Japan Box Office: Haikyu!! FINAL Part 1 Returns to No.1 in 4th Weekend

Title: Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle Continues Its Winning Streak in Japan Box Office

In its fourth weekend of release, the anime film adaptation of the popular manga series Haikyu!!, The Dumpster Battle, maintained its position as the top-grossing film in Japan. According to the latest box office ranking from Kogyo Tsushinsha, the film earned 843 million yen (5.74 million USD) on 574,000 admissions, bringing its cumulative total domestic revenue to 6.2 billion yen (42.25 million USD). This represents a 160.5% increase from its previous weekend gross of 525 million yen (3.58 million USD).

The film’s impressive performance has allowed it to reclaim the top spot in the weekend box office ranking, ahead of last weekend’s No.1 film, Doraemon: Nobita’s Earth Symphony. My Home Hero, a live-action feature film adaptation of Masaki Asashi’s crime suspense manga, opened in 348 theaters across Japan on March 8 and debuted at third place with an average rating of 3.49/5.0 based on 414 reviews.

Meanwhile, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM maintained its position at fourth in its seventh weekend, with earnings of 3,882,820,330 yen (26.47 million USD) on 2,304,510 admissions in 45 days since its release on January 26.

The live-action film adaptation of Golden Kamuy, based on Satoru Noda’s adventure manga, ranked tenth in its eighth weekend, two places down from the previous weekend.

Overall, it was a great weekend for anime and manga adaptations at the Japanese box office, with three out of the top five films being based on popular series. Will Haikyu!! continue its winning streak or will another film take the top spot next week? Find out in our next blog post!

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