Kodoani.com – The anime series Case Closed/Detective Conan continues to impress with the 27th film titled “The Million Dollar Pentagram“, while grossing a total of 1.921 billion yen (about 12.41 million USD) from 1.327 million admissions in the second weekend of April 19 to 21, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. Even though box office receipts were down 43% compared to with its opening weekend, but was still enough to keep the film in first place for two consecutive weekends. The film's cumulative gross surpassed 6.5 billion yen (about 42 million USD), while Ticket sales almost reached 4.47 million USD, surpassing the revenue of the anime series' current highest-grossing film, “Black Iron Submarine” (5.8 billion yen / 2023).
The anime film “BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI -“, based on the spin-off manga of the same name by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, debuted in 341 theaters across Japan on April 19. The film grossed 463 million yen (about 2 .99 million) from 337,000 admissions in its first three weekends of release, ranking second in the weekend box office rankings. Meanwhile, the film ranked 4th in Filmmarks' first-day satisfaction chart with an average rating of 3.64/5.0 based on 789 reviews.
The live-action film “Onmyoji 0”, inspired by Baku Yumemakura's historical fantasy novel series “Onmyoji”, debuted in 362 theaters across Japan on April 19, ranking third with 255 million yen (about 1.65 million USD) from 187,000 views. The film also ranked fifth in Filmmarks' first-day satisfaction chart with an average rating of 3.50/5.0 based on 1,053 reviews.
“HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle”, the first part of HAIKYU!! FINAL, remained in fourth place in its tenth week of release with a cumulative total of 9.7 billion yen (about 62.69 million USD) from 6.83 million admissions, becoming the highest-grossing film 47th all-time in Japan.
Finally, “Doremon: Nobita's Earth Symphony”, the latest 43rd film of the Doremon animated series, fell one place to sixth place in its eighth week of release. “Godzilla Minus One” also dropped one spot to ninth place in its 25th week, bringing its total to 7.45 billion yen (about $48.15 million) with 4.93 million views in 171 days since release. released according to the film's official Twitter. Meanwhile, “Mobile SuitGundam SEED FREEDOM”, the sequel to the “Mobile SuitGundam Seed” series, ranked 10th in its 13th week of release, down 4 places from last weekend.