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I Am a Hero, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita, Sound! Euphonium Films Open; Detective Conan Still Tops Box Office

Detective Conan: Junkoku no Nightmare (film, topped the Japanese box office chart again in its second weekend. The film sold 522,023 tickets over the weekend for 679,206,300 yen ($6.1 million), bringing the film's box office total to more than 2.5 billion yen.

The film Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno, eventually grossed a total of over 4.4 billion yen ($40.33 million), the highest so far in the franchise's history, but Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare is projected to eventually earn over 5 billion yen ($45.83 million).

Eiga Crayon Shin-chan the Movie Fast Asleep! The Large Attack on the Dreaming World), the 24th Crayon Shin-chan film, fell from #2 to #3 in its second weekend after Disney's Zootopia opened at #2.

The live-action I am a Hero opened on 284 screens this week at #4. The film sold 159,964 tickets over the weekend and earned 225,688,700 yen ($2 million).

Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, opened on Saturday on 137 screens and ranked #6. The film sold 92,396 tickets over the weekend and earned 133,010,600 yen ($1.2 million).

Ansatsu Kyōshitsu: Sotsugyō-hen (Assassination Classroom manga, dropped from #3 to #7 in its fifth weekend. The film has earned more than 3 billion yen ($27.53 million), suring the first film's box office takings of 2.77 billion yen ($25.6 million), as well as exceeding its projected gross of 2.9 billion yen ($26.9 million).

HoneyWorks' Vocaloid song project "Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai ~Renai Series~," opened on Saturday on 81 screens and ranked #8. The film sold 50,528 tickets for 70,507,400 yen ($630,000).

Chihayafuru manga, fell from #6 to #9 in its 6th weekend.

Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjō (Doraemon franchise, fell from #4 to #10 rank in its eighth weekend.

The Gekijō-ban film opened on Saturday on 38 screens and ranked #11 in the box office.

Source: MovieWalker, Yahoo! News Japan via Yaraon!