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Final Gundam the Origin Film Opens at #9, Detective Conan Stays at #1

"Tanjō Akai Suisei" (Rise of the Red Comet), the sixth and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin anime and the last in the anime's "Loum Arc," opened in Japan on Saturday in 35 theaters, earning 94,764,100 yen ($869,500) to rank #9 at the box office in Japan in its opening weekend.

The film focuses on the young Zeon ace Char Aznable earning his "Red Comet" nom de guerre. The episode also focuses on the beginnings of the Federation's "Project V" weapons project that will eventually give birth to the RX-78-2 Gundam.

The anime project adapts Yasuhiko's manga of the same name, which in turn is inspired by the first revealed last month that Gundam: The Origin is his last anime

Meitantei Conan: Zero no Shikkōnin (Detective Conan series, remained at #1 at the box office in Japan in its fourth weekend. The film sold 418,000 tickets on Saturday and Sunday to earn 552 million yen ($5.06 million). The film has sold a total of 4.79 million tickets and earned 6,222,515,600 yen ($56.9 million) as of May 6.

As with the previous week, it topped the Avengers: Infinity War film, which opened in Japan last week, and is now in its second week ranked #2 for Saturday and Sunday in both the number of tickets sold and earnings. Avengers: Infinity War sold 266,000 tickets, earning 408 million yen ($3.74 million).

Detective Conan: Zero's Executioner had sold 1,289,000 tickets in its first three days to earn 1.67 billion yen ($15.6 million). The film's opening Saturday and Sunday sales represented 100.7% of the total that last year's franchise record. The new film could possibly be the series' sixth consecutive film to break the franchise's previous box-office record.

Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare, and centers on Tōru "Zero" Amuro. Police chief Hyōe Kuroda, who is rumored to be Rum in the Black Organization, appears for the first time in a film for the franchise.

film, stayed at #4 in its fourth weekend at the box office. The film earned 183,495,300 yen ($1.58 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has now cumulatively earned a total of 1,468,904,700 yen ($13.48 million).

The film had sold 315,000 tickets to earn 367 million yen ($3.42 million) in its opening weekend. The film is expected to earn more than 1.6 billion yen ($14.9 million). The opening weekend sales represent 111.2% of the total that last year's Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Shūrai! Uchūjin Shiriri (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Invasion! Alien Shiriri) film earned in its opening Saturday-Sunday weekend. Last year's film earned a total of 1.62 billion yen ($15.1 million) at the box office in Japan.

The kung-fu action film is set in a Chinatown named Aiyātown in Kusakabe, Saitama (the setting of the main series). Kimiko Ueno wrote the script.

The live-action film Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun) manga dropped from #6 to #7 in its second weekend. The film earned 79,929,000 yen ($733,700) from Friday to Sunday, and has now earned a cumulative total of 363,292,400 yen ($3.33 million).

The film opened in Japan on April 27.

Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai) directed the film.

The live-action film of Inuyashiki manga fell from #7 to #10 and earned 64,854,200 yen ($595,400) from Friday to Sunday in its third weekend. The film has earned a total of 605,686,900 yen ($5.56 million). The film is expected to sur 1 billion yen ($9.21 million) at the box office.

The film opened on April 20 in Japan, and sold 91,000 tickets to earn 124 million yen ($1.14 million) to rank #5 in its opening weekend.

Noritake Kinashi and Gantz II: Perfect Answer sequel film, directed the film.

Digimon Adventure tri. series, opened on May 5 and ranked #1 in the mini-theater rankings in Japan.

The film will screen for three weeks. As with previous films in the series, theaters screening the film are also selling a limited-edition Blu-ray Disc. The film also debuted online for a fee on the same day in Japan. streaming the film as five episodes.

Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC