Star Detective Precure! Film Opens at #3 as Eiga Chiikawa Holds #1
Two films in the same weekend chart slot separate audiences: a long-running kids' franchise opening modestly while a Chiikawa film in its ninth weekend still outsells it.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The Star Detective Precure! movie opened at #3 in Japan, selling 358,000 tickets and earning 446 million yen in its first three days, then 606,000 tickets and 746 million yen through September 23. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu stayed at #1 in its ninth weekend, and Cosmic Princess Kaguya! returned at #6.
The Precure entry, directed by Hanako Ueda with a script by Yoshimi Narita, added 606,000 tickets and 746 million yen through its first six days after opening on September 18. Akari Kito, Nobunaga Shimazaki and Koki Uchiyama voice the film's original characters. Above it, Eiga Chiikawa sold 643,000 tickets and earned 999 million yen from Friday to Sunday alone, pushing its total to 16.5 billion yen and 15th on Japan's all-time box office ranking. Cosmic Princess Kaguya! returned to theaters on September 18 at #6.
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