Makoto Shinkai‘s Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) anime film has earned 12.13 billion yen (about US$92 million) and has sold over 9.13 million tickets as of Tuesday. The film ranked at #2 in its ninth weekend. It is now the #27 highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, and the #10 highest-grossing anime film of all time in Japan, taking out Studio Ghibli‘s The Wind Rises film from the top 10 list. Suzume also ranked #3 in the top 10 highest-grossing domestic films in Japan for 2022.
The film sold 281,000 tickets and earned 375 million yen (about US$2.84 million) from Friday to Saturday.
Suzume already earned more than any Detective Conan film, and has now surpassed the final Evangelion film. Only Demon Slayer, four Ghibli films, Shinkai’s own last two films, One Piece Film…