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NEWS: 'your name.' Anime Film Tops China's Box Office Chart in 2nd Weekend




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GATSU



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 1:40 am Reply with quote
Man, Hacksaw Ridge is the last film I thought would be popular in China. Especially given its religious undertones.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:44 am Reply with quote
At the rate it's going, I wonder if it'll end up overtaking Zootopia in china. For reference sake, Zootopia earned $235.6 million there.
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rtil



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 3:08 am Reply with quote
makes me wonder if Spirited Away were released today what kind of business it would do.

although i assume it would be banned in China for depictions of ghosts and spirits.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 3:10 am Reply with quote
Considering ticket prices there are more Chinese than Japanese who have watched your name in theaters already.
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KH91



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 3:53 am Reply with quote
The worldwide domination continues as expected.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 4:46 am Reply with quote
China(and Your Name.) is a force to be reckoned with. Shocked
This movie would have been insanely successful even if it didn't make a penny in Japan just with these numbers.

Anyone know what the exact numbers for Spirited Away are, adjusted for inflation and converted accurately? According to Box Office Mojo + Wikipedia, it is around $290,000,000 which is very close to what Your Name. has made, but I'm sure that is taken from whatever the yen to dollar conversion was back then and might not be entirely accurate.
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rtil



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 4:58 am Reply with quote
relyat08 wrote:
China(and Your Name.) is a force to be reckoned with. Shocked
This movie would have been insanely successful even if it didn't make a penny in Japan just with these numbers.

Anyone know what the exact numbers for Spirited Away are, adjusted for inflation and converted accurately? According to Box Office Mojo + Wikipedia, it is around $290,000,000 which is very close to what Your Name. has made, but I'm sure that is taken from whatever the yen to dollar conversion was back then and might not be entirely accurate.

Japan has actually experienced periods of deflation since the release of Spirited Away. The yen is only worth about $0.10 more than it was in 2001.

Your Name will never get close to touching Spirited Away's domestic total (30bn yen). but it will easily beat its international total since the anime market has expanded dramatically in the last 15 years.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 11:32 am Reply with quote
Who cares? At least I've watched this movie in cinema 3 times in one week.
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relyat08



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 3:18 pm Reply with quote
^I care. What happens in this industry means a lot to me. And this is an unprecedented success, the likes of which anime has literally only seen once in its entire history.

rtil wrote:

Your Name will never get close to touching Spirited Away's domestic total (30bn yen). but it will easily beat its international total since the anime market has expanded dramatically in the last 15 years.


Yeah, I don't expect it to hit that, but I think it could, and probably will, best it in total box office revenue world-wide. That's pretty exciting. I don't think many people expected something like this from Your Name. I sure didn't. His movies have always been a bit of a quiet affair in the past.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:43 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
Man, Hacksaw Ridge is the last film I thought would be popular in China. Especially given its religious undertones.

It's WW2... Allies against the Japanese.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:39 pm Reply with quote
Form: Yeah, I could see that. But the dude doesn't even use violence, so there's no sense of 'payback'.
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rtil



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relyat08 wrote:
^I care. What happens in this industry means a lot to me. And this is an unprecedented success, the likes of which anime has literally only seen once in its entire history.

rtil wrote:

Your Name will never get close to touching Spirited Away's domestic total (30bn yen). but it will easily beat its international total since the anime market has expanded dramatically in the last 15 years.


Yeah, I don't expect it to hit that, but I think it could, and probably will, best it in total box office revenue world-wide. That's pretty exciting. I don't think many people expected something like this from Your Name. I sure didn't. His movies have always been a bit of a quiet affair in the past.


I think it was only a matter of time for a director like Shinkai. his films have wide appeal and the "eye candy" factor is a reliable hook to sell tickets to first-timers.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:05 am Reply with quote
How about Makoto Shinkai? Yes, the anime has been printing money, but how about him? How much money will be given to him? Yes, 'will be given'. That man deserves at least 10 millions dollar money. As far as I know that he is a director with salary. Correct me if I am wrong. But, this is not about directing, this is about making a unique work. I hope, he earns a lot of money.
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relyat08



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 2:24 pm Reply with quote
iliumwicked wrote:
How about Makoto Shinkai? Yes, the anime has been printing money, but how about him? How much money will be given to him? Yes, 'will be given'. That man deserves at least 10 millions dollar money. As far as I know that he is a director with salary. Correct me if I am wrong. But, this is not about directing, this is about making a unique work. I hope, he earns a lot of money.


Considering that creative rights sit with the original creator first and foremost in Japan, I imagine he got some decent royalties from this. I'd love to see numbers on it though.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:46 am Reply with quote
I think Mr. Shinkai's got a lot to be proud of here. He's got a big hit on his hands. Also,the fact that he's going to be rich when it's all over with,also must be on his mind. Both things must be making him smile a lot recently.
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