Mamoru Hosoda‘s The Boy and The Beast film has sold over 3 million tickets to earn over 3.8 billion yen (about US$30.5 million), 30 days after opening on July 11. It dropped from #4 to #7 at the Japanese box-office for the August 8-9 weekend. It played on 354 theaters in its fifth weekend.
Boruto -Naruto the Movie-
opened at #3 on 267 screens. It sold 516,146 tickets to earn 680,134,700 yen (around US$5.46 million) at 268 theaters.
The first of two live-action Attack on Titan films dropped from #1 to #5 in its second weekend. It played in 331 theaters.
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future opened at #6 on 297 theaters.
Source: animeanime.jp, Eiga.com
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