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The animated film Mobile SuitGundam Seed FREEDOM opened at No. 1 at the Japanese box office. The film sold 634,182 tickets for a revenue of 1,065,983,130 yen (about US$7.20 million) in its first three days of release, marking the highest opening three-day box office of the Papa series and the Biggest opening weekend for a film so far this year in Japan.
The previous record holder, Mobile Suit Gunma 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 revenue). tickets sold) opening weekend. 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 Suit GTA Seed FREEDOM opened in Japan on Friday. The film is expected to be shown in 56 countries and territories.
Mobile Suit Gun Seed director Mitsuo Fukuda, film director 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 #1 to #2 in its second weekend of release. The film sold 238,000 tickets and earned 367,153,010 yen (about $2.49 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 790,000 tickets, earning a cumulative total of 1,174,597,920 yen (about 7.97 million US yen).
The film topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend from January 19 to 21. The film sold 356,000 tickets and earned 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 directed the film at production company CREDEUS. Tsutomu Kuroiwa wrote the script. Yutaka Yamada composed 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: White anime film falls from #2 to #4 in its sixth weekend. The film earned 185,516,190 yen (about US$1.25 million) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a cumulative total of 5,509,996,810 yen (about US$37.41 million).
The film opened in Japan on December 22. The film is a new full-length film 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.
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The Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Anime film Nazo (Kitarō Birth: The Mystery of Gegege) rose from 9th to 7th in its 11th weekend. The film earned 101,907,970 yen (about US$692,100) from its 11th weekend. Friday to Sunday. The film grossed a total of 2,472,410,610 yen (about US$16.79 million).
The film opened in Japan on November 17 and sold 111,500 tickets and earned 160,106,620 yen (about US$1.07 million) in its first three days of release.
Gō Koga (Gegege no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!, One Piece Episode of Sabo) directed the series at Toei Animation, and Hiroyuki Yoshino (Macross Frontier, World Trigger, 2018’s 13-episode GeGeGe no Kitarō) wrote the script. . Touko Yatabe (GeGeGe no Kitarō 2018’s third ending director, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time assistant director) designed the characters. The main cast includes Toshihiko Seki as Kitarō’s father, who later becomes Medama Oyaji, and Hidenobu Kikuchi as Mizuki, a salaryman who comes to a cursed village under secret orders.
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Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki’s new film in TOHO’s Godzilla franchise, dropped from 8th to 10th in its 13th weekend. The film earned 93,146,820 yen (about $632,600) from Friday to Sunday. The film earned a cumulative total of 5,593,949,050 yen (about $37.98 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. (Both also starred in NHK’s weekday morning drama Ranman.) Other cast members include Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andō, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
The Fukuyama Masaharu Live Film, a concert film about singer Masaharu Fukuyama’s 2023 Nippon Budokan concert, has earned 47,760,250 yen (about US$324,100) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 229,593 yen .480 yen (about US$1.55 million).
Live-action movie Let’s Go Karaoke! by Yama Wayama! (Karaoke Iko!) The manga dropped out of the top 10 in its third weekend, but still earned 64,000,580 yen (about US$434,500) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 339,941,490 yen (about 2.30 million US dollars).
Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief, the compilation film of the Detective Conan franchise, dropped out of the top 10 in its fourth week 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 on its opening weekend.
The film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete 4K Remaster was knocked out of #1 to #2 in the small theater rankings in its second weekend.
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 author Eiko Kadono, opened in third place on the chart. small cinema ratings.
Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC
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