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One Piece Film Red Film Earns 9.2 Billion Yen After 16 Days

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film has sold 6.65 million tickets

The official website for the One Piece Film Red anime film revealed on Monday that the movie has earned over 9.2 billion yen (about US$67.04 million) at the Japanese box office and has sold over 6.65 million tickets as of Sunday, its 16th day in theaters. The film earned 818,323,600 yen (about US$5.9 million) over the weekend.

Crunchyroll will theatrically screen the film in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and it describes the film:

Uta —the most beloved singer in the world. Renowned for concealing her own identity when performing, her voice has come to be described as “otherworldly.” Now, for the first time ever, Uta will herself to the world at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans —excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance —the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound. The story begins with the shocking fact that she is Shanks' daughter.

The film opened in Japan on August 6, and ranked #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film sold 1.58 million tickets and earned 2.254 billion yen (about US$16.7 million) in its first two days. The film earned 78% more in its first two days than the previous film One Piece Stampede did in its first three days (One Piece Stampede opened on a Friday, as opposed to One Piece Film Red's Saturday opening).

The film had sold a total of 4.62 million tickets for a total of 6,474,302,810 yen (about US$48.24 million) by the end of last Sunday, and had surpassed 5 million tickets for 7 billion yen (about US$52 million) by its 10th day in theaters in Japan. It has become the franchise's highest-selling and highest-earning film installment, in terms of both the number of tickets sold and yen earned at the box office. As of last Thursday, the film had sold over 5.7 million tickets and earned over 8 billion yen (about US$58.90 million).

The film centers on a new character named Uta, Shanks' daughter. Kaori Nazuka is the speaking voice of Uta, while Ado is the character's singing voice. Ado also performs the film's theme song "Shinjidai" ("New Genesis").

Goro Taniguchi (Code Geass, One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak! special) directed One Piece Film Red. Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film Gold, One Piece: Heart of Gold, GANTZ:O, live-action Black Butler) wrote the screenplay, and One Piece manga creator Eiichiro Oda himself served as executive producer.

Source: One Piece Film Red anime's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web


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