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Miyazaki's Ponyo Falls to #16 with $1.2 Million
posted on by Christopher Macdonald
The Box Office Mojo website reports that Ponyo anime film has earned an estimated US$1,288,000 during the September 4-6 weekend. In its fourth weekend in American theaters, Ponyo falls from #13 to #16 at the box office as it faces three new films. With 890 theaters (10 more than last weekend), Ponyo has an estimated per-screen average of US$1,447. Ticket sales has dropped 31.8% from last weekend.
With a current estimated total of US$12,937,000, Ponyo is still the fifth highest grossing theatrical anime release in the United States, below Howl's Moving Castle (2005) had earned US$3,225,747 on 187 theaters. Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli were also responsible for Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle.
Ponyo's story streaming the trailers.
David R. Ellis' The Final Destination topped the box office for the second weekend in a row, with approximately $12,435,000 in ticket sales. All about Steve, Gamer and Extract debuted in 2nd, 4th and 10th spots respectively.
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