18 years since the first announcement back in 2006, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom , the feature film sequel from the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed franchise, finally opened in 352 theaters across Japan on January 26, 2024. According the official website , the 124-minute film earned 1,065,983,130 yen (7.23 million Usd) on 634,182 admissions in its first three-day weekend of January 26-28. The opening weekend gross not only debuted the film at #1 in the box office ranking, but also became the best first-week box office record in the Gundam franchise of all-time. Compared to the most recent Gundam film, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway released in 2021, Seed Freedom 's first weekend gross was 416.4 percent of that of Hathaway , and its ticket sales was 502.8 percent. Meanwhile, the film ranked #2 in Filmarks' first- day satisfaction ranking with an average rating of of 4.23/5.0 based on 3,490 reviews. The film was originally announced in 2006 after the broadcast of Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny , but the years passed without any updates.
- 1/30/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
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