The Look Back anime film is the second best-performing film of the June 28-30 Japanese weekend box office ranking.
Kogyo Tsushin reports a moviegoer count of 135 thousand and takings of 227 million yen (~US$1.4 million) for the roughly one-hour film, which is an adaptation of the 2021 one-shot of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto.
Taking the first spot on the audience-based ranking was Sore Ike! Anpanman Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun, an anime film of similar length and the 35th movie in the Anpanman franchise, with 137 thousand viewers. Its three-day gross was 172 million yen (~US$1.6 million). Sore Ike! Anpanman Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun and Look Back both premiered on June 28.
The other anime in the ranking was Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram at 7th. The 27th Detective Conan film is now the 15th highest-grossing movie in Japan with 15.2 billion yen (~US$94.07 million), positioned between Ponyo and Suzume.
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip Flappers director, Chainsaw Man devil designer) directed Look Back and also took on scriptwriting and character design duties. The drama, about a talented manga artist and the reclusive classmate she befriends, was produced by Studio Durian, which Oshiyama is the representative director of. Yumi Kawai and Mizuki Yoshida voice the main characters Fujino and Kyomoto, respectively.
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Source: Kogyo Tsushin
