Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback Anime Film Sets 3-Day Opening Record for Franchise
Film sells 2,314,690 tickets to earn 3,438,626,700 yen in 1st 3 days
On Monday, Cinema Today announced that Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback, the 28th film in the franchise, made 3.44 billion yen (about $24 million) in its first three days and sold 2.31 million tickets, breaking the franchise's previous opening-weekend record.
On Friday, the movie made 1058422300 yen (around US$7430000) from ticket sales, with 697355 tickets purchased. On Saturday, it earned 1246314200 yen (around US$8750000) after selling 835908 tickets. And on Sunday, it made 1133870200 yen (around US$7960000) after 781427 tickets were purchased.
In comparison to its predecessor, "Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram," which made approximately $6.26 million on its opening day in April last year, "The Million-dollar Pentagram" earned $21.7 million in its first three days after its release. It was also the top-grossing film during its opening weekend, with over 2.2 million tickets sold.
In Japan in 2024, the top-earning film was Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram, which grossed 15.8 billion yen (about US$102 million). This was higher than the earnings of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (Iron Submarine) in 2023, which made 13.83 billion yen (about US$88.23 million).
In Japan, the movie "Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback" was released on Friday with screenings available at IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, Dolby Cinema, and regular cinemas. This marks a new record for the franchise as it was shown in 522 theaters. King Gnu sang the theme song "Twilight!!!".
The film takes place in the snowy mountains of Nagano prefecture, and a previous visual depicted Conan on a snowboard. Yamato — an inspector in Nagano with an injured left eye — and Kogoro — a major character whose last major role in a film was back in the ninth movie Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths in 2005 — both appear in the film. Taka'aki and Yui, who are also from Nagano, also appear in the film.
The movie was directed by Katsuya Shigehara who is the unit director for Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine. Takeharu Sakurai wrote the script for this film.
Source: Cinema Today ( link ) (今井優)
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