What this is
How much new generations lifted the Pokémon film's Japanese gross: up 68.5% in 2003, 47.6% in 2007 and 65.1% for the 2017 reboot, but only 4.1% in 2011 and down 8.2% in 2014.
How it’s built
- Each new generation's first film's gross divided by the previous year's film, from the industry body's annual lists.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
The peaks themselves fall after 2007, from ¥5.02bn to ¥4.33bn, ¥2.91bn and ¥3.55bn, so renewal lifts the line without reversing it.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.
Show the working
- 2003 AG first film against 2002: 68.5
- 2007 DP first against 2006: 47.6
- 2011 BW first against 2010: 4.1
- 2014 XY first against 2013: -8.2
- 2017 キミにきめた! (20th-anniversary reboot) against 2016: 65.1
- 45.0/26.7-1 = +68.5%
- 50.2/34.0-1 = +47.6%
- 43.3/41.6-1 = +4.1%
- 29.1/31.7-1 = -8.2%
- 35.5/21.5-1 = +65.1%
- Each era peak is its first film
- the peaks themselves fall after 2007 (50.2 -> 43.3 -> 29.1 -> 35.5)