"The Last: Naruto the Movie" has become the new Top-Grossing film in the Naruto Film Franchise. A new Boruto Movie is also in development and it will feature another fight between Hokage Naruto vs. An New Orochimaru.
The Official Twitter Account has just announced that "The Last: Naruto the Movie" topped the charts and became the top-grossing film in the Naruto Film franchise, according to a report made by Crunchyroll.
The top-grossing film was released on 266 theaters all over Japan last December 6. Due to the popularity of the Naruto Manga, "The Last: Naruto the Movie" easily topped the box office charts over the weekend with over 396,280 admissions gaining a remarkable 515,331,800 yen. According to the report, "The Last: Naruto the Movie" has reached an estimate of 1.75 billion yen (14.76 million US dollars) by the end of December. It has surpassed the previous recorded earning of its predecessor "Road to Ninja" who earned 1.48 billion yen.
"The Last: Naruto the Movie" still remains in top 10 of the box office even though it's been over a month since it hits the theater.
In other news, "The Last: Naruto the Movie" paves way for the next chapter in Naruto Universe which will deal with Boruto, the son of Naruto. And according Latin Times, there will be a sequel "Boruto" movie which is expected to be released around August 2015.
While it is too early to make any speculations, there has been rumor that the plot of the "Boruto" movie will include the legendary Orochimaru. It was reported that the legendary Sannin will take interest in Boruto and Salada, the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. Since Naruto has been declared the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf, fans will get to see him again in action in order to protect the new generation of ninjas. It will be an epic fight considering that Naruto has gained a new level of power since the end of the Naruto Manga. Fans of the Manga is well aware that Orochimaru is one of the smartest and cunning antagonist in Naruto and it is expected that he will have some aces up his sleeve in facing Naruto.
"The Last: Naruto the Movie" has a remarkable story in the Naruto Universe and it gave a lot of opportunities for its creator to expand the storyline and make follow up films and arcs including the rumored "Boruto" Movie. Stay tuned to our future articles for more updates on this!
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