The Digimon franchise's 20th-anniversary film Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna was released in Japan on February 21, 2020.

Despite its limited release in only 48 theaters, the Tomohisa Taguchi (Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World— the Animated Series)-directed all-new sequel earned an impressive 120 million yen in its first weekend, taking the sixth place in the overall box office ranking. Its per-theater average of 2.5 million yen was 135 percent of that of Bong Joon-ho's oscar-winning film Parasite, which had dominated the Japanese box office for two weeks in a row.

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Another two new anime films were well-received in the limited-release market. Reconguista in G the Movie II: Bellri Gekishin / Bellri’s Fierce Charge (24 theaters), the second installment of the five-part compilation film based on Sunrise's 26-episode TV anime Gundam Reconguista in G in 2014-2015, took the No.1 spot in Kogyo Tsushinsha's mini-theater ranking. Then, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love: Propose Chapter (17 theaters), an all-new film based on Shungiku Nakamura's boys-love manga series, followed in second place.

In Pia's first-day satisfaction ranking, Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi took a better second place than Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna's third.

Weekend box office in Japan (February 22-23, 2020)

(ticket sales basis)

1 (1). "Parasite" - 3.36 billion yen

2. (new). "Sumaho wo Otoshita dake nanoni: Toraware no Satsujinki" - 350 million yen

3 (3). "Inunakimura" - 860 million yen

4 (4). "Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku" - 1.01 billion yen

5 (2). "1917" 530 million yen

6 (new). "Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna" - 120 million yen

7 (new). "Midsommer" - 110 million yen

8 (new). "Charlie's Angels" - 90 million yen

9 (new). "Bombshell" - 90 million yen

10 (5). "AI Houkai" - 880 million yen

"Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna" English subbed trailer: "Reconguista in G the Movie II: Bellri Gekishin / Bellri’s Fierce Charge" trailer: "Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love: Propose Chapter" trailer:"

Source: Eiga.com, Pixiin, Mini Thater Tsushin

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