Pocket Monsters Movie 17 The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie (破壊の繭とディアンシー) debuted in first place for the weekend of July 19th, 2014. The movie was shown in 357 screens across Japan and ticket sales on 360,190 viewers totaled 559,908,500 yen (5.5million USD). Disney's Maleficent (マレフィセント) took second place and Studio Ghibli's When Marnie was There (思い出のマーニー) was in third place. This is the first time since the 10th Pocket Monsters movie Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai that a Pocket Monsters movie has debuted in first place at the box office in Japan.

According to the results of a questionnaire conducted at the theaters by Toho, there was a male to female viewer ratio of 67%/33% for the movie. By age: 51.2% elementary school age, 12.8% kindergarten and nursery school age and 22.3% in their 30s or more.


Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2040082/full/