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1st Haikyu!! Final Film Opens in Hong Kong on April 11
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
1st of 2 films opened in Japan on February 16
Medialink began streaming a trailer on Wednesday for Gekijōban Haikyu!! Gomi Suteba no Kessen (Haikyu!! the Movie: Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump), the first film in the two-part Haikyu!! Final sequel film project. The trailer reveals that the film will open in Hong Kong on April 11.
The film premiered in Japan on February 16 and is also screening in IMAX. Susumu Mitsunaka (first, third Haikyu!! television anime) both directed and wrote the script for the film.
The film has sold a cumulative total of 6.10 million tickets for 8,750,333,750 yen (about US$57.65 million).
The film sold 1,529,000 tickets and earned 2,230,465,540 yen (about US$14.83 million) in its first three days of screening. The film now has the biggest opening weekend for a film so far this year in Japan, beating Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM anime film's 1,065,983,130 yen opening weekend earnings.