The sequel sold 2.08 million tickets for 3.49 billion yen from January 26th.
The staff of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM The anime sequel film announced on Monday that 126,831 tickets for the movie had been sold from Friday to Sunday for a total of 226,056,700 yen (approximately US$1.5 million). Currently, the number of tickets sold is 2,075,752, and the cumulative sales amount is 3,485,058,910 yen (approximately 23.16 million USD).
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Staff also announced that participating theaters will begin distributing the sixth round of gifts to audiences starting this Friday. While supplies last, moviegoers will receive a set of “Tane Chara” stickers (previewed above) drawn by the artist’s girlfriend As’Maria.
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This film is currently the highest grossing film in the world. gundam franchise Japan’s box office revenue exceeded 1982 Mobile Suit Gundam III: The Universe of Meguri Encounters The anime movie’s box office revenue was 2.3 billion yen ($15.5 million in current terms). It is also the highest grossing film at the Japanese box office so far this year.
The film is being shown in 354 theaters nationwide, and from February 9th, 4DX, MX4D, and Dolby Cinema screenings have been added.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM The film sold 634,182 tickets worth 1,065,983,130 yen (approximately US$7.2 million), ranking No. 1 at the Japanese box office in its first three days. This results in gundam franchiseIt was the highest opening box office revenue in three days. The film will be shown in 56 countries and regions.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED director Mitsuo Fukuda directed the movie in Bandai Namco Film Works.Fukuda also co-wrote the script with his late wife. Chiaki Morosawa and Goto Liu. Hisashi Hirai (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED) I was in charge of character design.
Source: Press release
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