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Live-Action Kyō Kara Ore wa!! Film Stays at #1 for 3rd Weekend

The live-action Kyou Kara Ore Wa!! sold 231,000 tickets and earned 275,967,300 yen ($2.59 million) to rank #1 again in its third weekend. The film has now sold a total of 2.08 million tickets, and has earned a cumulative total of 2,659,650,650 yen ($25.06 million).

The film opened in Japan on July 17. The film sold 605,000 tickets and earned 787,588,600 yen ($7.34 million) to rank at #1 in its opening weekend. The film sold 486,000 tickets to earn 630,562,250 yen ($5.88 million) on Saturday and Sunday in its opening weekend. Audiences for the film were about 40% men and 60% women, with ages ranging from teenagers to senior citizens. The Eiga.com website projects that the film will earn about 5 billion yen ($46.64 million).

The film's cast reprised their roles from the live-action premiered on the same day the film opened.

Fukuda directed the 10-episode live action series, which premiered on NTV's Nichiyō Drama time slot in October 2018. The new series marked the first live-action adaptation for the manga in about 21 years.

Three Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (19,910,550 yen or US$187,600 for the weekend, and 642,819,450 yen or US$6.05 million cumulative in 2020) ranked #3 to #5, respectively.

The live-action film for Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!, the third series in the Girls x Heroine Series tokusatsu series, stayed at #6 in its second weekend. The film earned 13,377,500 yen ($126,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 95,246,200 yen ($897,400). Kiratto Pri☆Chan anime last year.

The live-action Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda) manga stayed at #7 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 8,228,220 yen ($77,500) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 176,706,360 yen ($1.66 million).

The film earned 51,320,380 yen ($479,000) and ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on July 10.

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The double feature screening for the Jintai no Survival and Ganbareiwa!! Robocon films collectively ranked at #9 in their opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on July 31 in 76 theaters.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin, Eiga.com, comScore via KOFIC