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Live-Action Liar x Liar Film Opens at #2 in Tickets Sold, But #3's Demon Slayer Earned More Yen
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The live-action Liar x Liar manga ranked at #2 (in number of tickets sold) in its opening weekend. The film sold 109,000 tickets and earned 144,973,600 yen ($1.38 million) over the weekend. It earned 205,898,980 yen ($1.96 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film opened on February 19.
releasing the manga digitally in English.
Kindaichi (nominated for the 39th annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2015.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train stayed at #3 (in number of tickets sold) in its 19th weekend. The film sold 95,000 tickets over the weekend and earned 150,705,300 yen ($1.43 million) from Friday to Sunday. That is 22.7% more tickets than it sold the previous weekend for 24.7% more yen. It has sold a total of 27.45 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 37,776,680,150 yen ($359.7 million).
After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, the film dropped to #2 during the January 9-10 weekend, its 13th weekend. During that weekend, the film sold 425,000 tickets and earned 677,783,450 yen ($6.57 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film returned to the #1 spot in its 14th weekend.
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Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train began sold 910,507 tickets and earned over 1,268,724,700 yen ($12.03 million) on its opening day alone, making it the highest weekday opening day in Japan ever. Mugen Train began holding immersive MX4D and 4DX screenings on Saturday, December 26.
The main staff of the previous television anime returned for the sequel film. screen the film in theaters in North America in early 2021.
The Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi (Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan) film dropped from #2 to #4 in its second weekend. The film sold 75,000 tickets over the weekend, and earned 111,066,500 yen ($1.05 million) from Friday to Sunday (12.2% less than the previous weekend). It has earned a cumulative total of 494,804,200 yen ($4.71 million).
The film opened at #2 at the Japanese box office. The film earned 251,886,500 yen ($2.38 million) in its first four days, and it sold 92,000 tickets and earned 126,468,400 yen ($1.19 million) over the weekend. (The film opened on Thursday, a holiday in Japan.)
The compilation film combines footage from various television anime episodes that center on the Akai family. The film was originall slated only for a three-week limited theatrical run from February 11 to March 4, but its run was later extended to March 5 and beyond. The ending of the compilation film contains a video "secret message from Shuichi Akai" that will lead up to The Scarlet Bullet film, as well as a new trailer for The Scarlet Bullet itself. The titular character Conan narrates the compilation in a newly recorded and edited audio track.
Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan is the 24th release in 22 countries and territories outside of Japan.
The Super Sentai Movie Ranger 2021 film ranked at #8 in its opening weekend.
Poupelle of Chimney Town (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) picture book dropped from #8 to #9 in its ninth weekend. The film earned 42,843,000 yen ($408,000) from Friday to Sunday. It has earned a cumulative total of 2,158,149,600 yen ($20.55 million).
The film ranked at #4 and earned 322,998,700 ($3.13 million) in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on December 25.
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dropped from #7 to #10 in its seventh weekend. The film earned 35,714,760 yen ($340,100) from Friday to Sunday. It has earned a cumulative total of 1,633,071,580 yen ($15.55 million).
The film based on the finale of the original manga, combined with new story elements.
The manga also Mirei Miyamoto that shipped on January 8.
Sorachi's original "science-fiction period-drama comedy" manga began in 2003 and Viz Media published the manga's first 23 volumes in English.
The Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (Gekijōban Pocket Monster Koko) anime film fell off the top 10 in its seventh weekend.
Kadokawa's 4K HDR screening of the 1996 Gamera 2: Advent of Legion film dropped from #1 to #3 in the mini-theater ranking in its second weekend. The new screening opened on February 11.
Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), Eiga.com, comScore via KOFIC
