On Friday, Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) earned US$2,150,000 at the U.S. box office in 2,170 locations, including IMAX. Sony expects a $5 million opening weekend.
Box Office Mojo ranked the film #4 on Friday, including Thursday preview and Friday screening earnings.
Thursday preview screenings at 2,028 theatres earned US$680,000.
In January 2020, Shinkai’s Weathering With You anime film grossed US$3,039,961. On Wednesday and Thursday, the film’s preview screenings earned US$1,586,217 and US$1,445,534, respectively, ranking #2 in the U.S. box office.
North America got Suzume on Friday. Crunchyroll shows the film in Japanese with English subtitles and dub.
On Wednesday, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Wild Bunch International, and Eurozoom began screening the film worldwide except Asia.
Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment distribute throughout North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Africa, and portions of Europe.
In France and Germany, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Wild Bunch International, and Eurozoom are releasing the film. 199 nations will screen the film.
The film is the highest-grossing Japanese anime in China and South Korea.
The film opened in Japan at #1 on November 11 and has earned 14,310,602,380 yen (about US$109 million) as of March 26, surpassing Weathering With You’s 14.23 billion yen (US$108 million in current conversion) lifetime Japanese box office earnings (Tenki no Ko). Thus, it became Japan’s 14th highest-grossing film and eighth highest-grossing anime film.
Nanoka Hara voices Suzume Iwato. Hokuto Matsumura (live-action Liar × Liar film’s Tōru, live-action xxxHOLiC film’s Shizuka Doumeki) made his voice acting debut as Sōta Munakata, a young man who travels with Suzume as the “Door-Closing Master.”
Shinkai wrote and directed the film. He wrote the original story. Characters were designed by Masayoshi Tanaka (weathering with you). Kenichi Tsuchiya directed the animation.
Takumi Tanji directed the art. Story Inc. and CoMix Wave Films produced the film. TOHO distributes. RADWIMPS and Seattle-based Hollywood composer Kazuma Jinnouchi (Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, RWBY: Ice Queendom) scored the film. Toaka performed “Suzume” on TikTok.
