The Big G is making some big bucks. Godzilla Minus One, the latest Godzilla film from Toho Studios, just surpassed $100 million in worldwide box office sales. The film has made $55 million in Japan and $47 million abroad, on a budget said to be …Read more »
Another weekend of manga and anime dominance in Japan. Over the weekend of August 18 to August, the #1 film at the box office was the latest Kingdom film (the third, for those keeping track). This marks the fourth weekend the film has come in …Read more »
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO just keeps on supering. The film has now earned just over $30 million at the US box office, and that makes it one of the highest-grossing anime films of all time in US theaters. According to Box Office Mojo, the …Read more »
To say Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was a hit is a bit of an understatement. The film has ended its theatrical run in Japan after 157 days after having earned 13.7 billion yen (about $108 million). That makes it practically tied for The Last Samurai as …Read more »
Soon after Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle opened in Japan, it became the director’s highest-grossing film in his home country. Now it’s set to do the same in the US. That’s ‘cause the movie, which opened on 1,326 screens this weekend (technically Thursday to Monday) made an …Read more »
Despite theaters in Tokyo and other major cities across Japan being closed the last week or two (thanks Covid), Evangelion 3.0+1.0 is still racking up yen. 8.28 billion yen, to be precise. That means 3.0+1.0 has surpassed the 2016 hit Shin Godzilla, which made 8.25 …Read more »
It’s the latest in our series analyzing the impressive box office take of Evangelion 3.0+1.0. This time, we’re here to report the film’s box office is likely to top 5 billion yen today. That’s about 47 million USD. That officially puts it past every Evangelion …Read more »
Box office watchers, check this out. The box office numbers for Evangelion 3.0+1.0 are in, and they’re pretty huge. The film opened last Monday, March 8—a date set to coincide with the end of the state of emergency in Tokyo and other big prefectures. That …Read more »
Despite the fact that the final Evangelion anime film opened on a Monday, it still managed to pull in some impressive numbers. With 23.8% more revenue and 21.7% more tickets sold than 2012’s Evangelion 3.0, Hideaki Anno’s long-awaited Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time now …Read more »
Considering how tumultuous 2020 was, it should come as no surprise that theaters are struggling to stay in the black. It’s easy to forget just how tough things are, however, when Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train spent the latter half of …Read more »
Your Bad Box Office in April. Okay, jokes aside, this is some pretty depressing (though unsurprising) box office news. Compared to April 2019, Japan’s movie theaters pulled in 96.3% less yen. In total, the country’s theaters made just 688 million yen—about $6.4 million. Thanks, COVID-19. …Read more »
For yet more proof that critical acclaim and box office results have little to do with each other, look no further than Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. The film, which is referred to as SayoAsa in Japanese, has been getting good reviews, but ended …Read more »
Apparently we weren’t the only ones with a low opinion of the live-action adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure . Though the film was intended to be the first in a series, its low box-office returns have put those plans in doubt. The film, which opened …Read more »
Your Name has earned some of your money. The film, which (finally) opened in U.S. theaters April 7, made an estimated $1.6 million dollars over the weekend. Your Name , which is being released in dubbed and subtitled form by Funimation, opened on 303 screens …Read more »
The dust is settling on the release of the live-action Ghost in the Shell , and it’s looking fair to say it was not exactly a smash. In fact, at this point, it looks unlikely the film will recoup its budget. Anthony D’Alessandro over at …Read more »
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