The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | GKIDS | NA Debut at TIFF | WINNER OF THE OSCAR FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

[Issac Newton]

 

Expanding in Spain to into 50 Theatres

 

Other European Countries should do a expansion

 

Among Asia, Encore Films is adding screens to Singapore where Heron did SG$1.2M / $900K

[tarabeesley]

2 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

 

Expanding in Spain to into 50 Theatres

 

Other European Countries should do a expansion

 

Among Asia, Encore Films is adding screens to Singapore where Heron did SG$1.2M / $900K

 

They are putting it back in UK cinemas too. Don't know how long for. 

Do you know how many cinemas the English dub will be shown in Japan and any predictions about how successful it'll be? Japan still doesn't have an official trailer but i'm sure they are able to view all the Youtube trailers. 

 

Also Boxofficemojo is now listing the re-release of the film as being a wide release on March the 22nd, not limited. So we can expect to see it in over 2000 screens again. 

 

Edited March 15 by tarabeesley
more info

[Issac Newton]

8 minutes ago, tarabeesley said:

Do you know how many cinemas the English dub will be shown in Japan and any predictions about how successful it'll be?

English Dub in 60 Theatres. And about numbers, we will see once it expands on March 20

[tarabeesley]

2 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

English Dub in 60 Theatres. And about numbers, we will see once it expands on March 20

But you said it is now showing in over 250 screens in Japan, I guess this includes the original version? Is the re-release in Japan going to be as wide as the original release?

Edited March 15 by tarabeesley

[Issac Newton]

Currently it's playing as wide as 160 Theatres. All Theatres won't play the English Dub (only at 60 Theatres) and including the Original Version, it will expand to 280+ Theatre from March 20

[tarabeesley]

With an Academy Award and Japan Academy Film Prize under its belt, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron is getting more showings in Japan with a huge expansion set later this week that includes screenings of the English dub of the film across Japan. Before then though, that didn’t stop people from rushing out and seeing the latest from Studio Ghibli over the last week, giving the film two new milestones on its bird belt.

As of March 17, The Boy and the Heron has made 9.08 billion yen (US$63.55 million) at the Japanese box office with 6.12 million tickets sold. Since the film’s last major placing in the charts in September 2023, this newest update–which has the film passing 9 billion yen!–has brought the Miyazaki feature up 15 places on the all-time charts, putting it at 64th place and less than 100 million yen behind Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

 

https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/3/18/the-boy-and-the-heron-japan-all-time-box-office-charts-64th-place

[harrisonisdead]

Between its expansion in Japan and re-release in foreign markets, plus the impending release in China, I'm very curious about how high it'll go. I feel like passing Disney's Wish would be an interesting goal (it's around $50M away). Obviously that's pretty much entirely dependent on China, beyond a few million from these re-releases.

[Issac Newton]

 

Suzuki will be coming to China (Shanghai, March 28-29)

[Issac Newton]

On 1/12/2024 at 10:19 PM, Issac Newton said:

Seems like Alibaba Pictures President "Li Jie" has made a lots of deals with Studio Ghibli President "Toshio Suzuki" starting from distribution to exibition of Miyazaki Works in China on January 5th.

 

 

Exhibitions starts from 12 April!

[titanic2187]

 

 

 

[tarabeesley]

Japan  Box Office 
Mar. 20 ( Vernal Equinox Day )

1 #Doraemon43 $1.7M/$13.4M (+714%)
2 #変な家  $ 1.65M/ $6.6M
3 #Haikyu $0.9M/$48.6M 
4 #GodzillaMinusOne $0.6M/$45M (+ 92%) 
5 #DunePartTwo $0.45M/ $2.65M 
6 #Migration $380k/$1.1M
9 #TheBoyAndTheHeron $200k/ $61.9M (+72%)

 

I was expecting more of a jump for 'The Boy and the Heron' today because of the release of the English-language version. Any reason why it hasn't made a lot more than the last few days even though the number of screens apparently increased?

[cannastop]

18 minutes ago, tarabeesley said:

. Any reason why it hasn't made a lot more than the last few days even though the number of screens apparently increased?

Well people have already seen this movie so ...

[Issac Newton]

Info on Chinese VA are released

 

 

Liu Haoran as Mahito Maki

 

 

Da Peng as Heron

 

 

Gao Yuanyuan as Natsuko &Maki

 

 

Zhu Yawen as Shoichi &The Parakeet King

 

 

Baby Zhang as Lady Himi

 

 

Chen Jianbin as Granduncle

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[SchumacherFTW]

10 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

Yeah, that's about right. Wonder if it will be before or after a western physical media release. 

[harrisonisdead]

Seems like the US re-release isn't super wide, considering the five closest theaters to me are not showing it. We'll probably know the theater count soon enough.

[tarabeesley]

I can't find any info on how well the film is doing this weekend given its expansion or re-release or even how many screens it is showing on. Anyone know?

[JustLurking]

On 3/20/2024 at 5:07 PM, tarabeesley said:

Japan  Box Office 
Mar. 20 ( Vernal Equinox Day )

1 #Doraemon43 $1.7M/$13.4M (+714%)
2 #変な家  $ 1.65M/ $6.6M
3 #Haikyu $0.9M/$48.6M 
4 #GodzillaMinusOne $0.6M/$45M (+ 92%) 
5 #DunePartTwo $0.45M/ $2.65M 
6 #Migration $380k/$1.1M
9 #TheBoyAndTheHeron $200k/ $61.9M (+72%)

 

I was expecting more of a jump for 'The Boy and the Heron' today because of the release of the English-language version. Any reason why it hasn't made a lot more than the last few days even though the number of screens apparently increased?

the oscars bump wasn't really a big deal when spirited away won it - iirc, it was only an extra 800M yen or so

 

you just expected too much really

[tarabeesley]

 

So according to The Numbers its expansion was only to 440 screens and it made 260,181 over the weekend per theater average 610 dollars. Not huge numbers. I thought they'd put it on more screens. However, it had a much higher per theater average at least than Luca at 396 dollars per screen! 

 

The Boy and the Heron

GKIDS

$268,181

+549%

440

+379

$610

$46,466,236

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Edited March 24 by tarabeesley

[Issac Newton]

 

Shanghai Premiere is on CMG Cinema, Check in at 12:05 CST // will be attended by Suzuki &Chinese Dub Cast