Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and Heron’ Earns Over $2 M Just from Preview Screenings

Summary:

• ‘The Boy and Heron’ earned about US$2 million from preview screenings.
• Deadline predicts that the movie will make US$10.7 million in the opening weekend.
• ‘The Boy and The Heron’ focuses on the story of Mahito and how he copes with the loss of his mother.

Hayao Miyazaki is a genius who created magic with his movies. ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is his latest venture that has received incredible praise from critics and fans alike.

The film opened in Japan on July 14, 2023, and was immensely successful. Now, it has hit the US theatres, and it has managed to strike a new record just from its preview screenings.

Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Friday that Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature film, The Boy and the Heron, earned about US$2.39 million from preview screenings. The film was screened in 1,774 theatres in the U.S. and Canada.

The Boy and Heron was a roaring success in Japan, earning a cumulative total of about US$55.60 million in Japan. Based on the response from the preview screenings, Deadline predicts that the film will make US$10.7 million in its opening weekend and estimates the film earned US$5.4 million on Friday.

However, these earnings don’t come as a surprise since all the big names in the industry have worked on this production. Hayao Miyazaki is credited with the original work, while Takeshi Honda(Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) was responsible for the animation.

Kenshi Yonezu, who is single-handedly ruling the J-Pop industry, has performed the theme song, “Chikyūgi,” or “Spinning Globe.”

‘The Boy and The Heron’ is the story of Mahito, who loses his mother during the fire bombings of Tokyo after the Second World War. He and his father move to the countryside, where Mahito’s father gets remarried to his late mother’s pregnant sister.

As Mahito struggles with his situation, he encounters a talking heron and enters another world based on a promise that he can meet his mother again.

The movie has finally hit the US theatres, and fans are going all out to get tickets for this magical project. So go ahead and grab your seats!

About “The Boy and The Heron”

“The Boy and The Heron” (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) is an anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The story is inspired by the novel of the same name by Genzaburo Yoshino, first published in 1937 and set in pre-war Japan.

The novel tells the story of Copper, a fifteen-year-old boy who lives in Tokyo, watches thousands of people every day and wonders about anything and everything. After his father’s death, he goes on a journey of philosophical enlightenment and uses his knowledge to determine the best way to live!

Source: Deadline