The 29th Detective Conan theatrical film has drawn 6.28 million admissions and 9.31 billion yen across 23 days in Japanese theatres, setting up a Golden Week surge.
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway has cleared 9.31 billion yen at the Japanese box office in just 23 days of release. By May 2, the 29th theatrical entry in the long-running TMS Entertainment franchise had pulled 6.28 million admissions, cementing it as one of the fastest-grossing films in the series' history heading into Golden Week.
The Fallen Angel of the Highway opened on April 18 and crossed 7.99 billion yen with roughly 5.4 million admissions in its first 17 days, a pace that already placed it inside Japan's all-time top 100 highest-grossing films. The 23-day update extends that trajectory by a further 1.32 billion yen, signalling that ticket sales have not cooled in the second weekend stretch the way mid-tier blockbusters typically do.
For context, last year's franchise installment, The Million-Dollar Pentagram, finished its theatrical run as the top-grossing Japanese film of 2024. Fallen Angel is currently outpacing that title's daily curve, and the timing of Golden Week Japan's spring holiday cluster from late April through early May historically functions as a multiplier for family-friendly tentpoles. Industry trackers expect the film to comfortably clear 10 billion yen before the holiday window closes.
The Detective Conan film series has now released a new entry every spring for over two decades, and the per-film gross has trended upward almost every year since 2017. The franchise's appeal in Japan is unusually broad: it draws families, lapsed manga readers, and younger audiences pulled in by the series' steady run of TV episodes and streaming catalog presence.
Fallen Angel of the Highway centres on a high-speed expressway incident and reunites several fan-favourite supporting characters from the long-running Gosho Aoyama manga. Strong word-of-mouth around the film's action setpieces and a returning ensemble cast appears to be driving repeat viewings, a known accelerant for Conan films that have historically posted very long theatrical tails.
TMS Entertainment has not yet confirmed a worldwide theatrical schedule for Fallen Angel of the Highway, but recent Conan films have travelled to other Asian markets within two to three months of their Japanese debut, with broader international screenings following later in the year. India has not historically been a release territory for the Conan film series in cinemas, though earlier entries have surfaced on streaming platforms after their theatrical windows close.
Golden Week 2026 spans April 29 to May 5, and the Detective Conan series has historically used this window to extend its theatrical runs by two to three weeks beyond the typical decay curve, helped by family audiences clustered around the May 5 Children's Day holiday. Daily admissions during the holiday cluster routinely run two to three times the rate of weekday screenings outside it.
The immediate watchpoint is the post-Golden Week update. If Fallen Angel clears 10 billion yen in its first month a threshold only a handful of Japanese animated films have hit at that pace it will sit comfortably in conversation with the biggest domestic anime hits of the decade. A formal cumulative figure for the holiday week is expected from the film's distributors in mid-May.
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