Mentor Passes 400 Million Yen And 290,000 Tickets In 19 Days
Cinema Today reports that Mentor, starring Hayato Isomura and Aぇ! group's Seiya Suezawa with Go Ayano as the title mentor, has earned 400 million yen and drawn 290,000 admissions in 19 days from its October 16 opening.
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Why it matters
The expansion from 204 to 224 theaters on word of mouth, rather than any new marketing push, is the measurable sign that Mentor is holding screens after its opening.
Key Facts
- Hayato Isomura and Aぇ! group's Seiya Suezawa play the two leads, with Go Ayano as the mentor.
- The film is directed by Keisuke Yoshida, whose credits include Missing (2024) and Blank (2021).
- Cinema Today published a new still of the scene between Ryunosuke and Takumi.
The film opened on 204 screens nationwide and is now booked at 224 theaters as of November 4, adding more than 20 second-run venues. A new still of a scene between Ryunosuke and Takumi was released.
The numbers came in a Cinema Today report tied to a new still from the film, not to a stage greeting or a press event. Mentor opened October 16 on 204 screens and now sits at 224 theaters as of November 4, a gain of more than 20 second-run venues that booked the film after hearing about its reception. The newly released photo shows Ryunosuke and Takumi facing each other and then embracing, a scene Cinema Today says drew social media comments about the pair's call-and-response chant and its bright eeriness. Hayato Isomura and Seiya Suezawa play the two young men carrying trauma from a fire 15 years earlier; Go Ayano plays Nomoto, burned in that same fire and left without his wife and child.
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Sources
- Cinema Today 口コミでヒット！磯村勇斗＆末澤誠也『mentor』話題の衝撃シーン公開