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Ghibli's When Marnie Was There Earns US$40,282 in 2nd U.S. Weekend

Box Office Mojo reports that Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie) film earned US$40,282 after opening in nine more theaters in its second weekend in the U.S. This puts the film's total gross to date at US$84,542.

The film earned US$27,388 in its U.S. opening weekend on May 22 after opening in two theaters. The screening will expand to more cities in the coming weeks.

In Japan, the film earned an opening weekend gross of 379 million yen (around US$3,738,558) on 461 screens in its July 19 premiere, and had earned 3,363,690,576 yen (around US$31,359,586) by its eighth weekend.

Prior to its opening date, When Marnie Was There screened at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arizona on May 5 and at the Seattle International Film Festival in Washington on May 16 and 20.

The following theaters opened the film on May 22:

• New York, NY - IFC Center
• Los Angeles, CA - Landmark Nuart (ends on Thursday)

The following theaters opened the film last Friday:

• Los Angeles, CA - The Landmark (ENDS 6/4)
• Pasadena, CA - Laemmle Playhouse
• Encino, CA - Laemmle Town Center (ENDS 6/4)
• Irvine, CA - University Town Center
• New York, NY - Beekman Theatre (ENDS 6/4)
• Brooklyn, NY - BAM Rose Cinemas (ENDS 6/4)
• Chicago, IL - Landmark Century Centre
• Toronto, ON - TIFF Bell Lightbox
• Vancouver, BC - Vancity Theatre

The following theaters will show the film this Friday:

• San Francisco, CA - Landmark Embarcadero
• Berkeley, CA - Landmark California Theatre
• Menlo Park, CA - Landmark Guild Theatre
• San Jose, CA - Camera 3 Cinemas
• San Diego, CA - Reading Gaslamp Stadium
• La Jolla, CA - Landmark La Jolla Village Cinemas
• Beverly Hills, CA - Laemmle Music Hall
• Philadelphia, PA - Landmark Ritz at the Bourse
• Boston, MA - Landmark Kendall Square
• Minneapolis, MN - Landmark Lagoon Cinema
• Grand Rapids, MI - Celebration Cinemas Woodland
• Denver, CO - Landmark Mayan Theatre
• Cleveland, OH - Cedar Lee Theatre
• Akron, OH - Nightlight Cinema
• Portland, OR - Regal Fox Tower
• Austin, TX - Regal Arbor at Great Hills
• Dallas, TX - Angelika Film Center
• Plano, TX - Angelika Film Center
• Houston, TX - Landmark River Oaks Theatre
• Phoenix, AZ - Harkins Valley Art
• Santa Cruz, CA - The Nick
• Montréal, QC - Cinéma du Parc
• Montréal, QC - Cinéma Beaubien (in French)
• Québec City, QC - Cinéma Le Clap (in French)
• Sherbrooke, QC - Maison du Cinema (in French)
• Anchorage, AK - Bear Tooth Theatre (6/6 - 6/7)**
• Santa Barbara, CA - Plaza de Oro (6/10)

The following theaters will show the film on June 12:

• Washington, DC - Landmark E Street Cinema
• Baltimore, MD - The Charles
• Honolulu, HI - Kahala 8 Cinemas
• Salt Lake City, UT - Broadway Centre Cinemas
• Providence, RI - Cable Car Cinema
• Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
• Cincinnati, OH - Mariemont Theatre
• Iowa City, IA - FilmScene**
• Pittsburgh, PA - Regent Square Theatre
• Miami, FL - O Cinema Wynwood**
• Nashville, TN - The Belcourt
• Knoxville, TN - Regal Downtown West
• Charlotte, NC - Regal Park Terrace
• Greensboro, NC - Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema
• Athens, GA - Athens Ciné**
• Santa Rosa, CA - Summerfield Cinemas
• North Hollywood, CA - Laemmle noho
• Tucson, AZ - The Loft Cinema
• Santa Fe, NM - Regal DeVargas
• Kalamazoo, MI - Alamo Drafthouse**
• Duluth, MN - Zinema 2
• Buffalo, NY - North Park Theatre**
• Amherst, MA - Amherst Cinema
• Vancouver, WA - Kiggins Theater
• Victoria, BC - The Vic Theatre

The following theaters will show the film on June 19:

• Asheville, NC - The Carolina Asheville**
• Milwaukee, WI - Landmark Oriental Theater**
• St Louis, MO - Landmark Plaza Frontenac
• Indianapolis, IN - Landmark Keystone Art
• Chico, CA - The Pageant Theater**
• Ithaca, NY - Cinemapolis**
• Hartford, CT - Real Art Ways (6/19-21, 6/26-28, 7/2-4)
• Lambertville, NJ - ACME Screening Room (6/21 & 6/28)

The following theaters will show the film on June 26:

• Atlanta, GA - Landmark Midtown Art
• Hunter, NY - Mountain Cinema
• Lowell, MA - Mill No. 5
• Boynton Beach, FL - Alco Boynton 8 Cinemas**
• Waterloo, ON - Princess Cinemas
• Saskatoon, SK - Roxy Theatre**

The following theaters will show the film on July 3:

• Seattle, WA - SIFF Cinema Egyptian
• Bellingham, WA - Pickford Film Center**
• Gainesville, FL - The Hippodrome

The newly added theaters are marked with "**".

GKIDS describes the film's story:

Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she's outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong – and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her “ordinary face.” Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who does not judge Anna for being just what she is. But no sooner has Anna learned the loveliness of friendship than she begins to wonder about her newfound friend...

Below is the English-subtitled trailer from Australian distributor Madman Entertainment:

The English dub cast is as follows:

• Anna Sasaki – Hailee Steinfeld
• Marnie – Kiernan Shipka
• Setsu Oiwa – Grey Griffin
• Kiyomasa Oiwa – John C. Reilly
• Hisako – Vanessa Williams
• Yoriko – Geena Davis
• Sayaka – Ava Acres
• Nobuko – Raini Rodriguez
• Mrs. Kadoya – Kathy Bates
• Nan – Ellen Burstyn
• Older Woman – Catherine O'Hara

When Marnie Was There adapts Joan G. Robinson's classic English children's novel of the same name. In his second film, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010's The Secret World of Arrietty) has shifted the setting from the novel's Great Britain to a Japanese village on the shores of Hokkaido. Yonebayashi wrote the screenplay with Keiko Niwa (The Secret World of Arrietty) and Masashi Ando (A Letter to Momo, Spirited Away, Paprika). Ando also handled the character designs and animation direction. Takatsugu Muramatsu composed the film's soundtrack.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.