Japan Box Office: Babanba Banban Vampire Live-Action Movie Makes No.5 Debut

The live-action movie adaptation of Hiromasa Okujima's Babanba Banban Vampire comedy manga series opened in 342 theaters in Japan on July 4, ranking No.5 in its opening weekend with 135 million yen (925,400 USD) on 100,000 admissions according to Kogyo Tsushinsha . The Ryo Yoshizawa-starring film ranked #4 in Filmarks' first-day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of 3.92/5.0 based on 1,068 reviews. Babanba Banban Vampire was originally slated for a release in Japan on February 14, 2025, but had been postponed due to an incident involving lead actor Ryo Yoshizawa . Ironically, thanks to the postponement, two films starring Yoshizawa were in the top 10 at the same time last weekend. Kokuho (means "National Treasure"), a film about the Kabuki world in Japan, has been in first place for three consecutive weekends and had surpassed the previous weekend's box office performance for four consecutive weekends. Its cumulative total gross has exceeded 4.4 billion yen (30 million USD) on 3.19 million admissions, making it the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of 2025 so far. After dissappered from the top 10 last weekend, Uta no Prince-sama The Movie: TABOO NIGHT XXXX , the latest third concert film in the Uta no Prince-sama anime franchise, resurfaced in tenth place in its ninth weekend. From July 4, the film's Dolby Cinema version started screening in 10 theaters nationwide and a postcard using the main visual has been newly given to the theatergoers as as a bonus. Both of last weekends' two newcomers, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved and Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku , disappeared from the top 10 in their second weekend. Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl , the first part of the original Virgin Punk anime project created by character designer and director Yasuomi Umetsu and animation studio Shaft, kept a first-place in Kogyo Tsushinsha's mini-theater ranking for two consecutive weekends since its release on June 27. KING OF PRISM: Your Endless Call -Minna Kirameke! Prism☆Tours- , a new feature film from the male idol-themed KING OF PRISM franchise, still didn't appear in the overall top 10 ranking but its cumulative total gross had surpassed 200 million yen (1.38 million USD) according to the franchise's official X (formerly Twitter) . Weekend box office Top 10 in Japan (July 4 -6, 2025) (ticket sales basis with notes in parentheses marking previous week's placement) Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha weekend ranking / mini-theater ranking , Eiga.com , Filmarks , "KING OF PRISM" official X (formerly Twitter)

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