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Pokémon Detective Pikachu was released in Japanese theaters on May 3rd, 2019 and it made 457 million yen on 317,000 ticket sales for Saturday and Sunday. For the entire 4 day weekend, it brought in 948 million yen (approximately $8.6 million USD) on 676,000 ticket sales. This was enough for it to place 3rd in box office sales for that weekend behind Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire and Avengers: Endgame.

Ticket Sales - Weekend of May 4th, 2019 to May 5th, 2019:

Rank Previous
Rank
Movie Title Distributor Theaters Weeks in
Theaters
1 2 Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Toho 363 4
2 1 Avengers: Endgame Disney 365 2
3 - Pokémon Detective Pikachu Toho / Warner Brothers 349 1

Source: https://eiga.com/ranking/
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