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2025 Detective Conan film stays at #2, live-action Blank Canvas film drops to #7

In its seventh weekend, Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback remained at #2 in Japan. Over three days, it sold 242,000 tickets for 346,376,500 yen (approximately US$2.4 million). As of now, the film has sold 9.21 million tickets for a total revenue of 13,322,638,700 yen (about US$92.48 million).

In Japan, the movie debuted as the top-grossing film. It made approximately US$24.15 million from ticket sales and earnings of 3,438,626,700 yen in its first three days. This surpassed the previous record for the franchise in terms of opening-weekend ticket sales and earnings.

In Japan, "Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback" premiered on April 18th with IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, Dolby Cinema screenings, as well as regular showings. This marks a new record for the franchise with 522 theaters participating. King Gnu sang the theme song "Twilight!!!".

The movie was directed by Katsuya Shigehara who is also known as the unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine . Takeharu Sakurai wrote the script for this film.

What is the ranking of the compilation film "Hidden Inventory/Premature Death" ("Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu") from the second season of the Jujutsu Kaisen television anime? How many tickets were sold in its opening weekend? What was its earnings in its first three days?

On May 30th, the movie was released in Japan. Tatsuya Kitani sang the theme song for the movie, which was an acoustic version of "Ao no Sumika," his theme song for the anime's second season.

GKIDS has purchased the rights to show the anime movie in the US cinemas on July 16th. It will be available in both subtitled and dubbed versions.

In July 2023, the second season of the anime was released. It lasted for two cours (which is half of a year) and continued for a full six months. This season covered both the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" ("Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu") arc and the "Shibuya Incident" arc from the manga. Crunchyroll streamed this season as it was airing in Japan, and they are also currently streaming an English dubbed version of it.

The "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" arc depicts the story of Satoru Gojō and Suguru Getō during their time in school, and when they were still friends.

In its second weekend, the live-action adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure spinoff manga series Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe ( Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai ) moved from its initial ranking of #4 to #5 in box office sales. Over the course of three days from Friday to Sunday, the film generated revenue totaling 148,816,060 yen (approximately US$1.03 million). To date, it has amassed a cumulative total of 528,811,540 yen (around US$3.67 million).

In its first three days, the movie grossed $1.81 million after selling 177,000 tickets. It placed fourth during its debut weekend.


In the upcoming film "March Comes in Like a Lion," Issai Takahashi will once again portray his character from the previous nine television series and movie. Additionally, Marie Itoyo will be back in her role as Kyoka Izumi from previous installments.

Kazutaka Watanabe directed the latest live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure film with assistance from Yasuko Kobayashi who wrote most of the previous installments. Naruyoshi Kikuchi composed the music with Shin Ongaku Seisaku Kōbō while Isao Tsuge supervised character designs and costume creation. ASMIK Ace is responsible for distributing the movie.

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey ( Kakukaku Shikajika ) manga movie dropped from #5 to #7 in its third weekend. Despite this, it made 96,272,200 yen (US$669,600) from Friday to Sunday. As of now, it has sold 440,000 tickets and earned a total of 582,901,880 yen (US$4.05 million).

The film opened on May 16.

The film stars Mei Nagano as high school girl Akiko and Yō Ōizumi as art teacher Hidaka.

Kazuaki Seki was the director of the movie. Along with Higashimura, Date-san wrote the script. Yuki Munakata composed the music for it.

In its second weekend, the movie "Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond this World" by Happy Science (Kōfuku no Kagaku) went down one spot from #6 to #8. Over Friday to Sunday, it made 77,625,320 yen (around US$539,800). Its total earnings now stand at 244,124,120 yen (about US$1.69 million).

On May 23rd, the movie debuted in Japan and placed sixth during its inaugural weekend. Over its first three days, it made approximately US$817,600 or 117,663,280 yen.

Ryuho Okawa was the film's executive producer and original creator. Isamu Imakake directed it. Kouta sang "Dragon Heart" for the theme song.

In the movie, Yūsuke Kobayashi plays the role of Ryuusuke while Chinatsu Hirose portrays Tomomi. Additionally, Shigeru Chiba, Shunsuke Takeuchi, and Shinichirō Miki are also part of the cast.

The latest film in the Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE series, "TABOO NIGHT KISSES," has moved from its previous ranking of #7 to #9 in its fourth weekend. Despite earning 105,157,300 yen (approximately US$731,500) in revenue from Friday to Sunday, it has only accumulated a total of 661,812,020 yen (around US$4.60 million) so far.

On May 9th, the movie was released in Japan and it ranked fourth. In its first three days, it sold 92,000 tickets and made 189,399,380 yen (approximately US$1.29 million).

The film was directed by Takeshi Furuta of Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom and Akiko Seki of Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima at A-1 Pictures. Chinatsu Kurahana, the original character designer of several Utano☆Princesama films and series, was responsible for the film's character designs. Maki Fujioka of Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours was also involved in character design. Hiroshi Nakajima of Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours was the CG director, while Takeshi Ōkawa of Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours was the sub CG director. Katsuyoshi Miyajima of Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours was in charge of character modeling. Elements Garden composed the film's music.

Tabekko Dōbutsu THE MOVIE dropped off the top 10 in its fifth weekend.

In Japan from October to November last year, the third weekend of the theatrical screening of the A3! franchise's Mankai Stage A3! Four Seasons Live 2024 stage performance remained atop the mini-theater rankings.

Ryūya Suzuki's independent anime film "Mumei no Jinsei" moved up from #7 to #5 in the mini-theater rankings during its third weekend.


Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin ( link ) ( link 2 ( link ) , link 3 ( link ) ), comScore via KOFIC ( link )