A Silent Voice Film Earns 2.2 Billion Yen, Sells 1.7 Million Tickets 

A Silent Voice Film Earns 2.2 Billion Yen, Sells 1.7 Million Tickets

More Japanese theaters to begin screenings this month

) manga has sold about 1.7 million tickets after its eleventh weekend for 2.2 billion yen (about US$19.34 million) as of Wednesday. An additional 17 theaters will begin screening the film on December 3, with more to come throughout December and January.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion

, which earned a total of 2.08 billion yen during its theatrical run in Japan when it opened in October 2013. It previously surpassed the earnings of the

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.

Mayu Matsuoka as Shōya Ishida as an elementary school student Naoko Yamada (Tamako Market, Tamako Love Story, K-ON\'s two anime seasons and anime film) directed the film at Kyoto Animation. Reiko Yoshida (Non Non Biyori, K-ON!, Yowamushi Pedal) wrote the script, and Futoshi Nishiya (Free!, Hyōka, Nichijō) designed the characters for animation. Kensuke Ushio (Space Dandy, Ping Pong) composed the music at Pony Canyon. aiko performed the film\'s theme song "Ai wo Shita no wa" (Loving Is). Shochiku is distributing the film. Crunchyroll describes the original manga\'s story:

I wish we had never met. I wish we could meet once again.

A boy who can hear, Shoya Ishida, and a transfer student who can\'t, Shoko Nishimiya. One fateful day, the two meet, and Shoya leads the class in bullying Shoko. But before long, the class shifts its target from Shoko to Shoya. Years later, Shoya feels strongly that he must see Shoko once again. -->

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