Editor’s Note: KOFIC did not update its earnings for the weekend of May 19-21, so this article does not contain earnings for all the movies on the list.
The Super Mario Bros. movie fell from no. #1 to #1 2 in its fourth weekend at the Japanese box office. The film sold 505,000 tickets for 743 million yen (about 5.33 million US dollars) in its fourth weekend and has sold a total of 6.43 million tickets to earn a cumulative total of 9.1 billion yen ( about 65.2 million US dollars).
The film sold 1.276 million tickets and earned 1.843 million yen (about US$13.54 million) in its first three days in Japan.
The film has grossed approximately $1.15 billion worldwide – the first film this year to surpass $1 billion and only the fifth film to reach the milestone since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Deadline, it is now the third highest-grossing animated film in the world.
The film opened in the US and in more than 60 markets worldwide on April 5.
The film has been the highest grossing film of 2023 worldwide. The film is also the highest-grossing video game adaptation in history.
Aaron Horvath and michael jelenic directed the film, with a script by matthew fogel. The film’s English voice cast includes chris pratt and charlie day as Mario and Luigi, respectively. Anya Taylor-Joy plays Princess Peach. Twenty-one Bowser expresses.
Detective Conan: Kurogane without Submarine (The Black Iron Submarine)the 26th film of the Detective Conan franchise, fell from #2 to #3 in its sixth weekend. The film sold 257,000 tickets for 373 million yen (about $2.69 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 8.27 million tickets for a cumulative total of 11.7 billion yen (about 84.51 million US dollars).
The film opened on April 14 and sold 2,176,407 tickets to earn 3,144,638,7340 yen (about US$23.4 million) in its first three days, making it the best three-day opening for the franchise. The film is the first in the franchise to earn more than 10 billion yen.
yuzuru tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100, blue giant, Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer, death parade) directed the film, and takeharu sakurai (other six Detective Conan movies that include Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet) wrote the script. Yugo Kanno (Detective Conan: The Halloween Bride, Psycho-Pass, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) composed the music.
Gekijо̄ban idolater 7 LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERIODthe anime theater concert for the idolater 7 multimedia franchise, ranked #5 in its opening weekend. The film earned 220 million yen (about US$1.58 million) in its opening weekend.
The concert opened in Japan on May 20. The 16 members of the cast of the idolater 7Units , TRIGGER, Re:vale, and ŹOOĻ reprise their roles from the anime series and games. The projections have two separate variations with different set lists each. The “Day 1” version was first screened on May 20, and the “Day 2” version opened on May 21. Beginning May 22, theatergoers were able to choose which versions to see.
Hiroshi Nishikiori (Argonavis from BanG Dream!) and Kensuke Yamamoto (Trigun’s Stampede VFX art director) directed the anime in Orange. idolater 7 creator bunta tsushimi wrote the script. arina tanemura (idolater 7, Full Moon or Sagashita) is credited for the original character design. hitomi miyazaki designed the characters. eiji inomoto (Trigun’s Stampede) was the chief director of CG.
The first of two live-action film sequels based on ken wakui‘s tokyo avengers manga titled Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-) fell from number 6 to number 7 in its fifth weekend.
The film opened at #2 on April 21. The film sold 428,000 tickets for 583 million yen (about US$4.34 million) in its first three days.
The second sequel film Chi no Halloween -Kessen- (Bloody Halloween -Decisive Battle-) will be released on June 30.
Takumi Kitamura he returns to play Takemichi Hanagaki in the sequel films. Other returning cast members include Ryo Yoshizawa like mikey and yuki yamada like Draken. Director tsutomu hanabusa and producer shota okada they are also coming back. kentō nagayama joins the cast as Keisuke Baji, while nijiro murakami also joins as Kazutora Hanemiya, and mahiro takasugi joins as Chifuyu Matsuno. Taketo Tanaka Play Chome. SUPER BEAVER performs the theme song “Gradation” for the first film, while the band also performs the theme song “Hakanakunai” (Not Merely Fleeting) for the second film.
The first film opened in Japan in July 2021 and was the #1 live-action film in Japan in 2021. crunchyroll is broadcasting the film all over the world, except Asia, Spain and Latin America.
He Providence Psycho-Pass The 10th anniversary film fell from #4 to #10 in its second weekend.
The film opened on May 12 and was ranked #4 in its opening weekend.
Naoyoshi Shiotani returned to direct in GI productionand TOHO is distributing series writer makoto fukami returned as a screenwriter together Ubukata Trailerwho joined the franchise in Psycho Pass 2. Ubukata is also credited for film composition. Naoyuki Wave he also returned as character designer and chief animation director. The movie is based on the original. Psycho-Pass encouraged by Gene Urobuchi. Ling Tosite Figure performs the main theme of the film “Alexithymia Spare”, while SELFISH performs the ending theme song for the movie “Tōjisha” (The One Concerned).
the first dunkthe new anime movie Takehiko Inoue‘s dunk basketball sleeve, fell out of the top 10 in its 25th weekend. The live-action film of aya nakahara‘s otonanajimi the manga also fell out of the top 10 in its second weekend.
The second part of the new live-action film adaptations of tatsuo nitta‘s The Quiet Don (Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story) manga debuted at #3 on the mini-theater ranking. The new film project consists of four “episodes”. The first two episodes opened in theaters in Japan on May 12, followed by the next two episodes on May 19.
Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2) (link 3), comScore via KOFIC
