Japan Box Office: 'Cinderella' Spends Fifth Weekend on Top

Kenneth Branagh's take on the classic fairy tale has brought in $37.5 million in the country as 'Maze Runner' opened in the fourth spot.

Cinderella spent its fifth weekend on top at the Japanese box office, adding another $2 million (?246 million) to take its total in the country to $37.5 million (?45.4 billion) and continue Disney's winning run in the market.

Like Frozen last year, the success of Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella has been boosted by a strong local voice cast, Japanese reworkings of the songs, and a portion of audiences going to watch both the subtitled and dubbed versions.

The Maze Runner came in fourth on the chart with a $1.6 million (?190 million) bow from 137,272 tickets, including its Friday night opening.

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Meanwhile, Japan will not be the territory to save Neill Blomkamp's Chappie for Sony, which brought in $688,000 (?84 million) from fewer than 60,000 admissions on 267 screens on its opening Saturday and Sunday. By comparison, local romance Initiation Love took in $1.78 million (?216 million) from 281 screens over the two days to place it second on the chart.

Furious 7 hung on in the 10th spot after six weekends in theaters and has now taken $26.7 million (?32.2 billion) in Japan.

Liam Neeson-starrer A Walk Among the Tombstones opens next weekend, alongside Naomi Kawase's Cannes Un Certain Regard entry An.

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