"K-On!" / "Kaibutsu-kun" / "The Adventures of Tintin"
The second consecutive box office win for “Kaibutsu-kun“, “K-On!” coming in at second place and “Tintin” rounding out the top three.
This weekend, “Kaibutsu-kun” grossed 449,791,950 Yen (5.78 million USD), which was only a drop of 23% compared to the opening-weekend revenue. In total it already grossed 1.2 billion Yen (15.4 million USD) and should aim for an overall revenue of 4 billion Yen.
The movie adaption of popular ‘moeblob’ anime “K-On!” opened in at second place, attracting a whooping 237,817 people, despite its rather small exposure with only 137 screens. With 316,310,450 Yen (4 million USD), the opening-weekend revenue couldn’t be any better for the anime. Moreover, it also was the strongest first weekend of all movies distributed by Shochiku this year. 1.5 billion or even 2 billion should not be beyond its reach.
“The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” wasn’t able to beat the anime, even though this one opened at a total of 895 screens. It recorded 148,697 sold tickets, which translates to a revenue of 219,508,750 Yen (2.8 million USD). Definitely not the best result for a Steven Spielberg film in Japan.
“Suteki na Kanashibari” dropped down to fourth place. It already crossed over 3.5 billion Yen (45 million USD), but it will need another 800,000,000~900,000,000 Yen in order to catch up with “Kokuriko-zaka Kara” and become the most successful Japanese movie of 2011.
Coming in at the fifth spot, “RAILWAYS 2: Ai wo Tsutae Rarenai Otona-tachi e” also basically opened this weekend. However, the people living in the prefecture of Toyama already got to see it before everyone else in Japan, thus it can’t be marked as a new entry. This weekend, it attracted 82,707 people nationwide and grossed 89,878,400 Yen (1.1 million USD).
The newly formed top three will have to defeat their ranks against various big releases next week, including “Real Steel“, “Kamen Rider“, and “Genji Monogatari” (The Tales of Genji).
Check out the trailers of all the Japanese movies that opened this weekend below!
===| Rank/Last | Title | Weeks | ||
 | 01 (01) |  | Eiga Kaibutsu-kun | 02 |
 | 02 (00) | | Eiga K-On! | 01 |
| 03 (00) |  | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | 01 |
 | 04 (02) | | Suteki na Kanashibari | 06 |
 | 05 (15) | | RAILWAYS 2: Ai wo Tsutae Rarenai Otona-tachi e | 03 |
| 06 (03) | | Kaiji 2: Jinsei Dakkai Game | 05 |
| 07 (04) | | Moneyball | 04 |
| 08 (05) | | Antoki no Inochi | 03 |
| 09 (07) | | Happy Feet Two | 02 |
| 10 (08) | | Eiga Suite Precure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody | 06 |
> “Eiga K-On!” (Anime Youth Drama)
Mangaka: Kakifly / Director: Yamada Naoko
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> “RAILWAYS 2: Ai wo Tsutae Rarenai Otona-tachi e” (Human Drama)
Cast: Miura Tomokazu, Yo Kimiko, Koike Eiko, Nakao Akiyoshi, and more
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> “Miss Boys! Kessen wa Koshien!? Hen” (Youth Comedy Drama)
Cast: Kamakari Kenta, Suzuki Shogo, Tsujimoto Yuki, Baba Ryoma, and more
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> “-x- (Minus Kakeru Minus)” (Human Drama)
Cast: Sawada Junsuke, Kotobuki Minako, Chousokabe Yoko, Oshima Shoka, and more
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