hollywoodreporter.com
28.01.2020 / 21:31
Japan's Box Office Hit All-Time High in 2019
The Japanese box office jumped more than 17 percent to a record $2.39 billion (261 billion yen) in 2019, with admissions up more than 15 percent to 194,910, the highest attendance since 1971.Despite a slowly shrinking population and the rise of streaming platforms, astrong lineup of films, rising wages for the young, low unemployment and a rise in leisure timedue to government work reforms all helped drive the record box office numbers.Hollywood's share rose slightly to 45.6 percent, its