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Japanese Box Office, April 20-21

Meitantei Conan: Zekkai no Private Eye (V1 Studio. The television anime's cast are reprising their respective roles. The film earned 716,568,268 yen (US$7,295,381) on 344 screens.

This year's Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!!) wrote the screenplay. The film earned 240,486,633 yen (US$2,448,394) on 324 screens.

Masakazu Morita). The film earned 164,136,728 yen (US$1,671,076) on 313 screens for a new total of 2,635,388,447 yen (US$26,830,889).

The WHITE FOX. The main cast is also returning. The film ranked at #6 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 92,643,237 yen (US$943,200) on 18 screens.

The 2013 Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dōgu Museum (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum), fell from #4 to #10 during its seventh 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 52,785,083 yen (US$537,404) on 332 screens for a new total of 4,038,210,641 yen (US$41,113,022).

The live-action Yankee-kun to Megane-chan) stars as Kyōsuke Shikijō, a high school boy who transforms into a hero by wearing a panties mask — and little else. The film earned 23,518,166 yen (US$239,438) on 22 screens for a gross total of 64,346,648 yen (US$655,113).

The franchise. The story begins when all the magical girls receive an invitation to the fairies' school for a Precure party. The film earned 22,056,208 yen (US$224,554) on 167 screens for a new total of 1,050,561,126 yen (US$10,695,762).

The Hana Kappa-kun picture books and newspaper manga about a kappa (mystical Japanese river creature) who happens to have a flower (hana) growing out of his head. Hana Kappa lives with his father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother in a verdant village known as Yamabiko. In the film, butterfly warriors suddenly appear in Yamabiko and snatch away Hana Kappa's mother and others. Hana Kappa and his friends head out towards the mystery-filled land of butterflies. They overcome obstacles such as mountains and deserts and along the way, encounter a mysterious boy named Poru. The film earned 19,499,771 yen (US$198,527) on 146 screens for a new total of 50,447,701 yen (US$513,608)

Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha, Box Office Mojo