Japan Box Office: Fly Me to the Saitama Live-Action Film Sequel Stays at No.1

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Fly Me to the Saitama ~From Lake Biwa with Love~ ( Tonde Saitama ~Biwako yori Ai wo Komete~ in Japan), the second live-action film adaptation of Mineo Maya's boys love comedy manga from the 1980s, earned 295 million yen (2 million USD) on 222,000 admissions In its second weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushin . The numbers were down 29 percent from its opening weekend, but kept the film in first place for two consecutive weekends. The film's cumulative total gross has reached 1.15 billion yen (7.8 million USD) on 838,000 admissions, which is 120 percent of the first ten-day gross of the first film released in February 2019. Godzilla Minus One also stayed in second place, earning 217 million yen (1.47 million USD) on 148,000 admissions in its fifth weekend, bringing its total to 3.8 billion yen (25.8 million USD) on 2.48 million admissions. Kitaro Tanjou - GeGeGe no Nazo , an all-new film to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the GeGeGe no Kitaro manga author Shigeru Mizuki's birth, was in third place in its third weekend, up one position from last weekend. According to Mantan Web , the film earned 189 million yen (1.28 million USD) on 140,000 admissions in its third weekend. Thanks to strong word of mouth and a passionate social media following, the film has steadily increased its weekly box office performance, surpassing the previous two weekends (160 million yen in the first and 169 million yen in the second). The film's cumulative total gross has reached 800 million yen (5.4 million USD) on 570,000 admissions. RELATED: Japan Box Office: Fly Me to the Saitama Live-Action Film Sequel Makes No.1 Debut Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid , the anime film adaptation of the ninth volume of the Rascal Does Not Dream light novel series by Hajime Kamoshida, opened in 103 theaters across Japan on December 1, 2023, making a fourth-place debut. Mantan Web reported the 75-minute film earned 160 million yen (1.09 million USD) on 119,000 admissions in its first three-day weekend. Knapsack Kid made 91.4 percent of the first three-day gross of the previous film, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, released in June and earned 175 million yen on 118,000 admissions . In terms of ticket sales, the film was up 0.8 percent. Meanwhile, the film ranked No.1 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3/96/5.0 based on 276 reviews. Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tsugihagi Koujou no Fushigina Ko (Sumikko Gurashi The Movie: A Patching Factory's Mysterious Child ), the third anime feature film inspired by Japanese stationery company San-X's famous mascot character brand Sumikko Gurashi , ranked ninth in its fifth weekend, four positions down from last weekend. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (December 1-3, 2023) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources : Kogyo Tsushinsha , Eiga.com , Mantan Web 1 , 2 , Filmarks (C)2023 Movie "Tonde Saitama" Production Committee

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