The Boy and the Heron Film Tops Chinese Box Office in 1st 2 Days

The film also won awards from the Annie Awards (for storyboarding and character animation) and the British Academy Film Awards (for animated film).

The film won Best Animated Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards ceremony on March 10.

Entertainment news website Variety reported on Thursday that Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature film The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) earned RMB254 (about US$35.2 million) at the Chinese box office, topping the box office after opening on Wednesday.