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Medialink Opens 1st Haikyu!! Final Film in S.E.Asia in May
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Film also opens in Hong Kong, Macau on Thursday, in Taiwan on Friday
Medialink announced on Wednesday that it will open HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle , the first film in the two-part Haikyu!! Final sequel film project, in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and India in May. As previously announced, Medialink will also open the film in Hong Kong and Macau in Thursday, April 11, and will also open the film in Taiwan on Friday, April 12.
Screenings in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan will also be available in IMAX, 4DX, and MX4D.
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.
Source: Press release