A Silent Voice anime Film Tops 1 Billion Yen in 12 Days 

A Silent Voice Anime Film Tops 1 Billion Yen in 12 Days

Film has sold 775,092 tickets from September 17-28

) manga has earned over 1 billion yen (over US$9.9 million) as of September 28, its 12th day at the Japanese box office. The film sold 775,092 tickets for 1,018,396,150 yen (US$10.034 million).

The film opened on September 17 on 120 screens and ranked #2 at box offices in Japan. The film earned 283,000,000 yen (about US$2.8 million) and sold 200,000 tickets in its first two days. By comparison,

film earned 316,310,000 yen in its first two days on 137 screens.

Starting on Saturday, people who see the film will receive a 35-millimeter four-frame film strip from the movie at participating theaters, while supplies last.

Ōima drew a new episode of the manga for filmgoers, which appears in a book titled "Eiga \'

\' Special Book." The manga portrays a story not in the original manga, and it is not present in the film. The manga goes deeper into Shoko\'s family life, and her mother and grandmother appear in the story.

\'s two anime seasons and anime film) directed the film at

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