‘Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!’ Continues to Dominate Japanese Theaters

On its fifth weekend, the latest movie of the Pokemon franchise titled Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! continue to dominate the Japanese box office rising at #4.

In first few days of movie screenings, 436,000 tickets were sold earning the movie 516 million yen. The film has so far earned around 2.5 billion yen so far. This is so far the highest grossing Pokemon movie beating the gross sales of the previous titles like Pokemon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

This is the 20th anime movie of the Pokemon franchise and part of the celebration its 20th anniversary. It first premiered in the Japan Expo convention in France last July 6, 2017 in original Japanese dub with French subtitles then its official premiere in Japan was on July 15, 2017.

The difference with this among the other Pokemon movies is that it’s an entire retelling of Ash’s original journey in the Kanto region. The teaser trailer of the film was first revealed in December 15, 2016 during the airing of Oha Suta in Japan. The full trailer was officially released in March which was then followed with a new trailer on April announcing the movie’s premiere dates.

Pokemon’s first stage of international popularity began on its handheld GameBoy Color and trading card game. The immense hype has paved way for an anime adaptation which has been received well by both children and adults alike. Aside from the mentioned Pokemon media, it also had its Augmented Reality game Pokemon GO which is still one of the most downloaded applications for both Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Source: Kogyo Tsushin