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The Fable Film Opens at #2, Ride Your Wave at #9 in Japan

The live-action The Fable manga sold 228,525 tickets and earned 310,105,600 yen ($2.90 million) from Saturday to Sunday to rank #2 in its opening weekend. It actually opened on Friday, and sold 296,492 tickets for 396,614,500 yen (3.711 million) in its first three days. The Eiga.com website reports that the film is projected to earn over 2.5 billion yen (23.3 million) by the end of its run.

The film Yūsuke Watanabe wrote the script.

sold 479,000 tickets and earned 677 million yen ($6.27 million) in its opening weekend.

The film earned an estimated US$49 million in the United State, and a total of US$179 million during its opening weekend worldwide.

franchise, dropped from #6 to #7 in its second weekend. The film earned 77,249,700 yen ($719,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 378,833,300 yen ($3.52 million).

The film Mamoru Miyano (Tokiya Ichinose) will be in attendance. Sentai Filmworks will also screen the film in U.S. theaters at a later date.

The second film in the six-part Girls und Panzer das Finale film series dropped from #4 to #8 in its second weekend. The film earned 62,284,660 yen ($580,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 288,073,620 yen ($2.68 million).

The film sold 118,000 tickets to earn 145 million yen ($1.33 million) and rank #4 in its opening weekend. The opening weekend amount is .9% higher than the first film in the Girls und Panzer das Finale series.

Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara) anime film ranked at #9 in its opening weekend.

The film performed the theme song "Brand New Story."

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta Yarō light novel series, dropped from #7 to #10 in its second weekend. The film earned 64,375,800 yen ($599,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 231,828,740 yen ($2.16 million).

The film debuted at #7 in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on June 15, and it sold 66,000 tickets for 100 million yen ($900,000) in its first two days. host the United States premiere of the film at Anime Expo on July 7.

The film features a returning staff and cast, including director CloverWorks.

The live-action Final Fantasy XIV Dad of Light (Final Fantasy XIV: remake opened at #12.

Promare is out of the top 10, but still earned 55,286,100 yen ($515,100), for a cumulative total of 622,597,200 yen ($5.80 million).

Children of the Sea (Kaijū no Kodomo) manga dropped off the top 10 in its third weekend, but it still earned 32,640,900 yen ($304,100) from Friday to Sunday. It has now earned a cumulative total of 316,860,800 yen ($2.95 million).

The OVA premiered in Japanese theaters on June 14, and will ship on Blu-ray Disc and DVD at a later date.

The anime Tannishō o Hiraku (Opening the Tannishō) dropped from #2 to #5 in the mini-theater ranking in its fifth weekend.

Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC