Shinkai's 'your name.' Tops The Wind Rises as #5 Anime Film of All Time in Japan 

Shinkai\'s \'your name.\' Tops The Wind Rises as #5 Anime Film of All Time in Japan

Jurassic Park, Star Wars Episode I in Japan

) anime film sold 650,000 tickets for 790 million yen (about US$7.80 million) over the October 1-2 weekend to maintain its #1 ranking for the sixth time. In total, the film has earned 12.8 billion yen (about US$126 million) as of October 2.

Shinkai\'s film has now surpassed the 2013 Japanese box office total of

(12.02 billion yen or US$118.6 million). At the Japanese box office,

\'s 15.50 billion yen or US$152.9 million), the 6th highest-grossing Japanese film, and 15th highest-grossing Japanese or overseas film overall.

. The only anime films to earn more than

Shinkai\'s latest is already 2016\'s highest-grossing film in Japan. The film reached 10 billion yen faster than Disney\'s

, which closed in Japan after earning 25.4 billion yen in the box office to become Japan\'s #3 highest-grossing film of all time after

) manga stayed at #3 in its third weekend. The film opened on September 17 on 120 screens.

) film dropped from #4 to #6 in its second weekend. It opened on September 22 on 184 screens.

film rose from #9 to #7 in its 10th weekend. As of September 6, the film sold more than 4.2 million tickets, the highest among all Heisei-era

has earned a total of 7.56 billion yen (U$74.6 million).

) manga fell from #6 to #8 in its fourth weekend. The film opened in Japan on September 10 on 294 screens. The film is projected to earn 1.5 billion yen (about US$15 million).

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