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Doraemon Film Stays at #3, Live-Action Cherry Magic! Film Opens at #6
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Doraemon: Nobita's Little "Star Wars" 2021 anime film stayed at #3 in its sixth weekend. The film sold 120,000 tickets on Saturday and Sunday to earn 149 million yen (approximately US$1.21 million). The film has sold a total of 2 million tickets for 2.3 billion yen (approximately US$18.3 million).
The film opened on March 4 after a yearlong delay due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Doraemon: Nobita's Little "Star Wars" 2021 is the 41st Stand By Me Doraemon films, handled the CG for the spaceships in the film.
The live-action Osomatsu-san) franchise dropped from #2 to #4 in its third weekend.
The film opened on March 25.
In the film's story, a rich man appears, proclaiming that he will adopt one of the sextuplets. Just as the six engage in a battle royale to be the rich man's heir, three mysterious "story-ending" figures take on the brothers in a battle to the finish.
TOHO to distribute.
CheriMaho the Movie ~30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii~ (Cherry Magic! the Movie: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!), the film sequel to the live-action television Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii) manga, ranked at #6 in its opening weekend.
The film opened last Friday.
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni) wrote the screenplay.
licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, has developed the power to read people's minds by touching them. After a brush with his very handsome colleague, Adachi realizes he has a raging crush on none other than Adachi himself!
The Gekijō-ban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 anime film dropped out of the top 10 in its 16th weekend, after 15 weeks in the top 10. The film has sold a total of 9.56 million tickets for 13.37 billion yen ($106 million). It is now the 18th highest-earning film of all time in Japan, overtaking Frozen 2.
Eiga Odd Taxi: In the Woods dropped out of the top 10 in its second weekend.
Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2) Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
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