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Japanese Box Office, July 4-5
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Evangelion television anime series, stayed at #1 on Kogyo Tsushinsha's Japanese box office chart during the July 4-5 weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, it earned the equivalent of US$3,866,380 on 120 screens during its second weekend for a total of US$14,072,201. The Mainichi Shimbun paper reports that the movie has since topped 2 billion yen ($21 million) as of Monday, its 17th day in theaters.
Rookies baseball manga, stayed at #2 in its sixth weekend. It added US$2,933,634 on 428 screens for a gross-to-date of US$75,570,657.
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franchise, debuted at #7 with US$382,571 on 152 screens.
Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha
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