Sustainable profitability in the film business over the medium to long term
First written in FY2024. 8 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025-H1. Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
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- 2026-08-07AdvancedEarnings
「As a result, total segment revenue was ¥71 million, down 21.4% year on year, while segment profit was ¥1 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥10 million in the same period of the previous year.」
The film business turned from a segment loss in the same period of the previous year to a profit, indicating progress toward stable profitability over the medium to long term. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result, total segment revenue was ¥424 million, down 8.6% year on year, while segment profit was ¥16 million, compared with a segment loss of ¥28 million in the same period of the previous year.」
Although revenue from the film business declined, segment profit or loss shifted from a loss of ¥28.92 million in the previous fiscal year to a profit of ¥16.97 million. This represents progress toward the goal of stable profitability over the medium to long term, but the disclosure does not state that stabilization has been achieved. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the film exhibition business, Musashino-kan screened films including 『「桐島です」』, which performed well, and 『アイム・スティル・ヒア』, which won this year’s Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, achieving better results than the previous year. At Cinema Qualité, 『ニーキャップ』 performed well, along with 『ユニバーサル・ランゲージ』, which won the Audience Award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and 『ブラッグ・ドッグ』, which also won 2 awards at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.」
Multiple films performed well at Musashino-kan, resulting in better performance than the previous year. For the film business as a whole, revenue fell 11.1% year on year, but the segment loss narrowed from ¥19.425 million to ¥8.562 million, and the company described progress toward stable profitability over the medium to long term. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In the film business division, the group’s core business, the company aims to achieve stable profitability over the medium to long term by screening high-quality films with strong audience appeal and operating the business with an emphasis on profitability and costs.」
Revenue from the film business increased 15.7% year on year, while the segment loss narrowed from ¥62.46 million to ¥28.92 million. Although profitability has not yet been achieved, the company described progress through reduced losses toward stable profitability over the medium to long term. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the movie exhibition business, Musashino-kan screened the June release Anno-chan, which performed well, as well as Nostalgic Railway: Taiwan, A Journey of the Heart in July and My Friend An in September. At Cinema Qualite, the August release Chime and the September release The Village of Namib Desert performed well, resulting in performance exceeding the previous year.」
The screening of films with strong audience appeal and the strong performance of multiple titles enabled the film exhibition business to outperform the previous year. The film business division as a whole still recorded a segment loss of ¥19.425 million, but the company described progress in performance toward stable profitability over the medium to long term. - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「In the film business division, the group’s core business, the company aims to achieve stable profitability over the medium to long term by screening high-quality films with strong audience appeal and operating the business with an emphasis on profitability and costs.」
The company explicitly stated for the first time its goal of achieving stable profitability in the film business over the medium to long term, using the screening of films with strong audience appeal and operations focused on profitability and costs as the means.