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Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Compilation Film Opens at #4 in Japan
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The film opened at #1 at the Japanese box office. The film earned 3,438,626,700 yen (about US$24.15 million) and sold 2,314,690 tickets in its first three days, a new opening-weekend record for the franchise.
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback opened in Japan on April 18, and has screenings in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema in addition to regular screenings. The film opened in 522 theaters in Japan, a new record for the franchise. King Gnu performs the theme song "Twilight!!!."
Katsuya Shigehara (unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) directed the film. Takeharu Sakurai (various Detective Conan movies) wrote the script.
The film opened in Japan on May 30. Tatsuya Kitani performed the film's theme song, an acoustic version of "Ao no Sumika," his opening theme song for the anime's second season.
GKIDS has acquired the anime and will open the film in theaters in the United States on July 16. The film will screen in subtitled and English-dubbed formats.
The anime's second season premiered in July 2023 and aired for two cours (quarters of a year) for a continuous half-year run. The anime adapted both the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" ("Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu") arc and the "Shibuya Incident" arc of the manga. Crunchyroll streamed the season as it aired in Japan, and is also streaming an English dub.
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.
The film ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold 177,000 tickets and earned 260,737,920 yen (about US$1.81 million) in its first three days.
Issei Takahashi (Whisper of the Heart, live-action Ikebukuro West Gate Park, March comes in like a lion) reprises the title role from the previous nine television installments and film. Marie Itoyo also returns after playing Kyoka Izumi in previous installments.
Kazutaka Watanabe returned to direct the new film at NHK Enterprises and P.I.C.S. Yasuko Kobayashi returned after scripting most of the previous live-action installments and the various JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime. Naruyoshi Kikuchi also returned to compose the music with Shin Ongaku Seisaku Kōbō. Isao Tsuge again supervised the character designs and designed the costumes. ASMIK Ace is distributing the film.
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 directed the film. Date-san co-wrote the script with original creator Higashimura. Yuki Munakata composed the music.
The film opened in Japan on May 23, and ranked at #6 in its opening weekend. The film earned 117,663,280 yen (about US$817,600) in its first three days.
The late Ryuho Okawa is credited as the executive producer and original creator. Isamu Imakake (The Mystical Laws) directed the film. kouta performed the theme song "Dragon Heart."
The film stars Yūsuke Kobayashi as Ryuusuke and Chinatsu Hirose as Tomomi. The cast also includes Shigeru Chiba, Shunsuke Takeuchi, and Shinichirō Miki.
The film opened in Japan on May 9 and debuted at #4. The film sold 92,000 tickets and earned 189,399,380 yen (about US$1.29 million) in its first three days.
Takeshi Furuta (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Visual Prison) was the film's chief director, and Akiko Seki (Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima, Lycoris Recoil episode director) directed the anime at A-1 Pictures. Chinatsu Kurahana, the original character designer of several Utano☆Princesama films and series, was again credited for the film's original character designs, and Maki Fujioka (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) was the character designer. Hiroshi Nakajima (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) was the CG director, Takeshi Ōkawa (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours, NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a) was the sub CG director, and Katsuyoshi Miyajima (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) was the character modeling director. Elements Garden composed the music.
Tabekko Dōbutsu THE MOVIE dropped off the top 10 in its fifth weekend.
The theatrical screening of a performance of the A3! franchise's Mankai Stage A3! Four Seasons Live 2024 stage performance stayed at #1 in the mini-theater rankings in its third weekend. The stage performance ran in Japan from October to November last year.
Mumei no Jinsei (Nameless Life), the first feature anime film from independent anime director Ryūya Suzuki, rose from #7 to #5 in the mini-theater rankings in its third weekend.
Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC
