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The Boy and the BeastFollow

2015 • PG-13 • 1h 59m • Action, Adventure, Animation • FUNimation

In a world of beasts, he found a family.

🍅 90% 89% MC 65 IMDb 7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$274K
Limited · 122 theaters
Domestic total
$526K
All releases
Worldwide total
$49.87M
$49.34M international
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Cast & crew

Directed byMamoru Hosoda ScreenplayMamoru Hosoda Produced byAtsushi Chiba, Genki Kawamura, Masaya Yabushita, Minami Ichikawa, Noboru Kashiwagi CinematographyRyo Horibe MusicMasakatsu Takagi StarringKoji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Sometani, Suzu Hirose, Lily Franky, Yo Oizumi StudioFUNimation

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Mar 4-6 29 $274.2K — 122 $2,248 $274.2K
2 Mar 11-13 46 $73.7K −73.1% 86 $857 $446.1K
Weekend grossWk 2 · $73.7K
$274.2K
$73.7K
W1W2
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · −73.1%
−73.1%
W1→2
Steepest −73.1%Best hold −73.1%

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