Re-release of 2001 Studio Ghibli classic has grossed $27.9m in its first three days.
Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 classic Spirited Away topped the Chinese box office over its opening three-day weekend, grossing more than twice the opening of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4.
Spirited Away grossed $27.9m in its first three days (June 21-23), according to EntGroup figures, with China Film Group overseeing the Chinese release. In comparison, Toy Story 4 came in second over the weekend with a gross of $13.4m during the same three-day period.
Both films are tracking strongly on user review platforms, with Spirited Away...
Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 classic Spirited Away topped the Chinese box office over its opening three-day weekend, grossing more than twice the opening of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4.
Spirited Away grossed $27.9m in its first three days (June 21-23), according to EntGroup figures, with China Film Group overseeing the Chinese release. In comparison, Toy Story 4 came in second over the weekend with a gross of $13.4m during the same three-day period.
Both films are tracking strongly on user review platforms, with Spirited Away...
- 6/24/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” has debuted to record-breaking opening weekends all over the world – but not in China, where it was soundly beaten by a nearly 20-year-old Japanese anime classic, Ghibli Studios’ “Spirited Away.”
While “Toy Story 4” made film history in territories around the world with the largest-ever three-day opening for an animated feature — including in the U.S. (with $118 million in ticket sales), the U.K., Mexico and Argentina — it came in second in China, where it grossed just $13.2 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
Its runner-up finish came despite stellar ratings on key user-review platforms Maoyan and Taopiaopiao, which both gave the film a 9.2 out of 10, respectively. “Toy Story 4’s” performance was hurt by Chinese exhibitors’ decision to program far more screenings of “Spirited Away,” the classic animated film by Hayao Miyazaki, which was first released in the U.S. in 2002 but...
While “Toy Story 4” made film history in territories around the world with the largest-ever three-day opening for an animated feature — including in the U.S. (with $118 million in ticket sales), the U.K., Mexico and Argentina — it came in second in China, where it grossed just $13.2 million, according to data from Artisan Gateway.
Its runner-up finish came despite stellar ratings on key user-review platforms Maoyan and Taopiaopiao, which both gave the film a 9.2 out of 10, respectively. “Toy Story 4’s” performance was hurt by Chinese exhibitors’ decision to program far more screenings of “Spirited Away,” the classic animated film by Hayao Miyazaki, which was first released in the U.S. in 2002 but...
- 6/24/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
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