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'Museum' Film Opens at #2 in Japan While your name. Stays at #1

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
In This Corner of the World anime film debuts at #10

Death Note Light up the NEW world, before regaining the top spot in its 11th weekend. The film has now earned 18.49 billion yen ($171 million).

The film is the seventh highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan, and the fourth highest-grossing anime film in Japan. The three highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan include projected to possibly approach 20 billion yen (US$200 million).


The live-action Museum film debuted at #2 during the November 12-13 weekend. The film Museum: The Serial Killer is Laughing in the Rain) suspense horror manga, which centers on a series of bizarre murders by a man wearing a frog mask. The man calls himself a vigilante and performs the murders based on themes such as "dogfood punishment," or "punishment of knowing a mother's pain." Detective Sawamura is leading the investigation, but becomes aware that his wife is one of the killer's targets.

Additionally, the Death Note Light up the NEW world live-action film fell from #2 to #4 in its third weekend. The live-action Eiga Mahō Tsukai Precure! Kiseki no Henshin! Cure Mofurun! anime film dropped from #5 to #7 in its third weekend.


Kure City on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture. Suzu perseveres through World War II with pluck and determination. Katabuchi wrote and directed the film.

The live-action Yamikin Ushijima-kun The Finale film fell off the ranking in its fourth weekend.

Source: Kogyo Tsushin


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