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Godzilla Opens at #8, Detective Conan Stays at #1
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Godzilla: Kessen Kidō Zōshoku Toshi (Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle), the second film in the Godzilla anime film trilogy, opened last Friday in 158 theaters in Japan. The film ranked #8 in its opening weekend.
streaming the film worldwide on January 17.
Meitantei Conan: Zero no Shikkōnin (526,858 tickets.
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer 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 TOHO aiming for the film to earn more than 8 billion yen ($71.9 million).
Death Parade) directed the new film. The film is a sequel of the series' 20th film, 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, dropped from #7 to #10 in its sixth weekend at the box office. The film earned 53,893,100 yen ($485,700) from Friday to Sunday, and has now cumulatively earned a total of 1,633,170,000 yen ($14.71 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 Gundam release earned 22,460,900 more yen ($203,000) over the three days for a new total of 227,456,900 yen ($2.05 million).
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), Eiga Natalie, comScore via KOFIC
