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2018 Pokémon Film Opens at #2
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Gekijōban Gekijōban Pocket Monster: Kimi ni Kimeta!) film.
The StoRy is set during the annual Wind Festival at Frau City, which is blessed with wind from the Legendary Pokémon Lugia. Lugia and a new Mythical Pokémon named Zeraora appear in the film.
Aya Takaha wrote the script.
Pan de Peace!) designed the characters.
The live-action Nijiiro Days) manga dropped from #3 to #6 in its second weekend. The film earned 64,345,800 yen ($569,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has now earned a cumulative total of 275,594,200 yen ($2.44 million).
The film opened in 317 theaters on June 6. It sold 87,000 tickets and earned 110 million yen ($991,000) to rank #3 in its opening weekend.
Saint Young Men) wrote the screenplay. Filming took place from mid October to November last year.
Rainbow Days centers on a group of four male high school students who are close friends: Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi. The four boys have no club activities, and they hurry through their studies so they can spend their days having fun. Their main topic of interest: love. Natsuki has an unrequited crush on Anna, a girl from another class, and his friends keep meddling in their relationship.
film, fell from #5 to #7 in its third weekend. The film earned 58,381,900 yen ($517,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has now earned a cumulative total of 335,827,100 yen ($2.97 million).
The film Soreike! Anpanman Buruburu no Takarasagashi Daibōken! franchise film, which eventually earned 540 million yen ($4.86 million).
The film is projected to earn more than 600 million yen ($5.40 million).
The film's StoRy begins in Anpanman World, where everybody is bustling around, getting ready for the annual Star Festival. On that day, an egg emerges from Baikinman's garbage box, and when it hatches, a mysterious boy named Kurun emerges from within. Though Kurun does not know where he came from, he spends his days having fun with everybody. But one day, black stars begin raining down. Anpanman thinks that something suspicious might be occurring at the Star of Life, and he heads there.
Meitantei Conan: Zero no Shikkōnin (dropping to #3 in its eighth weekend.
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 highest-grossing film in the franchise.
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.
Uchū Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad, the crossover film between Toei's Uchū Sentai Kyuranger series and characters from the Metal Hero franchise, fell off the top five mini-theater rankings in Japan in its third weekend. The film ranked at #1 in the mini-theater rankings in its first two weekends.
Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC
