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The Boy and the Heron Film Drops to #3 in U.S. Box Office in Its 2nd Weekend

The Box Office Mojo website estimates that Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, or literally How Do You Live?) earned US$5,172,462 in its second weekend in the U.S. box office, projecting its drop to #3 from #1 in its opening weekend. The film earned an estimate of US$1,415,466 on Friday, an estimated US$2,104,628 on Saturday, and an estimated US$1,652,508 on Sunday. The film now has an estimated total earnings of US$23,143,145.

The film ranked at #1 in its opening weekend in the U.S. box office, with an earning of US$12,836,313 in its first three days. Variety reported that the film is the "first original anime production" to top the U.S. box office.

The film has been nominated for Best International Filmmaker for Hayao Miyazaki at the Astra Film & Creative Arts Awards. The film additionally won the Best Animation award for the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. The film also won the Animated Feature award from the Boston Society of Film Critics.

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The film opened in Japan on July 14, and sold 1.003 million tickets and earned a cumulative total of 8,333,397,800 yen ($55.60 million). It is the #72 highest-grossing film ever in Japan.

The film is the first Studio Ghibli film to get a simultaneous IMAX release. The film is also screening in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Cinema, and DTS:X.

Miyazaki is credited with the original work, in addition to directing the film and writing the script. performs the theme song "Chikyūgi" (Globe).

highest-earning live-action Japanese film in North America.

The film earned an estimated US$11 million in its first three days in the U.S. box office. Box Office Mojo recorded the film's opening weekend earnings at US$11,419,975. The film opened in 2,308 theaters.

The film ranked at #1 at the U.S. box office on December 4, 6, and 7.

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The film opened in U.S. theaters on December 1.

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The film sold 648,600 tickets for 1,041,193,460 yen ($6.93 million) in its first three days in the Japanese box office. The film sold 14.7% more tickets and earned 22.8% more in its first three days than the last live-action Japanese Godzilla film, Shin Godzilla, did in its first three days in 2016.

Kuranosuke Sasaki.

Source: Box Office Mojo