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Japanese Box Office, May 17-18
posted on by Karen Ressler
Aya Ueto as Mami Yamakoshi. The film also ranked #2 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 210,266,678 yen (US$2,062,085) on 338 screens for a new total of 3,459,500,489 yen (US$33,927,321).
The seventh and final volume of Mobile Suit Gundam UC opened this week at #3. The 90-minute episode, titled "Niji no Kanata ni" (Over the Rainbow), concludes the series that adapts reports that the film earned 157,182,200 yen (US$1,551,00) on 35 screens.
The 18th Detective Conan: Ijigen no Sniper (Detective Conan: Sniper From Another Dimension), fell from #3 to #4 in its fifth weekend. The film, revolves around a sniping incident case in Tokyo, and features the appearance of Shuichi Akai, Subaru Okiya, and FBI agent Jodie Starling. The film ranked #5 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 124,346,258 yen (US$1,219,463) on 339 screens for a new total of 3,643,113,559 yen (US$35,728,014).
film about human drama in the black market world, as seen through the eyes of the titular loan shark. The film ranked #4 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 132,851,120 yen (US$1,302,870) on 156 screens.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. The film also ranked #7 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 74,326,202 yen (US$728,917) on 326 screens for a new total of 1,544,562,406 yen (US$15,147,523).
Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha, Box Office Mojo
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