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'Smile Precure!' tops the box office chart, while 'Tsuino Shintaku' opens on fifth, '009 RE:CYBORG' and 'Argo' opens on eighth and tenth place respectively.

The 'Eiga Smile Precure!' anime series still knows how to lure in children and their families for the latest installment 'Eiga Smile Precure! Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!' managed to rank first on the weekend box office chart. It attracted 173,283 people and grossed 192,792,900 Yen (2,415,695 USD) on the first two days. The previous movie, which opened in March, recorded a similar start and grossed a total of 1,030,000,000 Yen (12,884,270 USD).

Second through fourth place are all occupied by movies who had to move down one rank due to the anime. Among them is 'Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL', which seems to have ran out of new viewers earlier than expected. It has already grossed around 5,600,000,000 Yen (70,168,000 USD), but the weekly revenue has decreased so much that it might not be able to surpass 'Thermae Romae', which grossed 6,000,000,000 Yen (75,054,000 USD).

In fifth place was�Suou Masayuki's new movie 'Tsuino Shintaku' featuring the almost nostalgic pairing of Kusakari Tamiyo and Yakusho Koji in the leading roles. 50,523 people saw it on the weekend and helped it record a revenue of 58,105,600 Yen (728,063 USD). Of course it's a rather slow movie and doesn't really appeal to a younger audience, but they probably still expected a slightly better result.

Production I.G's anime '009 RE:CYBORG', which is the adaptation of Ishinomori Shotaro's 'Cyborg 009' into a modern-day setting, opened on eighth place with 41,901 viewers and a revenue of 69,815,300 Yen (873,319 USD). If we were to look at the revenue only, it would even beat the opening weekend of 'Tsuino Shintaku' in fifth place.

In tenth place was the highly praised American movie 'Argo', which recorded a disappointing 38,663 viewers and revenue of 50,357,600 Yen (629,923 USD).

You can check out the trailers of all the new Japanese films below the box office ranking!

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Rank/Last

Title
Weeks



01 (00)

Eiga Smile Precure!
Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!
01



02 (01)

The Expendables 2
02



03 (02)

Tsunagu
04



04 (03)

Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL
08



05 (00)

Tsuino Shintaku
01



06 (06)

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
04



07 (04)

Outrage Beyond
04



08 (00)

009 RE:CYBORG
01



09 (07)

Shinpi no Hou: The Mystical Laws
04



10 (00)

Argo
01



(Note: The ranking is not based on the revenue, but the number of sold tickets!)

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> 'Eiga Smile Precure! Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!' (Family, Anime)
Director: Kuroda Narumi
Voice Cast: Fukuen Misato, Tano Asami, Kanemoto Hisako, Inoue Marina, Nishimura Chinami, and more



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> 'Tsuino Shintaku' (Deep Love Story & Human Drama)
Director: Suou Masayuki
Cast: Kusakari Tamiyo, Yakusho Koji, Asano Tadanobu, Osawa Takao, Hosoda Yoshihiko, and more



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> '009 RE:CYBORG' (Science Fiction, Anime)
Director: Kamiyama Kenji (Distributor: Production I.G)
Voice Cast: Miyano Mamoru, Ono Daisuke, Saito Chiwa, Ogawa Toru, Tanzawa Teruyuki, and more



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> 'Tabi no Okurimono Ashita e' (Human Drama, Love Story)
Director: Maeda Tetsu
Cast: Maekawa Kiyoshi, Sakai Wakako, Yamada Yu, Hayama Shono, Shimizu Kurumi, and more



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> '5windows' (Human Drama, Short: 40min)
Director: Seta Natsuki
Cast: Nakamura Yurika, Saito Yoichiro, Nagao Shizune, and Sometani Shota



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> 'Resident Evil: Damnation' (Action, CG Animation)
Director: Kamiya Makoto