makoto shinkai He can boast of being one of the most appreciated anime directors of recent years, especially after the bombshell that was ‘Your Name’, which smacked into the top of the highest-grossing anime films. Then came ‘El tiempo contigo’ to continue breaking records and now ‘Suzume no Tojimari‘ has started its journey in theaters with a very strong step.
‘Suzume’ is unstoppable, and what remains
‘Suzume’as the film will be called internationally, already swept its first weekend in theaters after its release on November 11, 2022. Since then the numbers have continued to grow and it has already become the 10th highest-grossing anime film ever.
Previously, the position was held by the magnificent ‘The Wind Rises’ by Hayao Miyazaki, but ‘Suzume’ has managed to bag 12.13 billion yen (about 86.35 million euros) thanks to the sale of more than 9.13 million tickets. Currently the blockbuster list remains as follows:
- ‘Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinite Train’
- ‘Spirited Away’
- ‘your name’
- ‘Princess Mononoke’
- ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’
- ‘One Piece Film Red’
- ‘ponyo’
- ‘The time with you’
- ‘Jujutsu Kaisen 0’
- ‘Suzume’
‘Suzume’ was also the third highest-grossing film of 2022 in Japan and with its excellent opening weekend it became Shinkai’s best opening to date.
They are some very good numbers, and it has not even been released outside of Japan yet, since it will begin to be distributed internationally in 2023. Crunchyroll has already set the first release dates starting next April, so it will not catch us by surprise. surprise when’Suzume’ Hit another shot again and continue climbing steps in the list.
The plot centers on suzume, a teenager comes across a mysterious young man who is looking for a door. When the young woman opens a strange door in the middle of some ruins, all kinds of disasters and tragedies begin to unleash throughout Japan, with which Suzume intends to close all doors to prevent more misfortunes from happening.