Chiikawa Film Slips To No. 2, Precure Holds No. 3
Chiikawa still holds the year's biggest Japanese box office total and 14th place on the all-time chart, so a single weekend slide says more about the depth of the current release slate than about the film's run.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
In its 10th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from No. 1 to No. 2 at the Japanese box office, selling 182,000 tickets and earning 280,160,700 yen from Friday to Sunday. Star Detective Precure! The Movie stayed at No. 3 in its second weekend, with 134,000 tickets and 174,435,520 yen, while Cosmic Princess Kaguya! dropped to No. 10.
The Chiikawa film's cumulative total now sits at 11.55 million tickets and 16,857,364,400 yen (about US$107 million), making it the biggest film in Japan this year and 14th in the country's all-time box office ranking. It opened on July 24 and earned 990 million yen on its opening day, then 2,240,333,500 yen across its first three days. 4DX screenings began on September 5, cheering screenings ran on September 11, and penlight screenings took place on September 23. Both films are based on existing manga or franchise material, and the Precure film opened on September 18.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.