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Live-Action Mr. Osomatsu Film Opens at #2 With 643 Million Yen in 1st 3 Days

The live-action franchise ranked at #2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 459,000 tickets and earned 643 million yen ($5.19 million) in its first three days, and sold 221,000 tickets for 310 million yen ($2.50 million) on Saturday and Sunday.

The film opened on Friday.

In the film's story, a rich man appears, proclaiming that he will adopt one of the sextuplets. Just as the six engage in a battle royale to be the rich man's heir, three mysterious "story-ending" figures take on the brothers in a battle to the finish.

TOHO to distribute.

The Doraemon: Nobita's Little "Star Wars" 2021 anime film dropped from #2 to #3 in its fourth weekend. The film sold 145,000 tickets for 179 million yen ($1.44 million) over the weekend. The film has sold a total of 1.36 million tickets for a cumulative total of 1.6 billion yen ($12.92 million).

The film opened on March 4 after a yearlong delay due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Doraemon: Nobita's Little "Star Wars" 2021 is the 41st Stand By Me Doraemon films, handled the CG for the spaceships in the film.

The opened in Japan on December 24, and is currently the 19th highest-grossing film in Japan of all time.

The film is now the #1 highest-earning film at the Japanese box office from the 2021 calendar year, after suring Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, according to the Mainichi Shimbun paper's Mantan Web.

The film topped the box office chart for its opening weekend. The film also has IMAX, 4D, and Dolby Cinema screenings.

The film is based on Kana Hanazawa voiced the character Rika Orimoto.

The live-action Kappei comedy manga dropped from #6 to #8 in its second weekend.

The film opened in Japan on March 18.

Hakusensha describes the manga:

Kappei is a martial artist living in a secluded and isolated small island, among many young men training vigorously with their Master to survive the July 1999 apocalypse predicted by Nostradamus — which never came. The Master finally gave up in 2011, disbanded the martial art camp, and sent back to modern-day Japan. With no knowledge of the modern world, Kappei arrives in Tokyo and starts a new life: as a hero without antagonists.

The film moves the story's time period to 2022. Kōji Endō composed the film's music.

Butt Detective (Oshiri Tantei) franchise, dropped from #7 to #9 in its second weekend.

The film ranked at #7 in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on March 18.

The film pits the franchise's titular character against criminal mastermind Professor Shiriarty (a play on Sherlock Holmes' arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty).

Mie Sonozaki plays rookie Wanterpol investigator Audrey.

Toei Manga Matsuri omnibus project. While Eiga Oshiri Tantei Shiriarty is the fourth Butt Detective film, it is the first standalone feature-length film.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3)