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Hosoda supervises the new film to the top, and the Japanese film weekend box office rankings (July 17-18)

Hosoda supervises the new film to the top, and the Japanese film weekend box office rankings (July 17-18)

Monetary unit: Japanese yen

Last week, Hosoda's new work "Dragon and Freckled Princess" was released, mobilizing 459,000 people in two days over the weekend and grossing 680 million yen at the box office, occupying the first place in its debut.

In the three days since its release, it has mobilized 600,000 people and exceeded 890 million yen in box office revenue, surpassing the first weekend of "Son of the Monster", which finally grossed 5.85 billion yen.

Hosoda supervises the new film to the top, and the Japanese film weekend box office rankings (July 17-18)

Dragon and The Freckled Princess poster

This is Hosoda's sixth original anime production since Futurama And Future, and it follows Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! and the third work on the Internet world after "Summer Wars".

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"Dragon and Freckled Princess" special PV ~ The summer after that summer is coming~

In addition, the film's protagonist Suzu's avatar "Belle" was designed by Disney's character designer Jin Kim, who participated in "Super Marines", "Zootopia" and "Frozen".

Hosoda supervises the new film to the top, and the Japanese film weekend box office rankings (July 17-18)

Ireland's cartoon salon is also involved, and the studio's "WolfWalker" was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature this year, responsible for the background art design of part of the virtual world.

At present, "Wolfwalker" is being released in China, and interested audiences can go to the theater to watch.

Hosoda supervises the new film to the top, and the Japanese film weekend box office rankings (July 17-18)

Last week, Tokyo Avengers, which debuted in first place, mobilized 267,000 people over two weekends and ranked second at the box office with 367 million yen. In the past two weeks, the cumulative number of mobilized people has reached 1.1 million, and the box office revenue has exceeded 1.5 billion yen.

In third place is Godzilla vs King Kong, which mobilized 75,000 people over two days over the weekend and grossed 114 million yen at the box office. A total of 910,000 people were mobilized, and the box office revenue exceeded 1.4 billion yen.

"Youth Special Honey Lemon Soda", which started with 4th place last week, was on a par with last week, and "Black Widow" dropped 2 places to become 5th.

The New Evangelion Theater Edition: || is in its 19th week of release, which will end on July 21, and is in 6th place. Up to now, it has mobilized 6.64 million people, and its box office revenue has exceeded 10.15 billion yen, ranking 35th in the historical box office rankings.

Among the other works, the 7th place "Character" grossed 1.3 billion yen, the 8th place "The Final Chapter of the Ranger Sword Heart" grossed 2.2 billion yen, and the 9th place "Killer Fable Chapter 2" grossed more than 1.2 billion yen.

The sci-fi suspense drama "Seo Bok / SEOBOK" debuted with the 10th place, a 2021 Korean science fiction action film written and directed by Lee Yong-joo and starring Kong Liu and Park Baojian. This film is taken from the story of Xu Fu, a qin dynasty alchemist, who was ordered by Qin Shi Huang to find the immortal grass.

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