Movies Starring Johnny’s that Made Billions last 2013

Yesterday, Japanese Film Producers Association (Eiren) announced the 34 Japanese movies that earned 1 billion Yen (and more) in the box office. Seven movies, which stars Johnny’s, are in the said ranking including Sakurai Sho‘s “Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de” movie in the Top Six after it earned 3.25 Billion Yen.

The other movies that made past the 1 billion Yen mark, are:

[I only included movies that stars Johnny’s basically in a lead role]

Rank	Movie’s Title	Total Earnings (in Billions)	Johnny’s lead
6	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de	3.25	Sakurai Sho
12	Platinum Data	2.64	Ninomiya Kazunari
17	The Movie ATARU-THE FIRST LOVE & THE LAST KILL-	1.85	Nakai Masahiro Tamamori Yuta
20	Hidamari no Kanojo	1.79	Matsumoto Jun
22	Library War	1.72	Okada Junichi
27	Nou Otoko	1.27	Ikuta Toma
31	Yokai Ningen Bem	1.17	Kamenashi Kazuya

 jnews1 and eiren

Despite that most Johnny’s dramas are struggling in the ratings game, it’s nice to know that most of their movies are selling well. Three of these movies are drama continuation, which means that the success of the drama is not a fluke as what detractors would say. I think it would be nice if they use the recipe of success from these movies in dealing with their dramas; like having a good plot, a solid storyline, excellent supporting casts, and quit with the barter system just so Johnny can earn a little extra by including one more of his talents in the show.