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2nd Live-Action The Fable Film Opens at #1

Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga, ranked at #1 in its opening weekend.

Kan Eguchi returned to direct the new film, with Junichi Okada once again starring.

The first film ranked #2 in its opening weekend in June 2019.

In the manga, a fabled genius at killing resides somewhere hidden in Osaka. Taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss, he is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.

Rurouni Kenshin manga, stayed at #2 in its third weekend. The film earned 171,841,980 yen ($1.55 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,485,665,140 yen ($13.46 million).

The film topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film sold 350,000 tickets for over 508 million yen ($4.7 million) in its opening weekend. The film opened on June 4.

earned 745 million yen ($6.9 million) in its opening weekend.

The films were originally slated to open on July 3 and August 7 last year, but were delayed to this year due the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final has an OVA) project.

ONE OK ROCK returned to perform the theme song "Renegade" for the films.

The Gundam film has topped the 1 billion yen mark. The film has so far sold 501,706 tickets.

The film sold 259,074 tickets and earned 523,943,800 yen ($4.77 million) in its first three days at the box office. It ranked at #3 (in of tickets sold) in its opening weekend.

The film opened in Japan on June 11 after previously being delayed three times. The movie was originally extended state of emergency declared in Japan.

The film opened on 215 screens, a franchise-record high. Some theaters are screening the film in 4D and Dolby Cinema. Dolby Cinemas are also screening the first 15 minutes and 53 seconds of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack before the film. The film's limited edition Blu-ray Disc went on sale on June 11.

stream the film starting on July 1.

sold over 6.11 million tickets.

The film's new Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 version began playing on June 12 for the film's "last run." The new version contains "minor revisions" to some animation sequences, but does not change the film's story.

The film opened in Japan on March 8, and ranked #1 in its opening weekend.

In its third week, the film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, which earned a total of 5.3 billion yen. The new film is now the highest-earning film in the series domestically and internationally.

The staff had delayed the film from January 23 to March 8, after careful consideration due to the state of emergency scheduled to open in Japan on June 27, 2020.

The Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan) film dropped from #6 to #8 in its 10th weekend. It earned 56,298,950 yen ($509,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 7,064,366,850 yen ($63.98 million).

The film sold 1,533,054 tickets and earned 2,218,130,800 yen ($20.5 million) in its first three days to rank #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet is the 24th simultaneous release in 22 countries and territories outside of Japan: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, , Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and .

Tokyo Jihen performed the theme song "Eien no Fuzaishōmei" (The Eternal Alibi).

Gyokō no Nikuko-chan (Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor) novel dropped from #7 to #10 in its second weekend. The film earned 33,347,780 yen ($302,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 157,428,280 yen ($1.42 million).

The film ranked at #7 and earned 64,349,070 yen ($584,300) in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on June 11.

ASMIK Ace is distributing the film.

10-year-old Takuro Yoshida, as the film's theme song.

Gentosha published the original novel in April 2014. The "human drama" novel centers on a mother named Nikuko and her daughter, Kikuko, who live on a boat. The novel follows their paths in life, and their growth. The novels have more than 350,000 copies in print.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin, Eiga.com, comScore via KOFIC