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Live-Action Cells at Work! Film Stays at #1 on December 27-29 Weekend

posted on by Adriana Hazra
2024 Oshi no Ko film drops to #8

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The live-action stayed at #1 in the Japanese box office in its third weekend. The film sold 427,000 tickets from Friday through Sunday earning 580,823,790 yen ($3.68 million). It has sold a total of 2.02 million tickets, and earned a cumulative total of 2,737,450,780 yen ($17.34 million).

The film opened in Japan on December 13 and ranked at #1. The film sold a total of 612,000 tickets and earned a total of 844,768,310 yen ($5.49 million) in its first three days.

The film has 4D (4DX and MX4D) and IMAX screenings in Japan.

performed the theme song "50%."

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franchise in 13 years, stayed at #4 in its second weekend. The film earned 197,462,140 yen ($1.25 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 634,742,490 yen ($4.02 million).

The film opened in Japan on December 20. It sold 198,000 tickets in its first weekend, including advanced screenings, earning 295 million yen ($1.87 million) from Thursday through Sunday.

The movie is based on Kazuhisa Sakaguchi's 2013 novel of the same name, which centers on Rantaro's teacher Hansuke Doi losing a battle against Sonnamon and Zatto Konnamon becoming a teacher at Ninjutsu Academy.

Jōichirō Fujiwara appear in the film as guest voice actors.

Ajia-do, the same animation studio for the television series. Original novel writer Sakaguchi wrote the screenplay.

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Saint Oniisan The Movie ~Holy Men vs Akuma Gundan~ (Holy Men vs Demon Army), the first live-action Saint Young Men (Saint Oniisan) manga, stayed at #6 in its second weekend. The film earned 120,331,800 yen ($762,700) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 424,922,100 yen ($2.69 million).

TOHO opened the film on December 20. It debuted at #6 at the box office.

The comedy manga imagines if Buddha and Jesus shared a low-rent Tokyo apartment with no bathroom.

The returning cast and staff from the manga's previous live-action The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. films) is returning to direct the film and pen the script based on an extended story ("Screen e no Nagai Michi" or The Long Road to the Big Screen) that Nakamura created for the film.

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Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga dropped from #7 to #8 in its second weekend. The film earned 73,741,780 yen ($467,400) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 286,755,000 yen ($1.81 million).

The live-action Oshi no Ko series Amazon Prime worldwide on November 28 with eight episodes, and the sequel film then premiered after the series in theaters on December 20.

The filmmaker known by the mononym Ryūsuke Imoto was the producer.

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The live-action film ranked at #9 in its opening weekend in Japan. The film earned 69,510,290 yen ($440,900) in its first three days. The film opened in Japan on December 27.

The film topped the U.S. box office. The film earned US$25,449,555 in its opening day on December 20. Entertainment news website Variety reported that the film earned over US$100 million in North America in its first eight days of release. The film's gross domestic earning is now at US$137,552,146, and its gross worldwide earning is at US$211,552,146.

Shadow the Hedgehog.

reprises his role as Dr. Robotnik for the third film.

Tika Sumpter.

The live-action Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō dropped off the top 10 in its third weekend.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2) , comScore via KOFIC

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