{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4c741d300f3b317035b5352a","clusterId":"c_6ec315e99f83c0a11c5cfa4f","slug":"chiikawa-movie-holds-first-place-as-no-new-films-enter-japan-s-top-10","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Chiikawa Movie Holds First Place as No New Films Enter Japan's Top 10","summary":"The weekend box office ranking for August 21-23, released by Kogyo Tsushinsha, shows \"Movie Chiikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island\" in first place with 825,800 attendees and 1.242 billion yen, pushing its cumulative totals past 7.66 million attendees and 11 billion yen. No new films entered the top 10, and the top four slots were unchanged from the previous week.","whyItMatters":"The Chiikawa film's third weekend outperformed its second, a rare upward swing driven by repeat-viewer incentives like the pullback car gift and farewell screenings, while the entire top 10 stayed closed to new releases.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKogyo Tsushinsha\u0026#39;s weekend attendance ranking for August 21-23 landed with an unusually static chart: no new entries cracked the top 10, and the top four films held their positions from the prior week.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026#34;Movie Chiikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island\u0026#34; led with 825,800 attendees and 1.242 billion yen over the three days, figures that surpassed its own previous weekend. The distribution of the third-round visitor gift, the pullback car \u0026#34;Good Mood Siren,\u0026#34; plus farewell screening events drew repeat viewers. Cumulative attendance for the film now exceeds 7.66 million, with revenue past 11 billion yen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMovie Chiikawa: The Secret of the Mermaid Island\u003c/strong\u003e: First place; 825,800 attendees and 1.242 billion yen over the weekend\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToy Story 5\u003c/strong\u003e: Second place; 173,000 attendees and 240 million yen, 8th week\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u003c/strong\u003e: Third place; cumulative past 2.96 million attendees and 4.8 billion yen\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinions \u0026amp; Monsters\u003c/strong\u003e: Fourth place; 1.35 million cumulative attendees and 1.79 billion yen\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrayon Shin-chan the Movie: Mysterious! My Youkai Vacation\u003c/strong\u003e: Fifth place; up one spot\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn That Hill Where the Star Falls, I Want to Meet You Again.\u003c/strong\u003e: Sixth place; up one spot\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKingdom: Battle of Souls\u003c/strong\u003e: Seventh place; cumulative revenue past 6.1 billion yen\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael\u003c/strong\u003e: Eighth place; 11th week of release\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Lock\u003c/strong\u003e: Ninth place; climbed\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Disturbance on Oak Street\u003c/strong\u003e: Tenth place\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Chiikawa movie held first place for a third weekend, and its numbers went up, not down: 825,800 attendees and 1.242 billion yen. No new films entered Japan's top 10. The top four stayed the same.","twitterPost":"Chiikawa movie tops Japan's box office for a third weekend, drawing 825,800 attendees and 1.242 billion yen. No new films entered the top 10, and the top four were unchanged.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Chiikawa movie held the top spot in Japan's weekend box office for a third straight frame, and its attendance actually rose. No new films cracked the top 10, leaving the chart frozen at the top.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156488\",\"title\":\"『映画ちいかわ』Overwhelming First Place! 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