#Japan Box Office: My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Makes Its 2nd Place Debut

My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes Mission, the third feature film in the My Hero Academia anime franchise based on Kohei Horikoshi’s sci-fil action shonen manga, was released in 320 theaters across Japan on August 6, 2021, and ranked second in its opening weekend, earning slightly less than Fast & Furious 9 (Japanese title: Wild Speed Jet Break), which also had its opening weekend in Japan.

The ninth installment of the world-wide blockbuster franchise earned 553 million yen (5 million USD) on 352,000 admissions on its first Saturday and Sunday in Japan, while World Heroes Mission made 454 million yen (4.1 million USD) on 335,000 admissions. Still, its first four-day gross of 940 million yen (8.5 million USD) was a huge 200.2 percent of that of the previous second film in 2019, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. If the momentum continues, there is a high possibility that it will become the top-grossing film in the history of the MHA anime franchise.

In its fourth weekend, Mamoru Hosoda’s Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime / BELLE lost its first place position for the first time and fell to third place. The film has grossed four billion yen (36.17 million USD) on 2.92 million admissions, and is expected to be the director’s second top-grossing film soon, surpassing Wolf Children (2012 /4.22 billion yen).

The live-action film adaptation of Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga ranked fifth in its fifth weekend. Its total domestic gross has reached 3.2 billion yen (28.94 million USD) on 2.42 million admission, becoming the third top-grossing Japanese live-action film of this year so far.

Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon, the latest anime film adaptation of the Fate/Grand Order smartphone game, ranked eighth in its second weekend, three positions down from last weekend. The 94-minute film had earned 160 million yen (1.44 million USD) so far. The anime series’ previous film Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Wandering; Agateram made 220 million yen (1.98 million USD) from its domestic run in May 2020.

 Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (August 7-8, 2021)

 (ticket sales basis)

 1 (new). “Fast & Furious 9” – 1.06 billion yen 2 (new).

 2 (new). “My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes Mission” – 940 million yen

 3 (1). “BELLE” – 4 billion yen

 4 (2). “Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy”

 5 (3). “Tokyo Revengers” – 3.2 billion yen

 6 (4). “Jungle Cruise” – 220 million yen

 7 (new). “Cinema no Ousama”

 8 (5). “Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon” – 160 million yen

 9 (new). “Taiyo no Ko”

 10 (8). “Saber + Zenkaiger: Super Hero Senki” – 320 million yen

Source: Eiga.com, Pixiin

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