Makoto Shinkai’s Newest Anime Film Remains at #1 in the Box Office

Suzume, Makoto Shinkai's latest anime film remained #1 on its third weekend in the box office. It has sold 612,000 tickets on Saturday and Sunday, earning 842,663,270 on the recent weekend alone. For three weeks, the movie has earned 6,269,316,300 yen (estimated US$45.5 million.)

The film premiered in the Japan on November 11 and was immediately at #1 in the box office. Its opening weekend sold 1.33 million tickets earning 1.88 billion (estimated US$13.49 million.) With the numbers so far, the film sold 38.7% more tickets than Shinkai's first film your name and 14.8% more tickets from its second film Weathering With You.

The movie Suzume is about seventeen-year-old Suzume discovers a mysterious door in the mountains, and soon other doors begin appearing across Japan. As the doors open, they release disasters and destruction, and it's up to her to close them again.

As of this time, there is still no word as to when the movie will be releasing outside of Japan. Korea Portal will continue to provide updates on this report once we have them.