It’s 2017 already yet Makoto Shinkai’s anime film your name. continues to top the international box office charts!
On Friday, Box Office Mojo released a report regarding the film’s box office sales in both Canada and US theaters. It is expected that the movie has earned a total of US$627,208 just in its first day of screening alone! The film screenings hosted by Funimation have both Japanese language (with English subtitles) as well as English Dub.
A couple of months have passed since your name.’s official premiere in Japan. Regardless of the many new Japanese and international films premiering, it still topping the charts in theaters worldwide. With a 97% fresh rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, the anime film’s hype may still continue all throughout the year. In fact, it earned a higher average per theater than all the top 12 films that are currently screening in the two countries.
To give you a synopsis about the movie, it tells the story of two different people in two different places who got to know each other in a different way. The movie is praised for its unique storyline, art, animation, and its music. This anime movie is indeed an anime masterpiece
you name. is a huge commercial success in Japan that grossed a total of 23 billion yen (around 190 milllion US Dollars). This is the first non-Studio Ghibli film to hit the 100 million yen mark in theater gross sales. The movie was played in twelve consecutive weekends in Japan and has been topping the charts of different movie theaters in other Asian countries like the Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan to name a few.
Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster hit is so in demand that it was no escape from people who wanted to pirate the movie and distribute it illegally. .
Rotten Tomatoes reviewed the movie as “As beautifully animated as it is emotionally satisfying, Your Name adds another outstanding chapter to writer-director Makoto Shinkai’s filmography.” It also received a great reception from other websites like Metacritic, which was rated at 78 out of 100 which indicates that it has generally favorable reviews.” Even The Japan Times gave the movie a rating of 4 out of 5 for its “blend of gorgeous, realistic detail and emotionally grounded fantasy".
Be sure to catch this great anime film masterpiece when it hits theaters near you. We hope that Makoto Shinkai continues to produce great quality anime films in the future.
Source: Anime News Network.