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2025 Doraemon Film Opens at #1

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Live-action It Takes More than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love film opened at #8

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franchise, ranked at #1 at the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film sold 571,000 tickets for 702,817,200 yen ($4.78 million) in its first three days.

The film opened in Japan last Friday.

The story follows Doraemon, Nobita, and friends as they enter a painting into a medieval European world. In the painting, they meet Claire and Milo, children from the country of Artoria. They also encounter a small demon with wings named Chai. Together, they face a powerful enemy for a legendary jewel.

insert song "Kimi no Yume o Kikinagara, Boku wa Waraeru Idea o!" (An Idea That Makes Me Smile Comes to Me, While I Listen to Your Dreams!).

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The live-action Trillion Game
manga dropped from #3 to #5 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 89,102,000 yen ($606,900) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,620,920,700 yen ($11.04 million).

The film opened in Japan on February 14. The film sold 438,000 tickets and earned 616,191,900 yen ($4.08 million) in its first three days.

The film features an original story where Trillion Game has become one of the largest corporations in Japan and is set to take on its next venture with the opening of Japan's first casino resort.

The film features a returning cast, including Jun Kunimura as Kazuma Kokuryū.

Hideaki Kimura composed the music.

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The live-action manga dropped from #5 to #7 in its seventh weekend. The film earned 67,358,800 yen ($458,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,215,821,100 yen ($8.28 million).

The film opened in theaters in Japan on January 24. The film ranked at #3 in its opening weekend. The film sold 160,000 tickets and earned 225,933,800 yen ($1.46 million) in its first three days.

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The live-action It Takes More than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love (Kao Dake ja Suki ni Narimasen) manga ranked at #8 in its opening weekend. The film earned 54,583,280 yen ($371,700) in its first three days.

The film opened in Japan last Friday

Kōji Endō composed the music.

Comikey publishes the series in English and describes the story:

Sana Chiken loves good-looking guys more than anything. After enrolling at Minowa General Highschool in hopes of meeting her ideal man, she finds Udo Kanato, a man blessed with looks from the gods themselves. However, she quickly finds herself in a predicament! Due to skipping too many classes, Udo is set to be expelled! Unless she can help leverage his good looks and get the school's social media to 100000 followers, Sana's dreamboat will disappear from her life forever. The story follows the pair and their changing relationship as they try to prevent Udo's expulsion.

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The movie, described as "Japan's first interactive film," returned to the top 10 to rank at #9 in its third weekend. The film earned 91,227,000 yen ($621,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 472,458,400 yen ($3.21 million).

The film ranked at #8 in its opening weekend. The film earned 160,297,600 yen ($1.07 million) in its first three days.

The story of the film, including the winner of the Third Division Rap Battle onscreen, can be different at each screening. The storyline will change depending on the realtime polling of the audience via their smartphones. The interactive film has 48 story routes, 16 new songs, and seven possible endings.

A-1 Pictures animated the previous television anime with a different main staff.)

The Gekijо̄-ban Nintama Rantaro Dokutake Ninja-tai Saikyо̄ no Gunshi also fell off the top 10 in its 12th weekend.

The Shinran Jinsei no Mokuteki film rose from #5 to #1 in the mini-theater rankings in its second weekend. The film opened at #5 in the mini-theater rankings.

The 4K remaster screening of Ghost in the Shell: Innocence film stayed at #2 in the mini-theater rankings in its second weekend. The film ranked at #2 in mini-theaters in its opening weekend.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC, >Gundam.info


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