Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron the #1 film in US & Canada movie theaters - and his English-language debut ever
The Boy and the Heron is bigger in the US than Spirited Away or Totoro!
People are flocking to Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron, according to North American box office receipts.
The Hollywood Reporter says that as of Sunday, the feature-length anime has raked in $12.8 million USD across the United States in Canada - making it the #1 movie in North America, and the biggest opening weekend for the writer/director ever in US/Canada.
That's a first for Miyazaki and his company, Studio Ghibli - however that's tempered by a relatively tepid December 2023 release schedule, and also heavier competition for Miyazaki's previous films.
That being said, $12.8 million USD is already double what his previous film, the Wind Rises, earned in its entire North American theatrical run.
The Boy and the Heron is in theaters now. Buy tickets on Fandango or Atom Tickets.
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