Gundam GQuuuuuuX Climbs to Second Place in Rankings

As of January 17 in Japan, at the end of 31 days, the Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- anime film has sold over 1.55 million tickets for over 2.5 billion yen (about 16.5 million US dollars). It is now ranked #7 in its fifth weekend of showing at the Japanese box office. It is a re-edited version of the episodes from the much-anticipated Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (pronounced as “g-quax”) television series.

Now, the film has crossed the present total all-time earnings in Japan by the 1982 Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space anime film, which gained 2.3 billion yen (approx. 14.88 million United States dollars in current conversion) at Japanese box offices.

At present, the Gundam GQuuuuuuX film is the second highest earner in the Gundam franchise in Japan, after Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM, which set the record with a total of 4,796,455,740 yen (approximately 31.05 million United States dollars) at the end of its domestic run in May 2024. That amount will increase to a total of at least 5.38 billion yen (about 35.5 million dollars) if we take into account the special edition screenings of Gundam Seed FREEDOM later in 2024.

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The Gundam GQuuuuuuX film will include some ‘special footage’ in addition to that related to the story after the film, starting this Saturday.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX revolves around Amate Yuzuriha, a peaceful high school student who lives in a space colony. She meets a war refugee called Nyaan, which brings her into Clan Battle, the underground mobile suit dueling sport. Entry name entrusts Machu as she repeatedly throws herself into fierce battles piloting her GQuuuuuuX. Then, it appeared before her, along with its pilot, a boy named Shūji, an unidentified Gundam mobile suit that both the space force and police pursue.

Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL, Gunbuster 2: Diebuster) is directing the anime, while Yōji Enokido (Bungo Stray Dogs, Sailor Moon Super S, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Ouran High School Host Club) supervises the series scripts and writes them together with Hideaki Anno (Evangelion, Shin Godzilla). Take, illustrator (Katanagatari, Zaregoto, Pokémon Sun & Moon), will design the characters, with mechanical design done by Ikuto Yamashita (Evangelion, Shin Kamen Rider, Yukikaze).

Debuted #1 at the Japanese box office. Sold 352,500 tickets; grossed 598,832,300 yen (about 3.83 million US dollars) in its first three days.

GKIDS has acquired the theatrical rights to the film, and on February 28, the movie will screen in theaters around North America. This marks the first collaboration between GKIDS and Bandai Namco Filmworks. The movie will be seen first, early, on IMAX screens for one night only on February 26.