Live-Action Blue Lock Film Opens at #8 in Japan
The live-action Blue Lock film's #8 opening places it behind the continued dominance of the Chiikawa anime film, which reclaimed the top spot in its third weekend.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The live-action Blue Lock film opened at #8 in the Japanese box office. Meanwhile, the Chiikawa anime film returned to #1 in its third weekend, selling 1.147 million tickets and earning 1,698,950,000 yen from Friday to Sunday. The Crayon Shin-chan film dropped from #3 to #6 in its second weekend.
The live-action Blue Lock film entered the Japanese box office at #8, a modest start for the adaptation. The weekend's top spot went back to the Chiikawa anime film, which rose from #2 to #1 in its third weekend.
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu sold 1.147 million tickets and earned 1,698,950,000 yen (about US$10.65 million) from Friday to Sunday, bringing its cumulative total to 6,777,844,100 yen (about US$42.50 million). The film opened on July 24 and has held a top-two position since.
The Crayon Shin-chan film, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Kikikaikai! Ora no Yōkai Bake-shon, dropped from #3 to #6 in its second weekend, earning 288,991,400 yen (about US$1.81 million) for a cumulative total of 1,173,580,950 yen (about US$7.35 million).
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network News Live-Action Blue Lock Film Opens at #8