Japanese Box Office: Jan 30 to Feb 05

(Rank, Movie Name, Weekend Box Office (US$), Cume (US$) (Note: US$1=89.77 yen))

1. Avatar, $6,846,505, $91,978,188

2. Oceans, $3,477,850, $10,814,199

3. Ototo (Younger Brother), $2,616,454, $2,616,454

4. Golden Slumber, $2,171,688, $2,171,688

5. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger Ginmaku Bang!, $1,659,338, $1,659,338

6. The Lovely Bones, $1,515,834, $1,968,995

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Japanese Box Office: Jan 23 to Jan 29

(Rank, Movie Name, Weekend Box Office (US$), Cume (US$) (Note: US$1=92.59 yen))

1. Avatar, $5,754,496, $77,732,992

2. Oceans, $3,756,389, $4,356,393

3. Surrogates, $1,515,739, $1,935,408

4. Sayonara Itsuka, $1,466,476, $1,466,476

5. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, $1,455,492, $1,455,492

6. Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score – Part 1, $1,210,697, $38,915,917

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Japanese Box Office: Jan 16 to Jan 22

(Rank, Movie Name, Weekend Box Office (US$), Cume (US$) (Note: US$1=92.59 yen))

1. Avatar, $5,606,688, $65,211,354

2. Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score – Part 1, $1,543,953, $35,895,411

3. Where the Wild Things Are, $1,540,086, $1,819,542

4. Bandage, $1,474,565, $1,474,565

5. Up, $1,350,917, $50,595,986

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