{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d99e3ca1c7dccbce9c236a7f","clusterId":"c_df74d15b3cc3691eccd111d4","slug":"chiikawa-film-drops-to-4-star-detective-precure-slips-to-5-in-japan","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Chiikawa Film Drops To #4, Star Detective Precure! Slips To #5 In Japan","summary":"In its 11th weekend, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island fell from #2 to #4, earning 178,447,600 yen. Its cumulative total is 17,169,165,400 yen on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film dropped from #3 to #5 in weekend three with 117,562,850 yen, reaching 1,088,603,930 yen cumulatively.","whyItMatters":"Both films remain in the top five even as they slide down the rankings, which shows how much weekly gross the Japanese chart's leaders are pulling ahead of them.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eChiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island has now sold 11.76 million tickets for a total of 17,169,165,400 yen. It is the biggest film in Japan this year and ranks 14th on the all-time domestic chart. The film opened on July 24, earned 990 million yen on its opening day, and held #1 in its opening weekend. Detachment screenings ran after release: 4DX from September 5, one-day cheering screenings on September 11, and penlight screenings on September 23.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStar Detective Precure!\u0026#39;s film sits at 860,000 tickets and 1,088,603,930 yen after three weekends. It opened on September 18.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Chiikawa's 11th weekend still pulled 178 million yen; Precure's third-weekend 117 million is half that, so the two films are trending on different decay curves even as both slip.","twitterPost":"Chiikawa is in weekend 11; Precure is in weekend 3. Same chart drop, very different decay curves.","threadsPost":"Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island and the Star Detective Precure! film both fell this weekend, but they are not in the same phase: 11 weekends in for Chiikawa, three for Precure. Chiikawa's 178 million yen is the 11th-weekend number; Precure's 117 million is the third.","newsletterBlurb":"Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island slipped from #2 to #4 in its 11th weekend, earning 178,447,600 yen and reaching 17,169,165,400 yen cumulatively on 11.76 million tickets. The Star Detective Precure! film fell from #3 to #5 in weekend three, holding 1,088,603,930 yen. Both titles stay in the top five.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-09/chiikawa-anime-film-drops-to-no.4-star-detective-precure-film-to-no.5-in-japan/.242508\",\"title\":\"Chiikawa Anime Film Drops to #4, Star Detective Precure! Film to #5 in Japan\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4899,"outputTokens":699,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791546728,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T11:47:05.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T11:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T11:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_df74d15b3cc3691eccd111d4","canonicalTitle":"News\nChiikawa Anime Film Drops to #4, Star Detective Precure! Film to #5 in Japan","representativeArticleId":"a_56db946cc93ea4d9c03154d6","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Chiikawa\",\"Star Detective Precure!\",\"Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T10:02:18.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T10:02:18.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T11:51:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-09/chiikawa-anime-film-drops-to-no.4-star-detective-precure-film-to-no.5-in-japan/.242508","title":"News\nChiikawa Anime Film Drops to #4, Star Detective Precure! Film to #5 in Japan"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Chiikawa","Star Detective Precure!","Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}