Japan Box Office: Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales Holds No. 1 in 2nd Weekend

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales , the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, earned 576 million yen (3.86 million USD) on 467,000 admissions in its second weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . While it was a 18 percent week-on-week drop, the numbers were still enough to keep the film at number one in the Japanese box office following its first-place debut last weekend . The film's two-week gross of 1.4 billion yen (9.38 million USD) earned from the 1.14 million ticket sales was 116 percent of the previous 43rd film, Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony , which earned 4.31 billion yen (29 million USD) during its total domestic run in 2024. The live-action film adaptation of Hatsuharu's romantic comedy manga series A Girl & Her Guard Dog opened in 305 theaters across Japan on March 14 and made a third-place debut with 182 million yen (1.22 million USD) on 133,000 admissions. The film ranked fourth in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3.72/5.0 based on 589 reviews. Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage , the second film in the animated trilogy that continues the 2006 TV anime Mononoke , released in 229 theaters on March 14 and ranked sixth in its opening weekend. This ranking was one place higher than the first part, Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain , which ranked seventh in its opening weekend in July 2024 . The film also ranked No.1 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 4.22/5.0 based on 1,848 reviews, which was also higher than the first part's average rating of 4.0/5.0 based on 2,046 reviews. After a one-week absence, advance theatrical screenings of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- , the re-edited episode version of the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX TV series, returned to the Top 10 again and ranked seventh in its ninth weekend. The anime's official website confirmed that the screenings had collected 3,190,771,000 yen (21.37 million USD) on 1,934,740 admissions in 59 days since its release in Japan on January 17. The TRILLION GAME live-action feature film, based on the manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, went down three spots to eighth in its fifth weekend. The live-action film adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's action manga series UNDER NINJA dropped two spots from last weekend to ninth place in its eighth weekend. The official X (formerly Twitter) for the new anime film adaptation of Riyoko Ikeda's manga The Rose of Versailles reported on March 17 that the film's cumulative total gross in Japan surpassed 500 million yen (3.35 million USD) on 350,000 admissions. The film opened in Japan on January 31 and ranked ninth in its opening weekend . Advance screenings of KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! 3 - BONUS STAGE - , a two-episode new OVA from the KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! anime series, started its two-week limited theatrical run in 59 theaters on March 14. However, it did not appear in the overall box Top 10 ranking. The DVD and Blu-ray is set to release in Japan on April 25. Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (March 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 , "The Rose of Versailles" anime film official X (formerly Twitter) ©FUJIKO PRO, SHOGAKUKAN, TV ASAHI, SHIN-EI, ADK 2025

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