17 5:59
The box office revenue of movies shown in Japan last month decreased by 98.9% compared to the same month last year due to the continued suspension of movie theaters due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the lowest for the third consecutive month. Has been updated.
According to the Japan Filmmakers' Federation, which collects box office revenues from domestic movies, the total box office revenues of 12 major movie distributors such as Toho and Shochiku last month were about 196 million yen.
Compared to May of last year, which was 18,553 million yen, it decreased by 98.9% to just 1.1%.
In addition, it is the lowest among all the recorded months since 2000, and this is the lowest ever for 3 consecutive months from March.
According to Japan Federation of Filmmakers, the movie theater continued to be closed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and even when the movie theater was restarted, there were few new movies released, and there was little motivation to go. It can be considered as a factor.
The person in charge pointed out, "Since the topic work will be released from the second half of this month, it is expected to recover gradually, but I think that it will recover in earnest from next month". ..