{"id":84901,"date":"2023-12-11T04:44:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T04:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84901"},"modified":"2023-12-11T04:44:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T04:44:03","slug":"hayao-miyazakis-the-boy-and-the-heron-hits-record-breaking-12-8-million-usd-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/entertainment\/hayao-miyazakis-the-boy-and-the-heron-hits-record-breaking-12-8-million-usd-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayao Miyazaki's ;The Boy and the Heron' Hits Record-Breaking $12.8 Million USD Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hayao Miyazaki‘s animated fantastical coming-of-age story, The Boy and the Heron has hit $12.8 million USD at the opening weekend domestic box office. The film’s record-breaking revenue makes it the first original anime production to be at the top of the domestic box office.<\/p>\n
The Boy and the Heron<\/em> marks the animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki’s unexpected return to the screens after being absent for over a decade. Miyazaki has been known for classics like Spirited Away<\/em> and Princess Mononke. He announced that he would be retiring in 2013 when he released his previous film, The Wind Rises<\/em>. Internationally, The Boy and the Heron<\/em> has been slowly rolling out, earning $84 million USD, with $56 million USD coming from Japan. <\/p>\n The animation edged out Renaissance: A Film by Beyonc\u00e9<\/em>, which took a tumble in its second weekend, earning $5 million USDto finish fifth at the box office. The 77% drop from the first weekend signals that the film might now have as much momentum as the recently release Taylor Swift concert film. Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes<\/em> continued its momentum, taking second place and picking up $9.4 million USD domestically. Globally, the film has earned nearly $280 million USD. Toho International’s Godzilla Minus One<\/em> stands at $25.3 million USD making it the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film released in North America. Hayao Miyazaki‘s animated fantastical coming-of-age story, The Boy and the Heron has hit $12.8 million USD at the opening weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[516],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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