New Japanese DEATH NOTE Movie Opens at Number One in Japan

The new Japanese Death Note film, Death Note: Light Up The New World, opened number one in the nation's box office. ANN reports the film made about $4.37 million in its opening weekend and sold 306,385 tickets. The film is really close to beating the record for the 8th highest grossing box office film in Japan, which is a currently held by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 

$4.3 million would be film suicide in the American market, but since Japan is just slightly larger than the state of California, you can see how that number is more impressive. 

In case you were wondering, this film has nothing to do with the Netflix adaptation of Death Note, which is scheduled for a 2017 release. The Japanese film is a continuation of the already popular live action films, which are supposedly better quality than most live action anime adaptations. See the trailer below.