
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.
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Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future opened at #6 on 297 theaters.
Source: animeanime.jp, Eiga.com
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