According to the movie attendance rankings for the 17th to 19th of January announced on January 20th (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha), the theatrical pre-release version of the latest film in the popular Gundam anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- (directed by Tsurumaki Kazuya), took the top spot on its first appearance. In the three days since its release on January 17th, it attracted an audience of approximately 352,500 people and brought in box office revenue of approximately 599 million yen, making it off to a good start.
Among the works making their debut is the first animated feature film, "Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)," based on the popular smartphone game that features Hatsune Miku, "Project SEKAI The Movie: A Broken World and Miku Who Can't Sing" (directed by Hata Hiroyuki), which ranked second. In the three days since its release on January 17, it attracted an audience of approximately 232,500 people and grossed approximately 307 million yen. "Muromachi Burai" (directed by Irie Yu), a film adaptation of Naoki Prize-winning historical novel by Kakine Ryosuke starring Oizumi Yo, made its debut in seventh place.
"Grand Maison Paris" (directed by Tsukahara Ayuko), which took first place in its second week of release last week, drew in about 177,000 people over the three-day weekend and grossed about 264 million yen, placing it in third place. Cumulative totals have exceeded 1.89 million people and 2.7 billion yen in box office revenue. "Cells at Work" (directed by Hideki Takeuchi), which is in its sixth week of release, continues to be a hit, drawing in a total of 3.9 million people and grossing over 5.2 billion yen.
1. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- 2. Project Sekai the Movie: The Broken World and Miku Who Can't Sing 3. Grand Maison Paris 4. Cells at Work 5. 366 Days 6. Nintama Rantaro Rantaro the Movie: Dokutake Ninja Squad's Strongest Strategist 7. Muromachi Burai 8. Moana 2 9. The Kodoku no Gourmet 10. The Lion King: Mufasa
