It has finally become the top-grossing film of this year in Japan so far, surpassing Guy Ritchie-directed Walt Disney Pictures film Aladdin’s Japanese box office record of 12.09 billion yen.
The 114-minute film now ranks seventh in the Japanese film box office ranking of all-time and becomes the sixth top-grossing Japanese animation film of all time, outgrossing Hayao Miyazaki’s 2013 film Kazetachinu/The Wind Rises (12.02 billion yen).
Shinkai says, “I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the fact that so many people have seen ‘Weathering With You.’