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Totoro Marks 500th Week in Top 300 DVD Chart
posted on by Egan Loo
Ghibli anime film has sold 1,084,134 copies since debuting on DVD in 2001
The DVD of marked its 500th week on Oricon's DVD sales ranking chart this month. During the July 18-24 week, it landed at #33 by selling 2,184 more copies for a grand total of 1,084,134.
The DVD first Spirited Away sold over 2.3 million copies since 2002.
On Japan's all-time DVD sales ranking chart, My Neighbor Totoro is #9. The DVD tends to double its sales during summer vacations and extended holiday seasons.
Besides Totoro, other Ghibli works benefited from the July 16 Laputa (893 more copies for a new total of 730,524) ranked #7, #80, and #92, respectively, on the most recent weekly top 100 chart.
Source: Oricon
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