The Million-dollar Pentagram Becomes Case Closed/Detective Conan Anime Franchise's Highest Grossing Film

The official Twitter for Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram , the 27th feature film in the Case Closed/Detective Conan anime franchise, announced today on May 27 that the film had earned 14.01 billion yen (89.41 million USD) on 9.77 million admissions during its 45-day run through May 26 in Japan. This is the first time that a feature from the anime franchise has reached the 14 billion yen mark in its 27-year history, and now The Million-dollar Pentagram has become the highest-grossing film in the franchise, surpassing the previous 26th film Black Iron Submarine 's total domestic revenue of 13.88 billion yen (88.57 million USD). Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram opened in Japan on April 12, 2024, staying on the Japanese weekend box office for six consecutive weekends . The film surpassed 10 billion yen at the box office in the first 22 days of its release. It is the first time in Japanese film history that two feature films from one anime franchise have surpassed 10 billion yen at the box office in consecutive years. RELATED: Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram Passes 10 Billion Yen With Ease The Case Closed/Detective Conan anime feature film box office top 10 *the box office numbers were from MPPA−Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan's annual statistics reports Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram synopsis: A notice from the Phantom Thief Kid arrives at the storage facility of the Axue Zaibatsu in Hakodate, Hokkaido. This time, the Kid is after a Japanese sword related to Hijikata Toshizo, the vice-chief of the Shinsengumi, who lived at the end of the Edo period. Why is Kid, who is in pursuit of the Big Jewel, after a sword? ...... Meanwhile, Heiji Hattori, the famous detective of the west, and Conan and his friends are also in Hakodate for a kendo tournament, and on the day of the crime warning, Heiji successfully sees through Kid's disguise and tracks him down. ......? At the same time, a body is found in the Hakodate warehouse district with a cross-shaped cut across the chest. A Japanese-American man, known as the "merchant of death" and an arms dealer in the Asian region, emerges on the investigation trail. He is searching for a treasure that is said to have been hidden somewhere in Hakodate by the first generation head of the Axue family, who was deeply involved in the munitions industry during the war. It is rumored ...... to be a weapon powerful enough to change the war situation, which at the time was a losing one for Japan. The treasure and the sword that Kid is after seem to be related, and the shadow of a mysterious "swordsman" looms over Kid, who is after the sword. ...... Trailer Source : "Detective Conan" film series official Twitter ©2024 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee

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