The live-action adaptation of Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy manga achieved success at the Japanese box office in its opening weekend from January 19 to 21. Selling 356,000 tickets, the film grossed 533,848,690 yen (about 3.62 million USD) in the first three days after its release last Friday.
Directed by Shigeaki Kubo at the production company CREDEUS, the film’s script was written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa. Yutaka Yamada composed the music, Hiroshi Nakagawa and Debo Akibe supervised Ainu. Theme song “Kagayakerumono” (Those Who Shine), performed by Japanese rock group ACIDMAN.
Satoru Noda started the manga in Shueisha’s Young Jump magazine in 2014 and ended it in April 2022. The manga has inspired four people. cartoon seasons and plans to produce a final season of the anime.
In its fifth weekend, the animated film SPY×FAMILY Code: White slipped from the top spot to number 2 after four consecutive weeks at number 1. During this weekend, the film sold 189,900 tickets , grossing 261,352,510 yen (about $1.77 million). With a total of 3.89 million tickets sold, the film grossed a total of 5,238,789,840 yen (about 35.49 million USD). The film, which has an original story, premiered in Japan on December 22 and achieved notable success, selling 866,000 tickets and grossing 1.224 billion yen (about 8.61 million USD) in the first three days. fairy.
Crunchyroll has announced plans to release the series in North America in 2024.
Tatsuya Endō, original story creator, is credited with creating the original artwork and character designs for the film, and also serves as a supervisor. WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks once again collaborate on animation. New additions to the film’s cast include Tomoya Nakamura as Dmitri, Kento Kaku as Luka, Banjō Ginga as Snijder, and Shunsuke Takeuchi as Type F.