Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume Anime Film Travels Past 10 Billion Yen at JP Box Office
Image via Suzume on Twitter
In a milestone for the ages, Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume anime film has finally passed 10 billion yen at the Japanese box office, marking three straight films to do so from the director and the first time a creator, other than Hayao Miyazaki, has passed this massive milestone.
映画『#すずめの戸締まり』
公開から45日間で
動員数745万人????
興行収入100億円突破！！????????ご覧いただきました皆さま
感謝 #お返し申す！！????♂️入場者限定「小説 #すずめの戸締まり
～環さんのものがたり～」
全国の劇場にて配布中????年末はすずめで「戸締まり」！✨????️#大ヒット上映中 pic.twitter.com/YxZsT6G9Nj
— 映画『すずめの戸締まり』公式 (@suzume_tojimari) December 26, 2022
As of Sunday, December 25, Suzume’s 45th day in theaters, the anime film has grossed a total of 10.01 billion yen (US$72.74 million) on the back of 7.45 million tickets sold, bringing it up to the 42nd highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, just above 1986’s The Adventures of Milo and Otis and below 2006’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
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Suzume is directed by Makoto Shinkai, who also penned the screenplay for the film alongside Masayoshi Tanaka as the character designer, Kenichi Tsuchiya as the animation director and Takumi Tanji as the art director with animation production at CoMix Wave Films.
Suzume was released in Japan on November 11 with Crunchyroll teaming up with Sony Pictures and Wild Bunch International to bring the feature to global audiences outside of Asia starting April 12, 2023.
Sources: Suzume on Twitter, Kogyo Tsushin
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
