Crayon Shin-chan Film Opens at #3 in Japan
The new Crayon Shin-chan film opened behind the Chiikawa movie, which held the top spot in its second weekend, giving the summer box office a clear two-film hierarchy.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The 33rd 2D Crayon Shin-chan film, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Kikikaikai! Ora no Yōkai Bake-shon, opened at #3 in Japan, selling 441,000 tickets and earning 539,371,500 yen (about US$3.41 million) in its first three days. The film opened on July 31 and centers on the Nohara family's adventure in the land of yōkai.
The 33rd 2D Crayon Shin-chan film opened at #3 in Japan, behind the Chiikawa movie, which dropped to #2 in its second weekend. The Shin-chan film sold 441,000 tickets and earned 539,371,500 yen (about US$3.41 million) in its first three days after opening on July 31.
The story sends the Nohara family to Hiroshi's hometown of Akita for a fireworks festival, where an incident lets yōkai escape and wreak havoc across Japan. The family then enters the land of yōkai. Sairi Itō voices Yako, a nine-tailed fox yōkai, and Sakamoto of the comedy duo Mayurika plays the Squid Yōkai. Masaki Watanabe directed, Yoshiko Nakamura wrote the script, and TOHO distributes.
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- Anime News Network News 2026 Crayon Shin-chan Film Opens at #3