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The Laws of the Universe: Part 1 Stays at #1, Nanoha Detonation Opens at #6
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029,450 yen ($3.80 million).
The film opened in Japan on October 12 on 206 screens, sold 134,089 tickets for 166,907,400 yen ($1.49 million) from Saturday to Sunday, and 176,210 tickets for 220,113,150 yen ($1.96 million) on that weekend. The film earned 42.4% more in its opening weekend than the previous The Laws of the Universe Part 0 film, and Eiga.com reports that the new film may reach a final total of 1 billion yen ($9 million).
premiered theatrically in the United States, Canada, and Japan on October 12. Screenings in the United States and Canada are English-dubbed.
Eleven Arts describes the film's story:
University students, Ray, Anna, Tyler, Halle, and Eisuke are enjoying college life and pursuing their dreams, but in reality, They have a secret mission, to fight against invading Reptilians from outer space. One day, Ray travels back in time to 330 million years ago on Earth, to find his missing friend Tyler who has fallen into a trap set by the evil alien, Dahar. During that time, Alpha, the God of the Earth, was planning to create a new civilization on Earth and invited Queen Zamza and her fellow Reptilian from the planet Zeta, to Earth.What is the intention of Dahar? What will happen to Ray and Tyler?
And what is “the plan of the God of the Earth"?
Part 1 is the first part of a trilogy. Tokyo Theatres.
film in a two-film project, ranked at #6 in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan last Friday on 90 theaters.
The film's new cast Yumiko Ōfuku as Jessica Waverly.
The first film in the two-film project, screened the film in Canada on March 2.
Shochiku is distributing the films.
Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yūjin-Chō) manga, dropped from #5 to #8 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 51,359,880 yen ($455,500) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 725,058,820 yen ($6.43 million).
The film opened in Japan on September 29. It topped the Japanese box office rankings in its opening weekend, and sold 117,473 tickets to earn 172,144,780 yen ($1.5 million). It is projected to eventually earn over 1 billion yen ($9 million).
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The film features a returning cast. In addition, Mizuki Nishimura plays Roppon-ude, a six-armed yōkai who aims to take Natsume's book.
Midorikawa performed the film's theme song "."
The 4D Detective Conan franchise, ranked #9 in its opening weekend. The 4D screenings began last Friday on 360 theaters. Including this week's screenings, the film has earned more than 8.8 billion yen ($78.06 million).
The film opened on April 13, and earned the highest-earning film in the franchise.
Daikichi Hakata played Fumikazu Haba, a deceased judicial intern and former colleague of Tachibana. Tachibana once worked with him at the same law firm.
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.
The live-action Perfect World manga fell from #8 to #10 in its third weekend. The film earned 39,257,400 yen ($348,200) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 479,467,400 yen ($4.25 million).
Kenji Shibayama (Nagareboshi ga Kienai Uchi ni, Kimi no Suki na Uta) directed the film, and Keiko Kanome (Time Slip Megane, Takefumi Haketa composed the film's music. E-girls performs the film's theme song "Perfect World."
The film Blade of the Immortal film, left in visual right) plays Tsugumi Kawana.
publishing the manga in English digitally, and it describes the story:
26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he's now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn't date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change …
The film dropped off the top 10 in its third weekend.
Re:Zero franchise, earned 39,257,400 yen ($348,200) in its third weekend, and has earned a cumulative total of 255,261,500 yen ($2.26 million). The film dropped off the top 10 in its second weekend.
Mutafukaz) film dropped from #4 to #5 in the mini-theater rankings in its second weekend.
Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC
