The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened at #1 in Japan with roughly $11 million while Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium The Final Movie Part 1 debuted at #4 on 77,000 tickets sold.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie launched at the top of the Japanese box office over the April 25-26 weekend, pulling in roughly $11 million across its opening, while Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium The Final Movie Part 1 entered the chart at #4 with about 77,000 tickets sold. The two debuts headlined a weekend that saw multiple anime titles holding strong positions in the top ten.
Nintendo and Illumination's animated sequel arrived in Japan on the same April 24 frame as its worldwide rollout, and the domestic opening contributed to a global launch that placed the film at #1 in nearly every major market it entered. The roughly $11 million Japanese opening sits well above the bow of the original Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023, reflecting both the franchise's continued momentum at home and the wider release footprint Toho secured for the sequel.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's Japanese opening also fits a broader pattern of family animation dominating spring holidays, with the title expected to anchor multiplex schedules through Golden Week. Toho is distributing in Japan, and the studio has positioned the film for an extended run alongside the upcoming holiday corridor.
Kyoto Animation's Sound! Euphonium The Final Movie Part 1 opened on April 25 and immediately landed at #4, selling roughly 77,000 tickets and grossing in the region of 124 million yen across its first two days. The film is the first half of a two-part theatrical conclusion to the Kitauji High School Concert Band saga, adapting material that bridges the franchise's third TV season and its final arc.
The debut continues a strong run of Kyoto Animation theatrical releases over the past two years and underscores the studio's recovery momentum. Part 2 is scheduled to follow later in 2026, with the studio framing the diptych as the definitive on-screen conclusion to the Kumiko Oumae storyline that began with the 2015 TV series.
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback continued its remarkable theatrical run, holding firmly inside the top three after weeks on release and pushing its cumulative total deeper into blockbuster territory. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc also remained in the top ten, sustaining the strong word-of-mouth that has carried MAPPA's theatrical debut for the franchise since its earlier opening.
The combined presence of Mario Galaxy, Euphonium, Conan and Chainsaw Man left the Japanese top ten heavily skewed toward animation for the weekend, a mix that distributors have been leaning into as live-action competition softens ahead of Golden Week.
The immediate question is how Mario Galaxy holds against Golden Week family traffic and whether Sound! Euphonium The Final Movie Part 1 can build a long tail toward Part 2's release later this year. Kyoto Animation has not yet confirmed international theatrical plans for the Final Movie duology, though the studio's recent films have generally received subtitled and dubbed runs through global distributors within months of their Japanese debuts.
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