Detective Conan: Highway no Datenshi (Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway), the Detective Conan franchise‘s 29th film, stayed at #1 in its second weekend. The film sold 1.147 million tickets and earned 1,718,683,200 yen (about US$10.79 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 4.22 million tickets and has earned a cumulative total of 6,343,397,300 yen (about US$39.83 million)

The film sold 2,318,009 tickets and earned 3,502,137,800 yen (about US$21.9 million) in its first three days, making a new opening-weekend record for the franchise, and debuting at #1 at the Japanese box office.

The new film centers on the character Chihaya Hagiwara, member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and the leader of its motorcycle division. Miyuki Sawashiro now voices the character, replacing the late Atsuko Tanaka. The movie also features Kanagawa inspector Jugo Yokomizo, teenage detective Masumi Sera, Chihaya’s late younger brother Kenji Hagiwara, and Kenji’s Police Academy classmate Jinpei Matsuda.

Takahiro Hasui (Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine) directed the film, and Takahiro Ōkura (Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter) wrote the script. Yūgo Kanno (Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback) composed the music for the film. Misia performs the theme song “Last Danced Anata to” (Last Dance With You).

The 2026 Doraemon film, Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Kaitei Kiganjō (Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil), dropped from #2 to #4 in its eighth weekend. The film earned 72,253,500 yen (about US$453,700) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 3.18 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 4,018,802,550 yen (about US$25.23 million).

The film opened on February 27 and ranked at #1 in its first weekend. The film sold 621,000 tickets and earned 779,681,350 yen (about US$4.96 million) in its first three days. The film ranked at #1 for six straight weekends.

The 45th 2D anime film (not counting the 3D CG Stand By Me Doraemon films) remakes the classic 1983 film Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil.

Tetsuo Yajima (Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle, Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, Pokémon XY) returns after directing episodes of the Doraemon television anime and contributing in other capacities to Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s New Great Adventure into the Underworld, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age, and Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Chikyū Symphony. Another veteran of the television anime, Isao Murayama (Witchy Precure!, Star Twinkle Precure, Bakugan), wrote the new film’s screenplay.

Shingo Yamashita‘s Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (Chō Kaguya-hime!) anime film stayed at #5 in its ninth weekend after the film’s limited one-week theatrical screening run in Japan was extended. The film earned 114,999,300 yen (about US$722,100) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 1.02 million tickets and has earned a cumulative total of 2,038,039,600 yen (about US$12.79 million).

The film’s limited theatrical run started on February 20. Tickets quickly sold out, with some theaters having to increase the number of screenings to more than 10 times a day. The film earned a total of 223,485,400 yen (about US$1.43 million) in Japanese theaters in its first three days after its run was extended.

Netflix began streaming the film on January 22.

Yamashita (Pokémon: Twilight Wings, opening animation for Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, 2022 Urusei Yatsura) made his feature-length directorial debut with the film in a collaboration between his Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido. Hechima (The Idolmaster Gakuen) and Akihiro Nagae (Drifting Home) designed the characters, with the former in charge of the Tsukuyomi designs and the latter handling the real-world character designs.

The film features songs by Vocaloid producers Ryo (supercell), kz (Livetune), 40mP, HoneyWorks, Aqu3ra, and yuigot.

The live-action film based on Kureha‘s The Ogre’s Bride (Oni no Hanayome) light novel series dropped from #6 to #9 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 33,268,340 yen (about US$208,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 620,771,900 yen (about US$3.89 million).

The film opened in Japan on March 27. It sold 146,000 tickets in its first three days and earned 202,395,960 yen (about US$1.27 million).

King & Prince idol group member Ren Nagase (Fureru., live-action Yowamushi Pedal) plays Reiya Kiryūin, while Ai Yoshikawa plays YUZU Shinonome. Chihiro Ikeda (live-action Insomniacs After School, Kowloon Generic Romance) directed the film. 

The series is set in a Japan where humans and demons co-exist peacefully. YUZU is an ordinary high school girl, who lives in the shadow of her older sister who is the bride of a demon. One day, she has a life-changing encounter with a beautiful ogre who claims her as his bride.

The light novels are also inspiring an upcoming television anime that will debut in July.

Golden Kamuy: Abashiri Kangoku Shūgeki-hen (Golden Kamuy: Attack on Abashiri Prison Arc), the second live-action film based on Satoru Noda‘s Golden Kamuy manga, dropped from #8 to #10 in its sixth weekend. The film earned 31,904,900 yen (about US$200,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,389,626,700 yen (about US$8.72 million).

The film opened on March 13. It sold 246,900 tickets and earned 368,611,300 yen (US$2.30 million) in its first three days. The film is getting IMAX screenings. 

Kento Yamazaki reprised his role as Saichi Sugimoto and Anna Yamada as Asirpa. Yū Inaba, Sōkō Wada, and Tetta Sugimoto joined the film’s cast as Tokishige Usami, Toshiyuki Kadokura, and Anji Toni, respectively.

Kenji Katagiri directed the film at CREDEUS based on a script by returning writer Tsutomu Kuroiwa. Yutaka Yamada is also back composing the music, and Hiroshi Nakagawa and Debo Akibe served as Ainu culture and language supervisors.

Rock band 10-FEET perform the theme song “Kowarete Kieru made” (Until It Breaks and Disappears).

The Gekijōban Ansatsu Kyōshitsu Minna no Jikan (Assassination Classroom the Movie: Everybody’s Time) anime film dropped off the top 10 in its fifth weekend.

Entotsu-chō no Poupelle ~Yakusoku no Tokeidai~ (literally, The Promised Clock Tower), the sequel film to Studio 4°C‘s anime film of Akihiro Nishino‘s Poupelle of Chimney Town (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) picture book, also left the list in its fourth weekend.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC