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Ghibli's Arrietty Adds US$140,000 in 6th Weekend
posted on by Egan Loo
The Box Office Mojo website reports that The Secret World of Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) has earned an estimated US$140,000 during the March 23-25 weekend, its sixth weekend in American theaters. Arrietty's theater count dropped by 75 as 229 theaters continued to screen the film, and the film had a per-screen average of US$611. Ticket sales fell 42.0% from the fifth weekend.
With a current total of US$18,247,000, Arrietty Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie (US$19,765,868).
The new #1 film in the United States is The Hunger Games, which garnered the third highest U.S. opening box office of all time at US$155 million.
Here is how the various Ghibli films have performed in the United States in their sixth weekend:
| Film | Year | 6th Weekend | Theaters | Per-Screen Average | Gross-to-Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Mononoke | 1999 | US$212,161 | 129 | US$1,644 | US$1,937,984 |
| Spirited Away | 2002 | US$415,924 | 149 | US$2,791 | US$3,997,219 |
| Howl's Moving Castle | 2005 | US$149,368 | 133 | US$1,123 | US$4,151,839 |
| Ponyo | 2009 | US$188,536 | 329 | US$573 | US$14,656,787 |
| Tales from Earthsea | 2010 | US$0 | 0 | US$0 | US$48,043 |
| The Secret World of Arrietty (Estimated) | 2012 | US$140,000 | 229 | US$611 | US$18,247,000 |
In his directorial debut, Yonebayashi gave the film the widest opening for a Studio Ghibli film in North America to date.
