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ANN reports that Disney’s release of The Secret World of Arrietty earned total of $106,361 last week, making it the highest-grossing Ghibli film in America. With these new figures available, Arrietty’s theatrical earning total $17,155,268, which makes it the fourth highest-grossing anime title in America. After numerous disappointments in the box office and low-grossing video [...]
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Studio Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arietty will screen in over 1,200 theaters across the country, beginning on February 17. The film will be Ghibli’s widest release in America to date, topping 2009′s Ponyo, which ran in 927 theaters. Historically, Ghibli films have been well-received by critics and [...]
A few days ago, film distributor GKIDS announced that they acquired the theatrical rights to thirteen pre-2002 Studio Ghibli films. The list of titles includes Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and I Can Hear the Ocean (Umi Ga Kikoeru). The company plans to begin distributing the films in subtitled and dubbed formats, beginning with anniversary [...]
A few days ago, Anime News Network reported that two rare Studio Ghibli films will be making their debut in America. The two films, Yado-Sagashi (House Hunting) and Mizugumo Monmon (Mon Mon the Water Spider) will have a one-night run at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The films will run from 6:30PM to 8:30PM on March [...]
Hayao Miyazaki is revered as one of the greatest storytellers to grace anime. His imaginative works and touching storylines appeal to the old and young alike. Among his most famous works is Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, which asks the difficult questions of whether the apocalypse is really the end, or how man [...]
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Arrietty Opens Strong In US Theaters
Yesterday, Anime News Network reported that Ghibli’s The Secret World of Arrietty opened to exceptionally strong numbers. The film saw revenues of $6.4 million, to take the #9 spot in the box office chart. Considering that the film opened on 1,522 screens, this amounts to an average of $4,204.99 taken per theater. In terms of [...]