The Your Name. opening was the biggest-debut by an anime title in China, passing the $38.5 million from Stand by Me Doraemon in 2015.
It was biggest launch for a hand-drawn animated film in China, passing $34.2 million opening weekend of the Chinese produced Big Fish & Begonia.
In other Your Name. news, Los Angeles Film Critics Association named Makoto Shinkai’s feature the Best Animation of the year, followed by Michael Dudok de Wit’s The Red Turtle, a France/Japan (Studio Ghibli)/Belgium co-production.