The latest Mobile Suit Gundam feature film, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom, has become the top-grossing film in the anime franchise!
The official Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom announced today that the movie has grossed 2,684,435,390 yen (17.96 million USD) from 1,635,481 admissions in Japan, since its release on January 26th.
The movie sold 1.21 million tickets within ten days, with an additional 420,000 tickets sold in the following eight days. This includes 4DX, MX4D, and Dolby Cinema screenings that started on February 9th.
The movie has now become the highest-grossing film in the 45-year-old Gundam anime franchise, surpassing Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space, which earned 2.3 billion yen (15.5 million USD) in 1982, and Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, which earned 2.2 billion yen (14.71 million USD).
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom landed in Japanese theaters on January 26th, 2024, 18 years after its first announcement in 2006.
It debuted at No.1 in 352 theaters across Japan, earning a record-breaking 1,065,983,130 yen (7.23 million USD) on 634,182 admissions
About Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom
The movie is set in the C.E. (Cosmic Era) timeline, where there are two types of humans - Coordinators, who possess superior physical and mental abilities due to genetic modification, and Naturals, who are born naturally. The clash between these groups escalates into a war, during which the Destiny Plan is proposed. However, the plan is ultimately rejected in order to preserve humanity's aspirations and future freedom.