By Japan’s box office delivered a wild weekend: the Chiikawa movie clawed its way back to #1 in its 12th weekend, while Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot opened at #2 and the fifth Girls und Panzer das Finale film debuted at #5.
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu (Credits: TOHO)
Chiikawa: The Comeback King
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu (Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island) — the first anime film adaptation of Nagano’s beloved manga — rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend, selling 375,000 tickets and earning ¥562,647,900 (about US$3.56 million) from Friday to Sunday. Cumulatively, the film has sold 12.29 million tickets for a staggering ¥17.8 billion (about US$112 million), making it the biggest film in Japan this year and the 12th highest-grossing film of all time in the country.
Resident Evil Reboot Takes #2
The live-action reboot of Capcom’s survival horror franchise opened at #2 in Japan, selling 356,000 tickets and earning ¥626,567,150 (about US$3.97 million) in its first three days — rising to 470,000 tickets and ¥813 million (about US$5.15 million) across four days, with Monday, October 12 being a national holiday. The film, directed by Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Weapons), stars Austin Abrams as Bryan alongside Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser. It previously opened at #1 in the United States on September 18 with an estimated US$60 million opening weekend.
Girls und Panzer Finales at #5
The fifth film in the six-part Girls und Panzer das Finale series opened at #5, earning ¥267,301,400 (about US$1.69 million) in its first three days after opening October 9. The film marks the first time the series has screened in Dolby Cinema, in addition to Dolby Atmos, 4DX, and MX4D. The story follows Ōarai Girls High School into the finals of the Winter Continuous Track Cup against St. Gloriana Girls’ College, led by Darjeeling.
Elsewhere in the top 10, the Star Detective Precure movie dropped from #5 to #9 in its fourth weekend, while Madoka Magica Walpurgisnacht: Rising held at #10.
Source: Anime News Network — read the full story there.
