Box Office Charts 12/2 - 12/3: Fullmetal Alchemist #1, Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3 #2, Touken Ranbu #7

Several new movies were released on Friday instead of the usual Saturday for the “Movie Day” (1st day of the month).

Opening at no. 1 is the live action film Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Fullmetal Alchemist). During its opening weekend, the film attracted 191,212 viewers (¥264,065,100). Adding its Friday opening, the film mobilized a 3 day total of 290,801 viewers and earned ¥373,330,500. Male to female viewer ratio is 4:6 with mainly fans of the original manga / anime fans in their 20s and 30s. It is also seen by kids in elementary and high school, by families and groups of ladies, also seen a lot by people who are unfamiliar with the original manga.

Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3 (The Detective Is in the Bar) is at no.2. The film stars Oizumi Yo and Matsuda Ryuhei and is the latest installment of the movie series based on the mystery novel series “Susukino Tantei Series” by Azuma Naomi. During the weekend, the film attracted 110,618 (¥148,930,000) with a 3 day total of 167,529 viewers and ¥207,717,200 revenue.

Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru – Makuai Kaisouroku opened at 7th place. The film is a special compilation movie, which comes prior to the airing of the the anime’s second season in 2018. The film is screening in movie theaters only for two weeks. The film attracted 21,000 viewers and earned ¥30,000,000.

IT has exceeded ¥1.7 billion while High & Low The Movie 3 Final Mission and Last Recipe: Kirin no Shita no Kioku have both exceeded the ¥1 billion mark.

Box Office Ranking Dec 2 -3

Rank	Last Wk	Movie	No. of Screens	Wks
	New	Hagane no Renkinjutsushi	341	1
	New	Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3	333	1
	2	IT	202	5
4	1	Justice League	347	2
5	3	Spark	317	2
6	4	High & Low The Movie 3 Final Mission	319	4
7	New	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru – Makuai Kaisouroku	21	1
8	8	Kaiketsu Zorori Movie: ZZ no Himitsu	113	2
9	5	Last Recipe: Kirin no Shita no Kioku	312	5
10	6	Godzilla: Planet of Monsters	158	3