According to the movie attendance rankings for March 6-8 (surveyed by Kogyo Tsushinsha) released on March Getsuku , the latest film adaptation of the popular anime " Doraemon " by Fujiko F. Fujio , " Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Castle of Nobita's Undersea Rock" (directed by Yajima Tetsuo), topped the list for the second consecutive week. Over the three-day weekend, the film attracted approximately 394,600 viewers and grossed approximately 519 million yen. Cumulatively, the film has attracted 1.11 million viewers and grossed over 1.4 billion yen.
Among the debut films, "Wicked" (directed by Jon M. Chu), the second part of a two-part film adaptation of a popular Broadway musical starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, ranked second. In the three days since its release on March 6th, it attracted approximately 315,000 viewers and grossed approximately 531 million yen. "The Specials" (directed by Eiji Uchida), starring Daisuke Sakuma of the popular group Snow Man, attracted approximately 172,000 viewers and grossed approximately 245 million yen in the three days since its release on March 6th.
"Hodonaku, Owakaredesu" (directed by Miki Takahiro) remained in fourth place, as it was last week, with a three-day weekend attendance of approximately 152,000 and box office revenue of 211 million. Cumulative audience numbers have exceeded 2.55 million, with box office revenue approaching 3.5 billion yen. "Zootopia 2" (directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard), now in its 14th week of release, is in eighth place, with a cumulative audience of 11.39 million and box office revenue exceeding 15.52 billion yen. It has surpassed "Ponyo" (directed by Miyazaki Hayao) to reach 17th place in the all-time box office revenue rankings.
"National Treasure" (directed by Lee Sang-il) has fallen out of the top 10 since the previous week, but its cumulative audience numbers are approximately 14.39 million, with box office revenue of approximately 20.34 billion yen, putting it in eighth place on the all-time box office revenue rankings, surpassing "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (directed by Chris Columbus) and tying it with "ONE PIECE FILM RED" (directed by Goro Taniguchi).
1st place: Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the New Castle of Nobita's Undersea Rock
2nd place: Wicked
3rd Place: The Specials
About Hodonaku, Owakaredesu
5th place: Kyojo Requiem
6. That Time That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Blue Sea
7th place: Revenge in Kobikicho
8. Zootopia 2
9th place: New Gintama the Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames
10th place: Super Kaguyahime!
