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Japanese Box Office, March 28-29
posted on by Egan Loo
Yatterman science-fiction comedy anime remained on top of Kogyo Tsushinsha's Japanese box office chart during the March 28-29 weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, it added the equivalent of US$2,125,566 to its total of US$22,122,777 in its fourth weekend on 309 screens.
remake of a classic 1980-1981 Doraemon manga story that sends the title robot cat to space, rose back from #3 to #2 in its fourth weekend. It took in US$1,891,207 on 364 screens to add to its gross-to-date of US$16,278,770.
Be-Bop-Highschool fighting manga to a delinquent gang.
Dragonball fighting manga dropped from #8 off the top 10 chart in its third weekend with US$523,062 on 527 screens. Its total stood at US$7,581,413.
Zack Snyder's live-action film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen graphic novel opened at #9 with US$1,126,244 on 218 screens.
Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha
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