Mobile Suit Gundam Seed franchise, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM debuted on the Japanese big screens on January 26, 2024. The much-awaited film broke records as it ranked an astounding 65,983,130 yen on its opening weekend. This amounts to earning about 7.23 million USD from January 26, 2024, to January 28, 2024.
Mitsui Fukuda handled the directional responsibility of the film at Bandai Namco Filmworks, while he also worked on its script along with Chiaki Morosawa and Liu Goto.
Leaving a lasting impression on fans, the film ranked first in the box office ranking in Japan. At the same time, it also became the first Gundam franchise to earn the highest as far as the first-week box office collection goes. As such, the 352 Japanese theaters witnessed as the film surpassed Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, in 2021, by 416.4 percent when the opening weekend gross income is considered.
Moreover, Gundam SEED FREEDOM also outperformed Gundam Hathaway by 502.8 percent in terms of ticket sales in the country. To top this feat, Gundam SEED FREEDOM also stands second in Filmarks’ first-day satisfaction ranking, wherein the movie has been given over three thousand reviews in the first few days of its official release.
Gundam SEED Freedom release date, plot & more
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM will premiere in 56 different countries worldwide. However, the international release date for the film has not been announced yet.
The official website of the film describes it in the following manner:
“In C.E.75, the fighting still continues. There are independence movements and aggression by Blue Cosmos… In order to calm the situation, a global peace monitoring agency called COMPASS was established, with Lacus as its first president. As members of COMPASS, Kira and his comrades intervene in various regional battles. Then a newly established nation called Foundation proposes a joint operation against a Blue Cosmos stronghold.”
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