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China Box Office: 'Toy Story 4' Getting Crushed by Rerelease of Anime Classic 'Spirited Away'

posted 6 years ago by Satan2016 (26201)
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spirited-away-release-crushes-toy-story-4-at-chinese-box-office-1220251

Disney's latest 3D animation juggernaut — produced for nearly $200 million — has proven no match for kindly old Miyazaki's hand-drawn coming-of-age classic from 2001.

Spirited Away had earned $4.7 million (RMB 32 million) as of 2 p.m. local time, compared to just $1.5 million (RMB 9.93 million) for Toy Story 4.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

I wish they'd re-release "Spirited Away" in the US, it's an enchanting film.

[–] Satan2016 (26201) 6 years ago

Indiewire:

Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar winner “Spirited Away” may be 18 years old, but that didn’t stop it from dominating the China box office over the June 21-23 weekend. The 2001 animated adventure film opened for the first time in Chinese movie theaters to a massive $28 million haul (via Variety), over double the $13.2 million Disney/Pixar made with the opening of the highly-anticipated “Toy Story 4.” That a new Pixar outing was dominated by a nearly two-decade old Miyazaki film speaks to Studio’s Ghibli’s widespread popularity in China.