Entertainment news website Cinema Today reported on Monday that the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senkō no Hathaway) anime film earned 523,943,800 yen (about US$4.77 million) in its first three days at the box office.
Gundam: Hathaway earned over 190 million yen (about US$1.7 million) in its first day, or 337% what Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative earned on its first day in 2018.
The highest-earning Gundam film so far is 1982’s Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space, which earned 2.3 billion yen.
Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, Mobile Suit Gundam UC) composed the music.