Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning, the second of two “final chapter” films in the live-action film series based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga, topped the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.
The film sold 350,000 tickets for over 508 million yen (about US$4.7 million) in its opening weekend.
Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final earned 108,505,540 yen (about US$992,800) from Friday to Sunday, and has earned a cumulative total of 3,451,819,800 yen (about US$31.58 million).
Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final, the first of the two films, dropped from #1 to #2 in its seventh weekend.