Madoka Magica: Walpurgisnacht Rising Passes ¥1 Billion in Four Days — Already Outpacing Rebellion

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgisnacht Rising crossed ¥1 billion at the Japanese box office after only four days, reaching ¥1,018,375,620 from 583,638 admissions between its August 28 release and August 31. For comparison, 2013’s Rebellion needed 13 days to hit the same milestone.

The four-day number, and the weekend number it isn’t

It’s worth keeping two separate figures straight here, since they cover different windows. Over its actual three-day opening weekend — Friday, August 28 through Sunday, August 30 — Walpurgisnacht Rising took in ¥939,647,100 from 534,772 admissions, ranking No. 1 in Japan. The ¥1,018,375,620 / 583,638-admission figure is the four-day cumulative total through Monday, August 31, and it’s the number tied to the ¥1 billion milestone. The two shouldn’t be conflated: the film crossed ¥1 billion on its fourth day, not over the weekend itself.

Metric	Walpurgisnacht Rising
Japan release	August 28, 2026
3-day opening weekend gross	¥939,647,100
3-day opening weekend admissions	534,772
4-day cumulative gross	¥1,018,375,620
4-day cumulative admissions	583,638
Opening weekend rank	No. 1 in Japan
Previous mainline film	Rebellion (2013)

Considerably faster than Rebellion — but not bigger yet

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion, the franchise’s previous theatrical film, opened in Japanese theaters on October 26, 2013, and needed 13 days to cross ¥1 billion. Walpurgisnacht Rising did it in four. That’s a real, verifiable difference in early pace — not a claim that the new film has out-earned its predecessor.

Rebellion kept selling tickets well past its opening and ultimately finished with a total gross over ¥2 billion in Japan, reportedly the first late-night-anime theatrical release to cross that line. Walpurgisnacht Rising hasn’t approached that lifetime total yet; the story so far is about how quickly it got out of the gate, not a final result. And it’s worth being clear about what “¥1 billion” actually measures: box-office gross, ticket revenue before theater splits, marketing spend, and production costs are all factored out. It says nothing about how much the film earned Aniplex or SHAFT.

Thirteen years of pent-up demand

Walpurgisnacht Rising is the franchise’s first new mainline theatrical continuation since Rebellion — roughly 13 years, following directly from where that film left off. That’s a gap in the main theatrical story specifically; the franchise itself kept going in the interim through games, manga and other spinoff projects like Magia Record. What makes the new film’s strong opening notable is that it reunites the original creative team behind the original series and Rebellion: Akiyuki Shinbo as chief director, Yukihiro Miyamoto directing, Gen Urobuchi (Nitroplus) on screenplay, Ume Aoki on original character design, Junichiro Taniguchi on character design, Yuki Kajiura on music, Gekidan Inu Curry handling the witch-space visual design, and SHAFT again producing the animation.

Alongside the ¥1 billion announcement, the official site also released a new web CM built from newly revealed footage. Given how recently the film opened and how spoiler-conscious the franchise’s marketing has historically been, this article isn’t describing what’s in it beyond that.

Where things stand internationally

As of this milestone announcement, no official international theatrical or streaming release date has been confirmed for Walpurgisnacht Rising outside Japan. Timing for other markets remains unconfirmed for now.