'your name.' Anime Film Earns US$4.5 Million in N. America 

\'your name.\' Anime Film Earns US$4.5 Million in N. America

The Box Office Mojo website updated its box office estimates for the

anime film through April 30. The film earned about US$206,689 at 123 theaters in the United States and Canada over the weekend of April 28-30 to rank #30. The film has earned an estimated total of US$4,479,066 in the United States and Canada after four weeks in theaters.

earned US$1,813,781 in its debut weekend beginning on April 7, and ranked #13 at the box office. The film had a per-screen average of US$5,832, and the film\'s per-theater average for April 7 was higher than any film in the top 12. The film earned more than US$4 million by the end of its third weekend.

is hosting screenings in the original Japanese with English subtitles and with an English

Box Office Mojo estimated the film\'s current worldwide total at US$349,522,083 as of April 30.

film earned US$436,328 at the United States box office in its fifth weekend to rank #23. The fifth weekend gross is about a 50.6% drop in earnings from the film\'s fourth weekend. The film has an estimated total gross of US$39,947,996 in the United States.

The film earned US$18,676,033 in its debut weekend in the United States. The global total for the film is estimated at US$166,147,996 as of Sunday.

film earned an estimated US$855,661 in its sixth weekend to rank #18. The film has now earned an estimated US$84,234,169 in the United States and a worldwide total of US$134,759,902.

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