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3rd Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film Opens at #10 in U.S.

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song, the third film in the Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel film trilogy, ranked #10 at the United States box office in its opening weekend. Aniplex of America opened the film in the United States on November 18, and the film earned an estimated US$200,000 over the November 20-22 weekend.

According to estimates, the film ranked #9 with US$70,000 on Friday, #8 with US$90,000 on Saturday, and #11 with US$40,000 on Sunday.

In Japan, the film has surpassed 1.9 billion yen (about US$18 million) as of October 15. It is now the highest-grossing film in the trilogy.

The film opened in Japan on August 15, and debuted at #1 during the August 15-16 weekend. The film sold 270,000 tickets for 474,890,600 yen (about US$4.48 million) in its opening weekend. The film then reached the 1-billion-yen mark on August 25, seven days faster than the first film, and one day faster than the second film. The film received 4D screenings in 82 theaters in Japan starting on September 4.

Aniplex had originally scheduled the film for March 28 before announcing the first delay to April 25 just two days in advance on March 26. Aniplex then delayed the film again in April until further notice. The company cited the announcements by government officials and organizations to contain the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The first Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel film, Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, opened at #1 at the Japanese box office by both attendance and box office earnings in October 2017. The film sold a total of 980,000 tickets to earn 1.5 billion yen (about US$13.5 million).

The first film screened in the United States in November-December 2017. The film then screened in Canada in January 2018. The English dub of the first film debuted in theaters in the United States in June 2018. Aniplex of America released the film on Blu-ray Disc in November 2018.

The second film, Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly, opened in January 2019. The film began playing in the United States and Canada in March 2019.

Source: Box Office Mojo Cinema Today via Otakomu