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Chiikawa Film Stays at #1 as Japanese Box Office Weekend Charted

Chiikawa's cumulative 14.66 billion yen has passed Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway to make it the top-earning film of the year in Japan, while the Madoka sequel is sliding and the live-action Look Back is entering the chart at #5.

Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.

Chiikawa Film Stays at #1 as Japanese Box Office Weekend Charted

Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu stayed at #1 in its eighth weekend in Japan, selling 271,000 tickets and earning 427,295,700 yen from Friday to Sunday. Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising dropped from #3 to #4 in its third weekend. The live-action Look Back opened at #5, with Chiikawa now the biggest film in Japan this year and 23rd on the all-time ranking.

Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu held the top spot in its eighth weekend, selling 271,000 tickets and earning 427,295,700 yen (about US$2.75 million) over three days. Its cumulative total is now 10.09 million tickets and 14,666,866,500 yen (about US$94.61 million), past Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway's 13.7 billion yen and now 23rd on Japan's all-time box office ranking. The Madoka sequel fell from #3 to #4 in weekend three, and the live-action Look Back opened at #5.

  • Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu: #1, eighth weekend; 271,000 tickets, 427,295,700 yen over three days
  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising: #4, down from #3 in its third weekend; 169,476,760 yen over three days
  • Look Back (live-action): Opened at #5

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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