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Shinkai's your name. is Japan's Highest-Grossing Film for 2016
posted on by Karen Ressler
film sold 637,000 tickets on 296 screens for 860 million yen ($8.57 million) over the September 24-25 weekend to maintain its #1 ranking for its fifth time. In total, the film has sold 8,500,000 tickets for 11.1 billion yen ($111 million) as of September 25.
The film is now 2016's highest-grossing film in Japan. The film reached 10 billion yen faster than Disney's Frozen, which closed in Japan after earning 25.4 billion yen in the box office to become Japan's #3 highest-grossing Spirited Away and Titanic. Frozen reached 10 billion yen in 37 days while your name. reached the same milestone in 28 days.
A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) manga fell from #2 to #3 in its second weekend. The film opened on September 17 on 120 screens.
The third live-action opened on September 22 on 184 screens and ranked at #4 for the weekend.
The live-action Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) manga fell from #5 to #6 in its third week. The film opened in Japan on September 10 on 294 screens. The film is projected to earn 1.5 billion yen ($15 million).
Shin Godzilla film fell from #6 to #9 in its ninth week. As of September 6, the film sold more than 4.2 million tickets, the highest among all Heisei-era Godzilla films.
Sources: Eiga.com, Movie Walker via Yaraon!
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