The film sold 104,000 tickets and earned 121 million yen (about US$1.11 million) over the weekend, but sold 114,280 tickets and earned 132,873,500 yen (about US$1.22 million) from Friday to Sunday of that week.
The film had sold a total of 1.2 million tickets and earned 1.4 billion yen (about US$12.8 million) at the box office in Japan as of February 4.
Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko, the anime film of San-X’s “Sumikko Gurashi” (Living in the Corner) characters, won the award for Best Animation of the Year.
The film’s story begins when the Sumikko Gurashi characters find a mysterious picture book in the basement of a cafe they always go to.