Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram

Plot

The current head of the Onoe Zaibatsu, Takuzo Onoe, receives a notice that Kid the Phantom Thief will steal two wakizashi swords belonging to Toshizo Hijikata located in a warehouse in Hakodate, Hokkaido. At the same time, Heiji Hattori is at Hakodate for a kendo tournament, along with his childhood friend Kazuha Toyama, Conan Edogawa and the Mouri family. Kid's plan to steal the swords was intercepted by Heiji, but Kid manages to escape with one of the swords.

The next day, at the tournament venue, Kazuha encounters Hijiri Fukushiro, a university student who planned to perform tameshigiri on stage during the tournament. Meanwhile, Momiji Ooka, Kazuha's love rival, also visits Hokkaido by helicopter to support Heiji's kendo match, but later decided to thwart his plan to confess to Kazuha. In the same day, a man, identified as Sumito Hisagaki, a legal advisor to the Onoe Zaibatsu, was found dead with a cross-shaped wound on his chest near the Hakodate warehouse district.A golf bag that he carried has its contents removed.

Conan and Heiji suspect that Kid is connected to the previous heist at the warehouse, and they speculate that the sword was likely in the golf bag. In addition, Detective Yoshihisa Kawazoe, a subordinate of Inspector Nishimura of the Hokkaido Police Department, revealed that the stolen swords were a clue to the treasure that Keizaburo Onoe, the first head of the Onoe Zaibatsu, had hidden in Hakodate. Police investigations revealed Brian D. Kadokura, an arms dealer throughout Asia, as a suspect. The police revealed that Kadokura's real motive for visiting Japan was to find the treasure left by Keizaburo Onoe after his death.

Later, Kid stole Kadokura's swords while disguising as Nakamori. While hiding, Kid is ambushed by a masked swordsman. Conan and Heiji arrived to fend off the attacker. Heiji sees the cross-shaped cut on Kid's clothes and suspects that the mysterious swordsman is the same person who murdered Hisagaki. Kid says he targeted the swords because he wants to see the treasure that his father, Toichi Kuroba, had given up on. According to Kid, a handwritten note by Keizaburo Onoe contained only the name of the swordsmith Eitatsu Higashikubo, and it was believed that the sword struck by Eitatsu Higashikubo was a clue to finding the treasure. There were six swords in total, and four of them were the swords Kid stole from the warehouse and Kadokura. He then says that the remaining two swords are owned by Ryoe Fukushiro, father of Hijiri Fukushiro. After explaining, Kid left the swords to Conan and Heiji and they head to Ryoe Fukushiro's house. While at the residence, Takuzo Onoe was hit by a truck and is hospitalized.

At the police station, Conan and Heiji deduced that in addition to the six swords by Eitatsu Higashikubo, there exists another sword with a star-shaped tsuba located in Hokkaidō Tōshō-gū. A chase for the sword ensues between Kadokura, Takuzo (who eavesdropped on the deduction), Kid, and Conan and Heiji. The chase ends with Takuzo being arrested and Hijiri detained on allegations of killing Hisagaki.

Promotion

On September 30, 2023, the official Detective Conan film series X (formerly Twitter) account posted an initial trailer for the movie.

On November 29, 2023, in the first issue of 2024 for Weekly Shōnen Sunday, the title of the movie was confirmed as The Million Dollar Pentagram, with a hand-drawn poster by Gosho Aoyama and a synopsis of the film attached, with the release date confirmed as April 12, 2024.

On December 26, 2023, a new 60-second trailer and a visual poster featuring Conan, Heiji, and Kaito Kid were released.

On February 1, 2024, the main visual for the film was released. It was also announced that there was no pre-screening of the film, but a fan meeting was held ahead of the theatrical release of the film. The theme song was revealed to be Sōshi Sōai (Japanese: 相思相愛) by Aiko in a 90-second trailer released on February 15, marking the singer's first collaboration with a Detective Conan movie.

Release

The film made its North American premiere at the 2026 Anime NYC convention in New York City on August 22, 2026 and was released on digital platforms in North America the following day with an English dub. It is the first Detective Conan film dubbed by Studio Nano, succeeding prior English dubs produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

Reception

Box office

During the first three days, The Million-dollar Pentagram grossed ¥3.35 billion ($22.2 million) domestically.

.As of October 13, 2024, the movie grossed $50 million internationally, with $40 million from China. The film grossed ¥15.80 billion ($100.51 million) in Japan, making it the highest-grossing domestic film of 2024.

Critical reception

The movie received mixed reviews from critics. Jennie Kermode of Eye for Film described the film as a "mixed bag", writing that "The balance of the central mystery and teenage angst doesn't always work, and even viewers who are in their teens themselves will likely become frustrated with it at times, but there is a good supply of drama elsewhere." Phuong Le of The Guardian, in a mixed review, praised the choice of setting of the Goryōkaku fort, but criticised the plot, saying that "the film's climax feels less like a showcase of Conan's intellect and more like an excuse for an action sequence". Tom Spoors of Loud and Clear Reviews wrote that the film's storyline "just isn't that compelling by itself". Gavin Spoors of Filmhounds described the film as "purely for the fans" while being a "flashy, fun feature film" for curious viewers. He praises the action sequences while criticizing the amount of characters involved and the occasional drop in animation quality.