Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway has crossed 11.9 billion yen with over 8.1 million admissions, making the franchise the first in Japanese cinema history to top 10 billion yen four years running.
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway has surpassed 11.9 billion yen at the Japanese box office with over 8.1 million admissions. The 29th film in the long-running franchise opened on April 10 across 526 theaters the largest release in the series' history.
The milestone cements Detective Conan as the first Japanese film franchise ever to cross 10 billion yen at the domestic box office in four consecutive years. No other series in Japanese cinema has accomplished this feat. The streak began in 2023 and has accelerated with each subsequent entry:
Black Iron Submarine (2023): 13.88 billion yen
The Million-dollar Pentagram (2024): 15.8 billion yen the franchise's all-time high
One-eyed Flashback (2025): 14.74 billion yen
Fallen Angel of the Highway (2026): 11.9 billion yen and climbing
While Fallen Angel's current total sits below its three predecessors, the film's trajectory remains strong. At the 27-day mark, it had already reached 96.28 percent of One-eyed Flashback's comparable four-week total of 11.3 billion yen, suggesting the gap may narrow further as the run continues.
Fallen Angel has already surpassed 2022's The Bride of Halloween, which finished its theatrical run at 9.78 billion yen and was the entry just before the current 10-billion-yen streak began. The film currently sits around 25th on Japan's all-time domestic box office chart.
The Million-dollar Pentagram's 15.8 billion yen remains the ceiling for the franchise, but the consistency of the four most recent entries each clearing the 10-billion-yen threshold by a wide margin speaks to the remarkable staying power Detective Conan holds in the Japanese theatrical market. The series has evolved from a steady performer into one of Japan's most reliable box office events.
Fallen Angel of the Highway is set across Yokohama and Tokyo, weaving its mystery through the expressways and urban landscapes connecting the two cities. Guest voice performances come from live-action actors Ryusei Yokohama and Mei Hata, continuing the franchise's tradition of casting prominent celebrities in supporting roles to broaden the film's appeal beyond the core anime audience.
The 526-theater release count edged past the previous record of 522 theaters set by The Million-dollar Pentagram, reflecting the distributor's confidence in the property following three consecutive blockbuster years. TMS Entertainment handled animation production, maintaining the visual standard that has defined the franchise's theatrical outings since the late 1990s.
Detective Conan's annual film series has been running since 1997, and the franchise has released a new theatrical entry every spring without interruption for nearly three decades. What distinguishes the current era is the sheer scale of each opening. Prior to 2023, only two Conan films had ever crossed 10 billion yen The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019) at 9.37 billion yen fell just short, and Zero the Enforcer (2018) reached 9.18 billion yen. The post-2023 entries have roughly doubled those figures, suggesting a structural shift in the franchise's commercial ceiling rather than a one-off spike.
With the film still in active theatrical release, the question is whether Fallen Angel can close the gap with its predecessors or if 2026 marks a slight cooling from the franchise's peak. Regardless, crossing 11.9 billion yen already places it firmly among the highest-grossing Detective Conan entries of all time, and the four-year 10-billion-yen streak stands as a record unlikely to be matched by any Japanese franchise in the near term. A 30th anniversary film is widely expected for 2027, which would give the series a chance to extend the streak to an unprecedented fifth year.
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