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Kodoani.com – Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (Iron Submarine), the theatrical anime in the Detective Conan movie series, held the No. 1 spot for its second weekend. The film sold 1,113,000 tickets for 1.615 billion yen (about US$12.02 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 4,072,179 tickets for a total of 5,866,654,490 yen (about US$43.20 million).
The film opened on April 14 and sold 580,000 tickets, grossing about 850 million yen (about US$6.35 million) on its first day, 63 percent more than Detective’s first day gross. Conan: The Bride of Halloween. The anime sold 2,176,407 tickets to earn 3,144,638,7340 yen (about US$23.4 million) in its first three days, which is the best opening three days for the franchise. The film made 64% more in its first three days than its predecessor, Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween.
TOHO is aiming the new film will be the first in the series to earn 10 billion yen.
Yuzuru Tachikawa is directing the film, and Takeharu Sakurai is writing the script. Yūgo Kanno composed the music.
