Space Battleship Yamato claims top spot at BO

MUMBAI: With an intake of almost 1 billion yen ($12 million) in the first five days since its 1 December release, live-action film Space Battleship Yamato has taken the top spot of the box-office elbowing down Harry Potter to the No. 2 spot.

Opening on 440 screens, Space Battleship Yamato pulled in 791,012 cinegoers by 5 December.

The big screen version of the classic 1974 film stars Takuya Kimura has already been sold to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, France and Germany, with negotiations in progress for a U.S. release.

Elsewhere on the chart, Bushi no Kakeibo, a family samurai drama jumped up to third spot. Meanwhile, SP The Movie Yabohen dropped down from second to the fifth place after six weeks of its release.