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Japanese Box Office, June 5-6
posted on by Egan Loo
The second part in the ongoing Kamen Rider film trilogy, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider The Movie Cho-Denō Trilogy Episode Blue, debuted at #2 on Kogyo Tsushinsha's box office chart during the June 5-6 weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, the film earned US$2,137,017 on 211 screens.
Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Kō-hen (Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score Part II), the second film in the two-part theatrical finale inspired by Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile musical romance manga, dropped from #8 to #12 in its eighth weekend in theaters. The film garnered US$333,000 on 334 screens for a total-to-date of US$39,068,578.
The live-action Seaside Motel film adaptation of Yukio Okada's Motel manga debuted at #14 with US$281,487 on 52 screens.
Ginmaku Hetalia - Axis Powers Paint it, White [Shiroku Nure!], the first film based on Hidekaz Himaruya's Hetalia - Axis Powers web manga, also debuted at #15 and earned US$269,110 on 10 screens.
Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in The Sky and Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen (Gintama: Benizakura Arc — A New Retelling) are no longer listed on either box office chart.
Source: Kogyo Tsushinsha
follow-up of Japanese Box Office, May 29-30
