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NEWS: Ghost in the Shell 2 Breaks $1 Million




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cubs2084



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:12 pm Reply with quote
No surprise here. It was only a matter of time.
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Glory Questor



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:47 pm Reply with quote
With the extremely limited distribution, that it raked in $1 Million is good news, anyway.

btw, related to this, has anyone hear any more news about Appleseed since the announcement of the theater locations and dates? I'm sure the producers of Appleseed are probably worried, considering GITS 2's low sales.
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Tondog38



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:53 pm Reply with quote
Glory Questor wrote:
I'm sure the producers of Appleseed are probably worried, considering GITS 2's low sales.
Not just GITS2, 95% of anime does bad by american box office standards.
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hikura



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 2:05 am Reply with quote
Problem with japanese animated films(or any foreign films)here in america is that even with a major company backing it and a major award(an academy award mind you) it can and only will do so much.A good chunk of the american public is not ready for such films.The problem is simply most american can not get past the idea of foreign films and/or serious highly intelligent animated stories.They are to used to watered down material like most of disney products.It is good to see that this movie did as well as it did.
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Twage



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 2:18 am Reply with quote
DW released the film in just the right number of theaters, and that did very well for them. This kind of theatrical release seems like its primary purpose is to raise awareness for the DVD release anyway. I've heard a friend in the industry describe producing DVDs as "like a license to print money." You don't hear that about theatrical runs. Wink
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DeSo



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 12:50 pm Reply with quote
Personally im happy with this news, any awareness if good awareness. Even though it was a really really limited play (if i went to see it, i would of had to travel 5 hours..)

But im glad that roughly 142857 got to enjoy it on the big screen domesticly, it may not seem like a big step..but it really is if you take into the spectrum what currently has been the only movies to make "quaint" releases. Very Happy *Gaurds his collectors R2 Gits:2*
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Gankutsuou



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:13 am Reply with quote
If GITS2 is 9th, what releases are beating it?
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SasukeUT83



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:27 am Reply with quote
Yu-gi-oh, pokemon, and spirited away are at least 3 i can think of that probably raked in more money maybe even princess mononoke
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Twage



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:24 am Reply with quote
Gankutsuou wrote:
If GITS2 is 9th, what releases are beating it?


http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm
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kusanagi-sama



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:30 am Reply with quote
Where is the original report that says it has broke $1 million? BoxofficeMojo still says it has made $941,344
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Twage



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:21 am Reply with quote
kusanagi-sama wrote:
Where is the original report that says it has broke $1 million? BoxofficeMojo still says it has made $941,344


http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=127841

I imagine DW stopped releasing daily box office returns on 11/4 and that's why BoxOfficeMojo has yet to catch up.
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