Death Note Light Up the World has Earned 2 Billion Yen

The live-action Death Note Light up the NEW world film has earned 2 billion yen (about US$17.85 million) and sold 1.5 million tickets as of Wednesday. The entire live-action film franchise has sold more than 10 million tickets. The 2006 live-action Death Note film sold 2.27 million tickets, while the 2008 Death Note: The Last Name sequel sold 4.19 million tickets. The 2008 L change the World spin off sold 2.49 million tickets.

The film also ranked #2 overall (and #1 among debuting films) in its opening weekends in Thailand and Singapore, and are the highest earning Japanese films of the year for both countries. The film opened on November 3 in Thailand, and on November 10 in Singapore.

Death Note Light up the NEW world opened in Japan on October 29. It earned 458,645,800 yen (about US$4.37 million) on 342 screens, and sold 342,309 tickets on its opening weekend.

The film opened in the #1 spot during its opening, beating out Makoto Shinkai's your name. anime film for the top spot. Shinkai's your name. had held the top spot for nine consecutive weeks since it opened in Japan on August 26, though it reclaimed the spot in the following week, with Death Note Light up the NEW world falling to #2 in its second weekend. The film fell from #4 to #7 during its fifth weekend.

Source: Anime Times / animenewsnetwork