Shinkai's 'your name.' Tops Box Office For 7th Weekend 

Shinkai\'s \'your name.\' Tops Box Office For 7th Weekend

) anime film ranked #1 for the October 8-9 weekend — and maintained its top position for seventh straight weekend. As of October 8, the film has earned a total of 13.8 billion yen (about US$134 million) and sold 10.61 million tickets in 44 days.

Shinkai\'s film is the fifth highest-grossing anime film (after

\'s 15.50 billion yen or US$152.9 million), the 6th highest-grossing Japanese film, and 15th highest-grossing Japanese or overseas film overall. The film surpassed the 2013 Japanese box office total of

Jurassic Park and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The only anime films to earn more than

Shinkai\'s latest is already 2016\'s highest-grossing film in Japan. The film reached 10 billion yen faster than Disney\'s

, which closed in Japan after earning 25.4 billion yen in the box office to become Japan\'s #3 highest-grossing film of all time after

) manga dropped from #3 to #4 in its fourth weekend. The film opened on September 17 on 120 screens.

) film dropped from #6 to #9 in its third weekend. It opened on September 22 on 184 screens.

film dropped from #7 to #10 in its 11th weekend. As of September 6, the film sold more than 4.2 million tickets, the highest among all Heisei-era

has earned a total of 7.56 billion yen (U$74.6 million).

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