The first chapter of the trilogy anime film adaptation based on the third route of Type-Moon's visual novel Fate/stay night featuring Sakura Matou, opened in 128 theaters across Japan on October 14. The Ufotable-animated film earned a massive 413,030,840 yen (about 3.68 million US dollars) on 247,509 admissions in its first weekend, becoming the top-grossing film of the week. It was confirmed yesterday that Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] THE MOVIE had earned over 1.35 billion yen (about 12 million US dollars) with the 900,000 ticket sales total from its six-week domestic run.
hanks to the very successful box office result, 30 new theaters are set to be added from December 16, and a memorial portrait newly-drawn by director Tomonori Sudo will be also distributed to the theatergoers from the same day. The film is expected to surpass 2 billion yen by the end of its run. The second chapter Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] II.lost butterfly is scheduled to be released in 2018.
Fate/Stay Night Heavens Feel Synopsis: The boy wished to protect the girl. That was his thought. 10 years after the Holy Grail War—a battle waged by Masters and Servants over the wish-granting container, the Holy Grail—another war breaks out in Fuyuki City. Shirou Emiya—the adopted son of Kiritsugu Emiya, a participant of the previous Holy Grail War—resolves to fight, carrying out Kiritsugu’s dying wish.