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Live-Action Cells at Work! Film Opens in the Philippines on January 29
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film opened in Japan on December 13 at #1
Philippine film distributor Pioneer Films announced on January 2 that it will open the live-action film of Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work! (Hataraku Saibō) manga in the Philippines on January 29.
The film opened in Japan on December 13 and ranked at #1. The film sold a total of 612,000 tickets and earned a total of 844,768,310 yen (about US$5.49 million) in its first three days.
The film has 4D (4DX and MX4D) and IMAX screenings in Japan.
Hideki Takeuchi (live-action Nodame Cantabile, Thermae Romae, Fly Me to Saitama) directed the film, with a script by Yūichi Tokunaga (live-action Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Liar x Liar, Princess Jellyfish). Warner Bros. Japan distributed the film. Official HiGE DANdism performed the theme song "50%."