Jûsan-nin no shikaku (2011)

Jûsan-nin no shikaku poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $802,778Details
International Box Office $17,924,662Details
Worldwide Box Office $18,727,440
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $2,136,718 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $2,083,153 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $4,219,871
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$45,854 (5.7% of total gross)
Legs:9.74 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:4.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$6,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/31 max. theaters, 8.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $1,091,292

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 29th, 2011 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures, released as 13 Assassins
Video Release: July 5th, 2011 by Magnolia Home Entertainment, released as 13 Assassins
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of bloody violence, some disturbing images and brief nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2162, 3/9/2011)
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Tau ming chong
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Keywords: Hitmen, Foreign Language, Political, Martial Arts, Revenge, Sex Crimes, Government Corruption, Demons, Intertitle, Suicide, Non-Chronological
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Sedic International Inc., Recorded Picture Company, TV Asahi Corporation, Toho Co, Dentsu Inc., Rakueisha Co.
Production Countries: Japan, United Kingdom
Languages: Japanese

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2011 52 $45,854   4 $11,464   $45,854 1
May 6, 2011 52 $48,366 +5% 10 $4,837   $120,188 2
May 13, 2011 53 $52,717 +9% 17 $3,101   $201,534 3
May 20, 2011 44 $72,267 +37% 25 $2,891   $301,850 4
May 27, 2011 41 $82,451 +14% 31 $2,660   $421,734 5
Jun 3, 2011 39 $56,799 -31% 29 $1,959   $538,015 6
Jun 10, 2011 45 $38,426 -32% 26 $1,478   $608,648 7
Jun 17, 2011 47 $38,407 n/c 31 $1,239   $672,538 8
Jun 24, 2011 58 $18,181 -53% 21 $866   $712,517 9
Jul 1, 2011 57 $16,063 -12% 22 $730   $742,413 10
Jul 8, 2011 66 $9,122 -43% 14 $652   $763,760 11
Jul 15, 2011 69 $6,977 -24% 17 $410   $776,542 12
Jul 22, 2011 76 $4,818 -31% 8 $602   $784,986 13
Jul 29, 2011 84 $2,397 -50% 7 $342   $791,653 14
Aug 5, 2011 102 $1,555 -35% 4 $389   $794,698 15
Aug 12, 2011 93 $2,804 +80% 2 $1,402   $799,051 16
Aug 19, 2011 99 $2,069 -26% 4 $517   $802,524 17

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 30, 2011 34 $28,307     31 $913   $450,041 32
Jul 4, 2011 56 $3,714     22 $169   $746,127 67

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2011 49 $71,822   4 $17,956   $71,822 1
May 6, 2011 52 $76,995 +7% 10 $7,700   $148,817 2
May 13, 2011 51 $80,766 +5% 17 $4,751   $229,583 3
May 20, 2011 46 $109,700 +36% 25 $4,388   $339,283 4
May 27, 2011 40 $141,933 +29% 31 $4,578   $481,216 5
Jun 3, 2011 42 $89,006 -37% 29 $3,069   $570,222 6
Jun 10, 2011 47 $63,909 -28% 26 $2,458   $634,131 7
Jun 17, 2011 48 $60,205 -6% 31 $1,942   $694,336 8
Jun 24, 2011 54 $32,014 -47% 21 $1,524   $726,350 9
Jul 1, 2011 56 $28,288 -12% 22 $1,286   $754,638 10
Jul 8, 2011 69 $14,927 -47% 14 $1,066   $769,565 11
Jul 15, 2011 67 $10,603 -29% 17 $624   $780,168 12
Jul 22, 2011 69 $9,088 -14% 8 $1,136   $789,256 13
Jul 29, 2011 87 $3,887 -57% 7 $555   $793,143 14
Aug 5, 2011 101 $3,104 -20% 4 $776   $796,247 15
Aug 12, 2011 93 $4,208 +36% 2 $2,104   $800,455 16
Aug 19, 2011 108 $2,323 -45% 4 $581   $802,778 17

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 10, 20111241,593 41,593$457,107$457,1071
Jul 17, 20113013,922-67% 55,515$153,003$610,1102

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 10, 2011333,142 33,142$596,218$596,2181
Jul 17, 20112010,335-69% 43,477$206,587$802,8052

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Lead Ensemble Members

Koji Yakusho    Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada    Shinrokuro (Shinzaemon's Nephew)
Yusuke Iseya    Koyata (13th Assassin from the Forest)
Goro Inagaki    Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Masachika Ichimura    Hanbei Kitou (Naritsugu's Head Samurai)
Mikijiro Hira    Sir Doi (Top Shogun Official)
Hiroki Matsukata    Kuranaga
Ikki Sawamura    Mitsuhashi
Arata Furuta    Sahara (Samurai Who Requests Payment)
Tsuyoshi Ihara    Hirayama (Shinzaemon's Apprentice)
Masataka Kubota    Ogura (The Youngest Samurai)
Sousuke Takaoka    Hioki (Kuranaga's Subordinate)
Seiji Rokkaku    Otake (Kuranaga's Subordinate)
Koen Kondo    Horii (Mitsuhashi's Subordinate)
Yuma Ishigaki    Higuchi (Mitsuhashi's Subordinate)

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Takashi Miike    Director
Shoichirou Ikemiya    Story Creator
Daisuke Tengan    Screenwriter
Koji Endo    Composer
Toshiaki Nakazawa    Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas    Executive Producer
Takashi Hirajo    Executive Producer
Nobuyasu Kita    Cinematographer
Kenji Yamashita    Editor
Michihiko Umezawa    Producer
Minami Ichikawa    Producer
Toichiro Shiraishi    Producer
Takahiro Ohno    Producer
Hirotsugu Yoshida    Producer
Shigeji Maeda    Producer
Kazuomi Suzaki    Co-Producer
Masaaki Ujo    Producer
Hisashi Usui    Co-Producer

Featured DVD Review: Bodyguards and Assassins

July 25th, 2011

Bodyguards and Assassins was a huge hit in its native China earning roughly $40 million at the box office, not to mention a record-breaking 18 Hong Kong Film Awards nominations, as well as 8 wins. That sets up high expectations, but can a movie about the Chinese revolution in the early 20th century find an audience here? Or will something be lost in translation? More...

Blu-ray Sales: Holdovers Lord Above New Releases

July 20th, 2011

Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition Trilogy remained on top of the Blu-ray sales chart this week selling 104,000 units / $5.08 million for the week. It now has generated just over $30 million in sales in just two weeks, and even if you split that between the three movies, it's still an excellent run for a catalog title. More...

DVD Sales: New Releases Are Assassinated

July 19th, 2011

New releases were dead on arrival on this week's DVD sales chart. None reached the top five, while only three reached the top 30. This left Sucker Punch in top spot, but with only 105,000 units / $1.58 million units for the week giving it totals of 381,000 units / $5.71 million after two. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 5th, 2011

July 5th, 2011

It's a terrible week for new DVD and Blu-ray releases with no first run releases of note. There's not even an abundance of limited releases, TV on DVD releases, or catalogue releases to pick up the slack. The best-selling release according to Amazon.com is 13 Assassins on Blu-ray and it is also arguably the best. It's really the only competitor for Pick of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: 13 Assassins

July 5th, 2011

13 Assassins is directed by Takashi Miike, whom some might recognize as the director of such films as Ichi the Killer and Audition. His films tends to be part of the Body Horror genre, a genre with extreme violence. As such, he seems like an almost curious choice to direct a period piece set in feudal Japan. Curious choice, but perhaps the right choice? More...

Cave has Memorable Start on the Per Theater Chart

May 3rd, 2011

Cave of Forgotten Dreams had the best per theater average for any Werner Herzog film with an average of $27,820. The 3-D ticket prices helped, but so did the reviews. The overall number one film, Fast Five, was in second place on the per theater chart with an average of $23,655, which is a stunning result. The only other film to reach the $10,000 mark was 13 Assassins with an average of $11,464 in four theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Fast Five Has Biggest 2011 Opening By Miles

May 1st, 2011

After four months fretting about poor box office performance, we finally have an out-and-out success to celebrate. Fast Five has opened with an estimated $83.6 million, according to Universal's figures released on Sunday, which makes it not only the biggest opener of the year (with more than double the debut of the previous record-holder, Rio), but will take the record for the biggest weekend in April, topping the previous entry in the franchise, Fast & Furious (see top April weekends). Perhaps the message in all this is not so much that the industry is dying as that moviegoers haven't had anything to get excited about. More...

Don't Let Limited Releases be Forgotten

April 29th, 2011

With summer blockbusters coming, the smaller limited releases will be overshadowed. But that doesn't mean there are no films worth checking out, or that they have no potential to find an audience. Both Cave of Forgotten Dreams and 13 Assassins are earning stunning reviews and both have potential to find an audience. On the other hand, it's never easy to thrive in limited release and expanding significantly is hard at the best of times. More...


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Synopsis

Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$45,854 (5.7% of total gross)
Legs:9.74 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:4.3% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$6,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/31 max. theaters, 8.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $1,091,292

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play
Vudu:Vudu
Hulu:Hulu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: April 29th, 2011 (Limited) by Magnolia Pictures, released as 13 Assassins
Video Release: July 5th, 2011 by Magnolia Home Entertainment, released as 13 Assassins
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of bloody violence, some disturbing images and brief nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2162, 3/9/2011)
Running Time: 125 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Tau ming chong
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Hitmen, Foreign Language, Political, Martial Arts, Revenge, Sex Crimes, Government Corruption, Demons, Intertitle, Suicide, Non-Chronological
Source:Remake
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Sedic International Inc., Recorded Picture Company, TV Asahi Corporation, Toho Co, Dentsu Inc., Rakueisha Co.
Production Countries: Japan, United Kingdom
Languages: Japanese

Lead Ensemble Members

Koji Yakusho    Shinzaemon Shimada
Takayuki Yamada    Shinrokuro (Shinzaemon's Nephew)
Yusuke Iseya    Koyata (13th Assassin from the Forest)
Goro Inagaki    Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Masachika Ichimura    Hanbei Kitou (Naritsugu's Head Samurai)
Mikijiro Hira    Sir Doi (Top Shogun Official)
Hiroki Matsukata    Kuranaga
Ikki Sawamura    Mitsuhashi
Arata Furuta    Sahara (Samurai Who Requests Payment)
Tsuyoshi Ihara    Hirayama (Shinzaemon's Apprentice)
Masataka Kubota    Ogura (The Youngest Samurai)
Sousuke Takaoka    Hioki (Kuranaga's Subordinate)
Seiji Rokkaku    Otake (Kuranaga's Subordinate)
Koen Kondo    Horii (Mitsuhashi's Subordinate)
Yuma Ishigaki    Higuchi (Mitsuhashi's Subordinate)

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Takashi Miike    Director
Shoichirou Ikemiya    Story Creator
Daisuke Tengan    Screenwriter
Koji Endo    Composer
Toshiaki Nakazawa    Executive Producer
Jeremy Thomas    Executive Producer
Takashi Hirajo    Executive Producer
Nobuyasu Kita    Cinematographer
Kenji Yamashita    Editor
Michihiko Umezawa    Producer
Minami Ichikawa    Producer
Toichiro Shiraishi    Producer
Takahiro Ohno    Producer
Hirotsugu Yoshida    Producer
Shigeji Maeda    Producer
Kazuomi Suzaki    Co-Producer
Masaaki Ujo    Producer
Hisashi Usui    Co-Producer

Featured DVD Review: Bodyguards and Assassins

July 25th, 2011

Bodyguards and Assassins was a huge hit in its native China earning roughly $40 million at the box office, not to mention a record-breaking 18 Hong Kong Film Awards nominations, as well as 8 wins. That sets up high expectations, but can a movie about the Chinese revolution in the early 20th century find an audience here? Or will something be lost in translation? More...

Blu-ray Sales: Holdovers Lord Above New Releases

July 20th, 2011

Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition Trilogy remained on top of the Blu-ray sales chart this week selling 104,000 units / $5.08 million for the week. It now has generated just over $30 million in sales in just two weeks, and even if you split that between the three movies, it's still an excellent run for a catalog title. More...

DVD Sales: New Releases Are Assassinated

July 19th, 2011

New releases were dead on arrival on this week's DVD sales chart. None reached the top five, while only three reached the top 30. This left Sucker Punch in top spot, but with only 105,000 units / $1.58 million units for the week giving it totals of 381,000 units / $5.71 million after two. More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for July 5th, 2011

July 5th, 2011

It's a terrible week for new DVD and Blu-ray releases with no first run releases of note. There's not even an abundance of limited releases, TV on DVD releases, or catalogue releases to pick up the slack. The best-selling release according to Amazon.com is 13 Assassins on Blu-ray and it is also arguably the best. It's really the only competitor for Pick of the Week. More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: 13 Assassins

July 5th, 2011

13 Assassins is directed by Takashi Miike, whom some might recognize as the director of such films as Ichi the Killer and Audition. His films tends to be part of the Body Horror genre, a genre with extreme violence. As such, he seems like an almost curious choice to direct a period piece set in feudal Japan. Curious choice, but perhaps the right choice? More...

Cave has Memorable Start on the Per Theater Chart

May 3rd, 2011

Cave of Forgotten Dreams had the best per theater average for any Werner Herzog film with an average of $27,820. The 3-D ticket prices helped, but so did the reviews. The overall number one film, Fast Five, was in second place on the per theater chart with an average of $23,655, which is a stunning result. The only other film to reach the $10,000 mark was 13 Assassins with an average of $11,464 in four theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Fast Five Has Biggest 2011 Opening By Miles

May 1st, 2011

After four months fretting about poor box office performance, we finally have an out-and-out success to celebrate. Fast Five has opened with an estimated $83.6 million, according to Universal's figures released on Sunday, which makes it not only the biggest opener of the year (with more than double the debut of the previous record-holder, Rio), but will take the record for the biggest weekend in April, topping the previous entry in the franchise, Fast & Furious (see top April weekends). Perhaps the message in all this is not so much that the industry is dying as that moviegoers haven't had anything to get excited about. More...

Don't Let Limited Releases be Forgotten

April 29th, 2011

With summer blockbusters coming, the smaller limited releases will be overshadowed. But that doesn't mean there are no films worth checking out, or that they have no potential to find an audience. Both Cave of Forgotten Dreams and 13 Assassins are earning stunning reviews and both have potential to find an audience. On the other hand, it's never easy to thrive in limited release and expanding significantly is hard at the best of times. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2011 52 $45,854   4 $11,464   $45,854 1
May 6, 2011 52 $48,366 +5% 10 $4,837   $120,188 2
May 13, 2011 53 $52,717 +9% 17 $3,101   $201,534 3
May 20, 2011 44 $72,267 +37% 25 $2,891   $301,850 4
May 27, 2011 41 $82,451 +14% 31 $2,660   $421,734 5
Jun 3, 2011 39 $56,799 -31% 29 $1,959   $538,015 6
Jun 10, 2011 45 $38,426 -32% 26 $1,478   $608,648 7
Jun 17, 2011 47 $38,407 n/c 31 $1,239   $672,538 8
Jun 24, 2011 58 $18,181 -53% 21 $866   $712,517 9
Jul 1, 2011 57 $16,063 -12% 22 $730   $742,413 10
Jul 8, 2011 66 $9,122 -43% 14 $652   $763,760 11
Jul 15, 2011 69 $6,977 -24% 17 $410   $776,542 12
Jul 22, 2011 76 $4,818 -31% 8 $602   $784,986 13
Jul 29, 2011 84 $2,397 -50% 7 $342   $791,653 14
Aug 5, 2011 102 $1,555 -35% 4 $389   $794,698 15
Aug 12, 2011 93 $2,804 +80% 2 $1,402   $799,051 16
Aug 19, 2011 99 $2,069 -26% 4 $517   $802,524 17

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
May 30, 2011 34 $28,307     31 $913   $450,041 32
Jul 4, 2011 56 $3,714     22 $169   $746,127 67

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Apr 29, 2011 49 $71,822   4 $17,956   $71,822 1
May 6, 2011 52 $76,995 +7% 10 $7,700   $148,817 2
May 13, 2011 51 $80,766 +5% 17 $4,751   $229,583 3
May 20, 2011 46 $109,700 +36% 25 $4,388   $339,283 4
May 27, 2011 40 $141,933 +29% 31 $4,578   $481,216 5
Jun 3, 2011 42 $89,006 -37% 29 $3,069   $570,222 6
Jun 10, 2011 47 $63,909 -28% 26 $2,458   $634,131 7
Jun 17, 2011 48 $60,205 -6% 31 $1,942   $694,336 8
Jun 24, 2011 54 $32,014 -47% 21 $1,524   $726,350 9
Jul 1, 2011 56 $28,288 -12% 22 $1,286   $754,638 10
Jul 8, 2011 69 $14,927 -47% 14 $1,066   $769,565 11
Jul 15, 2011 67 $10,603 -29% 17 $624   $780,168 12
Jul 22, 2011 69 $9,088 -14% 8 $1,136   $789,256 13
Jul 29, 2011 87 $3,887 -57% 7 $555   $793,143 14
Aug 5, 2011 101 $3,104 -20% 4 $776   $796,247 15
Aug 12, 2011 93 $4,208 +36% 2 $2,104   $800,455 16
Aug 19, 2011 108 $2,323 -45% 4 $581   $802,778 17

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 10, 20111241,593 41,593$457,107$457,1071
Jul 17, 20113013,922-67% 55,515$153,003$610,1102

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 10, 2011333,142 33,142$596,218$596,2181
Jul 17, 20112010,335-69% 43,477$206,587$802,8052

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.