Chiikawa Film Slides to Fourth, Detective Precure Drops to Fifth in Japan
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu fell from second to fourth place in its eleventh weekend at the Japanese box office. The film earned 178,447,600 yen (approximately US$1.12 million) between last Friday and Sunday. It has now sold a total of 11.76 million tickets, accumulating 17,169,165,400 yen (about US$108 million). This performance makes it the highest-grossing domestic film of the year in Japan and places it fourteenth on the all-time national chart.
Meanwhile, Eiga Meitantei Precure! Fushigi na Niwa to Futari no Himitsu dropped from third to fifth position during its third weekend. The movie collected 117,562,850 yen (roughly US$742,100) over the same period. Cumulative earnings for the title stand at 1,088,603,930 yen (about US$6.87 million), with 860,000 tickets sold since its September 18 release.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising also returned to the top ten, landing at number seven in its sixth week.
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Original headline at Anime News Network: “Chiikawa Anime Film Drops to #4, Star Detective Precure! Film to #5 in Japan”
Key facts
- Release date
- July 24
- Studio
- Cygames Pictures
- Distributor
- TOHO
- Director
- Kei Oikawa
Tags
- #Anime Film
- #Chiikawa
- #Cygames Pictures
- #Detective Precure
- #Japanese Box Office
- #Toho
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