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Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER Film Earns 1 Billion Yen in 12 Days

Toei revealed on Friday that the Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER film has earned more than 1 billion yen as of Wednesday, 12 days after the film opened on December 22. Toei stated this is the fastest a winter film in the franchise has hit 1 billion yen (about US$9.27 million). The film ranked at #5 during its second weekend.

The film opened at #3, selling 313,000 tickets to earn 389 million yen (about US$3.5 million). Last year's film, Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider, earned 1.28 billion yen (about US$11.6 million), and the Eiga.com website reports that this year's film is expected to earn over 1.5 billion yen (about US$13.6 million).

As with previous films in the series, this new film crosses over the previous Kamen Rider show with the current show. This year, the film crosses over Kamen Rider Build with the ongoing Kamen Rider Zi-O, but also features all 20 Heisei-era Kamen Rider protagonists. An earlier video teased that a "generation is ending," highlighting the fact that Japan will enter a new era on May 1, 2019 when Emperor Akihito abdicates.

The film features two new "Another Riders." Shunsuke Daitō is playing a new Time Jacker villain named Tiido and Kenichi Takitoh is voicing a new Imagin character. The film's theme song is "Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER Medley." Daisuke Asakura arranged the song, which features remixes of all 20 opening theme songs for the 20 Heisei-era Kamen Rider series.

Source: Press release