Japan Box Office: Fourth Live-Action Kingdom Film Ranks Second in Third Weekend

After holding the first place for two consecutive weekends since its debut, Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan ( Return of The Great General ), the fourth installment in the live-action Kingdom film series, slipped to second place in its third weekend of release. In the weekend of July 26-28, Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan earned 561 million yen (3.65 million USD) on 364,000 admissions according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . While the numbers were down 31.3 percent from last weekend , the movie still surpassed the opening weekend revenue of Deadpool & Wolverine (513 million yen) which opened in Japan on July 24. After 16 days of release, the fourth Kingdom live-action film has earned a cumulative 4.6 billion yen (29.9 million USD) on 3.13 million admissions in Japan, which is the best box office performance in the live-action film series through the end of its third weekend of release. Below are the cumulative box office results for the Kingdom live-action film series through its third weekend of release: Kingdom (by May 5, 2019 ) - 3.5 billion yen on 2.67 million admissions Kingdom 2: Far And Away (by July 31, 2022 ) - Nealy 3 billion yen on 2.06 million admissions Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny (by August 13, 2023 ) - 3.282 billion yen on 2.272 million admissions Kingdom: Return of the Great General (by July 28, 2024 ) - 4.6 billion yen on 3.13 million admissions Mononoke the Movie: Karakasa , which tells a continuing story of the Medicine Seller from the 2006 Mononoke TV anime, opened in 229 theaters across Japan on July 26 and made a seventh-place debut. Meanwhile, the movie ranked second in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 4.0/5.0 based on 2,046 reviews. A second film, subtitled "Hinezumi" ("Fire Rat"), was announced to release on March 14, 2025 alongside a third film additionally planned to conclude the film project. RELATED : Mononoke Anime Confirms Film Trilogy Plans, 2nd Part Release Date Gekijou-ban SutoPuri Hajimari no Monogatari ~ Strawberry School Festival!!!~ ( Strawberry Prince The Movie: A Story of The Beginning ~Strawberry School Festival!!!!~ ), the anime feature film inspired by Japanese VTuber boy band Strawberry Prince ( SutoPuri for short), went down five positions to eighth in its second weekend. The movie's official X (formerly Twitter) announced on Monday that the movie had a cumulative box office of 300 million yen (1.95 million USD) from 280,000 ticket sales in ten days since debuting on July 19. Look Back , the anime movie based on the one-shot manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto ( Chainsaw Man ), went down three places to ninth in its fifth weekend. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (July 26-28, 2024) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources : Eiga.com , Kogyo Tsushinsha , Filmarks (c) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueihsa (c)2024 Movie "Kingdom" Production Committee

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