2024 Anpanman Movie Opens at #1 in Ticket Gross sales, Look Again Opens at #1 in Income – Information

Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman for Ehon no Lulun (Baikinman and Lulun from the image ebook), the thirty fifth movie within the Anpanman franchiseRanked #1 on the Japanese field workplace when it comes to ticket gross sales (however #2 in weekend grosses) in its opening weekend. The movie bought 137,000 tickets and earned 170 million yen (roughly US$1.05 million) in its first three days, the very best opening weekend for a Anpanman movie within the franchise‘s historical past.

The movie premiered in Japan final Friday. Actress Aya Ueto (stay motion Quick, Roman baths) gives the voice for the movie’s central character, Lulun, whereas the comic Takashi Okamura shouts an indignant elephant.

The story of the movie revolves round Anpanman’s arch-nemesis Baikinman, however this time he tries to grow to be a warrior of affection and braveness when he’s sucked into an image ebook. Within the ebook, there’s a giant forest the place fairies stay. Baikinman meets the fairy Lulun, who asks him to defeat an elephant that’s rampaging by the forest. Though Baikinman is reluctant, he tries his finest to defeat the elephant. Nevertheless, the elephant is just too sturdy for Baikinman, so he tells Lulun to name Anpanman to assist defend the image ebook world.

The anime movie of Chainsaw Man Creator Tatsuki Fujimoto‘S “Trying again” one-shot manga ranked #2 when it comes to ticket gross sales (however #1 in weekend grosses) in its opening weekend. The movie bought 135,000 tickets and earned 227 million (roughly US$1.40 million) in its first three days.

The movie premiered in Japanese theaters final Friday.

Yumi Kawai And Mizuki Yoshida star within the movie. Kawai performs Fujino, a fourth-year pupil who attracts four-part comedian strips for the college newspaper. Yoshida performs Kyomoto, Fujino’s classmate who skips faculty.

Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip-flappers) directed the anime and was additionally accountable for the screenplay and character designs. Oshiyama’s Studio Durian produced the movie. Singer you are sleeping performs the movie theme “Gentle tune” by composer Haruka Nakamura.

Fujimoto debuted the one-shot manga on Shueisha‘S Shonen Leap+ in July 2021. The manga was considered greater than 2.5 million occasions on its first day. Viz Media And MANGA Plus launched the manga digitally in English. Viz Media printed the manga in print in September 2022. The corporate describes the story:

Overconfident Fujino and reclusive Kyomoto could not be extra totally different, however a love of drawing manga brings these two small-town women collectively. A poignant story about rising up and transferring ahead that solely Tatsuki Fujimotothe creator of Chainsaw Manmight have made.

The Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube (Case Closed: The Million Greenback Pentagram) movie dropped from #4 to #7 in its twelfth weekend on the Japanese field workplace. The movie earned 97,583,270 yen (roughly US$603,500) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative complete of 15,197,964,360 yen (roughly US$94 billion). The movie is now the fifteenth highest-grossing movie of all time in Japan, and the ninth highest-grossing anime movie of all time in Japan, having surpassed Makoto Shinkai‘S Suzumewhich reached the milestone in February 2023.

The movie is now the highest-grossing movie within the franchisewhich it was overwhelmed by final yr Detective Conan: Kurogane shouldn’t be a submarine (Iron Submarine) grossed 13.83 billion yen (about $88.23 million).

The movie is the second movie within the franchise to have earned 10 billion yen, however Case Closed: The Million Greenback Pentagram earned it two days sooner than Detective Conan: Kurogane shouldn’t be a submarine did. Detective Conan is now the primary Japanese animated movie franchise two consecutive movies gross greater than 10 billion yen in Japan.

The movie opened at #1 in its opening weekend, promoting 2,274,333 tickets and grossing 3,352,494,500 yen (roughly $21.7 million) in its first three days.

The primary of the Bocchi the Rock! anime compilation movies, titled Bocchi the Rock! Concerning:disappeared from the highest 10 in its fourth weekend. Uma Musume Fairly Derby: Shinjidai no Tobira (Uma Musume Fairly Derby: Starting of a New Period), a brand new anime movie within the A Musume Lovely Derby franchiseadditionally disappeared from the highest 10 in its sixth weekend.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (hyperlink 2), Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Internet (hyperlink 2) comScore through KOFIC