The movie “Conan” surpasses 10 million viewers for the first time

The latest box office information for the 27th film in the Detective Conan anime series, Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Pointed Star (released April 12th), has been announced. In the 52 days since its release, it has attracted 10.06 million viewers and grossed over 14.4 billion yen, making it the first film in the Detective Conan series to reach 10 million viewers.

“Detective Conan” is based on a mystery manga in which the protagonist, a high school detective named Kudo Shinichi, is forced to drink a poison by men dressed in black and turns into a child. He calls himself Edogawa Conan and pursues the Black Organization while solving a number of difficult cases. The series began serialization in “Weekly Shonen Sunday” in 1994, and was made into a TV anime in 1996 and a movie version in 1997, and the series continues to this day, becoming a nationally popular work.

The latest movie, Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Point Star, attracted 630,000 viewers and grossed over 960 million yen on the first day of its release. Distributor Toho explained that it recorded 112% more than the previous film, Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine (released April 14, 2023 / grossed 13.88 billion yen), which was the series' No. 1 hit of all time, and that it has made a mega-hit start with the aim of breaking further all-time records, and is maintaining momentum that will surpass the previous film, Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine.

The story of this work is set in Hakodate and is a clash between Hattori Heiji and Kaitou Kid. Heiji keeps missing the place and timing to confess his feelings to Kazuha, but standing in his way is his rival, Kid…

Once, during an incident involving the conch pearl “Fairy's Lips,” Heiji accidentally pushed Kid, who was disguised as Kazuha, against the wall and almost ended up kissing her.

Heiji becomes a useless detective when Kazuha is involved, but will he repay his debt to Kid and confess his feelings to Kazuha in the latest movie? Ooka Momiji, Iori Muga, and Okita Souji, who watch over Heiji and Kazuha, also appear.

■ Box office revenues for “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Point Star”
First day: 630,000 spectators, 960 million yen in box office revenue
First 3 days: Audience: 2,274,333 people, Box Office Revenue: 3,352,494,500 yen
First 10 days: Box office revenue: 6.5 billion yen
22 days after release: 7.32 million viewers, 10.5 billion yen in box office revenue
25 days after release: Audience: 8,453,000, Box Office Revenue: 12,099,000,000 yen
31 days after release: 8.98 million viewers, 12.8 billion yen in box office revenue
In the 38 days since its release, the film has attracted 9.43 million viewers and grossed 13.5 billion yen.