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Weathering With You Debuts at #1, Tokyo Ghoul S at #7 at Japan's Box Office

Makoto Shinkai's new film Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko) sold 1,159,020 tickets to earn 1,643,809,400 yen (about US$15.22 million) in its first three days. The film sold 830,000 tickets and earned 1.185 billion yen (about US$10.98 million) from Saturday to Sunday.

The film earned 28.6% more in its first three days compared to Shinkai's previous your name. film, which earned 1,277,960,000 yen (about US$12.51 million at the time) in its first three days. The Eiga.com website estimates that the Weathering With You film's earnings will surpass 10 billion yen (about US$93 million).

The film opened in 359 theaters and 448 screens in Japan last Friday, July 19.

Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution (Mew Two no Gyakushū Evolution), the 22nd film in the Pokémon franchise, dropped from #2 to #3 in its second weekend. The film sold 200,000 tickets over the weekend, and earned 251,169,800 yen (about US$2.32 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has earned a cumulative total of 1,298,496,300 yen (about US$12.02 million).

The film sold 454,000 tickets to earn 553 million yen to rank #2 in its opening weekend. The film earned 10.6% more in its opening weekend than last year's film Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us did in its opening weekend. (Last year's film eventually earned 3.09 billion yen (about US$28.5 million.)

The new film is a 3D CG remake of Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū, the 1998 film adapted into English as Pokémon: The First Movie. The film screened at Anime Expo earlier this month.

Tokyo Ghoul S, the second live-action film based on Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul manga, ranked at #7 in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan last Friday, July 19 on 292 screens.

Funimation screened the film at Anime Expo as the film's United States premiere on July 6, and will open the film in theaters in the United States in September.

The first film premiered on July 3, 2017 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The film then opened in Japan on July 29, 2017, and ranked #5 in its opening weekend in Japan. Funimation screened the first film in theaters in the United States in October 2017.

The live-action film of Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga dropped from #6 to #9 in its fifth weekend. The film earned 47,586,800 yen (about US$440,600) from Friday to Sunday. The film has earned a cumulative total of 1,635,365,600 yen (about US$15.14 million).

The film opened in Japan on June 21 and ranked #2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 296,492 tickets for 396,614,500 yen (about US3.711 million) in its first three days. The Eiga.com website reports that the film is projected to earn over 2.5 billion yen (about US23.3 million) by the end of its run.

Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, the anime film in the Uta no Prince Sama franchise, dropped from #8 to #10 in its sixth weekend. The film earned 46,192,800 yen (about US$427,700) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,040,823,600 yen (about US$9.63 million).

The film sold more than 100,000 tickets and earned 222.7 million yen (about US$2.05 million) in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on June 14. Sentai Filmworks licensed the film, and the film had a premiere screening on July 5 at this year's Anime Expo event. Sentai Filmworks will also screen the film in U.S. theaters at a later date.

Free! ~Road to the World~ Yume (Dream), the compilation film for the third Free! anime season, dropped out of the top 10 in its third weekend. The film earned 33,707,600 yen (about US$312,000) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 225,129,900 yen (about US$2.08 million).

The film ranked at #9 in its opening weekend. The film opened on July 5.

Soreike! Anpanman Kirameke! Ice no Kuni no Vanilla-hime (Let's go! Anpanman: Sparkle! Princess Vanilla of the Land of Ice Cream), the 31st anime film in the Anpanman anime franchise, dropped out of the top 10 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 28,998,300 yen (about US$268,400) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 414,589,400 yen (about US$3.83 million).

The film sold 104,826 tickets and earned 125,512,500 yen (about US$1.15 million) to rank #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold a total of 114,901 tickets to earn 137,067,500 yen (about US$1.26 million) from Friday to Sunday, and earned earned 70 million yen (about US$650,700) of that amount on Sunday alone. The film earned .04% more in its opening weekend than last year's Soreike! Anpanman Kagayake! Kurun to Inochi no Hoshi film.

Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC