Chiikawa the Movie Tops Japan Box Office Again, Surpasses 9 Billion Yen

Japan’s box office has been reshaped by a familiar winner and a few notable shifts in the rankings this weekend, with Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island holding the top spot while several major titles move up and down across the chart.

Chiikawa stays number one in its fourth weekend

Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island, the first animated film adaptation from Nagano’s manga, remains in first place for its fourth weekend. The movie added 895.2 million yen (about 4.8 million euros), bringing its overall total to over 9.2 billion yen (about 50.2 million euros).

Kingdom 5 climbs to fifth place in its fifth weekend

Kingdom 5: Tamashii no Kessen rises from seventh to fifth in its fifth weekend. The live-action installment is the fifth film based on Yasuhisa Hara’s manga. It earned an additional 353.9 million yen (roughly 1.9 million euros)—up from the previous week—pushing its cumulative total to over 5.7 billion yen (about 31.1 million euros).

Crayon Shin-chan holds sixth place after three weekends

The 34th Crayon Shin-chan movie, Crayon Shin-chan The Movie Super Strange! My Yōkai Monster Vacation, stays put at sixth. After three weekends, it has reached over 1.9 billion yen (about 10.3 million euros).

Ano Hoshi ga Furu Oka… drops after a fourth-place debut

Ano Hoshi ga Furu Oka de, Kimi to Mata Deaitai falls from fourth to seventh this week. The film is a sequel to Ano Hana ga Saku Oka de, Kimi to mata Deaetara, and it is now sitting at a total of approximately 1.1 billion yen (about 6 million euros).

Blue Lock slips from eighth to tenth in its second weekend

Blue Lock drops from eighth to tenth in its second weekend. The live-action adaptation—based on the manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura—has accumulated roughly 734.5 million yen (about 3.9 million euros) so far.

Current chart movements at a glance