Japan Box Office: My Hero Academia 2nd Film Surpasses 1.1 Billion Yen in 3 Weeks

According to the latest box office report in Japan, My Hero Academia THE MOVIE Heroes: Rising, the second feature film in the My Hero Academia anime franchise, had earned 1.1 billion yen in three weeks of release, which was 88.7% of the first three-week gross of the first film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes released in August 2018. 

The 104-minute film was released in 312 theaters across Japan on December 20, 2019, and ranked third in its first two weekends of December 21-22 and December 28-29, then dropped one position to fourth in its third weekend of January 4-5, 2020. If the pace continues like this, it seems difficult that the second film can surpass the first film’s total domestic box office gross of 1.72 billion yen. 

The Shinkalion anime franchise’s first feature film Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion: Mirai kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X (Godspeed ALFA-X that comes from the future) was released in 189 theaters on December 27, 2019. It ranked eighth in its opening weekend, then disappeared from the box office top 10 in its second. Its cumulative box office is currently unknown.

Meanwhile, the 48-year-old Lupin The Third anime franchise’s first full 3DCG feature film Lupin The Third: The First ranked tenth in its fifth weekend, one position up from the previous weekend, and its box office gross had surpassed the 1 billion yen mark.

 Weekend box office in Japan (December 28-29, 2019)

 (ticket sales basis)

 1 (1). „Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker“

 2 (2). „Frozen II“

 3 (3). „My Hero Academia THE MOVIE Heroes: Rising“

 4 (new). „Otoko wa Tsuraiyo Okaeri Tora-san“

 5 (4). „Kamen Rider Reiwa The First Generation“

 6 (7). „Eiga Yo-kai Gakuen Y – Neko wa Hero ni Nareruka -„

 7 (6). „Gozen 0-ji, Kisushi ni Kiteyo“  

 8 (new). „Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion: Mirai kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X“

 9 (5). „Shijin-sou no Satsujin“ 

 10 (8). „Jumanji: The Next Level“ 

 Weekend box office in Japan (January 4-5, 2020)

 (ticket sales basis)

 1 (2). „Frozen II“ – 11.28 billion yen

 2 (1). „Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker“ – 5.24 billion yen

 3 (4). „Otoko wa Tsuraiyo Okaeri Tora-san“ – 700 million yen

 4 (3). „My Hero Academia THE MOVIE Heroes: Rising“ – 1.1 billion yen

 5 (5). „Kamen Rider Reiwa The First Generation“ – 700 million yen

 6 (6). „Eiga Yo-kai Gakuen Y – Neko wa Hero ni Nareruka -“ – 600 million yen

 7 (9). „Shijin-sou no Satsujin“ – 880 million yen

 8 (7). „Gozen 0-ji, Kisushi ni Kiteyo“ – 980 million yen

 9 (10). „Jumanji: The Next Level“ – 790 million yen

 10 (11). „Lupin The Third: The First“ – 1 billion yen

Source: Eiga.com, Pixiin

(c)2019 „My Hero Academia THE MOVIE“ Production Committee (c)Kohei Horikoshi/SHUEISHA

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