Suzume has just hit another monumental milestone!
The Suzume anime picture directed by Makoto Shinkai is continuing its ascent to the top of the highest-grossing box office listing in Japan. This week, the film surpassed JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 on its approach to surpassing Weathering With You as the highest-grossing film in Japan. It was revealed today that the most recent box office information for Suzume has been updated, showing all of these milestones for the film!
10.48 million tickets have been sold for Suzume as of the 26th of February, resulting in earnings of 13.93 billion yen (US$103.92 million). It is currently the 15th highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the ninth highest-grossing anime film of all time in Japan, and it is currently the second highest-grossing film of 2022 in Japan behind One Piece Film Red.
About Suzume
In the peaceful Kyushu village where Suzume, 17, first meets a young guy who says, "I'm looking for a door," the narrative of Suzume begins. What she discovers is a single battered door that is standing upright amidst the debris as though it were safe from whatever catastrophe had taken place. Suzume grabs the knob because she seems drawn to its power.
Doors start opening one after the other across the entirety of Japan, unleashing destruction upon anyone who is nearby. Souta is widely known as a "Closer" because of his job of traveling throughout Japan and locking doors shut.
However, as soon as the door is opened, the enigmatic white cat with the nickname "AristoCat" appears in front of them. "I love Suzume, but you [Souta] are in the way," it said, and as soon as it said those words, Souta transformed into Suzume's childhood chair, which she has treasured ever since she was a child.
As Souta follows the cat posing as a chair with three legs, Suzume chases after him in a panic. On their mission to close doors, they eventually set off on a journey together that will take them from Kyushu through Shikoku, Kansai, and ultimately Tokyo.
During her travels, Suzume meets a number of people who assist her in the same way that she assists them. But when she finally reached the end of her journey, she was confronted with a particular reality that had been ignored for a very long time.
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