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2nd Sumikko Gurashi Film Falls to #4, 'What Did You Eat Yesterday?' Stays at #6 at Box Office

dropped from #3 to #4 in its fifth weekend. The film earned 74,030,720 yen ($651,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a total of 951,869,980 yen ($8.38 million).

The film opened in Japan on November 5, and sold about 200,000 tickets to earn about 250 million yen ($2.22 million) in its first three days.

ASMIK Ace is distributing.

In the film's story, the main characters go on a camping trip one day in the fall, and that night they recall a legend: that once every five years, on the night of a large and blue full moon, magical creatures will visit the town. The characters look up, only to see a large and blue moon overhead.

Sumikko Gurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma," a polar bear who is sensitive to cold; "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin; "Tonkatsu," a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten; "Neko," a shy cat; and "Tokage," who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs.

The live action film What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Kinō Nani Tabeta?) manga stayed at #6 in its fifth weekend. The film earned 37,049,000 yen ($326,200) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,214,862,100 yen ($10.69 million).

The film premiered in Japan on November 3, and sold 100,000 tickets to earn about 145 million yen ($1.28 million) from November 6-7.

Kayoko Tominaga, and Hisae Kakei, respectively.

The manga centers on a hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo and the food they share together at the dinner table.

The film rose from #9 to #7 in its sixth weekend. The film earned 33,490,280 yen ($294,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,277,033,413 yen ($11.24 million).

The movie topped the box office in its first weekend.

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Yuki Kajiura returned to compose the music.

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Noboru Takahashi's Mogura no Uta manga, dropped from #7 to #9 in its third weekend. The film earned 27,625,500 yen ($243,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 323,082,650 yen ($2.84 million).

The film opened in Japan on November 19. The story revolves around Reiji Kikukawa, a police officer who goes undercover to infiltrate a gangster syndicate.

second film, opened in December 2016.

Takahashi launched Mogura no Uta in ceased publication in 2008. Shogakukan published the 74th compiled book volume on November 12.

opened in Japan on Friday. The film earned 55,942,380 yen ($492,600) in its first three days.

Aria the Benedizione is the third and final project in the "Blue Curtain Call" series that includes Aria the Crepuscolo.

Shochiku ODS Jigyō-shitsu is distributing.

"Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-), stayed at #5 in the mini-theater rankings in its fourth weekend.

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