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posted on by Christopher Macdonald
New Movies, Lorelei and One Piece, Push Howl Down
Three new movies premiered this week above One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island premiered this week pushing Phantom of the Opera and Howl's Moving Castle down three positions.

Based on a novel by Hideaki Anno collaborated on the storyboards.

In an interview with the Japan Times (in English) Chihiro Kameyama, the producer of Lorelei (also the producer of the very popular Baysude Shakedown movies), referred to the movie as manga-esque when comparing it to other submarine movies.

This Week Last Week Title Country Week#
1 N/A Lolelei Japan 1
2 N/A Shark Tale USA 1
3 N/A One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Japan 1
4 1 The Phantom of the Opera USA 6
5 2 Howl's Moving Castle Japan 16
6 5 The Notebook USA 5
7 4 The Bourne Supremacy USA 4
8 3 Ocean's Twelve USA 7
9 8 Alexander USA 5
10 N/A New Police Story China 1
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