Kingdom [FILM]

[Erebus]

Kingdom: Daishougun no Kikan (Return of The Great General), the fourth installment in the live-action Kingdom film series based on Yasuhisa Hara's manga, made its first-place debut this last weekend with record-breaking results.
 

The film starring Kento Yamazaki opened in 532 theaters across Japan on July 12, earning 2,203,455,700 yen (13.91 million USD) on 1,467,002 admissions in its first four days from Friday to Monday, according to Kogyo Tsushin. The opening was 181 percent of that of the previous third installment, Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny released in July 2023.
 

The film's official website said that its first-three-day gross was not only the highest in the Kingdom live-action film series, but also the highest opening record in the history of Japanese live-action films, making it a blockbuster hit with box-office revenue of 10 billion yen in sight.
 

Below are the box office results (by day) for July 12-15, according to Eiga.com:

July 12 (Fri) - 369,925,500 yen (gross) / 245,216 (admissions)

July 13 (Sat) - 548,492,400 yen (gross) / 356,442 (admissions)

July 14 (Sun) - 710,191,500 (gross) / 463,162 (admissions)

July 15 (Mon/national holiday) - 574,846,300 yen (gross) / 402,182 (admissions)
 

Below are the first-weekend box office results for the Kingdom live-action film series:

Kingdom (April 19, 2019 release) - 690 million yen (3-day) 507000 admissions

Kingdom 2: Far And Away (July 15, 2022 release) - 797 million yen (2-day) on 527,000 admissions | 1.379 billion yen (4-day) on 934,000 admissions

Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny (July 28, 2023 release) - 1.051 billion yen (3-day) on 703,500 admissions

Kingdom: Return of the Great General (July 12, 2014 release) - 1.628 billion yen (3-day) on 1.06 million admissions | 2.2 billion yen (4-day) on 1.467 million admissions

Source: 
https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/7/17/kingdom-fourth-live-action-film-number-1-debut-japan-box-office
https://kingdom-the-movie.jp/news/index.html#news27

https://eiga.com/news/20240716/17/
https://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/topics/t8/202407/16152734.php

Modifié 19 juillet 2024 par Erebus