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Godzilla vs. Kong Opens at #1 in Japan, Seven Deadly Sins Opens at #3

original May 14 opening.

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Actor Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) are part of the cast.

directed the film.

Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga, dropped from #1 to #2 in its third weekend. The film earned 127,125,850 yen ($1.14 million) from Friday to Sunday, and sold 89,000 tickets over the weekend. The film has earned a cumulative total of 976,450,210 yen ($8.80 million), and sold over 710,000 tickets.

The film ranked at #1 in its opening weekend.

Kan Eguchi returned to direct the new film, with Junichi Okada once again starring.

The first film ranked #2 in its opening weekend in June 2019.

In the manga, a fabled genius at killing resides somewhere hidden in Osaka. Taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss, he is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed By Light (opened in Japan on July 2.

The film features an all-new story by original manga author The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement anime.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement (Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan), the franchise's new television delayed from its previously slated October premiere date due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Rurouni Kenshin manga, dropped from #2 to #4 in its fifth weekend. The film earned 108,436,470 yen ($978,100) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 2,008,593,340 yen ($18.11 million). It has sold a total of 1.41 million tickets.

The film topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film sold 350,000 tickets for over 508 million yen ($4.7 million) in its opening weekend. The film opened on June 4.

Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final, the first of the two films, dropped out of the top 10 in its 11th weekend. The film still earned 56,509,230 yen ($509,700) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 4,104,960,840 yen ($37.02 million).

The films were originally slated to open on July 3 and August 7 last year, but were delayed to this year due the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final has an OVA) project.

ONE OK ROCK returned to perform the theme song "Renegade" for the films.

Evangelion film, dropped from #4 to #6 in its 17th weekend. The film earned 92,388,150 yen ($833,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 9,755,857,830 yen ($87.99 million). The film has sold over 6.39 million tickets.

The film's new Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 version began playing on June 12 for the film's "last run." The new version contains "minor revisions" to some animation sequences, but does not change the film's story.

The film opened in Japan on March 8, and ranked #1 in its opening weekend.

In its third week, the film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, which earned a total of 5.3 billion yen. The new film is now the highest-earning film in the series domestically and internationally.

The staff had delayed the film from January 23 to March 8, after careful consideration due to the state of emergency scheduled to open in Japan on June 27, 2020.

The film dropped from #5 to #7 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 110,860,600 yen ($1 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,583,779,400 yen ($14.28 million).

The film is the first time since 1988's Gundam film has topped the 1 billion yen mark.

The film sold 259,074 tickets and earned 523,943,800 yen ($4.77 million) in its first three days at the box office. It ranked at #3 (in of tickets sold) in its opening weekend.

The film opened in Japan on June 11 after previously being delayed three times. The movie was originally extended state of emergency declared in Japan.

The film opened on 215 screens, a franchise-record high. Some theaters are screening the film in 4D and Dolby Cinema. Dolby Cinemas are also screening the first 15 minutes and 53 seconds of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack before the film. The film's limited edition Blu-ray Disc went on sale on June 11.

Netflix U.S. began exclusively streaming the film starting on July 1.

The Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan) film rose from #9 to #8 in its 12th weekend. It earned 59,920,350 yen ($540,500) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 7,270,767,010 yen ($65.58 million). The film has sold a total of 5.19 million tickets.

The film sold 1,533,054 tickets and earned 2,218,130,800 yen ($20.5 million) in its first three days to rank #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet is the 24th simultaneous release in 22 countries and territories outside of Japan: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, , Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and .

Tokyo Jihen performed the theme song "Eien no Fuzaishōmei" (The Eternal Alibi).

Anpanman anime film, dropped from #7 to #10 in its second weekend. The film earned 47,723,670 yen ($430,400) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 140,425,060 yen ($1.26 million).

The film ranked at #7 in its opening weekend.

The film was originally slated to rescheduled to open on June 25.

In the film's story, Anpanman, his friends, and the cloud child Fuwari strive to save Cloud Country. In order for flowers and plants to be healthy, Cloud Country travels to distribute clouds that can make rain and rainbows to various towns and stars. A cloud baby born in Cloud Country runs across Baikinman and his friends. After meeting them, the baby gets the name "Fuwari" and quickly grows while developing a bond with Dokin-chan.

Around that time, Cloud Country becomes unable to fly due to mysterious dirtiness. The cloud elders and children call on Anpanman and his friends for help. Baikinman runs amok after inventing the black cloud Baigumora in an attempt to become king of Cloud Country. While Cloud Country is covered in black clouds and Anpanman's world loses the light of the sun, the friendship between Fuwari and Dokin-chan develops. Anpanman and his friends have to forces to save Cloud Country.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin, Eiga.com, comScore via KOFIC