NEW YORK.- He film of anime The Boy and the Heronby Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, because ticket office in North America this weekend, grossing $12.8 million in its debut, according to industry estimates.
The Boy and the Heron It’s only the third film type anime to top the box office in the United States and Canada, and the first original anime to do so. It is also the first completely foreign film to top the North American box office so far this year.
It was expected that The Boy and the Heron It is the last film by Miyazaki, 82 years old. But Studio Ghibli vice president Junichi Nishioka has said that Miyazaki is making another one.
The Boy and the Heron It has been classified as one of the best films of the year. It tells the story of a boy who, after the death of his mother in a bombing during World War II, is taken by a character to a portal that leads to a fantasy world.
Other projections
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonc, which topped the box office last week, dropped sharply in its second weekend. It grossed $5 million, a 76% decrease from its $21 million debut.
Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes came second by grossing 9.4 million in its fourth weekend. The “Hunger Games” prequel has a domestic total of 135.7 million.
The Boy and the Heron It wasn’t the only successful Japanese film this weekend. Godzilla Minus One It grossed $8.3 million in its second weekend, a decrease of just 27% from the previous weekend, bringing its total to $25 million.
Poor Things It grossed $644,000 upon release in nine theaters in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Austin, Texas. Next week I will have a larger exhibition.
Origin It was shown in two theaters in New York and Los Angeles with an average of $58,532 per theater. In it, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as author Isabel Wilkerson as she investigates issues of race and social inequality for her book. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. It opens more widely on January 19.
The 10 highest-grossing movies from Friday to Sunday in the United States and Canada, according to Comscore. The final figures come out on Monday.
Box Office
1. The Boy and the Heron – $12.8 million.
2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – $9.4 million.
3. Godzilla Minus One – $8.3 million.
4. Trolls Band Together – $6.2 million.
5. Wish – $5.3 million.
6. Renaissance, A Film by Beyonc – $5 million.
7. Napoleon – $4.2 million.
8. Waitress: The Musical – $3.2 million.
9. Animal – $2.3 million.
10. The Shift – $2.2 million.
FUENTE: AP
