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Hosoda's Belle Rises to #2, Free! The Final Stroke Opens at #3

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BELLE licensed the film for North America, and will release the film in English and in Japanese with English subtitles this winter.

Hosoda (Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, The Naked Director) is the film's music director and composer.

The first film of franchise, opened at #3.

The film opened on September 17. The second part will open in Japan on April 22, 2022. The trailer teases that the films are the "final chapter" for the franchise. The project's tagline is, "Let's go, to the stage of glory."

Eisaku Kawanami returned from previous installations in the franchise to direct the film at Kyoto Animation.

The Free! franchise about the Iwatobi High School Swim Club includes three television anime seasons that aired in 2013, 2014, and 2018. The Free! -Take Your Marks- omnibus film of short stories then opened in October 2017.

The franchise's most recent entry was Free! Dive to the Future television anime series, as well as a "bridge" to the new films.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising.

The film sold about 720,000 tickets to earn about 940 million yen ($8.51 million) in its opening weekend.

In the story of My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes' Mission, a mysterious organization dedicated to the destruction of people with Quirks has issued a threat and set bombs all over the world. Pro Heroes and those in Hero Internships scramble to find the bombs. Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki encounter Rody, a boy living in a mobile home in their designated area of Oseon, and end up working with him.

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The live-action Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunōsen Final dropped from #5 to #7 in its fifth weekend. The film earned 33,737,250 yen ($308,300) from Friday to Sunday and has earned a total of 856,925,650 yen ($7.83 million).

The first film sold 1.8 million tickets and earned 2.2 billion yen ($20.04 million) during its 2019 run.

The sequel to the first live-action film of opened on August 20.

The film portrays the events of the original manga's "Sports Festival and Cultural Festival" arc, focused on Yu Ishigami and Tsubame Koyasu. The arc was also portrayed in the second season of the anime.

The manga released the anime on Blu-ray Disc in February 2020.

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunōsen, the second season of the television anime, premiered in April 2020. Funimation dubbed both seasons of the anime.

The anime will shipped on May 19.

The live-action Tokyo Revengers manga dropped from #7 to #9 in its 11th weekend. The film earned 35,385,540 yen ($323,500) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 4,296,410,480 yen ($39.28 million). The film has sold 3.19 million tickets.

The film was performed the film's theme song "Namae o Yobu yo" (I'll Call Your Name).

Wakui premiered on April 10.

The Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Nazo Meki! Hana no Tenkasu Gakuen (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie - Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy) film is also off the top 10 again in its eighth weekend, but still earned 22,607,250 yen ($206,600) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,643,661,950 yen ($15.02 million).

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