According to the movie attendance rankings for the 11th to 13th of April announced on April 14th (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha), the latest theatrical release of the popular anime series "Doraemon", the 44th film in the series, "Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales" (directed by Teramoto Yukiyo), topped the charts for the sixth consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted an audience of approximately 142,000 people and grossed approximately 181 million yen. In total, the film attracted an audience of 3.4 million people and grossed over 4 billion yen.
Among the first-time entries, the spy action suspense film "Amateur" (directed by James Hawes), in which Rami Malek plays a CIA analyst who decides to avenge his murdered wife, ranked second. In the three days since its release on April 11, it attracted about 111,000 viewers and earned about 164 million yen in box office revenue. Other notable films include "Ultramarine Asteroid" (general director Harutoshi Fukui), the third chapter of the latest remake of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato" series "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199," ranked sixth, and "Bridget Jones's Baby: The Best of Me" (directed by Michael Morris), the first new film in about nine years in the popular series starring Renee Zellweger, started off in 10th place.
"Wicked: Two Witches" (directed by Jon M. Chu), which had held second place for five consecutive weeks since its release, attracted approximately 92,000 viewers and grossed approximately 157 million yen over the three-day weekend, dropping it to third place. A total of 1.82 million viewers and 2.8 billion yen in gross box office revenue were recorded. The animated film "Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle" (directed by Takanori Tsujimoto) moved up one rank from the previous week to fifth place, with a total of 510,000 viewers and 1.2 billion yen in gross box office revenue. "The Election of the Pope" (directed by Edward Berger) also moved up from 10th place last week to seventh place, achieving its highest ranking in its fourth week since release.
1. Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales 2. Amateur 3. Wicked: Two Witches 4. Unrequited Love World 5. Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- 6. Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Chapter 3: Ultramarine Asteroid 7. Papal Election 8. Snow White 9. First Kiss 1ST KISS 10. Bridget Jones's Diary The Worst and Best of Me Now
