According to the movie attendance rankings for January 2-4 (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) released on January 5, Disney Animation's "Zootopia 2" (directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard) topped the list for the fifth consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, it attracted approximately 766,000 people and grossed approximately ¥1.056 billion, showing little decline. Cumulative totals reached 7.84 million and ¥10.7 billion, respectively. It reached the milestone of ¥10 billion in box office revenue in the 30 days since its release on January 3. It surpassed "Frozen" (37 days) and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (31 days), becoming the fastest overseas animated film to reach the ¥10 billion mark.
Among the first-time entries, the action film "Working Man," which reunites "Beekeeper" director David Ayer and actor Jason Statham, ranked sixth.
In second place is "The Last Man: First Love" (directed by Hirano Shunichi), which moved up two places from the previous week. It attracted approximately 172,000 people over the three-day weekend and grossed approximately 237 million yen, surpassing the previous weekend's results. Cumulative totals have reached 610,000 people and over 800 million yen. "Avatar: Fire and Ashes" (directed by James Cameron) maintained its third place position, attracting approximately 165,000 people over the three-day weekend and grossing approximately 312 million yen. Cumulative totals have reached 930,000 people and over 1.7 billion yen.
Coming in fourth place is "National Treasure" (directed by Lee Sang-il), which rose from sixth place last week to fourth place, attracting approximately 163,000 people over the three-day weekend and grossing approximately 243 million yen, despite being in its 31st week of release. Cumulative totals are now at 13.36 million people and grossing approximately 18.8 billion yen.
The animated film "Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc" (directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara), which is in its 16th week of release, came in 9th place, with a cumulative audience of 6.65 million and box office revenue exceeding 10.1 billion yen.
1. Zootopia 2 2. The Last Man -First Love- 3. Avatar: Fire and Ashes 4. National Treasure 5. Theatrical version "Emergency Interrogation Room THE FINAL" 6. Working Man 7. Shin kaishaku Bakumatsu-den Home 9. Chainsaw Man Reze Arc 10. Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie : Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 - Akaza Returns
