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Japanese Box Office, October 18-19

The live-action film of Rin Mikimoto's shōjo manga series Kin Kyori Renai (Close Range Love) rose from #2 to #1 in its second weekend. The film stars Tomohisa Yamashita as the tsundere teacher Haruka Sakurai and Nana Komatsu in her debut role as genius high school student Yuni Kururugi. The film also ranked #1 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 123,661,672 yen (US$1,145,652) on 179 screens for a new total of 477,328,761 yen (US$4,422,169).

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen), the second of two sequels to the 2012 live-action Rurouni Kenshin film, fell from #3 to #4 in its sixth weekend. The sequels adapt the Kyoto arc of Nobuhiro Watsuki's original manga, with Takeru Satoh returning as Kenshin Himura and Tatsuya Fujiwara (live-action Death Note) playing the antagonist Makoto Shishio. The film ranked #3 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 80,827,965 yen (US$749,035) on 348 screens for a total of 3,927,384,690 yen (US$36,386,905).

Eiga HappinessCharge PreCure! Ningyō no Kuni no Ballerina (HappinessCharge PreCure! The Movie: Ballerina of the Country of Dolls) stayed at #5 in its second weekend. Yui Horie, Daisuke Ono, and Toshiyuki Morikawa guest star in a story where the Pretty Cures must save the Doll Kingdom. The film also ranked #5 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 69,398,007 yen (US$643,113) on 210 screens for a new total of 245,961,541 yen (US$2,278,814).

Stand By Me Doraemon, the 36th Doraemon film and franchise's first CGI film, fell from #6 to #8 in its 11th weekend. Satoshi Tsumabuki, who previously played 30-year-old Nobita in a series of live-action Toyota car commercials, also plays Nobita as a young man in the film. The film also ranked #8 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 50,492,609 yen (US$467,810) on 344 screens for a new total of 8,187,063,799 yen (US$75,816,714).

The first live-action adaptation of Lupin III in four decades fell from #8 to #10 in its eighth weekend. The movie stars Shun Oguri as Lupin, Tadanobu Asano as Detective Kōichi Zenigata, Gou Ayanoas Goemon Ishikawa, Tetsuji Tamayama as Daisuke Jigen, and Meisa Kuroki as Fujiko Mine. Jerry Yan (Meteor Garden) of the popular Taiwanese group F4 will play an original character, Lupin's nemesis Michael Lee. The film also ranked #10 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned 22,765,782 yen (US$210,912) on 316 screens for a new total of 2,336,625,504 yen (US$21,647,457).

Sources: Kogyo Tsushinsha, Box Office Mojo