"Pokémon Detective Pikachu" Japanese Box Office Performance, Week Two
May 7th, 2019

Dogasu @ 22:46 JST -- Pokémon Detective Pikachu is now the number one movie in Japan.


That's right, the first Hollywood live action Pokémon movie managed to beat the odds and climb its way to the Number One spot after coming in at Number Three its opening weekend! For the weekend of May 11th - 12th, the film was watched by an additional 209,000 people and made 312 million yen (about US $2.9 million) in Japan. To date the film's been watched by 1,030,000 people and has made 1.4 billion yen (about $12.8 million) in Japan.

Avengers: Endgame remained at number two while Detective Conan "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" took Detective Pikachu's old number three spot.

Here's what the rest of the Top Ten look like in Japan:

Rank	Last Week	Title	Distributor	No. of Theaters	Weeks in Theaters
1	3	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Toho	349	2
2	2	Avengers: Endgame	Disney	365	3
3	1	Detective Conan "The Fist of Blue Sapphire"	Toho	363	5
4	4	Kingdom	Toho, Sony Pictures Entertainment	341	4
5	5	Crayon Shin-chan the Movie "Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~"	Toho	355	4
6	6	Kakegururi The Movie	Gaga	135	2
7	NEW	Hit and Run - The Greatest Worst Day Ever -	Toei	105	1
8	NEW	Cheer Boys!!	Bandai Namco Arts, Pony Canyon	106	1
9	NEW	The Curse of La Llorona	Warner Bros. Movies	168	1
10	NEW	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato	Shochiku Media Division	28	1

Source:  Eiga.com


Detective Pikachu will be one of two Pokemon movies coming out later this year, with the other being Pocket Monsters The Movie "Mewtwo Strikes Back! Evolution". The former currently was released in Japan on May 3rd, 2019.

For the purposes of this website, I will be focusing primarily on the Japanese release of the film.



"Pokémon Detective Pikachu" Japanese Box Office Performance, Week One
May 7th, 2019

Dogasu @ 23:52 JST -- So how did Pokémon Detective Pikachu do in its first week in Japanese theaters?


The first Hollywood live action Pokémon film debuted in 3rd place in its first weekend here in Japan. According to entertainment news site Eiga.com, Pokémon Detective Pikachu brought in 457 million yen (about US $4.1 million) and was seen by 317,000 people for the two day period of Saturday and Sunday. For the entire four day weekend (the film opened on Friday the 3rd, Monday was a national holiday) Pokémon Detective Pikachu brought in 948 million yen (about US $8.6 million) and was seen by 676,000 people.

For comparison's sake last summer's film, Pocket Monsters The Movie "Everyone's Story" brought in a little over 836 million yen in its first four days.

First place went to Detective Conan "The Fist of Blue Sapphire" and second place went to Avengers: Endgame. The rest of the Top Ten looks like this:

Rank	Last Week	Title	Distributor	No. of Theaters	Weeks in Theaters
1	2	Detective Conan "The Fist of Blue Sapphire"	Toho	363	4
2	1	Avengers: Endgame	Disney	365	2
3	NEW	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Toho	349	1
4	3	Kingdom	Toho, Sony Pictures Entertainment	341	3
5	4	Crayon Shin-chan the Movie "Honeymoon Hurricane ~The Lost Hiroshi~"	Toho	355	3
6	NEW	Kakegururi The Movie	Gaga	135	1
7	5	Shazam!	Warner Bros Movies	337	3
8	6	Tonde Saitama	Toei	318	11
9	NEW	King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars	Avex Pictures	32	1
10	9	Doraemon The Movie "Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration"	Toho	370	10

Source:  Eiga.com

Detective Pikachu will be one of two Pokemon movies coming out later this year, with the other being Pocket Monsters The Movie "Mewtwo Strikes Back! Evolution". The former currently has a release date of May 3rd, 2019 in Japan.

For the purposes of this website, I will be focusing primarily on the Japanese release of the film. More information about its release will be added as it becomes available.


Detective Pikachu - My Review
May 3rd, 2019

Dogasu @ 17:10 JST -- Detective Pikachu, the Hollywood live action Pokémon movie, hit theaters in Japan earlier today. I got a chance to see the movie earlier this morning so I've written up my thoughts in my spoiler-free review of the film:


For those of you who have seen it...what do you think?

Detective Pikachu will be one of two Pokemon movies coming out later this year, with the other being Pocket Monsters The Movie "Mewtwo Strikes Back! Evolution". The former currently has a release date of May 3rd, 2019 in Japan.

For the purposes of this website, I will be focusing primarily on the Japanese release of the film. More information about its release will be added as it becomes available.