Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway has crossed 14 billion yen at the Japanese box office, continuing its historic run as the franchise's fourth consecutive film to surpass 10 billion yen.
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway has crossed the 14 billion yen mark at the Japanese box office, extending one of the most remarkable theatrical runs in anime film history. The 29th theatrical installment of the long-running mystery franchise continues to climb the all-time domestic charts nearly three months after its April 10 premiere.
Fallen Angel of the Highway announced its commercial ambitions immediately upon release. The film earned 1.13 billion yen on opening day alone, shattering the franchise record previously held by 2024's The Million-dollar Pentagram, which debuted to 1.05 billion yen. Over its first three days, the film accumulated 3.5 billion yen, setting yet another franchise-best opening weekend.
The momentum carried through Japan's Golden Week holiday period. By its 25th day in theaters, the film had already crossed the 10 billion yen threshold a milestone that took previous entries considerably longer to reach. By May 6, 27 days after release, cumulative earnings stood at 10.88 billion yen across 7.4 million admissions, cementing a historic achievement: four consecutive Detective Conan films crossing 10 billion yen, an unprecedented feat for any Japanese film franchise.
The weeks following Golden Week saw Fallen Angel maintain a steady pace at the box office. By mid-May, the film had cleared 11.9 billion yen. The 12.4 billion yen milestone followed by late May, and by early June the total stood at 13.03 billion yen. As of mid-June, cumulative revenue reached 13.21 billion yen, placing the film inside the top 35 highest-grossing films in Japanese box office history.
The film's continued presence in theaters through late June pushed it past the 14 billion yen mark, a figure that now places it among the most commercially successful anime films ever released in Japan.
Despite its extraordinary performance, Fallen Angel of the Highway has not yet overtaken The Million-dollar Pentagram as the franchise's highest-grossing film. The 2024 entry finished its theatrical run with approximately 15.8 billion yen, meaning Fallen Angel still needs to close a gap of roughly 1.8 billion yen to claim the franchise record.
Whether it can reach that number depends on how long theaters continue to screen the film and whether any re-release campaigns or promotional events drive additional admissions. The trajectory has slowed from its blistering Golden Week pace weekly additions dropped from roughly 5 billion yen in the early weeks to around 300 million yen by mid-June but the film remains in active circulation across Japanese cinemas.
The Detective Conan series has produced four consecutive films that each crossed 10 billion yen at the domestic box office: Black Iron Submarine in 2023, The Million-dollar Pentagram in 2024, The One-Eyed Remnant in 2025, and now Fallen Angel in 2026. No other Japanese film franchise has accomplished this.
The feat underscores the enduring commercial power of Gosho Aoyama's detective series, which has been producing annual theatrical films since 1997. Fallen Angel of the Highway remains in theaters across Japan, with its final box office tally still to be determined.
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