by On the 16th, box office information for Detective Conan: Afterimage of an Eye, the 28th and latest film in the Detective Conan anime film series (released April 18th), was announced. In the 59 days since its release, it has attracted 9.65 million viewers and grossed over 13.98 billion yen (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha).
This figure exceeds the results of Detective Conan: Submarine of the Iron Fist, which will be released in 2023, making it the second-highest-grossing film in the series and the 19th-highest-grossing film of all time in Japan.
“Detective Conan: Afterimage of the One-Eyed” attracted 690,000 viewers and exceeded 1.05 billion yen in box office revenue on the first day of its release.
This is 109% higher than the previous film “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Point Star” (630,000 viewers on the first day, 960 million yen in box office revenue), and started as a colossal hit that surpassed the previous film.
In recent years, the highest box office revenues in the series have continued to be updated, from “Detective Conan: The Black Iron Fish Shadow” (box office revenue of 13.88 billion yen, 2023) to “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Point Star” (box office revenue of 15.8 billion yen, 2024).
The timing of when “The Black Iron Fish Shadow” surpassed 10 billion yen in box office revenue was 10.3 billion yen in 24 days after its release, and “The Million Dollar Five-Point Star” surpassed 10.5 billion yen in 22 days after its release. However, this film achieved this 19 days after its release, three days earlier than the previous film, making it the fastest in the series to surpass 10 billion yen in box office revenue.
Detective Conan: Afterimage of the One-Eyed is set in the snowy mountains of Nagano Prefecture and tells the story of Nagano Prefectural Police officers Yamato Gansuke and Mouri Kogoro. While Nagano Prefectural Police officer Yamato Gansuke is chasing a “certain man” in the snowy mountains, a bullet grazes Gansuke’s left eye, and he is caught up in an avalanche.
Ten months later, Gansuke miraculously survives and receives a report that someone has attacked a researcher at Nobeyama Astronomical Observatory, so he rushes to the scene, but as soon as the observatory’s parabolic antenna starts moving, his now one-eyed left eye suddenly begins to ache.
Meanwhile, Kogoro Mouri and Conan have arranged to meet a former colleague from the Metropolitan Police Department who is investigating an avalanche accident. Still, on the way to the meeting place, a gunshot rings out… The story depicts the “sleeping memories” that connect the two men, a sleeping Kogoro and Yamato Gansuke of the Nagano Prefectural Police, who, at first glance, seem to have no connection.
Detective Conan Box Office Revenue Breakdown for “Afterimage of One Eye”
First day of release: 690,000 viewers, 1.05 billion yen
Three days after release: 2,314,690 viewers, 3,438,626,700 yen
Six days after release: 3 million viewers, 4.44 billion yen
Ten days after release: 4.3 million viewers, 6.34 billion yen
Nineteen days after release: 7.26 million viewers, 10.4 billion yen
Twenty-four days after release: 7.86 million viewers, 11.3 billion yen
Thirty-one days after release: 8.43 million viewers, 12.2 billion yen, Thirty
-eight days after release: 8.84 million viewers, 12.8 billion yen. Forty
-five days after release: 9.21 million viewers, 13.3 billion yen
Fifty-two days after release: 9.46 million viewers, 13.7 billion yen
Fifty-nine days after release: 9.65 million viewers, 13.98 billion yen
