The critically-acclaimed film had earned 1.5 billion yen (13.53 million USD) and has become the third top-grossing film in the Gundam franchise by surpassing the box office gross of Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow, which was released in July 1981 and earned 1.38 billion yen (12.48 million yen) from its domestic run.
The film’s total box office gross in Japan has surpassed 7.27 billion yen (65.60 million USD) to become the 89th top-grossing film of all-time in Japan.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light, the latest and final installment of the anime franchise inspired by Nakaba Suzuki’s The Seven Deadly Sins manga series, was finally released in 217 theaters across Japan on July 2, then earned 122 million yen (1.1 million USD) on 98,000 admissions in its first three days, becoming the third top-grossing film of the weekend.