According to the latest box office report in Japan for the weekend of December 17 and 18, Eiga Yo-Kai Watch Soratobu Kujira to Double Sekai no Daibouken da Nyan! (Yo-Kai Watch The Movie: The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale and the Double World), the third feature film from the Yo-Kai Watch anime franchise, became the winner of the weekend, beating another newcomer Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in second.
Just one year ago, the second Yo-kai Watch film, Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! was released in the same weekend with the 7th Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, and sold more tickets than The Force Awakens did in its first Saturday and Sunday. surpassing the previous Japanese film record held by Stand By Me Doraemon in both countries.