{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T21:17:07.280Z","story":{"id":"r_4fa0c5bb1c974de7a41922f0","slug":"irregular-at-magic-high-school-film-opens-at-5-in-japan","url":"https://yomimono.id/irregular-at-magic-high-school-film-opens-at-5-in-japan","headline":"Irregular at Magic High School Film Opens at #5 in Japan","summary":"The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc - debuted at #5 in its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, according to Kogyo Tsushin. The film sold about 89,000 tickets and earned 152,764,200 yen (about US$967,100) in its first three days. Jimmy Stone directed the film at studio 8-Bit, with Taku Iwasaki composing the music. Returning cast members include Yuichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba, Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba, Chiwa Saito as Maya Yotsuba, and Emiri Kato as Fumiya Kuroba. New cast additions include Daisuke Ono as Katsushige Shibata and Ai Kayano as Yuuka Tsukuba. LiSA performs the theme song \"YES.\" Meanwhile, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie dropped from #1 to #2 in its third weekend, selling 341,000 tickets and earning 490,061,280 yen (about US$3.10 million). The film has sold a cumulative total of 4.31 million tickets and earned 5,945,505,120 yen (about US$37.63 million). Detective Conan: Highway no Datenshi held at #3 in its fifth weekend, becoming the fourth consecutive film in the franchise to earn over 10 billion yen. The live-action Sakamoto Days film stayed at #4 in its second weekend. Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party opened at #8.","why_it_matters":"The Yotsuba Succession Arc film's opening weekend performance is notably lower than typical top-tier anime releases, suggesting a narrower audience draw for this franchise installment compared to broader hits like Super Mario Galaxy and Detective Conan.","published_at":"2026-05-16T17:46:26.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Anime News Network"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Film Debuts at #5, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Drops to #2","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-14/the-irregular-at-magic-high-school-yotsuba-succession-arc-film-debuts-at-no.5-the-super-mario-/.237291"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc","Love Live! Hasu no Sora Jogakuin School Idol Club Bloom Garden Party"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}