#Japan Box Office: ARIA The CREPUSCOLO Achieves No. 1 Per-screen Average

Following the three TV anime series: ARIA The ANIMATION (2005), ARIA The NATURAL (2006), ARIA The ORIGINATION (2008), and the three-episode OVA ARIA The AVVENIRE (2015-2016), as part of the 15th-anniversary for the anime adaptation project based on Kozue Amano’s ARIA slice-of-life fantasy manga series, an all-new episode ARIA The CREPUSCOLO was released in 77 theaters in Japan on March 5, 2021.

Due to the small number of theaters, it was only ranked 10th in the overall box office ranking of the weekend but achieved the No.1 per-screen average (among the top 15 films). It also ranked No.1 in Filmark’s first day satisfaction ranking with an approval rating of 4.39 rating based on 113 reviews.

Also, a teaser trailer for the final chapter of the “Ao no Curtain Call” trilogy, titled ARIA The BENEDIZIONE has been attached to the end of ARIA The CREPUSCOLO. No official release date has not yet been confirmed.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train still ranked second with 163 million yen (1.49 million USD) on its 21th weekend, which was 4.5 percent up from last week. Its cumulative box office gross in Japan has surpassed 38.4 billion yen (352 million USD).

The special compilation film from the Detective Conan anime franchise, Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Fuzai Shoumei  / Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi was down one place to fourth in its fourth weekend. The 94-minute film’s domestic gross had reached 730 million yen (6.69 million USD).

On its ninth weekend, Gintama THE FINAL  finally disappeared from the top 10.

While its specific box office numbers are still unknown, Tokyo 7th Sisters -Bokura wa Aozora ni Naru- (We will be the blue sky), the all-new anime feature film inspired by Donuts’ smartphone rhythm game Tokyo 7th Sisters, still ranked second in Kogyo Tsushinsha’s min-theater ranking in its second weekend.

 Weekend box office in Japan (March 6-7, 2021)

 (ticket sales basis)

 1 (1). “Hanataba mitai na Koi wo Shita” – 2.6 billion yen 

 2 (2). “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train” – 38.4 billion yen

 3 (new). “Taiyo wa Ugokanai” – 190 million yen

 4 (3). “Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi” – 730 million yen

 5 (4). “Liar X Liar”

 6 (new). “Raya and the Last Dragon” 

 7 (9). “Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle”

 8 (6). “Jukaimura”

 9 (7). “Poupelle of Chimney Town” – 2.26 billion yen

 10 (new). “ARIA The CREPUSCOLO” – 480 million yen

Source: Eiga.com, Pixiin, Animate Times, Oricon News, Filmarks

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