Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly, the second film in
the Fate/stay night:
Heaven's Feel anime film trilogy sold 363,080
tickets to earn 602,841,741 yen (about US$5.55 million), topping the Japanese
box office rankings in Japan in its first three days. The film sold 12% more
tickets and earned 18% more in its opening weekend than the first film in the
trilogy.
The film opened
in 131 theaters in Japan last Saturday at the beginning of a three-day holiday
weekend. Aniplex of America will screen the
second film in theaters in the United States this year.
The first
film, Fate/stay
night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, openedat #1 at the Japanese box office
by both attendance and box office earnings in October 2017. The film sold a
total of 980,000 tickets to earn 1.5 billion yen (about US$13.5 million).
Tomonori Sudou (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/Zero animation director) is
directing the films, and ufotable is animating the work. Yuki Kajiura (Fate/stay
night: Unlimited Blade Works theme song composer, Fate/Zero music and
theme song composer) is composing the music. Takahiro Miura is providing the storyboards. Aimer performed the first film's theme song.
The Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime film dropped to #4 in its fifth weekend.
The film opened
in Japan on December 14, and it sold more than 820,000 tickets and earned more
than 1,050,000,000 yen (about US$9.26 million) in its first three days in
Japan, topping the box office in its first weekend. Toei stated it anticipates the film will earn more than 5 billion yen
(about US$44 million).
Dragon
Ball creator Akira Toriyama wrote the script and designed the characters. Tatsuya Nagamine (One Piece Film Z) directed the film, Naohiro Shintani served as animation
director, and Kazuo Ogura served as art director. Norihito Sumitomo composed the music, and Daichi
Miura performed the film's
theme song "Blizzard."
The Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow film stayed at #8 in
its second weekend.
The film earned 98,963,900
yen (about US$911,690) in its first three days at the box office. The film
ranked at #7 for earnings from January 4-6, but ranked at #8 in terms
of tickets sold during the January 5-6 weekend.
The television
anime's cast and staff returned for the film. [Warning: The story summary below contain a spoiler for the
television anime. Highlight text to read the spoiler.]
[In the film's story, Uranohoshi Girls' High School's idol group Aquors has won the final Love Live! contest.] While preparing to enroll at a new school, the first- and second-year students encounter unexpected trouble. Also, after heading for a graduation trip, the third-year students go missing. As they are separated, the Aquors members appreciate the weight of their togetherness for the first time. In order to move forward, they must decide how to react to their new situations.
[In the film's story, Uranohoshi Girls' High School's idol group Aquors has won the final Love Live! contest.] While preparing to enroll at a new school, the first- and second-year students encounter unexpected trouble. Also, after heading for a graduation trip, the third-year students go missing. As they are separated, the Aquors members appreciate the weight of their togetherness for the first time. In order to move forward, they must decide how to react to their new situations.
The first Love Live! franchise film, Love Live! The School Idol Movie, ranked
at #1 in terms of tickets sold and in earnings in June 2015. The film sold
251,811 tickets in its first two days, earning 400,235,800 yen (about
US$3,240,900 at the time). The film opened in Japan on a Saturday instead of a
Friday. The film eventually earned 2.84 billion yen (about US$26,163,074 by
today's conversion).
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever, the last Kamen Rider film of the Heisei era, fell
from #6 to #10 in its fourth weekend.
The film opened
on 332 screens on December 22. The film sold 313,000 tickets for 389 million
yen (about US$3.5 million) over its opening weekend — 108.% of Kamen Rider Heisei
Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider's opening box
office last year. Last year's film eventually earned 1.28 billion yen (about
US$11.6 million), and the Eiga.com website reports that this year's film is
expected to earn over 1.5 billion yen (about US$13.6 million).
The Eiga Yōkai Watch: Forever
Friends anime film fell
off the top 10 in its fifth weekend.
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