The film opened in as many as 7,000 theaters in China on Friday, and sold 2.77 million tickets for 70 million yuan (1.2 billion yen or US$10.9 million) on 66,000 screenings on its first day.
According to Chinese media, the film sold 30 million yuan (about 450 million yen or US$4.4 million) in pre-sale tickets as of Friday.
The two highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan include Spirited Away (30.8 billion yen) and Howl’s Moving Castle (19.6 billion yen).
Shinkai’s your name. is projected to possibly approach 20 billion yen (US$200 million).