Star Twinkle Precure: Hoshi no Uta ni Omoi wo Komete (Star ☆ Twinkle Precure the Movie: Put Your Feelings into the Song of Stars), the anime film companion to the Star ☆ Twinkle Precure anime series, sold 141,000 tickets and earned 160 million yen (about US$1.47 million) to rank #3 in its opening weekend. The film opened on 231 screens on Saturday. The film earned 64.4% of the first-week earnings of the franchise 's previous film, Precure Miracle Universe , which opened in March earlier this year. The Eiga.com site reports that that the film will initially projected to earn 1 billion yen (about US$9.2 million) during its entire run.

Yūta Tanaka ( Go! Princess Precure , Eiga Mahō Tsukai Precure! Kiseki no Henshin! Cure Mofurun! ) directed the film.

Rina Chinen played the new character and Starry Sky police officer Mary Anne, and she also performed the film's song "Twinkle Stars."

Her Blue Sky ( Sora no Aosa o Shiru Hito yo ), the original anime film by the Super Peace Busters creative team ( anohana , Anthem of the Heart ), dropped from #4 to #7 in its second weekend. It earned 68,452,700 yen (about US$629,800) from Friday to Sunday. The film has earned a cumulative total of 301,176,950 yen (about US$2.77 million).

The film sold 126,000 tickets and earned 166 million yen (about US$1.52 million) in its first four days to rank #4 in its opening weekend. The Eiga.com website had estimated that the film would eventually earn 1 billion yen (about US$9.3 million) during its run.

Her Blue Sky opened in Japan on October 11 in 318 theaters. Director Tatsuyuki Nagai , writer and director Mari Okada , and artist Masayoshi Tanaka — the members of Super Peace Busters — handled the film. Nagai directed, Okada penned the script, and Tanaka drew the original character designs and served as chief animation director. CloverWorks was in charge of animation production.

HiGH&LOW THE WORST , a crossover film that integrates Hiroshi Takahashi 's Crows and Worst manga with the HiGH&LOW franchise , dropped from #5 to #9 in its third weekend. The film earned 57,695,550 yen (about US$530,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 659,499,850 yen (about US$6.06 million).

The film debuted at #3 in its opening weekend. The film opened in Japan on 4 on 322 screens, and sold 121,000 tickets to earn 164 million yen (about US$1.52 million) in its opening weekend. The film earned 54% of the opening weekend gross for 2017's HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION film. However, HiGH&LOW THE WORST fares better if its Friday opening day earnings are included, which puts the movie at 196,798 tickets sold for 310,096,300 yen (about US$2.88 million). The Eiga.com site estimates that the film will earn over 1 billion yen (about US$9.3 million).

Makoto Shinkai 's new film Weathering With You ( Tenki no Ko ) dropped out of the top 10 in its 14th weekend. The film still earned 36,963,450 yen (about US340,100) from Friday to Sunday, and has sold a total of 10.27 million tickets to earn 13,738,922,000 yen (about US$126 million).

The live-action film of Aka Akasaka 's Kaguya-sama: Love is War ( Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai - Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunōsen ) manga also dropped off the top 10 in its sixth weekend. The film still earned 32,475,200 yen (about US$298,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 2,096,044,250 yen (about US$19.28 million).

The Strike Witches: 501st JOINT FIGHTER WING Take Off! anime film jumped from #6 to #5 in the mini-theater rankings in its third weekend. The film opened in Japan on October 4, and ranked at #2 in the mini-theater rankings in its opening weekend.

Sources: Eiga.com, Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2), comScore via KOFIC