Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback Anime Film Becomes #19 All-Time Film in Japan

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback), the twenty eighth film in the Detective Conan (Case Closed) franchise has sold over 9.65 million tickets to make over 13.9 billion yen (about US$96.3 million), making it the #19 top possible-grossing film of all time in Japan.

The film has now surpassed Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (Iron Submarine), the twenty sixth film, which is at #20 with 13.8 billion yen (about US$95.6 million). Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram, remaining yr’s film, peaceful ranks better at #14 with 15.8 billion yen (about US$109.5 million)

The film opened at #1 at the Eastern field build of labor. The film earned 3,438,626,700 yen (about US$24.15 million) and sold 2,314,690 tickets in its first three days, a brand novel opening-weekend memoir for the franchise.

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback opened in Japan on April 18, and has screenings in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema in addition to traditional screenings. The film opened in 522 theaters in Japan, a brand novel memoir for the franchise. King Gnu performs the theme tune “Twilight!!!.”

The film takes build in the snowy mountains of Nagano prefecture, and a earlier visual depicted Conan on a snowboard. Yamato — an inspector in Nagano with an injured left witness — and Kogoro — a main personality whose remaining main feature in a movie used to be again in the ninth movie Detective Conan: Plan Above the Depths in 2005 — every seem in the film. Taka’aki and Yui, who are additionally from Nagano, additionally seem in the film.

Katsuya Shigehara (unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) directed the film. Takeharu Sakurai (a number of Detective Conan movies) wrote the script.

Comparatively, Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram, the earlier film in the franchise, earned 960 million yen (about US$6.26 million at the time) on its opening day remaining April. The film ranked at #1 in its opening weekend, selling 2,274,333 tickets and earning 3,352,494,500 yen (about US$21.7 million) in its first three days.

Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram is the supreme-grossing film in the franchise, beating 2023’s Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine (Iron Submarine) film’s 13.83 billion yen (about US$88.23 million) earnings. Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram used to be additionally the supreme-grossing film in Japan in 2024. The film earned 15.8 billion yen (about US$102 million at the time) by the close of 2024.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin, Mainichi Shimbun’s Mantan Web