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Japanese Box Office: June 7–8

posted on by Egan Loo
Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime is only manga/anime-related movie in top 10

Shingo Matsubara's live-action adaptatation of Masaharu Nabeshima and Mitsuo Hashimoto's Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime manga opens as the only manga- or anime-related film at the Japanese box office during the June 2–8 weekend. The original cuisine manga tells the story of Shuntarō Akagi, a former bank office worker whose life is transformed one day. He inherits a third-generation fishmonger business at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji Fish Market from his wife's father. The Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime film earned the equivalent of US$471,974 in 259 theaters to land at #6 on Kogyo Tsushinsha's rankings and #7 on Box Office Mojo's chart.

This article has a follow-up: Japanese Box Office: June 14–15, June 21–22 (2008-06-24 14:13)
follow-up of Japanese Box Office: May 24–25, May 31–June 1
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