The Fumihiko Sori (Ping Pong, Tomorrow’s Joe)-directed film opened in Japan on December 1 and earned 373 million yen on 300,000 admissions from its first three-day run.
To celebrate its No.1 debut in the opening weekend box office, the official website for the live-action film adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa’s Hagane no Renkinjutsushi/Fullmetal Alchemist manga released a 60-second new web-only trailer featuring its characters recreated in a world inspired by a nationally popular 8-bit RPG.