This year’s film, Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan, opened at #1 in Japan on April 16, earning 2,218,130,800 yen (about US$20.5 million) in its first three days.
The film also had a simultaneous release in 22 countries and territories outside of Japan.
The illustration featured members of the franchise’s police academy, including Wataru Takagi stating, “we will be taking the lead in the next movie.”
The film focuses on the Akai family, including the FBI agent Shuichi Akai, his younger brother and professional shōgi player Shukichi Haneda, his younger sister and high school detective Masumi Sera, and his mother Mary Sera.