Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Art World Tales, the 44th film in the popular Doraemon anime series, maintained its top position at the Japanese box office for the fourth consecutive weekend. The film earned 435 million yen (approximately $2.9 million) from 358,000 admissions, marking a 121% increase from the previous weekend, likely due to Japanese schools entering spring break.
This marks the latest success for the Doraemon franchise, which has seen several films stay at the top for multiple weekends. Notable titles include Nobita’s Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010) and Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019), both of which held the top spot for five and six weekends, respectively. Nobita’s Art World Tales has now grossed nearly three billion yen (around $20 million) from 2.47 million tickets sold, approaching the earnings of Nobita’s Treasure Island, which stayed No.1 for three weekends in 2018.
In other box office news, the live-action adaptation of My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, based on the romantic comedy manga by Mashiro, opened on March 28 and debuted at No.5. The film also ranked sixth in Filmarks’ satisfaction ratings with an average score of 3.75/5.0 from 342 reviews.
Meanwhile, HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle-, a film based on the popular rap battle-themed project, remained at No.10 in its sixth weekend. The live-action film A Girl & Her Guard Dog, based on the romantic comedy manga by Hatsuharu, did not appear in the Top 10 in its third weekend.
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon, a recap film of the Kaiju No. 8 anime series, debuted on March 28 in 32 theaters for a limited three-week run. However, it did not make the Top 10 or appear in Kogyo Tsushinsha’s mini-theater rankings.
Additionally, the official Twitter account for the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX anime confirmed that advance screenings of the re-edited episode version, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, have grossed 3.34 billion yen ($22.3 million) from 2.03 million admissions since its release on January 17.
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