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Japanese Box Office, March 9-10
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The 2013 Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dōgu Museum (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum), debuted at #1 during the March 9-10 weekend. The movie begins when the signature bell of the titular robot cat Doraemon has been stolen. To get it back, Nobita and his friends have to go to the museum where all of Doraemon's gadgets originate. The film earned 684,332,313 yen (US$7,213,341) on 353 screens.
The LEVEL 0 girl named Arisa just before the completion of the Academy City space elevator "Endymion." The Magicians are after Arisa, and they attack Academy City. A female leader named Shattoaura leads a unit from Academy City against the attack. Touma and Index learn from Stiyl that Arisa is key to a brewing war between the sides of Magic and Science. Box Office Mojo lists that the film ranked at #7 and earned 45,317,149 yen (US$477,674) on 37 screens for a new total of 308,631,560 yen (US$3,250,816)
The Sū-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san (Sue, Mai and Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship) live-action film Shinobu Terajima. The film earned 16,377,451 yen (US$172,629) on 120 screens for a new total of 79,845,954 yen (US$841,017).
Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha, Box Office Mojo
