The film had earlier surpassed the earnings of the K-ON! anime film, similarly animated by Kyoto Animation and directed by Naoko Yamada, which earned 1.9 billion yen (about US$23.7 million at the time) at the box office in 2011.
The film has now surpassed the box office earnings of Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion, which earned a total of 2.08 billion yen during its theatrical run in Japan when it opened in October 2013.
The film earned 283,000,000 yen (about US$2.8 million) and sold 200,000 tickets in its first two days.
Kyoto Animation’s anime film of Yoshitoki Ōima’s A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) manga has sold about 1.6 million tickets after its eighth weekend for 2.1 billion yen (about US$20.10 million) as of Sunday.