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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Art World Tales, the 44th theatrical film from the Doraemon anime franchise, opened in 383 theaters in Japan on March 7 and made a first-place debut in its first weekend, according to Kogyo Tsushinsha. The film beat the award-winning American musical fantasy film Wicked, which ranked second in its opening weekend in Japan with 519 million yen (3.54 million USD). The Doraemon franchise's 45th-anniversary film earned 703 million yen (4.78 million USD) on 571,000 admissions between Friday and Sunday, which was 107 percent of that of the previous 43rd film, Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony, released in March 2024.