The official Twitter for the Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan live-action films, Shin Godzilla)-directed all-new live-action film Shin Ultraman announced today that the film had earned 3.9 billion yen (30.7 million USD) on 2.62 million admissions in 42 days since its release.
It ranked fourth in its latest sixth weened and has become the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of 2022.
The reboot film based on Tsuburaya Productions’ first Ultraman TV series in 1966 was released in 362 theaters across Japan on May 13, 2022, then dominated Japan’s weekend box office for two consecutive weeks, until defeated by Top Gun Maverick in its third weekend.