Japan Box Office: Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram Makes Record-Breaking No.1 Debut

Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram, the 27th feature film in the Case Closed/Detective Conan anime franchise, opened across Japan on April 12, 2024. The new Case Closed film earned 3.352 billion yen (21.74 million USD) on 2,274,333 admissions in its first three-day weekend of April 12-14, making its No.1 debut at the weekend box office ranking, according to Eiga.com. The total overall box office revenues for the films released from the franchise since The Time-Bombed Skyscraper in 1997 has also exceeded 118 billion yen (765 million USD).Box office revenue and attendance for the first three days:

April 12: Revenue: 962,785,780 yen / Attendance: 638,119

April 13: Revenue: 1,239,818,980 yen / Attendance: 839,126

April 14: Revenue: 1,149,889,740 yen / Audience: 797,088

Three-Day Total Box Office Revenue: 3,352,494,500 yen / Total Attendance: 2,274,333

The first weekend revenue was the highest among the films released in Japan this year so far, and also the highest in the Case Closed/Detective Conan anime franchise’s 28-year history. The figure was 106.5 percent of the three-day opening weekend gross of the franchise’s current top-grossing film, Black Iron Submarine (2023).The following are the figures for the six most recent films in the anime franchise for the known first three-day box office results (via the annual reports of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan).

Release Date
Film Title
First Weekend Revenue
Total Revenue

April 13, 2018
Zero the Enforcer
1.67 billion yen
9.18 billion yen

April 12, 2019
The Fist of Blue Sapphire
1.886 billion yen
9.37 billion yen

April 16, 2021
The Scarlet Bullet
2.2 billion yen
7.65 billion yen

April 15, 2022
The Bride of Halloween
1.9 billion yen
9.78 billion yen

April 14, 2023
Black Iron Submarine
3.146 billion yen
13.88 billion yen

April 12, 2024
The Million-dollar Pentagram
3.352 billion yen
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The Million-dollar Pentagram has also been received well by theatergoers, ranking No.1 on Filmarks’ first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 4.04/5.0 based on 7,716 reviews.

HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle, the first part of the HAIKYU!! FINAL duology anime films, went down one place to fourth place in its ninth weekend, bringing its total to 9.51 billion yen (61.66 million USD) on 6.64 million admissions. It has now become the 52nd top-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing Back to The Future Part 2 (1989 / 9.5 billion yen).Doraemon: Nobita’s Earth Symphony, the Doraemon anime franchise’s latest 43rd feature film, ranked fifth in its seventh weekend, three places lower than last weekend. The film’s cumulative total gross has reached 3.8 billion yen (24.63 million USD on 3.21 million admissions).Godzilla Minus One was down one position to eighth in its 24th weekend. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM, the feature film sequel from the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed franchise, ranked sixth in its 12th weekend, three positions up from last weekend. The film’s official website reported on April 15 that the movie has made 4,412,803,770 yen (28.59 million USD) on 2,623,360 admissions in 80 days since its release in Japan on January 26.