Film distributor TOHO announced its earnings report for the first half of 2021, which records total box office earnings at its theaters of 21.022 billion yen (about US$190 million) for that period.
TOHO’s 2020 fiscal year earnings report showed a decrease of 27% from 2019, with a 59.9% decrease in net income.
The period’s earnings includes films that TOHO did not distribute but still screened at its theaters in Japan.
However, the company also recorded earnings of 12.87 billion yen (about US$118 million) for its anime production business in 2020, a 26% increase from the previous year.