According to the movie attendance rankings for the 18th to 20th of October announced on the 21st (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha), "Muroi Shinji: The Unconquerable" (directed by Motohiro Katsuyuki), the first of a two-part film series in 12 years that began with Fuji TV's smash hit drama "Bayside Shakedown" (first aired in 1997), topped the list for the second week in a row. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted around 142,000 people and earned around 202 million yen. In total, it attracted 613,000 people and earned over 857 million yen.
In second place, unchanged from the previous week, is the sequel to "Joker", "Joker: Folie à Deux" (directed by Todd Phillips). Over the three-day weekend, it attracted around 98,000 people and earned around 161 million yen. The total number of viewers was 455,000 and the box office income exceeded 735 million yen.
The Last Mile (directed by Ayuko Tsukahara), which is in its ninth week since its release, recorded about 53,500 viewers and about 79 million yen in box office income over the three-day weekend, maintaining its third place position. The total number of viewers was 3.84 million and the box office income exceeded 5.49 billion yen.
Among the films that made their debut, Maru (directed by Naoko Ogigami), in which Tsuyoshi Domoto starred in a film for the first time in about 27 years, ranked fourth. The 10th film in the thriller film series Saw X (directed by Kevin Greutert) came in sixth, and Voltes V: Legacy (directed by Mark A. Reyes V), a live-action film made in the Philippines based on the robot anime Voltes V, which was popular mainly in the 1970s, started off in ninth place.
1st place: Shinji Muroi: The Unconquerable
2nd place: Joker: Folie à deux
3rd place: The Last Mile
4th place: Maru
5th place: Samurai Time Slipper
6th place: Saw X
7th place: Civil War: The Last Day of America
8th place: The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of Gegege: The Real Life Version
9th place: Voltes V: Legacy
10th place: JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL
