Here's some interesting info regarding why a certain series may have been adapted.
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Hideki Takeuchi's live-action Thermae Romae film held the No. 1 spot during its second weekend. Based on Mari Yamazaki's manga, the story follows Roman architect Lucius Modestus (Hiroshi Abe), who designs bath-houses in ancient Rome. One day he's sucked into modern-day Japan. Able to travel back and forth in between worlds, Lucius uses Japanese ideas to improve the Roman baths he builds in the past. The film grossed US$6,835,550 on 304 screens for a total of US$27,758,574.
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I guess the anime was a conduit for the movie, similar to how Kaiji S2 was. Both titles did weak sales as anime but did good numbers in live-action.
Also worth noting Space Bros live-action was #2 that week and pulled in around 5 million so far.