Gintama: The Movie – Yoshiwara in Flames Japan Box Office Collection (March 2, 2026)

Gintama: The Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames premiered with a boom, but the hype seems to have died down after just a week. Here's all about it.

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The anime feature film Gintama: The Movie – Yoshiwara in Flames is currently screening in theaters across Japan. This cinematic release adapts the Yoshiwara in Flames arc from the manga. As of the reporting period ending February 22, Gintama: The Movie – Yoshiwara in Flames has grossed a total of $5,060,240 in Japan.

Let’s detail the specific revenue generated by the film during its first two recorded weekends in the Japanese market, and predictions of how it can perform by analyzing other popular anime movies.

Gintama: The Movie – Yoshiwara in Flames Total Box Office Performance

The chronological box office data for the film is recorded as follows:

According to Box Office Mojo’s data, the movie recorded an opening weekend gross of $2,656,110 during the February 14-15 frame. The opening weekend accounted for 52.4% of the total box office till the second weekend.

By the end of the second tracked weekend, spanning February 21-22, the cumulative total reportedly reached $5,060,240. The difference between the opening weekend gross and the updated total indicates that $2,404,130 was generated during the intervening weekdays and the second weekend combined.

The second weekend reportedly contributed $1,347,734 all by itself to the aggregate sum. The weekday earnings are approximately 20.87% of the total gross till the second weekend. The data demonstrates that audience engagement is more concentrated on non-working days, which is common.

The reliance on weekend spikes rather than consistent daily profits suggests a front-loaded viewing schedule driven by existing fans rather than casual walk-in viewers. Which makes sense, as the movie required you to have watched the original anime Gintama.

Continuing this momentum into its third week in theaters on March 2, as reported by Oricon News, the film has drawn a cumulative total of 705,808 moviegoers. Earnings reached ¥1,066,840,138 (approximately $6.81 million).

Weekend Wise Breakdown & Predictions

The transition from the first weekend to the second weekend reportedly resulted in a massive 49.2% decrease in revenue. A drop of nearly 50% in the second week is a severe negative indicator that directly harms the movie’s long-term profitability. This rapid decline shows that audience demand was largely exhausted within the first 48 hours of availability.

To assess this performance failure, let’s compare it against the apex of modern anime theatrical releases, Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train. Mugen Train reportedly generated an opening gross of $21,234,994 in the Japanese market (via Box Office Mojo).

By comparison, Yoshiwara in Flames barely managed to produce not much. Mugen Train demonstrated unprecedented multi-week holds, allowing it to easily surpass $450,000,000 in domestic lifetime gross.

Gintama: The Movie – Yoshiwara in Flames‘s 49.2% collapse proves the film has no sustained momentum and is relying solely on its pre-existing viewer base. It’s going to be really hard for it to approach the multi-hundred-million-dollar tier established by top-performing anime movies.

Based on the current $5,060,240 cumulative total and the verified week-to-week depreciation, the film lacks the commercial endurance required for a functional theatrical run.

Have you already watched Gintama Movie 3: Yoshiwara in Flames? Tell us in the comments.

Gintama Original Anime is streaming on Crunchyroll.

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