Japan Box Office: TRILLION GAME Live-Action Movie Debuts at No.1

The TRILLION GAME live-action feature film opened in 345 theaters in Japan on February 14, 2025, earning 616 million yen (4.06 million USD) on 438,000 admissions in its first three-day weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The latest film is a sequel to the 2023 TV drama based on the manga series created by Riichiro Inagaki (story) and Ryoichi Ikegami (art). TRILLION GAME made a first-place debut at the weekend box office and beat the latest entry from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Brave New World, in second place, which earned 463 million yen (3.01 million USD) in its opening weekend in Japan. Meanwhile, the movie ranked fifth in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3.79/5.0 based on 823 reviews. Gekijouban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninja-tai Saikyou no Gunshi (translated to "Nintama Rantaro the Movie: The Strongest Strategist of the Dokutake Ninja Squad”) went up one position to fifth as it entered its ninth weekend. The film has sold 1.67 million tickets since debuting in Japanese theaters on December 20, 2024, and its cumulative total gross has almost reached 2.5 billion yen (16.47 million USD). RELATED: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Teases New Footage, Audience Gifts Advance theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- , the re-edited episode version of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV series, dropped three positions to seventh in its fifth weekend. The anime's official website confirmed that the screenings had made 2,532,417,400 yen (16.68 million USD) on 1,554,774 admissions in 31 days (January 17 - February 16) since its release. It has now officially become the second top-grossing theatrical screening in the Gundam anime franchise and surpassed Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982/2.3 billion yen), the third part of the trilogy compilation film series of the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series. RELATED: Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing Coming to North American Theaters The live-action film adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's action manga series UNDER NINJA moved up to eighth its fourth weekend. Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing , a theatrical anime film inspired by the HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE! smartphone game, also went up one position to ninth in its fifth weekend. Senpai is an Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare , a sequel movie to the TV anime series , released in 50 theaters in Japan on February 14, but did not appear in the top 10 of either the overall or mini-theater ranking . RELATED: Cells at Work! Live-Action Movie Reaches 6 Billion Yen at Japanese Box Office While not appearing in the box office Top 10 in its 10th weekend, the live-action Cells at Work! movie already reached a cumulative total gross of six billion yen (39.31 million USD). According to Animate Times , the film had earned 6,003,011,870 yen (39.64 million USD) from 4,480,147 ticket sales as of February 12, in 61 days since its release in Japan. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (February 14-16, 2025) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources : Kogyo Tsushinsha , Eiga.com , Filmarks , "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX" official website ©2025 Movie "Trillion Game" Production Committee © Riichiro Inagaki, Ryoichi Ikegami / Shogakukan

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