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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar is #3 Non-English Film Worldwide on Netflix

Fullmetal Alchemist The Revenge of Scar (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsu-hen - Fukushūsha Scar), the first of the two live-action sequel films in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, ranked #3 amongst non-English films on Netflix worldwide during the August 22-28 week. The film garnered 8.31 million hours viewed during that week.

Netflix began streaming the film on August 20, and in its first two days, the film had garnered 5.82 million hours viewed to rank #4 for the August 15-21 week.

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsu-hen - Fukushūsha Scar opened in Japan on May 20 and follows Edward's fight with the character Scar. The film earned 96,503,050 yen (about US$754,800) in its first three days, and ranked at #9 in its opening weekend. Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsu-hen - Saigo no Rensei opened in Japan on June 24 and depicts the story's final battle. Netflix will begin streaming the film on September 24.

The two sequel Fullmetal Alchemist films feature a returning cast from the first live-action movie. The films star Ryōsuke Yamada (Hey! Say! JUMP member and live-action Assassination Classroom's Nagisa) as Edward Elric, Atomu Mizuishi (Garo - Makai no Hana, Prince of Tennis 2nd season musicals) as Alphonse Elric (voice and motion capture), Tsubasa Honda (live-action Blue Spring Ride's Futaba) as Winry Rockbell, and Dean Fujioka (live-action Happy Marriage!?) as Roy Mustang.

New cast members include:

• Mackenyu Arata as Scar
• Yuina Kuroshima as Lan Fan
• Keisuke Watanabe as Ling Yao
• Yuki Yamada as Solf J. Kimblee
• Hiroshi Tachi as King Bradley
• Kōji Yamamoto as Alex Louis Armstrong
• Chiaki Kuriyama as Olivier Mira Armstrong
• Seiyō Uchino as Van Hohenheim
• Yukie Nakama as Trisha Elric
• Jun Fubuki as Pinako Rockbell
• Naohito Fujiki as Yuriy Rockbell
• Kaoru Okunuki as Sarah Rockbell
• Kokoro Terada as Selim Bradley
• Long Meng Rou as May Chang
• Haruhi Ryо̄ga as Izumi Curtis

Other returning cast members include:

• Misako Renbutsu as Riza Hawkeye
• Kanata Hongou as Envy
• Ryuta Sato as Maes Hughes
• Shinji Uchiyama as Gluttony

Fumihiko Sori (live-action Ping Pong) returned to direct the films.

The films commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hiromu Arakawa's original Fullmetal Alchemist manga.

The first live-action film opened the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2017 for its world premiere, before opening in Japan on December 2017.

Sources: Cinema Today (梅山富美子), Netflix Top 10