Rascal Does Not Dream Film Opens at #4 as Resident Evil Holds #2
The Aobuta film reaches the series' final novel volume and opens below the second-weekend holdovers around it, a modest start for a film billed as the story's move toward its finale.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The new Rascal Does Not Dream anime film, Seishun Buta Yaro wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai, opened at #4 in Japan on October 16 and earned 186,464,420 yen (about US$1.18 million) in its first three days. The live-action Resident Evil reboot stayed at #2 in its second weekend, with a cumulative 1,373,385,400 yen. The live-action Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku rose from #4 to #3.
The film shares its title with the 15th and final volume of Hajime Kamoshida's novel series, and it is positioned as the story heading toward its ending. Soichi Masui returns to direct at CloverWorks, with Masahiro Yokotani on script and Satomi Tamura on character designs. Fox Capture Plan returns to compose, and Aniplex distributes again. Toko Kirishima performs both the in-film song and the theme song.
Above it, the Resident Evil reboot held #2 in weekend two, and the Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku adaptation climbed a spot.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.