The little creatures that conquered Japan aren’t done yet. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu climbed from #7 back to #2 in its 14th weekend at the Japanese box office, while the new Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi film opened at #6.
Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island (Credits: Nagano / Chiikawa Film Committee)
Chiikawa Box Office: Japan’s Biggest Film of 2026
The Chiikawa film sold 185,000 tickets and earned 279,333,800 yen (about US$1.77 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has now sold a total of 12.65 million tickets for a cumulative 18,486,970,600 yen (about US$117 million), making it officially the biggest film in Japan this year — and the 12th highest-grossing film in Japanese box-office history.
The first anime film adaptation of Nagano’s Chiikawa manga opened on July 24, ranking #1 in its opening weekend with over 2.24 billion yen in its first three days. The film adapts the manga’s Island Arc posted on X from March to November 2023. Nagano wrote the film’s script, Kei Oikawa directed it at Cygames Pictures, and TOHO is distributing.
Made in Abyss Film Debuts at #6
Meanwhile, the new Made in Abyss: Mezameru Shinpi anime film opened at #6 — a solid debut for the franchise’s latest big-screen outing. Elsewhere on the chart, the live-action In the Clear Moonlit Dusk film opened at #4, and the live-action adaptation of You Are Akin to the Stars held at #3 in its third weekend.
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Source: Anime News Network — read the full story there.