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Ghibli's Arrietty Opens at #9 with US$6.4 Million (Updated)

posted on by Egan Loo
Fantasy adventure is now the 8th highest grossing anime film in U.S.

The Box Office Mojo website reported that Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.

Here is how the various Ghibli films have performed in the United States on their first weekend:

Film Year Opening Weekend Theaters Per-Screen Average
Princess Mononoke 1999 US$144,446 8 US$18,055
Spirited Away 2002 US$449,839 26 US$17,301
Howl's Moving Castle 2005 US$427,987 36 US$11,888
Ponyo 2009 US$3,585,852 927 US$3,868
Tales from Earthsea 2010 US$20,614 5 US$4,123
The Secret World of Arrietty 2012 US$6,400,000 1,522 US$4,205

The number 1 film in the United States in weekend estimates is Safe House, although that may change once the final numbers are calculated.

As of February 12, four weekends into its limited U.S. release, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos has a box office total of US$170,217.

In his directorial debut, Yonebayashi giving the film the widest opening for a Studio Ghibli film in North America to date.

Update: Arrietty's name in third sentence corrected. Thanks, karenai_hana.

Update: Box Office Mojo reports that the final four-day tally of the film is US$8,684,864, an increase of US$582,864 from the estimate. The final three-day tally is US$6,446,395, an increase of US$46,395. Thanks, bravetailor.


This article has a follow-up: Arrietty Earns US$1.7 Million to Rank #9 on Friday
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