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The Boy and the Heron

2023 • PG-13 • 2h 5m • Adventure, Animation, Drama • GKIDS

Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.

🍅 96% 88%

91

3.90

7.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$46.8M

Final

Worldwide Total

$292.9M

$246.1M international

Domestic Legs3.6x

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Cast & Crew

Directed byHayao Miyazaki ScreenplayHayao Miyazaki Produced byToshio Suzuki CinematographyAtsushi Okui Music byJoe Hisaishi StarringSoma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura English dub castChristian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara StudioGKIDS

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 8-10 1 $13.0M — 2,205 $5,901 $13.0M

2 Dec 15-17 3 $5.5M −57.6% 2,325 $2,373 $23.5M

3 Dec 22-24 8 $2.8M −49.5% 1,580 $1,765 $30.2M

4 Dec 29-31 10 $2.4M −14.6% 940 $2,534 $35.8M

5 Jan 5-7 12 $1.8M −23.6% 910 $1,999 $39.7M

6 Jan 12-14 14 $1.1M −37.0% 610 $1,878 $41.7M

7 Jan 19-21 15 $845.0K −26.3% 580 $1,456 $43.2M

8 Jan 26-28 18 $659.1K −22.0% 610 $1,080 $44.2M

9 Feb 2-4 17 $447.0K −32.2% 394 $1,134 $45.0M

10 Feb 9-11 20 $238.2K −46.7% 265 $898 $45.4M

11 Feb 16-18 23 $187.1K −21.5% 175 $1,068 $45.7M

12 Feb 23-25 27 $108.1K −42.2% 124 $871 $45.9M

13 Mar 1-3 31 $54.2K −49.9% 79 $685 $46.0M

14 Mar 8-10 36 $27.9K −48.6% 55 $506 $46.1M

15 Mar 15-17 30 $41.3K +48.4% 61 $677 $46.2M

16 Mar 22-24 18 $256.1K +519.4% 440 $582 $46.5M

17 Mar 29-31 27 $64.1K −75.0% 68 $942 $46.7M

18 Apr 5-7 29 $23.7K −63.0% 30 $791 $46.7M

19 Apr 12-14 33 $33.5K +41.2% 108 $310 $46.8M

20 Apr 19-21 40 $10.8K −67.8% 18 $599 $46.8M

21 Apr 26-28 43 $5.9K −45.3% 16 $368 $46.8M

22 May 3-5 48 $5.7K −3.4% 10 $569 $46.8M

23 May 10-12 54 $3.3K −42.3% 10 $328 $46.8M

24 May 17-19 48 $1.6K −51.9% 7 $225 $46.8M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 7 #P $2.4M — $2.4M 1,774 $1,347

Fri Dec 8 #1 $5.6M — $5.6M 2,205 $2,541 1

Sat Dec 9 #1 $4.0M −28% $9.6M 2,205 $1,834 2

Sun Dec 10 #1 $3.4M −17% $13.0M 2,205 $1,527 3

Mon Dec 11 #1 $1.2M −64% $14.2M 2,205 $542 4

Tue Dec 12 #1 $1.5M +23% $15.7M 2,205 $668 5

Wed Dec 13 #1 $1.3M −11% $17.0M 2,205 $594 6

Thu Dec 14 #1 $979.4K −25% $18.0M 2,205 $444 7

Fri Dec 15 #3 $1.4M +48% −74% $19.4M 2,325 $623 8

Sat Dec 16 #3 $2.1M +47% −47% $21.5M 2,325 $915 9

Sun Dec 17 #2 $1.9M −9% −42% $23.5M 2,325 $835 10

Mon Dec 18 #3 $877.8K −55% −27% $24.4M 2,325 $378 11

Tue Dec 19 #3 $1.1M +25% −26% $25.5M 2,325 $472 12

Wed Dec 20 #2 $1.1M −3% −18% $26.5M 2,325 $459 13

Thu Dec 21 #3 $896.1K −16% −9% $27.4M 2,325 $385 14

Fri Dec 22 #9 $995.8K +11% −31% $28.4M 1,580 $630 15

Sat Dec 23 #7 $1.1M +14% −46% $29.6M 1,580 $721 16

Sun Dec 24 #8 $653.5K −43% −66% $30.2M 1,580 $414 17

Mon Dec 25 #- $718.9K +10% −18% $30.9M 900 $799 18

Tue Dec 26 #10 $852.2K +19% −22% $31.8M 900 $947 19

Wed Dec 27 #10 $843.9K −1% −21% $32.6M 900 $938 20

Thu Dec 28 #10 $832.4K −1% −7% $33.5M 900 $925 21

Fri Dec 29 #10 $869.3K +4% −13% $34.3M 940 $925 22

Sat Dec 30 #10 $950.1K +9% −17% $35.3M 940 $1,011 23

Sun Dec 31 #10 $563.3K −41% −14% $35.8M 940 $599 24

Mon Jan 1 #10 $702.1K +25% −2% $36.5M 940 $747 25

Tue Jan 2 #10 $518.6K −26% −39% $37.1M 940 $552 26

Wed Jan 3 #10 $454.6K −12% −46% $37.5M 940 $484 27

Thu Jan 4 #11 $363.7K −20% −56% $37.9M 940 $387 28

Fri Jan 5 #13 $515.7K +42% −41% $38.4M 910 $567 29

Sat Jan 6 #12 $742.7K +44% −22% $39.1M 910 $816 30

Sun Jan 7 #10 $561.4K −24% $39.7M 910 $617 31

Mon Jan 8 #10 $213.2K −62% −70% $39.9M 910 $234 32

Tue Jan 9 #- $251.5K +18% −51% $40.2M 910 $276 33

Wed Jan 10 #10 $247.8K −1% −45% $40.4M 910 $272 34

Thu Jan 11 #- $170.3K −31% −53% $40.6M 910 $187 35

Fri Jan 12 #- $255.0K +50% −51% $40.8M 610 $418 36

Sat Jan 13 #- $463.6K +82% −38% $41.3M 610 $760 37

Sun Jan 14 #- $427.4K −8% −24% $41.7M 610 $701 38

Mon Jan 15 #- $295.6K −31% +39% $42.0M 610 $485 39

Tue Jan 16 #- $131.8K −55% −48% $42.2M 610 $216 40

Wed Jan 17 #- $114.1K −13% −54% $42.3M 610 $187 41

Thu Jan 18 #- $105.6K −8% −38% $42.4M 610 $173 42

Fri Jan 19 #- $193.5K +83% −24% $42.6M 580 $334 43

Sat Jan 20 #- $362.4K +87% −22% $42.9M 580 $625 44

Sun Jan 21 #- $287.0K −21% −33% $43.2M 580 $495 45

Mon Jan 22 #- $76.8K −73% −74% $43.3M 580 $132 46

Tue Jan 23 #- $94.5K +23% −28% $43.4M 580 $163 47

Wed Jan 24 #- $93.8K −1% −18% $43.5M 580 $162 48

Thu Jan 25 #- $85.6K −9% −19% $43.6M 580 $148 49

Fri Jan 26 #- $153.6K +79% −21% $43.7M 610 $252 50

Sat Jan 27 #- $297.1K +93% −18% $44.0M 610 $487 51

Sun Jan 28 #- $208.4K −30% −27% $44.2M 610 $342 52

Mon Jan 29 #- $61.3K −71% −20% $44.3M 610 $101 53

Tue Jan 30 #- $81.9K +34% −13% $44.4M 610 $134 54

Wed Jan 31 #- $65.4K −20% −30% $44.4M 610 $107 55

Thu Feb 1 #- $61.7K −6% −28% $44.5M 610 $101 56

Fri Feb 2 #- $101.4K +64% −34% $44.6M 394 $257 57

Sat Feb 3 #- $203.5K +101% −32% $44.8M 394 $516 58

Sun Feb 4 #- $142.2K −30% −32% $45.0M 394 $361 59

Mon Feb 5 #- $43.7K −69% −29% $45.0M 394 $111 60

Tue Feb 6 #- $60.6K +39% −26% $45.1M 394 $154 61

Wed Feb 7 #- $51.4K −15% −21% $45.1M 394 $131 62

Thu Feb 8 #- $42.6K −17% −31% $45.2M 394 $108 63

Fri Feb 9 #- $61.7K +45% −39% $45.2M 265 $233 64

Sat Feb 10 #- $112.9K +83% −45% $45.3M 265 $426 65

Sun Feb 11 #- $63.7K −44% −55% $45.4M 265 $240 66

Mon Feb 12 #- $29.0K −54% −33% $45.4M 265 $110 67

Tue Feb 13 #- $35.7K +23% −41% $45.5M 265 $135 68

Wed Feb 14 #- $44.8K +26% −13% $45.5M 265 $169 69

Thu Feb 15 #- $20.8K −54% −51% $45.5M 265 $78 70

Fri Feb 16 #- $37.7K +81% −39% $45.6M 175 $216 71

Sat Feb 17 #- $75.1K +99% −33% $45.6M 175 $429 72

Sun Feb 18 #- $74.3K −1% +17% $45.7M 175 $424 73

Mon Feb 19 #- $55.7K −25% +92% $45.8M 175 $319 74

Tue Feb 20 #- $29.5K −47% −17% $45.8M 175 $169 75

Wed Feb 21 #- $20.5K −31% −54% $45.8M 175 $117 76

Thu Feb 22 #- $18.6K −9% −10% $45.8M 175 $106 77

Fri Feb 23 #- $25.8K +38% −32% $45.9M 124 $208 78

Sat Feb 24 #- $46.6K +81% −38% $45.9M 124 $375 79

Sun Feb 25 #- $35.8K −23% −52% $45.9M 124 $289 80

Mon Feb 26 #- $13.7K −62% −75% $46.0M 124 $111 81

Tue Feb 27 #- $15.7K +14% −47% $46.0M 124 $126 82

Wed Feb 28 #- $12.2K −22% −40% $46.0M 124 $98 83

Thu Feb 29 #- $8.2K −33% −56% $46.0M 124 $66 84

Fri Mar 1 #- $11.0K +35% −57% $46.0M 124 $89 85

Sat Mar 2 #- $24.5K +122% −47% $46.0M 124 $198 86

Sun Mar 3 #- $18.6K −24% −48% $46.0M 124 $150 87

Mon Mar 4 #- $7.5K −60% −46% $46.1M 124 $60 88

Tue Mar 5 #- $8.6K +15% −45% $46.1M 124 $69 89

Wed Mar 6 #- $8.7K +1% −28% $46.1M 124 $70 90

Thu Mar 7 #- $7.7K −12% −5% $46.1M 124 $62 91

Fri Mar 8 #- $7.4K −4% −33% $46.1M 55 $135 92

Sat Mar 9 #- $12.1K +64% −51% $46.1M 55 $221 93

Sun Mar 10 #- $8.3K −31% −55% $46.1M 55 $151 94

Mon Mar 11 #- $5.0K −39% −32% $46.1M 55 $92 95

Tue Mar 12 #- $6.2K +23% −28% $46.1M 55 $113 96

Wed Mar 13 #- $7.2K +16% −17% $46.1M 55 $131 97

Thu Mar 14 #- $6.5K −9% −16% $46.1M 55 $119 98

Fri Mar 15 #- $9.7K +49% +32% $46.1M 61 $160 99

Sat Mar 16 #- $15.7K +62% +30% $46.2M 61 $258 100

Sun Mar 17 #- $15.9K +1% +91% $46.2M 61 $260 101

Mon Mar 18 #- $6.0K −62% +20% $46.2M 61 $99 102

Tue Mar 19 #- $8.6K +42% +39% $46.2M 61 $141 103

Wed Mar 20 #- $6.7K −22% −7% $46.2M 61 $109 104

Thu Mar 21 #- $6.2K −7% −4% $46.2M 61 $102 105

Fri Mar 22 #- $58.4K +836% +500% $46.3M 440 $133 106

Sat Mar 23 #- $110.2K +89% +600% $46.4M 440 $250 107

Sun Mar 24 #- $87.5K −21% +451% $46.5M 440 $199 108

Mon Mar 25 #- $38.8K −56% +542% $46.5M 440 $88 109

Tue Mar 26 #- $43.7K +13% +409% $46.5M 440 $99 110

Wed Mar 27 #- $44.6K +2% +569% $46.6M 440 $101 111

Thu Mar 28 #- $29.4K −34% +372% $46.6M 440 $67 112

Fri Mar 29 #- $15.3K −48% −74% $46.6M 68 $225 113

Sat Mar 30 #- $24.1K +58% −78% $46.7M 68 $354 114

Sun Mar 31 #- $24.7K +3% −72% $46.7M 68 $363 115

Mon Apr 1 #- $8.7K −65% −78% $46.7M 68 $128 116

Tue Apr 2 #- $6.8K −22% −84% $46.7M 68 $100 117

Wed Apr 3 #- $8.9K +30% −80% $46.7M 68 $130 118

Thu Apr 4 #- $7.4K −16% −75% $46.7M 68 $109 119

Fri Apr 5 #- $5.6K −25% −64% $46.7M 30 $186 120

Sat Apr 6 #- $11.0K +98% −54% $46.7M 30 $368 121

Sun Apr 7 #- $7.1K −35% −71% $46.7M 30 $237 122

Mon Apr 8 #- $2.7K −61% −68% $46.7M 30 $91 123

Tue Apr 9 #- $2.6K −5% −62% $46.7M 30 $86 124

Wed Apr 10 #- $3.3K +28% −62% $46.7M 30 $111 125

Thu Apr 11 #- $2.2K −34% −70% $46.7M 30 $73 126

Fri Apr 12 #- $3.9K +77% −30% $46.7M 108 $36 127

Sat Apr 13 #- $22.7K +481% +105% $46.8M 108 $210 128

Sun Apr 14 #- $7.0K −69% −2% $46.8M 108 $64 129

Mon Apr 15 #- $567 −92% −79% $46.8M 108 $5 130

Tue Apr 16 #- $1.6K +186% −38% $46.8M 108 $15 131

Wed Apr 17 #- $2.0K +21% −41% $46.8M 108 $18 132

Thu Apr 18 #- $2.7K +38% +23% $46.8M 108 $25 133

Fri Apr 19 #- $3.2K +19% −17% $46.8M 18 $180 134

Sat Apr 20 #- $3.5K +9% −84% $46.8M 18 $196 135

Sun Apr 21 #- $4.0K +14% −42% $46.8M 18 $223 136

Mon Apr 22 #- $937 −77% +65% $46.8M 18 $52 137

Tue Apr 23 #- $1.6K +70% −1% $46.8M 18 $89 138

Wed Apr 24 #- $1.4K −12% −28% $46.8M 18 $78 139

Thu Apr 25 #- $2.3K +64% −15% $46.8M 18 $128 140

Fri Apr 26 #- $1.1K −53% −67% $46.8M 16 $67 141

Sat Apr 27 #- $2.5K +137% −28% $46.8M 16 $159 142

Sun Apr 28 #- $2.3K −10% −43% $46.8M 16 $143 143

Mon Apr 29 #- $744 −67% −21% $46.8M 16 $46 144

Tue Apr 30 #- $768 +3% −52% $46.8M 16 $48 145

Wed May 1 #- $7.5K +877% +434% $46.8M 16 $469 146

Thu May 2 #- $979 −87% −58% $46.8M 16 $61 147

Fri May 3 #- $499 −49% −53% $46.8M 10 $50 148

Sat May 4 #- $3.3K +561% +30% $46.8M 10 $330 149

Sun May 5 #- $1.9K −42% −17% $46.8M 10 $190 150

Mon May 6 #- $528 −72% −29% $46.8M 10 $53 151

Tue May 7 #- $113 −79% −85% $46.8M 10 $11 152

Wed May 8 #- $1.8K +1% −76% $46.8M 10 $178 153

Thu May 9 #- $1.1K −40% +9% $46.8M 10 $106 154

Fri May 10 #- $350 −67% −30% $46.8M 10 $35 155

Sat May 11 #- $1.0K +199% −68% $46.8M 10 $104 156

Sun May 12 #- $1.9K +81% −1% $46.8M 10 $189 157

Mon May 13 #- $189 −90% −64% $46.8M 10 $19 158

Tue May 14 #- $548 +190% +385% $46.8M 10 $55 159

Wed May 15 #- $724 +32% −59% $46.8M 10 $72 160

Thu May 16 #- $1.7K +138% +62% $46.8M 10 $172 161

Fri May 17 #- $329 −81% −6% $46.8M 7 $47 162

Sat May 18 #- $534 +62% −49% $46.8M 7 $76 163

Sun May 19 #- $718 +34% −62% $46.8M 7 $103 164

Mon May 20 #- $392 −45% +107% $46.8M 7 $56 165

Tue May 21 #- $45 −89% −92% $46.8M 7 $6 166

Wed May 22 #- $129 +187% −82% $46.8M 7 $18 167

Thu May 23 #- $532 +312% −69% $46.8M 7 $76 168

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$45.5M

Dec 7Dec 25Jan 11Jan 29Feb 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $238.2K

$13.0M

$5.5M

$2.8M

$2.4M

$1.8M

$1.1M

$845.0K

$659.1K

$447.0K

$238.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,325 → 265 −88.6%

1,774 open265 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.7%

−57.6%

W1→2

−49.5%

W2→3

−14.6%

W3→4

−23.6%

W4→5

−37.0%

W5→6

−26.3%

W6→7

−22.0%

W7→8

−32.2%

W8→9

−46.7%

W9→10

Steepest −57.6%Best hold −14.6%

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