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Japanese Box Office, August 4-5
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Minna de Uchū Kitā! (Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Everyone, Space Is Here!) and Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Tokyo Enetower o Mamore! (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower!) films debuted at No. 1 on Kogyo Tsushinsha's chart. The live-action special-effects films are not listed on Box Office Mojo's chart, however.
The fourth live-action film Umizaru coast guard manga, Brave Hearts Umizaru, fell from No. 1 to No. 2 during its fourth weekend. The film adapts the "largest sea disaster" from the original manga: the water landing of a jumbo jet. The film ranked at No. 1 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned US$3,748,421 on 450 screens for a gross-to-date of US$58,922,039.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The film's story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two Wolf Children — an older sister named Yuki ("snow") who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame ("rain") who was born on a rainy day. When the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city. The film ranked at No. 2 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned US$2,719,932 on 381 screens for a new total of $20,619,983.
The Slayers films. The film ranked at No. 5 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned US$2,002,420 on 357 screens for a new total of US$27,088,271.
The Masashi Kishimoto. The film ranked at No. 6 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned US$1,606,788 on 262 screens for a new total of US$8,744,209.
The live-action adaptation of Ai Hashimoto (Confessions, Avatar) as Mei Misaki, the mysterious girl whose eye-patch hides a secret. Takeshi Furusawa (Avec Punch, Ghost Train) is directing the film The film earned US$1,026,403 on 230 screens.
RIRIKO, a model who underwent extensive plastic surgery to attain her beauty. The clinic who performed RIRIKO's surgeries goes under investigation for questionable business practices, and RIRIKO's body starts to deteriorate. As the model's prominence in the entertainment industry begins to falter, so does her sanity. The film ranked at No. 7 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earned US$1,047,892 on 206 screens for a new total of US$19,074,587.
The first installment in the Ichirō Ōkouchi are credited with the original story. The film earned US$447,630 on 30 screens for a per-screen total of US$14,921.
The 24th his allies and stop the dastardly Baikinman from ruining Banana Island. The film earned US$251,581 on 134 screens for a total of US$4,604,003.
Yukari Tamura) has a long-awaited reunion, but soon after, she encounters a new peril. The film earned US$245,404 on 51 screens for a new gross-to-date total of US$4,950,633.
The Appleseed). The film earned US$7,937 on 15 screens for a gross-to-date of US$171,677.
film also fell from Box Office Mojo's chart during its fifth weekend.
Sources: Kogyo Tsunshinsha, Box Office Mojo
