According to the movie audience rankings for July 4-6 (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) announced on July 7, "National Treasure" (directed by Lee Sang-il), a film adaptation of Yoshida Shuichi's novel starring actor Ryo Yoshizawa, topped the list for the third consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted an audience of approximately 439,800 people and generated box office revenue of approximately 646 million yen, surpassing the previous week. It has exceeded the results of the previous weekend for four consecutive weeks, making it the first Toho-distributed film to achieve this feat since 2000. In total, it attracted an audience of 3.19 million people and generated box office revenue of over 4.4 billion yen.
Among the first-time entries, "Baban Baban Ban Vampire" (directed by Hamasaki Shinji), which also stars Yoshizawa like "National Treasure", ranked 5th. In the three days since its release on July 4th, it attracted around 100,000 viewers and grossed around 135 million yen. Also making its debut was the second documentary film about the popular boy band "JO1", "JO1 THE MOVIE 'Mikansei' -Bon Voyage-", which made its ninth appearance.
The rankings for 2nd to 4th and 6th to 8th places remain unchanged from the previous week. In 2nd place, "F1" (directed by Joseph Kosinski) attracted 176,000 people over the three-day weekend and earned 310 million yen. In total, it attracted 570,000 people and earned 970 million yen. In 3rd place, "Lilo & Stitch" (directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp) attracted 167,000 people over the three-day weekend and earned 225 million yen. In total, it attracted 1.83 million people and earned 2.6 billion yen. In 4th place, "Dollhouse" (directed by Shinobu Yaguchi) attracted 124,000 people over the three-day weekend and earned 158 million yen. In total, it attracted 880,000 people and earned 1.1 billion yen.
In sixth place is "Frontline" (directed by Mitsutoshi Sekine), which has attracted a total of 990,000 viewers and grossed over 1.3 billion yen. In seventh place is "Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning" (directed by Christopher McQuarrie), which has attracted a total of 3.16 million viewers and grossed 4.9 billion yen. In eighth place is "Soreike! Anpanman Chapon no Hero!" (directed by Toshikazu Hashimoto).
Now in its ninth week of release, " Uta no Prince-sama Taboo Night XXXX" (general director: Furuta Takeshi) once again entered the top 10, coming in at 10th place.
1. National Treasure 2. F1 3. Lilo & Stitch 4. Dollhouse 5. Baban Baban Ban Vampire 6. Frontline 7. Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning 8. Let's Go! Anpanman Chapon no Hero! 9. JO1 THE MOVIE "Mikansei" -Bon Voyage- 10. Uta no Prince-sama Taboo Night XXXX
