The weekend movie box office ranking from May 5 to May 7 has been released and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” kept its top spot for the second consecutive week. According to research done by cinema data site Kogyo Tsushinsha, the movie industry in Japan has regained its prosperity, and the annual box office revenue recorded the highest ever since 2000. In comparison to previous years, it recorded an increase of 112.6% moviegoers and box office revenue of 119.1%.”The Super Mario Bros. Movie” attracted 1,746,000 moviegoers over the weekend and earned 2,473 million yen at the box office, surpassing the previous week’s performance. Cumulative results for the film are now at 4.67 million moviegoers and box office revenue that has exceeded 6.5 billion yen. Newly released films that managed to rank within the top 10 over the weekend are Hollywood film “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and domestic film “Ginga Tetsudō no Chichi.” Meanwhile Bollywood film “RRR” has made a re-appearance in its 29th week since release.
With no changes in the top 4 since the previous weekend, 2nd place spot holder “Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine” recorded 851,000 moviegoers and 1,190 million yen at the box office revenue from May 5 to May 7. The cumulative performance has now exceeded 728,000 moviegoers and a box office revenue of 10.3 billion yen, making it the highest grossing film in the history of the Detective Conan series. 3rd place “Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room The Movie” recorded 541,000 moviegoers and 737 million yen at the box office with a cumulative total of 1.82 million moviegoers and 2.4 billion yen at the box office. In 4th place again “Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween – Destiny ” recorded 246,000 moviegoers and a box office revenue of 334 million yen, bringing its cumulative results to 1.4 million moviegoers and a box office revenue 1,868 million yen.
Japan Box Office Ranking Top 10 (May 5 to May 7)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (week 2) (–)
- Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (week 4) (–)
- Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room The Movie (week 2) (–)
- Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween – Destiny (week 4) (–)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (NEW)
- THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (week 23) (↓ 1)
- Ginga Tetsudō no Chichi (NEW)
- Doraemon: Nobita’s Sky Utopia (week 10) (↓ 2)
- RRR (re-entry)
- My Happy Marriage (week 8) (–)
