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2nd Macross F Film Opens at #4 with 118 Million Yen
posted on by Egan Loo
Macross Frontier science-fiction series, opened at #4 at the Japanese box office this past weekend. Even though it opened on only 38 screens nationwide, moviegoers watched it 81,772 times in two days for a box office total of 117,803,100 yen ($1.44 million). That gave the film a per-screen average of 3,100,082 yen (US$37,800) — the best average of the weekend's top 10 films.
By comparison, the first Macross Frontier film, opened last September at #3 with US$2,260,690 on 88 screens (US$25,689 average).
opened in June of 2009 at #1 with US$5,302,760 on 120 screens (US$44,190 average).
The story of Macross Frontier takes place in an alien war 50 years after the first Macross series, and revolves around a fighter pilot named Alto Saotome and two singers named Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee.
Source: Movie Walker via Yaraon!
