Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway surpassed 10.88 billion yen in 27 days, making the franchise the first in Japanese cinema history to produce four consecutive films crossing the 10-billion-yen mark.
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway surpassed 10.88 billion yen at the Japanese box office with 7.4 million admissions in just 27 days, as confirmed on May 6, 2026. The 29th film in the long-running franchise is now the fourth consecutive Detective Conan movie to clear the 10-billion-yen threshold an unprecedented streak in Japanese theatrical history.
No film series in Japan has ever crossed the 10-billion-yen mark for four consecutive annual releases. The streak began in 2023 with Black Iron Submarine, which earned 13.88 billion yen and marked a dramatic commercial leap for the franchise. The following year, The Million-dollar Pentagram shattered that record with 15.8 billion yen, making it the highest-grossing Detective Conan film to date. In 2025, One-eyed Flashback sustained the momentum with approximately 14.6 billion yen, surpassing 10 million viewers for the second consecutive year.
Fallen Angel of the Highway now extends this extraordinary run into a fourth year, cementing the Detective Conan theatrical series as the most consistently dominant franchise at the Japanese box office in the modern era.
The film opened on April 10, 2026, across 526 theaters the largest theatrical rollout in the franchise's history, surpassing the previous record of 522 locations. It earned 1.13 billion yen on opening day alone, then accumulated 3.5 billion yen across its first three days, setting a new franchise opening-weekend record.
By its 10th day, Fallen Angel had already cleared 6.3 billion yen with 4.22 million viewers, claiming the number-one spot at the Japanese box office for two consecutive weekends. The pace of accumulation puts it firmly on track to challenge the franchise's all-time record of 15.8 billion yen set by The Million-dollar Pentagram in 2024.
With 10.88 billion yen logged at the 27-day mark, Fallen Angel ranks as the fourth highest-grossing Detective Conan film overall, trailing The Million-dollar Pentagram (15.8 billion yen), One-eyed Flashback (approximately 14.6 billion yen), and Black Iron Submarine (13.88 billion yen). To claim the franchise crown, it would need to nearly match its current total again in the coming weeks a tall order, though the film's sustained admissions suggest a long theatrical tail.
The Detective Conan manga, created by Gosho Aoyama and first serialized in 1994, has sold over 270 million copies worldwide. The theatrical film series launched in 1997 with The Time-Bombed Skyscraper and has released a new installment almost every year since, growing from a reliable box-office performer into a genuine commercial juggernaut over the past four years.
Fallen Angel of the Highway continues its theatrical run in Japan with no signs of slowing down. Whether it can catch The Million-dollar Pentagram's record remains to be seen, but the film has already secured its place in franchise history by completing an unprecedented four-year, 10-billion-yen streak that no other Japanese film series has achieved.
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