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Yo-kai Watch Tops Star Wars in Attendance, But Not at Japanese Box Office
posted on by Egan Loo
Sold more tickets in Japan Saturday-Sunday, but earned less in 2- & 3-day tallies
franchise, sold 974,557 tickets on 434 screens for 1,057,808,800 yen ($8.714 million) in its first two days since opening on Saturday. It topped Star Wars: The Force Awakens (800,258 tickets on 958 screens) in tickets sold in those two days.
However, Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened in Japan on Friday instead of Saturday, and sold 1.04 million tickets on 958 screens from Friday to Sunday. It also earned more money across its first three days (1.6 billion yen or US$13 million) and in the Saturday-Sunday timeframe (1,245,023,900 yen or US$10.257 million).
The live-action weekend.
Girls und Panzer film dropped from #8 off the top 10.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
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