JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Live-Action Film Opens at #5, Kamen Rider/Kyūranger Films Open at #2

The double feature Gekijō-ban Kamen Rider Ex-Aid True Ending and Uchū Sentai Kyūranger The Movie: Gase Indabay no Gyakushū films opened at the Japanese box office at #2 during the August 5-6 weekend. 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 Gyakushūcenters on the Kyūrangers saving the Earth from a collision with a mysterious giant comet weapon called "Gase Star."

The live-action Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai (I Want to Eat Your Pancreas) film fell from #3 to #4 in its second weekend. The film is based on Yoru Sumino's novel of the same name. The book is also inspiring an anime film next year.

The live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond wa Kudakenai Dai-Ichi-Shō (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I) film opened at #5. The film adapts the fourth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (live-action Terraformars, Ace Attorney, Crows Zero, Yatterman, For Love's Sake, Ichi the Killer) directed the movie. The film stars 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.