The 27th film in the "Detective Conan" series, "Detective Conan: The Pentecostal Star of $1 Million", has repeatedly set box office records and has become the highest-grossing work in Conan's theatrical version. Detective Conan has been serialized since 1994 and has become one of Japan's most iconic manga classics, written by Aoyama Gosho, which tells the story of high school detective Shinichi Kudo, who tries to investigate the organization after being infused with a mysterious drug by the black-clad organization, as well as solve various other cases to find the antidote that allows him to get back to his original state. He turned into a small student back to China, and in a hurry, he assumed the pseudonym Edogawa Conan, and lived in the home of his childhood sweetheart Mao Lilan and his father Liangguang detective Mori Kogoro, with his extraordinary reasoning ability and various props invented by Dr. Agasa, he hid behind the scenes to solve various murder cases, and Mori was also named "Sleeping Kogoro". Due to the distinctive personalities and three-dimensional characters, under the shaping of a strong world view, "Detective Conan" quickly received repercussions from all walks of life, and since its release, not only has the single book exceeded 100 copies, but the movie version has reached as many as 27.
For a long time, as long as the "Detective Conan" series of movies is released, it is a box office guarantee, in addition to the release in Japan has broken records one after another, and even the super high box office performance in overseas markets other than Japan has witnessed the miracle of Conan's never-relenting popularity - the audience can enjoy the tense, suspenseful, and exciting reasoning plot under the big screen, and how can he survive every challenge under various incurable diseases and dangerous threats? And this new "Detective Conan: The $1 Million Pentagon" has been released in other regions since its premiere in Japan in April, with Taiwan on June 28 and Hong Kong and Macau on July 18.
"Detective Conan: The $1 Million Pentagon" wrote the highest box office record in Conan's film history
In 2024, Conan's latest movie "Detective Conan: The Pentagon of $1 million", since its release in Japan in April, it has repeatedly set records, with a total of 10.52 million viewers in 73 days of release, and the box office has exceeded the 15 billion yen (about 670 million RMB) mark so far, becoming the 10th Japanese film in Japanese film history to achieve this record. Not only that, "Detective Conan: The Pentefacet of $1 Million" also wrote the record for the highest box office in the Conan series of movies, surpassing "Detective Conan: The Fish Shadow of Black Iron", which just reached a new record in 2023, and the box office is still rising, and it is currently ranked 15th at the box office in Japanese film history.
In order to celebrate this good news, Aoyama Gosho specially drew a thank you picture with his own hands, on which the handsome portraits of the monster thief Kidd and Aoyama himself were drawn, and the two of them wrote their testimonials - Kidd: "I will accept the 15 billion with gratitude", Aoyama Sensei: "Thank you, thank you!" What is expected is that "Detective Conan: The Fish Shadow of Black Iron" only wrote the 8th highest box office record for Japanese films in Taiwan, China with a box office of 183.8 million Taiwan dollars last year. It's worth paying attention to. Why exactly is Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagon so popular? To be able to set such an astonishing record?
Peru's hidden truth pierces the dark night and leads to the moonlight
"Detective Conan: The Pentecostal Star of $1 Million" describes that the Axe Consortium in Hakodate, Hokkaido, receives a teaser letter from the strange thief Kidd. It is said that Kidd's goal this time was to lock on a Japanese sword that was closely related to the vice-captain of the Shinsengumi in the late Edo era, Toshizo Hijikata. Kidd, who usually only steals precious jewelry, why is he locked in a knife this time? On the other hand, Kansai's detectives Heiji Hattori and Conan also came to Hakodate for the kendo tournament. On the day of the crime in the preview, will Heiji be able to see through Kidd's disguise and successfully hunt people down?
At the same time, a body was found on the street of Hakodate warehouse, with a cross-shaped wound cut on the ribs. From the search clues, it was found that the deceased was a Japanese-American arms dealer operating in Asia, known as the "Death Merchant", who was looking for a treasure hidden somewhere in Hakodate by the first head of the Axe River Foundation, which was inseparable from the wartime munitions industry. It was rumored to be a powerful weapon to save Japan from defeat at the time, and that treasure had some connection with the Japanese sword that Kidd locked. It is precisely for this reason that the figure of the mysterious "swordsman" is approaching step by step, aiming at Kidd, who is targeting the Japanese sword, and the battle for the world's treasure reasoning is about to begin.
The familiar characters and tight plot make Detective Conan: The Pentecostal of $1 Million more popular
"Detective Conan: The Pentecostal Star of $1 Million" is a work that all audiences who love Conan can't miss, and its biggest selling point is naturally the contest between Conan, Kidd and Pingji, and it has a gripping spark. In addition, this is the first time for many years, the encounter between Heiji and Kidd in the theatrical version, the last time the two of them were on the same stage, it was back to 2010's "Detective Conan: The Shipwreck in the Sky", in order to feast the eyes of fans, Heiji and Kidd have a fierce sword duel this time, and they will find the truth that surprised and stunned him.
The most important thing is that this time "Detective Conan: The Pentagon of $1 Million" is very serious about reasoning, and the audience can also explore the possible murderer and the truth by themselves as the plot progresses, which is a very interesting process and is guaranteed to be very enjoyable. Every year in the theatrical version, Conan's story will be moved to a specific area of Japan to present Japan's landscape and culture in the most authentic way, and this time the stage is the turn of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, and the most famous Goryokaku Park in Hakodate is also an important scene, which has become the main reason for the title of the film, and the beautiful night view of Hakodate is also one of the highlights.
Since Hokkaido has always been Kidd's main venue, this is also the reason why fans who love Kidd must watch it - he originally only stole well-known treasures, but this time he targeted a knife, which is not his original style at all, what is the secret of this knife? What unspeakable truths does it involve? It's well worth checking out.
Of course, the most attractive thing about this theatrical version is naturally its twists and turns, coupled with the seemingly imminent conflict, all of which have become compact on the fly. At the same time, you and I can also watch Heiji's plan to confess to Kazuha again, but every time it always ends unexpectedly, I believe that this confession is bound to be nervous, and there are also jokes beyond imagination.