Doraemon: Nobita And The New Castle Of The Undersea Devil Stays Number One In Japan For Fourth Week
Doraemon: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil maintained its first place position at the Japanese box office for the fourth consecutive weekend as of March 22, 2026.
The 45th feature film in the long running franchise earned 445 million yen on 346,000 admissions during the three day period from March 20, 2026, to March 22, 2026.
This performance represents a 25% increase from the previous weekend, likely bolstered by a national holiday on Friday, March 20, 2026.
The film’s cumulative gross has reached nearly 25 billion yen, tracking at 833% of the four week total achieved by its 2024 predecessor, Doraemon: Nobita’s Art World Tales.
Golden Kamuy: Abashiri Prison Arc fell to fourth place in its second weekend of release following a third place debut.
Assassination Classroom The Movie: Our Time entered the rankings in seventh place after opening in 164 theaters on March 20, 2026.
Produced to mark the 10th anniversary of the franchise’s conclusion, the film adapts manga chapters previously skipped by the television anime and received a satisfaction rating of 396/50 from Filmarks users.
The anime feature Cosmic Princess Kaguya! dropped to tenth place in its fifth weekend, though its theatrical run was extended due to high demand following its Netflix debut.
Total earnings for Cosmic Princess Kaguya! surpassed one billion yen by March 17, 2026.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea and Himitsu no AiPri: Mankai Buzzlume Live! both exited the top ten during the weekend ending March 22, 2026.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Chapter 1 reached a cumulative total of 3993 billion yen on its 248th day in theaters and is scheduled to conclude its run on April 9, 2026.
A special revival screening of the 2000 film Escaflowne began on March 20, 2026, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original TV series.
The Escaflowne revival ranked fourth in the mini theater charts for limited release films during its opening weekend.
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