Overview
- Toho and industry tracker Kogyo Tsushinsha report earnings of about ¥17.37–¥17.4 billion, surpassing the ¥17.35 billion mark set by 2003’s “Bayside Shakedown 2.”
- The film has sold more than 12.3 million tickets after 172 days in theaters since its June 6 opening and now ranks No. 11 all time in Japan across all genres.
- “Kokuho” has been selected as Japan’s entry for the 98th Academy Awards international feature category.
- North American distributor GKIDS held one-week qualifying runs in Los Angeles on Nov. 14 and New York on Nov. 21 with sold-out screenings and an estimated gross above $60,000.
- The kabuki-centered epic has spurred cultural interest, drawing an estimated 10,000 first-time visitors to Tokyo’s Kabukiza Theatre and helping the source novel reach about 2 million copies sold.