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Live-Action Gintama Gets Largest Opening for Live-Action Japanese Film in China
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official Gintama manga announced on Monday that the film will open in China on September 1 in 8,000 theaters with 12,000 screens, the largest screen count for a Japanese live-action film in Chinese box office history. To commemorate the feat, Sorachi drew an image of main character Gintoki with the message "Thank you for ing the film!" in both Chinese and Japanese.
In addition, the site revealed that, as of Sunday, the film has earned 3,480,224,800 yen ($31.83 million) in Japan, and has sold a total of 2,644,234 tickets.
The film opened in Japan on July 14, and it earned 980 million yen (US$8.9 million) in its first four days. The film also dTV streaming service on July 15, one day after the film's opening.
Sorachi began the manga in 2004 and it entered its final arc last July.
The manga inspired a television anime that premiered in 2006 and continued (with several extended Porori Arc."
The manga also inspired two anime films, including the "various OVAs and event anime.
Source: Animate Times
