Makoto Shinkai 's new film Weathering With You ( Tenki no Ko ) stayed at #1 in its third weekend. The film sold 505,000 tickets over the weekend, and earned 718,133,400 yen (about US$6.78 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has has sold 4,336,897 tickets to earn 5,908,466,600 yen (about US$55.7 million) in its first 17 days.

The film sold 1,159,020 tickets to earn 1,643,809,400 yen (about US$15.22 million) in its first three days. The film ranked #1 in its opening weekend.

The film earned 28.6% more in its first three days compared to Shinkai's previous your name. film, which earned 1,277,960,000 yen (about US$12.51 million at the time) in its first three days. The Eiga.com website estimates that the Weathering With You film's earnings will surpass 10 billion yen (about US$93 million).

The film opened in 359 theaters and 448 screens in Japan on July 19.

Dragon Quest Your Story , the Dragon Quest game franchise 's first 3D CG anime film, sold 215,000 tickets and earned 309 million yen (about US$2.91 million) over the weekend. The Eiga.com site projects that the film will eventually earn its initially estimated total of 1.5 billion yen (about US$14.11 million).

The film opened in Japan on August 2 on 313 screens.

The live-action film adaptation of Norifusa Mita 's Archimedes no Taisen ( The Great War of Archimedes ) dropped from #3 to #5 in its second weekend. The film earned 178,550,600 yen (about US$1.68 million) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 867,319,700 yen (about US$8.19 million).

The film opened on July 26. The film sold 202,000 tickets and earned 265 million yen (about US$2.43 million) to rank #3 in its opening weekend.

The Kamen Rider Zi-O Over Quartzer and Kishiryū Sentai Ryusoulger The Movie double feature dropped from #4 to #7 in their second weekend. The films collectively earned 115,030,700 yen (about US$1.08 million) from Friday to Sunday, and have earned a cumulative total of 589,463,900 yen (about US$5.57 million). The films collectively sold 194,000 tickets and earned 246 million yen (about US$2.25 million) to rank #4 in their opening weekend.

Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution ( Mew Two no Gyakushū Evolution ), the 22nd film in the Pokémon franchise , dropped from #7 to #8 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 114,159,600 yen (about US$1.07 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has earned a cumulative total of 2,030,435,700 yen (about US$19.18 million).

The film sold 454,000 tickets to earn 553 million yen to rank #2 in its opening weekend. The film earned 10.6% more in its opening weekend than last year's film Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us did in its opening weekend. (Last year's film eventually earned 3.09 billion yen (about US$28.5 million.)

The new film is a 3D CG remake of Pocket Monsters: Mewtwo no Gyakushū , the 1998 film adapted into English as Pokemon: The First Movie . The film screened at Anime Expo earlier this month.

Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom jumped back to #10 in its eighth weekend. The film earned 30,295,000 yen (about US$286,200) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 1,236,216,200 yen (about US$11.67 million).

Free! ~Road to the World~ Yume (Dream) earned 25,883,700 yen (about US$244,400) from Friday to Sunday to rank #11 in tickets sold in its fifth weekend. It has earned a cumulative total of 375,087,000 yen (about US$3.54 million).

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