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Miyazaki's The Wind Rises Earns US$871,000 in 3rd U.S. Weekend
posted on by Egan Loo
The Box Office Mojo website reports that The Wind Rises, earned an estimated US$871,000 in 496 American theaters this weekend. It dropped from #13 to #16 in its third weekend in the United States.
With a grand total of US$3,317,000, The Wind Rises is now #10 at the American box office among anime films of all time — below Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (US$$2,375,308). The Wind Rises' per-screen average this weekend is an estimated US$1,756.
The Wind Rises had release of 496 screens in its second weekend.
Disney released the film in North America, and Ponyo).
The Wind Rises won the Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production on February 1. The film is nominated in the Academy Awards' Best Animated Feature Film category, and it won the same category in the Japan Academy Prizes on Friday.
Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.
