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2nd Sumikko Gurashi Film Falls to #5, SAO Progressive to #8

dropped from #4 to #5 in its sixth weekend. The film earned 53,521,800 yen ($470,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a total of 1,025,155,830 yen ($9.02 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 film dropped from #7 to #8 in its seventh weekend. The film earned 27,027,800 yen ($237,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,326,146,793 yen ($11.67 million).

The movie topped the box office in its first weekend.

screen the film in Southeast Asia this year.

Yuki Kajiura returned to compose the music.

A new film titled open in 2022.

The live action film What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Kinō Nani Tabeta?) manga dropped from #6 to #9 in its sixth weekend. The film earned 25,488,650 yen ($224,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,284,242,100 yen ($11.30 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.

Aria franchise, dropped off the top 10 in its second weekend, but it still earned 18,864,290 yen ($166,000) from Friday to Sunday. It has earned a cumulative total of 94,339,090 yen ($830,200).

Noboru Takahashi's Mogura no Uta manga, dropped off the top 10 in its fourth weekend, but it still earned 13,447,550 yen ($118,300) from Friday to Sunday. It has earned a cumulative total of 358,270,900 yen ($3.15 million).

"Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-), dropped off the mini-theater rankings in its fifth weekend.

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