'Indiana Jones' leads B.O. in Japan

'Crystal' outshines local comedy 'Magic Hour'

By MARK SCHILLING

TOKYO -- "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" topped the Japanese weekend B.O. for June 21 and 22, making 860 million yen ($7.9 million) on 624,000 admissions at 789 screens.

Then pic ousted Japanese laffer "The Magic Hour" from the No. 1 slot it had occupied for two weeks.

 Adding the $5.54 million on 485,000 admissions to sneaks on June 14 and 15, the pic's first four-day total is nearly $13.5 million.

Distrib Par Japan expects the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series to earn at least $92 million at the Japanese B.O.