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New City Hunter, Code Geass Films Debut at #4, #5
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City Hunter manga, ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold 180,000 tickets to earn 257 million yen ($2.32 million) on Saturday and Sunday, and sold 320,000 tickets and earned 450 million yen ($4.06 million) from Friday to Monday. (Monday was a holiday in Japan.)
The film opened in Japan last Friday in 251 theaters.
Director Gatchaman Crowds) composed the music. Sunrise animated the film.
The returning cast include:
- Akira Kamiya as Ryo Saeba
- Kazue Ikura as Kaori Makimura
- Youko Asagami) as Saeko Nogami
- Umibōzu
- Mami Koyama as Miki
TM Network's song "Get Wild," the ending theme song for the first City Hunter television anime, was also the ending song for the film.
The new film moves the setting to present-day Shinjuku.
The film ranked at #5 in its opening weekend. Film journalist Hirō Ōtaka reported on Tuesday that the film earned 286.65 million yen ($2.59 million) from Saturday to Monday.
The film opened in Japan last Saturday.
on May 5 (subtitled), and on May 7-8 (dubbed).
Director confirmed that many of the key staff returned for the movie, and specifically emphasized that the story is complete in one film, which serves as a finale.
insert song "Utsukushiki Kemonotachi no Tame no" (For the Beautiful Creatures).
The story begins in the world two years after Zero Requiem.
The live-action Tow Ubukata's Jūni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi (Twelve Children Who Want to Die) novel dropped from #4 to #7 in its third week. The film earned 133,629,300 yen ($1.20 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has earned a cumulative total of 1,081,206,700 yen ($9.78 million).
The film opened in Japan on January 25, and earned 339,218,900 yen ($3.08 million) to rank #2 in its opening weekend.
The story is a locked-room mystery where 12 kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is. The novel was nominated for the Naoki Prize for 2016.
Ikebukuro West Gate Park) directed the film, and Yutaka Kuramochi wrote the script. Filming took place from late July to late August. Utena Kobayashi composed the music. The Royal Concept performed the film's theme song "On Our Way."
Good! Afternoon magazine in June 2017 and ended it last November. Kodansha released the third and final compiled book volume on January 7.
Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow all dropped off the top 10. Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly still earned 57,369,900 yen ($518,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,429,918,296 yen ($12.93 million). Touken Ranbu still earned 33,614,000 yen ($304,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 644,456,900 yen ($5.82 million). Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow earned 25,690,000 yen ($232,300) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 911,530,600 yen ($8.24 million).
Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC
