The official blog for the Girls und Panzer anime franchise has reported the opening weekend box office result for the first episode of the six-part OVA series Girls und Panzer das Finale.

The 42-minute film was released in select 59 theaters across Japan on December 9 and earned an impressive 145,981,740 yen from the 118,798 ticket sales in its first Saturday and Sunday, which was 113.6% of the first weekend gross (128,438,980 yen from 77 theaters) of the franchise's mega hit film in 2015, Girls und Panzer der Film. It ranked a very good 4th in the overall weekend box office, surpassing last weekend's top-grossing film Fullemetal Alchemist in 5th.

Despite of its cheaper ticket price of 1,200 yen (a regular adult ticket price for a film in Japan is 1,800 yen), its per-screen average was also an amazing 2,474,266 yen. Thanks to the very good opening result, 28 more theaters are scheduled to be added from January 20, 2018.

December 9 (Sat): 99,146,480 yen on 80,078 admissions

December 10 (Sun): 46,835,260 yen on 38,720 admissions

Two-day total: 145,981,740 yen on 118,798 admissions

Weekend box office in Japan (December 9-10, 2017)

- ticket sales basis

1 (new). "Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider"

2 (new). "Destiny Kamakura Monogatari"

3 (new). "Murder on the Orient Express"

4 (new). "Girls und Panzer das Finale: 1st Episode"

5 (1). "Fullmetal Alchemist"

6 (2). "Tantei wa BAR ni Iru 3"

7 (3). "It"

8 (4). "Justice League"

9 (5). "Hibana"

10 (6). "HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE 3 FINAL MISSION"

"Girls und Panzer das Finale" latest CM

Full MV for the first three episodes' theme song "Grand symphony" performed by Sayaka Sasaki

Source: "Girls und Panzer" official blog, Eiga.com

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