The 27th feature film of the Detective Conan anime series, “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram,” has shattered box office records, drew 9.77 million viewers and grossed 14.01 billion yen in just 45 days.
This achievement surpasses the previous record held by the 26th film, “Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine,” which earned 13.88 billion yen.
This is how the film has performed in the box office:
- Opening Day: 630,000 admissions, 960 million yen
- First 3 Days: 2,274,333 admissions, 3.352 billion yen
- 10 Days: 6.5 billion yen
- 22 Days: 7.32 million admissions, 10.5 billion yen
- 25 Days: 8.453 million admissions, 12.099 billion yen
- 31 Days: 8.98 million admissions, 12.8 billion yen
- 38 Days: 9.43 million admissions, 13.5 billion yen
- 45 Days: 9.77 million admissions, 14.01 billion yen
Released on April 12, 2024, “The Million Dollar Pentagram” had the second highest opening weekend for an anime film, surpassing “JJK 0” with a gross of 2.6 billion yen.
It also achieved a remarkable 112% increase over the opening day numbers of the previous film. Notably, it crossed the 10-billion-yen mark within 22 days, a first for a franchise in Japanese anime film history.
Directed by Chika Nagaoka with a screenplay by Takahiro Okura, “The Million Dollar Pentagram” continues the success of the long-running Detective Conan series.
The Case Closed series, as it is known in English due to legal issues, has been serialized since 1994 and has over 1000 anime episodes, making it one of the longest-running anime series.
