Gintama: THE FINAL Becomes the Highest-Grossing Anime Film in the Franchise
The "final" anime film has brought in 1.74 billion yen at the JP box office
(Via the Gintama Film Twitter account)
It's official, Gintama: THE FINAL has become the highest-grossing anime film in the Gintama anime franchise, overtaking the box office gross of the other "final" film in the series Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya. Franchise character designer Shinji Takeuchi drew a celebratory Gintoki thanking fans for watching!
【#銀魂は永久に不潔です????】
— アニメ銀魂 (@gintamamovie) March 1, 2021
公開から8週間…ついに…
『#銀魂ザファイナル』興行収入17.4億円を突破！㊗
アニメ「銀魂」史上最大の興行収入を達成しましたァァアアア!!!!!!!
キャラクターデザイン #竹内進二 さんからお祝いイラストも到着????これからも銀魂をよろしくお願いします!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/WaiZci81BQ
As of February 28, Gintama: THE FINAL has brought in 1.74 billion yen (US$16.3 million) at the Japanese box office off the back of 1.25 million tickets sold. This is highest than the 2013 film Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya, which brought in a total of 1.7 billion yen (US$15.93 million) during its entire run (and THE FINAL still has some weeks to go!).
Whether or not it reaches 2 billion yen is yet to be seen, but surpassing its earlier film–and during a State of Emergency limiting seating and showtimes–give the franchise a great final outing, if it is the final outing!
Gintama: THE FINAL opened in Japanese cinemas on January 8, and expanded to more cinemas in Japan on February 27.
Source: Mantan Web
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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
