The Secret World of Arrietty grossed $1.7 million in America on Friday. This making it one of the biggest premiers for an “Anime Film”. Ranking 9th in sales overall on Friday, and 11th in overall anime film releases. Arrietty opened at over 1,500 theaters on Friday, this number may sound small but when compared to let’s say Princes Mononoke that opened in 38 select theaters and made $24,000 on it’s opening night, it’s proof that the popularity of these types of film are growing.
This is great news for anime lovers and animation lovers everywhere, this huge amount of growth over ten years sparks the interest of :producerspublishersstudiostheaters and opens the door for more anime film on the big screen. Film and animation creation studio’s need numberssales figures to continue to produce the films that fill the big screen, and Studio Ghibli is not exempt from this, but it helps that they have a good working relationship with Disney. Not to mention Studio Ghibli has always produced top shelf anime and anime film, much like Pixar they are well known and are industry icons.
What other Anime Films would you like to see on the big screen?
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