Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Film Opens at No. 10 in Japan

The seventh Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 film opened at No. 10 in the Japanese weekend box office rankings, according to animenewsnetwork.com. The film was the only new entry in the top 10.

The live-action adaptation of Yuu Nagira's Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku novel rose from No. 3 to No. 2 in its fourth weekend, selling 107,000 tickets and earning 150,719,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. Its cumulative total now stands at 1.15 million tickets sold and 1,682,672,700 yen.

The live-action Resident Evil reboot also moved up, from No. 5 to No. 3, with 81,000 tickets and 126,605,100 yen in its fourth weekend. Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu fell from No. 2 to No. 5 in its 15th weekend with 92,808,300 yen.

Studio Ghibli's 4K restoration of Whisper of the Heart climbed from No. 10 to No. 6 in its second weekend, while the live-action film of Mika Yamamori's In the Clear Moonlit Dusk manga dropped from No. 4 to No. 7 in its second weekend with 61,363,800 yen.

Earlier releases still in theaters

The Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku film opened in Japan on October 9 at No. 4, selling 234,000 tickets and earning 350,531,400 yen in its first three days. The Resident Evil film also opened on October 9, at No. 2, with 356,000 tickets and 626,567,150 yen in three days.