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Monster Strike Film Tops Box Office, Re:Zero OVA at #8
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film topped the Japanese box office rankings in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on October 5 in 336 theaters, and sold 115,000 tickets to earn 151 million yen ($1.33 million).
performed the theme song "Kizunami."
Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga, dropped from #1 to #3 in its second weekend. The film earned 129,553,480 yen from Friday to Sunday ($1.14 million), and has earned a cumulative total of 434,489,940 yen ($3.84 million).
The film opened in Japan on September 29. It topped the Japanese box office rankings in its opening weekend, and sold 117,473 tickets to earn 172,144,780 yen ($1.5 million). It is projected to earn over 1 billion yen ($8.7 million).
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The film features a returning cast. In addition, Mizuki Nishimura plays Roppon-ude, a six-armed yōkai who aims to take Natsume's book.
Midorikawa performed the film's theme song "."
The live-action Perfect World manga ranked #4 in its opening weekend. The film opened on October 5 in 323 theaters, and sold 89,000 tickets to earn 17,380,800 yen ($153,800).
Kenji Shibayama (Nagareboshi ga Kienai Uchi ni, Kimi no Suki na Uta) directed the film, and Keiko Kanome (Time Slip Megane, Takefumi Haketa composed the film's music. E-girls performs the film's theme song "Perfect World."
The film Blade of the Immortal film, left in visual right) plays Tsugumi Kawana.
publishing the manga in English digitally, and it describes the story:
26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he's now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn't date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change …
franchise, ranked #8 in its opening weekend. The film opened on October 6 in 77 theaters.
The OVA features a returning cast and staff. Kenichiro Suehiro composed the music.
The 25-episode second original OVA "Hyōketsu no Kizuna" (Frozen Bonds).
The live-action Ano Ko no, Toriko. manga opened at #11.
Gintama manga, fell off the top 10 in its eighth weekend. The film earned 32,390,400 yen ($286,600) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a total of 3,566,060,100 yen ($31.56 million).
The anime Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! (The Young Innkeeper Is a Grade Schooler!, or Okko's Inn) earned 25,259,000 yen ($223,500) from Friday to Sunday in its third week, and has earned a cumulative total of 150,045,900 yen ($1.32 million).
Non Non Biyori manga, fell off the top five mini-theater rankings in its seventh weekend, after six consecutive weekends at #1. The film opened on August 25.
Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC
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