The film “How to Commit the Perfect Crime in 5 Seconds,” starring WEST.’s Daiki Shigeoka, opened on September 11, but its opening-day box office reportedly came in at an estimated ¥16 million. Released across roughly 213 theaters, seating data posted on 5ch suggested the sales rate was under 10% of available seats. Shigeoka has recently been in the news over his marriage and the revelation of a previously undisclosed child, with some fans reportedly abandoning him as a result. Thread posters were split on how much of the poor showing was due to the marriage/secret-child fallout versus a simple lack of buzz or promotion for the film itself.
Daiki Shigeoka’s Starring Film Opens to “Estimated ¥16 Million” — Marriage Scandal Exposes Deep Fan Exodus
On September 11, the film “How to Commit the Perfect Crime in 5 Seconds,” starring idol group WEST.’s Daiki Shigeoka, hit theaters. But its start doesn’t seem to have been a strong one.
The film is a perfect-crime suspense story in which the protagonist uses generative AI to cover up a murder committed by his younger sister. Expectations were high for the lead’s terrified expression as he’s driven into a corner, and for his serious yet versatile performance as the older brother trying to talk his sister down — but the opening-day box office reportedly fell flat.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
Quitting on him is their right, though
Being a fan ('oshi-katsu') is just a hobby, you know?
People would hate a guy like this
if they're a fan of the whole group
Can you say the same thing
to guys who stan female idols?
Not sure how wide the release was, but that's a number you'd get even from a small release
Just stop casting Johnny's talent already
With the cause this obvious, at least Nanoka Hara won't get blamed for it, so she's fine
HKT48's Rino Sashihara's starring film 'Barairo no Buuko' (Rose-Colored Buuko, released May 30) reportedly struggled at the box office. According to Box Office Mojo, box office over the first weekend's two days came in under ¥7 million.
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I was looking at the late Yuri Nakamura's wiki page and saw this listed among her credits… it made me sad
It's Fukuda directing, so he probably doesn't feel a thing either way
This is the one that ended up getting pulled after just two weeks
Seats: 91,753
Sold: 4,101
So roughly 4.4% occupancy?
Only at the ending credits did I go 'oh, I know that name' and realize it starred a Johnny's idol
Didn't bother me at all though, the acting was fine
They just want their idol to only have eyes for the fans, I guess
Seems like with Johnny's talent, fans can still forgive marriage if the partner is a regular person
That's why most ex-SMAP and Arashi members married regular people
And they never talk about their married life at all
Fair point, gotta admit
Did that many people really go see it though?
He did over 10 theater greeting events, so those alone probably pulled in around 5,000 people
Guess it's all riding on this guy then
Exactly
Box office that relies entirely on a Johnny's idol is gross and boring
He's a sole proprietor, not a salaried employee, so dependent deductions don't even apply to him
Background and Points of Debate
Japanese idol-led films tend to rely heavily on core-fan turnout driven by theater greeting events and bonus-merchandise sales for a large chunk of their box office. As noted in the thread, this film also had more than ten theater greeting events scheduled, which would normally be enough to build up decent numbers on their own. Even so, one likely factor behind the sluggish box office is that the marriage and previously undisclosed child, which came to light just before release, stirred up fan sentiment in a way a simple “congratulations” couldn’t smooth over. Talent agencies in the Johnny’s lineage (now Starto Entertainment) tend to tightly manage how their idols’ private lives are disclosed, so when something comes out “after the fact” like this, it’s easily read as a betrayal. That said, the 4.4% seat-occupancy figure cited in the thread was calculated by an anonymous poster from the release scale and ticket sales, not an official count, so it should be taken with a grain of salt. The thread also brought up Rino Sashihara’s similarly struggling starring film “Barairo no Buuko” for comparison, suggesting idol-film box office is a structural issue shaped not just by a star’s personal scandals but by how much buzz the film itself generates.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] WEST.’s Daiki Shigeoka — Starring Film Opens to “Estimated ¥16 Million,” Marriage Scandal Exposes Deep Fan Exodus.”
