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Detective Conan, Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Hold Top 3

The Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan film stayed at #1 in its fourth weekend. It earned 177,062,750 yen ($1.62 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 5,923,280,100 yen ($54.27 million).

The film sold 1,533,054 tickets and earned 2,218,130,800 yen ($20.5 million) in its first three days to rank #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet is the 24th simultaneous release in 22 countries and territories outside of Japan: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, , Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and .

Tokyo Jihen performed the theme song "Eien no Fuzaishōmei" (The Eternal Alibi).

Rurouni Kenshin manga, stayed at #2 in its third weekend. The film earned 156,469,390 yen ($1.43 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 2,318,372,990 yen ($21.27 million).

The film ranked at #2 and earned 745 million yen ($6.9 million) in its opening weekend.

The film opened in Japan on April 23. Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning, the second film, will open on June 4.

The films were originally slated to open on July 3 and August 7 last year, but were delayed to this year due the ongoing new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final has an OVA) project.

ONE OK ROCK returns to perform the theme song "Renegade" for the films.

sold 5.46 million tickets for 8,352,919,400 yen ($76.67 million).

In its third week, the film Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, which earned a total of 5.3 billion yen. The new film is now the highest-earning film in the series domestically and internationally.

The film ranked #1 in its opening weekend. The film Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 also played in 82 theaters equipped for 4D screenings.

The staff had delayed the film from January 23 to March 8, after careful consideration due to the new state of emergency scheduled to open in Japan on June 27, 2020.

Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train dropped from #4 to #5 in its 30h weekend. The film earned 21,020,100 yen ($192,900) from Friday to Sunday. It has earned a cumulative total of 39,919,136,500 yen ($366.4 million) in Japan as of Sunday.

After 12 consecutive weeks at #1 in the box office in Japan, Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train dropped to #2 during the January 9-10 weekend, its 13th weekend. The film had ranked in the top three spots weekly in Japan since then, until its 22nd weekend.

The film has sured Spirited Away as the #1 highest-earning Japanese film of all time worldwide.

The main staff of the previous television anime returned for the sequel film. screening the film in theaters in North America on April 23, and will release the film digitally on June 22.

BanG Dream! franchise, stayed at #10 in its third weekend. The film earned 7,758,760 yen ($71,200) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 93,536,100 yen ($858,500).

The film ranked at #5 in its opening weekend.

The two-film project is focused on the "open in Japan on June 25.

stream the two films in the U.S. on the online streaming platform Eventive. BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I : Promise will begin streaming on May 22 at 10:00 p.m. EDT until August 22. BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II : Song I am. will begin streaming on July 24 at 10:00 p.m. EDT until October 24. Customers can purchase a ticket to stream a movie for three days.

The open in Japan on August 20.

The BanG Dream! Poppin' Dream! film is slated to open in 2022.

The live-action Girls und Panzer das Finale film series also did not rank in the top 10, but it still earned 6,480,100 yen ($59,400) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 448,531,600 yen ($4.11 million).

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin, Eiga.com, comScore via KOFIC