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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba-To the Hashira Training-, a theatrical screening of the hour-long first episode of the television anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc, debuted at No. 1 at the Japanese box office in first day of release weekend. The show sold 443,700 tickets for 646,790,467 yen (about US$4.35 million) in its first three days.
The show opened in Tokyo last Friday as part of its World Tour.
World Tour preview screenings premiere in:
Tokyo on February 2-3 New York on February 10 Seoul on February 11 Berlin on February 13 Mexico City and Singapore on February 17 Jakarta on February 18 São Paulo, Brazil on February 19 February Paris and Taipei on February 24 London and Hong Kong on February 25
Following the World Tour, the theatrical release will open in theaters in North America on February 23. The anime will also screen in IMAX and premium large format.
The Demon Slayer: Anime Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc will premiere in the spring.
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The anime Mobile Suit Gunma Seed FREEDOM dropped from #1 to #2 in its second weekend of release. The film sold 318,436 tickets for 523,065,770 yen ($3.52 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 1,215,558 tickets for a cumulative total of 1,965,922,900 yen (US$13.25 million) in 10 days. The film is showing in 353 theaters in Japan and will be shown in 4DX, MX4D and Dolby CinemaR starting February 9.
The film opened at No. 1 at the Japanese box office, selling 634,182 tickets for 1,065,983,130 yen (about US$7.20 million) in its first three days of release, marking a three-week box office gross. the highest opening day for the franchise and the biggest opening weekend for a film this year in Japan. Mobile SuitGundam Seed FREEDOM premiered in Japan on January 26. The film is expected to screen in 56 countries and territories.
Previous record holder Mobile SuitGundam Hathaway sold 259,074 tickets for 523,943,800 yen (about US$4.77 million at the time) in its first three days at the box office in June 2021. The film ranked 3rd (in terms of ticket sales) in its first week of release. The film became the first Gundunda film since 1988’s Mobile Suit Sword: Char’s CounterAttack to reach the 1 billion yen mark and grossed a total of 2.23 billion yen (about US$15.1 million at current conversion). .
The 1982 animated film Mobile SuitGundam III: Encounters in Space holds the record for the highest Japanese box office gross among the Gundam animated series with a total gross of approximately 2.3 billion yen (US$15.5 million in current conversion).
Mobile SuitGundam Seed director Mitsuo Fukuda directed the film at Bandai Namco Filmworks. Fukuda also co-wrote the script with his late wife Chiaki Morosawa and Liu Goto. Hisashi Hirai (Mobile Suit Gun Seed) designed the characters.
Takanori Nishikawa (artist also known as TM Revolution) performed the theme song of the movie “Freedom” with producer t.komuro (Tetsuya Komuro). See-Saw returned to the franchise to perform the ending song “Sarigiwa no Romantics” (Romantics Upon Parting), the duo’s first new music in two decades.
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The live-action film adaptation of Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy manga dropped from 2nd to 3rd place in its third weekend. The film sold 163,500 tickets for 247,332,600 yen (about $1.66 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 1.11 million tickets for a cumulative total of 1,636,149,810 yen (about US$11.01 million).
The film topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend from January 19 to 21. The film sold 356,000 tickets for 533,848,690 yen (about US$3.62 million) in its first three days of release. mat.
The film opens in Japan on January 19.
Shigeaki Kubo directs the production of the company film CREDEUS. Tsutomu Kuroiwa wrote the script. Yutaka Yamada composes the music. Hiroshi Nakagawa and Debo Akibe were assigned to monitor the Ainu. Japanese rock group ACIDMAN performs the theme song “Kagayakerumono”(Those Who Shine).
Satoru Noda launched the manga in Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine in 2014 and ended it in April 2022. The manga has inspired four anime seasons, and production of the final anime season has been greenlit.
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The SPY×FAMILY Code: The white anime film remained at number 4 entering its seventh weekend. The film earned 117,892,980 yen (about $793,500) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 4.23 million tickets with a cumulative total of 5,698,463,520 yen (about US$38.35 million).
The film opens in Japan on December 22. The film is a completely new work with an original story. The film sold 866,000 tickets and grossed 1.224 billion yen (about US$8.61 million) in its first three days of release.
Crunchyroll will stream the film in North America in 2024.
Original manga creator Tatsuya Endō is credited with the film’s original artwork and character designs, and he also supervised the film. WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks animated the film again.
The film’s new cast includes Tomoya Nakamura as Dmitri, Kento Kaku as Luka, Banjō Ginga as Snijder and Shunsuke Takeuchi as Type F.
The film Kamen Rider 555 20th: Paradise Regained opened at number 6. The film earned 106,366,175 yen (about US$715,900) in its first three days of release.
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Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki’s new film in TOHO’s Godzilla franchise, jumped from #10 to #8 in its 14th weekend. It earned 73,025,300 (about $491,500) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 3.72 million tickets with a cumulative total of 5,732,297,450 yen (about US$38.58 million).
Godzilla Minus One opens in Japan on November 3, 2023 (“Godzilla Day”), which is the anniversary of the release of the first Godzilla film on November 3, 1954. The new film is screening at the Festival Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) as the closing film of this year’s event on November 1.
The film sold 648,600 tickets for 1,041,193,460 yen (about US$6.93 million) in its first three showings. date available at the Japanese box office. The film sold 14.7% more tickets and earned 22.8% more in its first three days than the last Japanese live-action Godzilla film, Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla, did. made it in the first three days of 2016.
Ryunosuke Kamiki plays the main character Kōichi Shikishima, and Minami Hamabe plays the female lead Noriko Ōishi. (The two also lead the cast of NHK’s weekday morning drama Ranman.) Other cast members include Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andō, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
The Kitarō Tanjō: Anime film Gegege no Nazo (Kitarō Birth: The Mystery of Gegege) dropped out of the top 10 in its 12th weekend of release.
Eiga Given: Hiiragi mix, the first film in a two-part anime sequel project based on Natsuki Kizu’s Given manga, ranked No. 1 in the small theater rankings for its second weekend. The film ranked No. 1 in the mini cinema rankings in its first week of release.
The stage play Hypnosis Mic-Division Rap Battle-Rule the Stage-Battle of Pride-opened at number 4 in the mini-theater ratings.
Colorful na Majō ~ Kadono Eiko no Monogatari ga Umareru Kurashi ~ (Colorful Witch: Eiko Kadono’s Life From Where Stories Are Born), Kadokawa’s documentary about Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, dropped from third place to third place. 5 in the small theater ratings in its second weekend of release.
Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC
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