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Thermae Romae, K-ON Rank in Japan's Top Films of 2012 So Far (Updated)
posted on by Ko Ransom
The Japanese movie news site Cinema Today reported on the top ten domestically-produced Japanese films at the Japanese domestic box office on Tuesday. The highest-grossing film on the list was the film TOHO's initial expectations of 3 billion yen ($38 million).
Second on the list was this year's film, coming in at 3.27 billion yen ($42 million).
In fifth place was the live-action Bokura ga Ita, at 2.52 billion yen ($32 million).
The Hotaru no Hikari - It's Only Little Light in My Life, which grossed 1.76 billion yen ($23 million).
Other than the K-ON! film, which was distributed by Shochiku, TOHO acted as the distributor for all nine other films on the top ten list.
Source: Cinema Today
Image ©2012 「Thermae Romae」 Production Committee
Update: References to TOHO corrected. Thanks, molibdaenum.
Update 2: Space Battleship Yamato, Returner, Ballad), ranked third on the list, taking in 3.44 billion yen ($44 million) since it opened on January 21.
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