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When Marnie Was There Earns US$27,388 in 1st Weekend in U.S.

Box Office Mojo is reporting that Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie) film earned US$27,388 in its opening weekend in the U.S. from May 22-24. The film opened in the IFC Center in New York and the Landmark Nuart in Los Angeles on May 22, but screenings will expand to more cities in the coming weeks.

In Japan, the film earned an opening weekend gross of 379 million yen (around US$3,738,558) on 461 screens in its July 19 premiere, and had earned 3,363,690,576 yen (around US$31,359,586) by its eighth weekend.

Distributor GKIDS also released an updated list on Wednesday of theaters for the film's North American release.

GKIDS added new showings in Baltimore, Honolulu, Miami, New York, Lowell, and Ontario, Canada.

Prior to its opening date, When Marnie Was There screened at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arizona on May 5 and at the Seattle International Film Festival in Washington on May 16 and 20.

The following theaters opened the film last Friday:

• New York, NY - IFC Center
• Los Angeles, CA - Landmark Nuart
(ends on Thursday)

The following theaters will show the film on May 29:

• Los Angeles, CA - The Landmark
• Chicago, IL - Landmark Century Centre
• Toronto, ON - TIFF Bell Lightbox
• Vancouver, BC - Vancity Theatre
• Pasadena, CA - Laemmle Playhouse
• Encino, CA - Laemmle Town Center
• Irvine, CA - University Town Center
• New York, NY - Beekman Theatre
• Brooklyn, NY - BAM Rose Cinemas

The following theaters will show the film on June 5:

• San Francisco, CA - Landmark Embarcadero
• Berkeley, CA - Landmark Shattuck Cinemas
• Menlo Park, CA - Landmark Guild Theatre
• San Jose, CA - Camera 3 Cinemas
• San Diego, CA - Reading Gaslamp Stadium
• La Jolla, CA - Landmark La Jolla Village Cinemas
• Claremont, CA - Laemmle Claremont
• North Hollywood, CA - Laemmle noho
• Philadelphia, PA - Landmark Ritz at the Bourse
• Boston, MA - Landmark Kendall Square
• Minneapolis, MN - Landmark Lagoon Cinema
• Grand Rapids, MI - Celebration Cinemas Woodland
• Denver, CO - Landmark Chez Artiste
• Cleveland, OH - Cedar Lee Theatre
• Akron, OH - Nightlight Cinema
• Portland, OR - Regal Fox Tower
• Austin, TX - Regal Arbor at Great Hills
• Dallas, TX - Angelika Film Center
• Plano, TX - Angelika Film Center
• Houston, TX - Landmark River Oaks Theatre
• Phoenix, AZ - Harkins Valley Art
• Santa Cruz, CA - The Nick
• Montréal, QC - Cinéma du Parc
• Montréal, QC - Cinéma Beaubien (in French)
• Québec City, QC - Cinéma Le Clap (in French)
• Sherbrooke, QC - Maison du Cinema (in French)
• Santa Barbara, CA - Plaza de Oro (6/10)

The following theaters will show the film on June 12:

• Washington, DC - Landmark E Street Cinema
• Baltimore, MD - The Charles
• Honolulu, HI - Kahala 8 Cinemas
• Salt Lake City, UT - Broadway Centre Cinemas
• Providence, RI - Cable Car Cinema
• Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
• Cincinnati, OH - Mariemont Theatre
• Pittsburgh, PA - Regent Square Theatre
• Nashville, TN - The Belcourt
• Miami, FL - O Cinema Wynwood
• Knoxville, TN - Regal Downtown West
• Charlotte, NC - Regal Park Terrace
• Asheville, NC - The Carolina Asheville
• Raleigh, NC - The Raleigh Grande
• Greensboro, NC - Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema
• Santa Rosa, CA - Summerfield Cinemas
• Tucson, AZ - The Loft Cinema
• Santa Fe, NM - Regal DeVargas
• Duluth, MN - Zinema 2
• Amherst, MA - Amherst Cinema
• Vancouver, WA - Kiggins Theater
• Victoria, BC - The Vic Theatre

The following theaters will show the film on June 19:

• St Louis, MO - Landmark Plaza Frontenac
• Indianapolis, IN - Landmark Keystone Art
• Hartford, CT - Real Art Ways (6/19-21, 6/26-28, 7/2-4)
• Lambertville, NJ - ACME Screening Room (6/21 & 6/28)

The following theaters will show the film on June 26:

• Atlanta, GA - Landmark Midtown Art
• Hunter, NY - Mountain Cinema
• Lowell, MA - Mill No. 5
• Waterloo, ON - Princess Cinemas

The following theaters will show the film on July 3:

• Seattle, WA - SIFF Cinema Egyptian
• Gainesville, FL - The Hippodrome

GKIDS describes the film's story:

Sent from her foster home in the city one summer to a sleepy town by the sea in Hokkaido, Anna dreams her days away among the marshes. She believes she's outside the invisible magic circle to which most people belong – and shuts herself off from everyone around her, wearing her “ordinary face.” Anna never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, who does not judge Anna for being just what she is. But no sooner has Anna learned the loveliness of friendship than she begins to wonder about her newfound friend...

The English dub cast is as follows:

• Anna Sasaki – Hailee Steinfeld
• Marnie – Kiernan Shipka
• Setsu Oiwa – Grey Griffin
• Kiyomasa Oiwa – John C. Reilly
• Hisako – Vanessa Williams
• Yoriko – Geena Davis
• Sayaka – Ava Acres
• Nobuko – Raini Rodriguez
• Mrs. Kadoya – Kathy Bates
• Nan – Ellen Burstyn
• Older Woman – Catherine O'Hara

When Marnie Was There adapts Joan G. Robinson's classic English children's novel of the same name. In his second film, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010's The Secret World of Arrietty) has shifted the setting from the novel's Great Britain to a Japanese village on the shores of Hokkaido. Yonebayashi wrote the screenplay with Keiko Niwa (The Secret World of Arrietty) and Masashi Ando (A Letter to Momo, Spirited Away, Paprika). Ando also handled the character designs and animation direction. Takatsugu Muramatsu composed the film's soundtrack.

Thanks to Daniel for the news tip.