All the buzz paid off for the Gantz film, which debuted at the top of the Japanese box office in its opening weekend.
Gantz debuted in the U.S. January 20th, a bit before the film’s Japanese debut.
The film took in 590 million yen in its first weekend, drawing 454,000 moviegoers to 410 screens across Japan.
Based on a seinen manga series, Gantz is the story of two college students killed in a train accident, but are forced to join with several other recently deceased people in order to fight aliens in a chance to regain their lives.
The second film is scheduled to come out April 32, 2011.
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