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Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Rises to #4, Gintama to #6

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! (Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel film, which debuted at #3 and earned a total of 2.15 billion yen (US$19.2 million).

The live-action Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai (inspiring an anime film next year.

The live-action film of earned more than 2 billion yen in its first 14 days, the fastest live-action Japanese film to reach that amount so far this year. The film also had the highest opening two days of any Japanese live-action film in 2017 so far. The film's total box-office earnings are expected to sur 5 billion yen (US$44.7 million).

The double feature Gekijō-ban Kamen Rider Ex-Aid True Ending and Uchū Sentai Kyūranger The Movie: Gase Indabay no Gyakushū films dropped from #2 to #8 in their second weekend. The films opened in Japan on August 5. The Gekijō-ban Kamen Rider Ex-Aid True Ending film shows the "true ending" for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid before the television series, and features a plot centering on a pandemic targeting all of humanity. Uchū Sentai Kyūranger The Movie: Gase Indabay no Gyakushū centers on the Kyūrangers saving the Earth from a collision with a mysterious giant comet weapon called "Gase Star."

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The live-action Kento Yamazaki as Jōsuke Higashikata. The manga and film's story is set in Morioh, located in S City in M Prefecture of Japan, and it follows the misadventures of Jōsuke Higashikata and his companions, as they are involved in a series of bizarre incidents in their town.

Sources: Kōgyō Tsūshin, Eiga.com