(Los Angeles) “The Boy and the Heron,” the new film from the master of Japanese animation Hayao Miyazaki, who created the immensely famous “Princess Mononoke” and “Spirited Away,” among others, took the lead this weekend the North American box office. end, according to estimates from Exhibitor Relations on Sunday.
Published yesterday at 2:54 p.m.
With sales of $12.8 million, the fantasy film achieved “the best figures for a Studio Ghibli film” on its first weekend in theaters, emphasizes Exhibitor Relations.
The film depicts the life of an 11-year-old boy, Mahito, who leaves Tokyo to live with his father in the countryside after his mother dies in a fire. Then Mahito meets a gray heron who becomes his guide in an epic in which the mysteries of life that are the hallmark of Miyazaki's stories follow each other.
In an alternate universe, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes continues its race to the podium for the fourth weekend in a row.
The prequel to the dystopian saga of the same name from the series of novels by Suzanne Collins, which tells the youth of Coriolanus Snow, the future dictator of the saga, collected $ 9.4 million between Friday and Sunday.
Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One, produced by Toho Studios, is in third place for the second weekend in a row with $8.3 million, followed by Trolls 3 (6.2 million) and Disney Studios' last film, Wish Closes the top five with $5.3 million.
The rest of the top 10
- 6. Renaissance: A Movie by Beyoncé (5 million)
- 7. Napoleon (4.2 million)
- 8. Waitress (3.2 million)
- 9th Tier (2.3 million)
- 10. The Change (2.1 million)