In its 11th weekend, Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram, the 27th feature film in the Case Closed/Detective Conan anime franchise, earned 116 million yen (726,476 USD) on 82,000 admissions, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The movie ranked fourth in the Japanese box office weekend, down two places from last week.Meanwhile, the Detective Conan anime film series’ official Twitter confirmed thatThe Million-dollar Pentagram has earned a cumulative 15.05 billion yen (94.25 million USD) on 10.52 million admissions since its release on April 12. The movie has become the 10th Japanese film to reach the 15 billion yen mark and the 15th highest-grossing film of all-time ever released in Japan, surpassing Makoto Shinkai’s 2022 film Suzume with 14.94 billion yen (93.57 million USD).
To commemorate the film reaching 15 billion yen at Japanese box office, a newly drawn illustration by Gosho Aoyama, the original author of the Detective Conan manga series, was released on Twitter. The illustration features Kaito Kid, one of the main characters of the film, saying, “I gratefully received the 15 billion♪”
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re: — the first of the two-part recap films based on the BOCCHI THE ROCK! TV anime series — ranked seventh in its third weekend, down three positions from last weekend. The second part titled BOCCHI THE ROCK! Re:Re: is set to open in Japan on August 9.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Beginning of a New Era, an all-new feature film from the Umamusume: Pretty Derby franchise, slipped down four places to ninth in its fifth weekend.
The second compilation film based on the Gintama TV anime’s Courtesan of a Nation Arc (known as Ikkoku Keisei-hen in Japan) began its three-week limited run in Japan on June 21, but didn’t appear in the box office top 10 in its opening weekend. The movie was produced as part of the Gintama On Theater project to celebrate the 20th anniversary of both the serialization of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga, as well as the broadcast of its TV anime adaptation. The first compilation film based on the Thorny Arc (Baragaki-hen) was released in Japan on November 10, 2023, ranking ninth in its first weekend. The third compilation film based on the Kintama Arc is set to release in fall 2024.
Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend box office ranking, Eiga.com, Filmarks©2024 Gosho Aoyama/Detective Conan Production Committee
