Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' debuts at No. 1 at the box office

Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s is No. 1 at the North American box office for the first time in his decades-spanning career.
Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s is No. 1 at the North American box office for the first time in his decades-spanning career. According to studio estimates Miyazaki’s latest enchanting film “The Boy and the Heron” debuted with $12.8 million. The long-awaited animated fantasy from the director of “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and other cherished anime classics, is only the third anime to top the box office in U.S. and Canadian theaters and the first original anime to do so. Another Japanese film — “Godzilla Minus One — also charted high, with $8.3 million. Last week’s top film, “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” dropped steeply in its second weekend with $5 million.

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The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is No. 1 at the box office

Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master

Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is No. 1 at the box office

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BoxOfficeReport.com on X: GKIDS's release of Studio Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron debuted with an estimated $12.84M domestically this weekend (from 2,205 locations). #TheBoyAndTheHeron #BoxOffice / X