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Malaysian cinema chain GSC Movies announced on Tuesday that it will open Detective Conan: Highway no Datenshi (Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway), the franchise's 29th film, in Malaysia on September 10.
The film opened in Japan on April 10.
The film sold 2,318,009 tickets and earned 3,502,137,800yen (about US$21.9 million) in its first three days, making a new opening-weekend recordfor the franchise, and debuting at #1 at the Japanese box office.
The film isnow the fourth consecutive film in the franchise to earn more than 10 billion yen, beginning with 2023's Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine film. The film has earned a cumulative total of 13,608,566,400 yen (about US$83.06 million) as of July 19.
The new film centers on the character Chihaya Hagiwara, member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and the leader of its motorcycle division. Miyuki Sawashiro now voices the character, replacing the late Atsuko Tanaka. The movie also features Kanagawa inspector Jugo Yokomizo, teenage detective Masumi Sera, Chihaya's late younger brother Kenji Hagiwara, and Kenji'sPolice Academy classmate Jinpei Matsuda.
The previous film in the franchise, Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (Meitantei Conan: Sekigan no Flashback), had teased the character's appearance at the end of the film.
Takahiro Hasui (Detective Conan: The Black Iron Submarine) directed the film, and Takahiro Ōkura (Detective Conan: TheCrimson Love Letter) wrote the script. Yūgo Kanno (Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback composed the music for the film.
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback opened inJapan on April 18, 2025, and debuted at #1 at the Japanese box office. The film became the#19 highest-grossing film of all time in Japan in June, and is currently the 20th highest-grossing film in Japan of all time, having earned 14.74 billion yen (about US$95.1 million). Katsuya Shigehara (unit director of Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine) directed the film. Takeharu Sakurai (various Detective Conan movies) wrote the script.