Suzume Anime Film Takes Down The Wind Rises to Become the 10th Highest-Grossing Anime Film in Japan
Image via Suzume on Twitter
Though the holiday period has well and truly ended director Makoto Shinkai and CoMix Wave Films have a lot to celebrate today as it was announced that his latest anime film Suzume has exceeded 12 billion yen at the Japanese box office and surpassed Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, taking its place as the 10th highest-grossing anime film of all-time in Japan.
As of January 9, Suzume has made 12.13 billion yen (US$88.87 million) on the back of 9.13 million tickets sold. It is currently both the 10th highest-grossing anime film of all time in Japan as well as the 27th highest-grossing film released in the region. This marks the third anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai in the all-time anime list, the second director behind Miyazaki to do so.
映画『#すずめの戸締まり』
公開から約2ヶ月！????️
動員数912万人????
興行収入121億円突破！！????2023年も
ご覧いただきました皆さま
ありがとうございます????♂️新しい年も
すずめとすすめ！！????引き続き
応援よろしくお願いします！????#大ヒット上映中 pic.twitter.com/8twsJa9a8W— 映画『すずめの戸締まり』公式 (@suzume_tojimari) January 10, 2023
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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.
