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King of Prism: Pride the Hero Anime Film Tops 300 Million at Box Office
posted on by Karen Ressler
Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web news website reported that the King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO anime film has earned more than 300 million yen (about US$2.6 million) as of July 5, 26 days since opening on June 10. As of July 6 the film has sold an estimated 186,000 tickets at 56 theaters for a box office total of about 305 million yen.
The previous film, KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm, took about 40 more days to reach the same milestone. It opened in January 2016.
King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO sold 47,000 tickets to earn 82 million yen (about US$746,000) in its opening weekend. The anime debuted at #7 at the box office and fell off the top 10 box office chart in its second weekend.
Masakazu Hishida, who directed various Pretty Rhythm anime series, as well as the KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm film, returned to direct King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO at Tatsunoko Production. Jou Aoba (Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream episode director) also returned to write the script. Mai Matsuura was again credited with the original character designs and character designs. The main cast members reprise their roles in the film, and Tomokazu Sugita plays the new character George Takadanobaba.
Source: Mantan Web
