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One Piece Manga Volume 61 Sells 2 Million+ in 3 Days
posted on by Egan Loo
Fastest book to sell 2 million+ in chart's history; 40 One Piece volumes in top 100
The market survey firm Oricon reports that the 61st volume of sold 2,094,123 copies in four days in November.
At a retail price of 420 yen, this one volume grossed up to 876,153,600 yen ($10.6 million) over the Friday-Sunday period. The top-grossing film in Japan, the first live-action made less money at $7,252,554.
40 of the manga's 61 volumes were also in the top 100 chart this past week. The One Piece Saishūhen The 15th Log summary book went on sale on February 4 and sold 48,326 copies to rank #8 on the comic sales chart.
The 61st volume already has more than 200 million copies in print.
Source: Oricon
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