Gundam SEED FREEDOM Anime Film Earns 770 Million Yen in 1st 2 Days

The film became the first Gundam film since 1988’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack to top the 1 billion yen mark, and earned a total of about 2.21 billion yen (about US$14.9 million by current conversion).

In comparison, the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway film sold 259,074 tickets for 523,943,800 yen (about US$4.77 million at the time) in its first three days at the box office in June 2021.

The 1982 Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space anime film holds the record for highest Japanese box office revenue in the Gundam franchise with a total of about 2.3 billion yen (US$15.5 million by current conversion).