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Kamen Rider Build & Ex-Aid Film's Trailer Reveals March 15 Hong Kong Opening
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms began streaming a Chinese-subtitled trailer for its screening of the Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider film on Tuesday. The video reveals the film's opening date of March 15.
The film opened in Japan on December 9, and it sold 303,100 tickets to earn 359 million yen (about US$3.16 million) to rank #1 at the Japanese box office in its first weekend. The film sold 32.6% more tickets and earned 30.1% more in the first week compared to last year's film, Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders. As of January 14, the film has earned a total of 1,234,566,200 yen (about US$11.12 million).
The film focuses on Sento Kiryū/Kamen Rider Build, the protagonist of Toei's newest Kamen Rider series, and Emu Hōjō/Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, from the series before. The film also features earlier Kamen Rider protagonists and their original cast members: Takeru Tenkuji (played by Shun Nishime) from Kamen Rider Ghost, Kōta Kazuraba (Gaku Sano) from Kamen Rider Gaim, Gentaro Kisaragi (Sōta Fukushi) from Kamen Rider Fourze, and Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe) and Ankh (Ryosuke Miura) from Kamen Rider OOO.
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL is part of a series of Kamen Rider crossover films that open yearly. The previous film, Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider, opened in December 2016.
