Fathom Events revealed on Thursday that Studio Ponoc and Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s Mary and The Witch’s Flower anime film has earned a total box office gross of US$1.9 million in the United States.
Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who directed Studio Ghibli’s Arrietty and When Marnie Was There, directed Mary and The Witch’s Flower, and also penned the script for the film alongside Riko Sakaguchi, who wrote the screenplay for Isao Takahata’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
The Japanese version stars Hana Sugisaki (When Marnie Was There, live-action Blade of the Immortal) as Mary and Ryunosuke Kamiki (The Secret World of Arrietty’s Sho, your name.’s Taki) as Peter.
The film had earned US$1,167,431 on its January 18 opening day, and ranked #3 on that day’s box office.