thinkin' real hard

Toronto Underground Cinema is showing PRINCESS MONONOKE tonight and Sunday. I was just thinking about that movie recently, might be worth heading down there on Sunday and checkin' it out. Haven't seen it in a while...

http://www.torontoundergroundcinema.com/synopsis.php?MV=Princess+Mononoke

eww, gross

Got curious as to exactly how much box office these dang japa-heeno cartoons do in the States, so I looked it up.

Princess Mononoke: Domestic Total Gross: $2,375,308

Akira: Domestic: $553,171

Spirited Away: Domestic Total Gross: $10,055,859

Ghost In The Shell: Domestic Total Gross: $515,905

Ghost In The Shell 2: Domestic Total Gross: $1,043,896

Metropolis: Domestic Total Gross: $722,932

Ponyo: Domestic Total Gross: $15,090,399

Howl's Moving Castle: Domestic Total Gross: $4,711,096

Paprika: Domestic Total Gross: $882,267

Pokemon The First Movie: Domestic Total Gross: $85,744,662

Yu-Gi-Oh The Movie: Domestic Total Gross: $19,765,868

Cowboy Bebop: Domestic Total Gross: $1,000,045

Steamboy: Domestic Total Gross: $468,867

Jin-Roh: Domestic Total Gross: $94,591

I would have thought Akira would have done more business, seeing as how it was on the circuit for ten-fifteen years, but accounting on this kind of roadshow ticketing must be iffy at best. Together the Pokemon movies made about a hundred and fifty million dollars; no wonder they're still looking for the next Pokemon...


source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm