Ghibli's Ocean Waves Listed for BD/DVD Release on April 18 

Ghibli\'s Ocean Waves Listed for BD/DVD Release on April 18

opened film on December 28, some theaters still screening

Amazon is listing a Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video release of

film for April 18. The release contains Japanese audio with English subtitles.

opened the film at the IFC Center in New York on December 28, and it lists 54 theaters that have screened or will screen the film in North America.

The film earned US$12,039 at three theaters in the United States in its first six days and ranked #57 at the box office for its opening weekend. The film has earned US$77,704 in the United States as of February 9, according to Box Office Mojo.

and Walt Disney Company\'s landmark international distribution deal for every other Ghibli feature in 1996.

has never been released on home video in North America.

. The distributor recently released Studio Ghibli and Isao Takahata\'s Only Yesterday (Omohide Poro Poro) for the first time in North America; the film was included in Tokuma Shoten and Disney\'s distribution deal but never released. Gkids\' theatrical release of the film had grossed US$121,638 in the United States as of February 2016.-->

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