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Netflix Adds The Boy and the Heron Film in India on October 7
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The film earned ₹1.85 crores (US$222,500) in its first week in India and ₹72 lakhs (US$86,600) in its second week, earning a cumulative ₹2.59 crores (US$311,700) in its first two weeks. It ended its run in Indian theaters with a revenue of ₹3.05 crores (approximately US$365,185).
The film opened in Indian theaters on May 10. The film screened in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub as well as in IMAX format.
Singapore-based film distribution company Encore Films had previously stated that it was bringing The Boy and the Heron to India. Netflix recently licensed the film for streaming outside of Japan as part of a new deal between the company, Goodfellas, and GKIDS. Netflix added the late Isao Takahata and Studio Ghibli's Grave of the Fireflies anime film in India on September 16. Netflix, Studio Ghibli, and Wild Bunch International entered a partnership in 2020 enabling the streaming service to add 21 Studio Ghibli films worldwide.
The Boy and the Heron opened in Japan in July 2023, and sold 1.003 million tickets and earned about US$13.2 million in its first three days in Japan. The film sold 1.353 million tickets and earned 2.149 billion yen (about US$15.53 million) in its Friday-Monday long weekend (July 17 was the Marine Day holiday in Japan). It is the #56 highest-grossing film ever in Japan (as of September 19), and was the third highest-grossing domestic film in Japan in 2023. The film has earned 9.34 billion yen (about US$59.7 million) in Japan.
The film is the first Studio Ghibli film to get a simultaneous IMAX release. The film also screened in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Cinema, and DTS:X.
The film won Best Animated Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on March 10.
The film also won Animation of the Year in the 47th annual Japan Academy Film Prizes and won the Best Motion Picture - Animated category at the 81st Golden Globes Awards earlier this year. The film also won awards from the Annie Awards (for storyboarding and character animation) and the British Academy Film Awards (for animated film). The Alliance of Women Film Journalists gave it the Best Animated Film award in its EDA Awards on December 31. The 78th Mainichi Film Awards awarded the film with the Noburou Oofuji Award, which honors animated works that offer new forms of creative expression.
Miyazaki is credited with the original work, in addition to directing the film and writing the script. Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro) composed the music. Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia, March comes in like a lion) performs the theme song "Chikyūgi" (Globe).
Source: Netflix
