Japan Box Office: JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 Has Taken The Top Spot for Five Consecutive Weeks

The momentum shows no signs of slowing down yet. JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 earned a strong 336 million yen (2.93 million USD) on 213,000 admissions in its ninth weekend, and has stayed at the No.1 spot in the Japanese weekend box office for five consecutive weeks.

The recent weekend results show that both box office revenue and ticket sales have increased by more than 30 percent from the previous weekend. One of the reasons for this is the limited edition memorial book that has been distributed to a total of 500,000 people nationwide since February 19, which contains spoiler-filled interviews with the voice cast members and unreleased key animation drawings.

The total domestic gross of the film has reached 11.62 billion yen (101 million USD) on 8.34 million admissions, and is expected to surpass Star Wars: The Force Awakens (11.63 billion yen) soon to become the 26th top-grossing film of all-time in Japan.

The live-action film adaptation of Toshio Sako's gambling-themed manga Usogui (The Lie Eater), directed by Hideo Nakta (the Ring series), dropped to tenth in its second weekend from its opnening weekend's fifth. It is expected to disappear from the top 10 next weekend.

Fruits Basket -prelude-, a compilation film of the TV series Fruits Basket based on Natsuki Takaya's popular shoujo manga, was released in 25 theaters on February 18, then earned 33 million yen (287,650 USD) on 20,000 admissions on its first Saturday and Sunday. Due to its small number of theaters, the film that also includes a newly-written after story episode didn't appear in the overall box office ranking top 10, but ranked No.1 in Filmarks' first day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 4.24/5.00 based on 142 reviews.

Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further than the Universe)-directed original anime feature film Goodbye, DonGlees, which was released in 217 theaters on February 18, also failed to rank in the top 10 in its opening weekend. It ranked fifth and received an average rating of 3.59/5.00 based on 482 reviews on Filmarks' first day satisfaction ranking.

Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (February 19-20, 2022)

(ticket sales basis)

1 (1). "JUJUTSU KAISEN 0" - 11.62 billion yen

2 (new). "Aikoku Jyoshi Kurenai Bushido" - 193 million yen

3 (new). "Uncharted" - 128 million yen

4 (new). "Ushikubi-mura"

5 (2). "West Side Story" - 220 million yen

6 (3). "Confidence Man JP Eiyu-hen" - 2.4 billion yen

7 (4). "Spider-Man: No Way Home" - 3.9 billion yen

8 (new). "Kimi ga Otoshita Aozora"

9 (8). "Drive My Car"

10 (5). "Usogui"