Mononoke Hime

[Mark Schilling]

Joseph Schaub wrote:

 I remember reading in the Washington Post (9/17/97) that (Mononoke Hime0
had
> exceeded all kinds of box office records in Japan, and would eventually
come
> to the US.  This article said that Disney will control American
distribution,
> and it's expected that much of the violence will be edited out.


Distribution of PM will be handled by Miramax. Both Studio Ghibli president
Toshio Suzuki and Tokuma Shoten's Steven Alpert, who is handling
negotiations with Disney, told me that they went with Disney because it was
the only major studio to agree to no cuts, including cuts of violent
scenes. 

FIY, here is Eiren's Japan BO list for 1997

 
1997 BO top films

Figures provided by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan
Exchange rate: $1 = Y125

Japanese films with distributor revenues of Y1 billion or more

      Title/ Distributor                                        Distributor
Revenue
                                                                     
(unit: Y1billion/$1 million)
1. Princess Mononoke (Toho) Y10.7 b($85.6 m)
2. Lost Paradise (Toei) Y2.3 b ($18.4 m)
3. Doraemon (Toho) 2.0 b ($16 m)
4. The End of Evangelion (Toei) Y1.4 b ($11.2 b)
5. Mothra (Toho) Y1.15 b ($9.2 m)
5. Haunted School 3 (Toho), Y1.15 b ($9.2 m)
7. Neo Genesis Evangelion (Toei) Y1.1 b ($8.8 m)



Foreign films with distributor revenues of Y1 billion or more
 
 Title/ Distributor                                        Distributor
Revenue
                                                                     
(unit: Y1billion/$1 million)
1. Independence Day (Fox) Y6.65 b ($53.2 m)
2. Lost World (UIP/Uni) Y5.8 b ($46.4 m)
3. Speed (Fox) Y2.0 b ($i6.4 m)
4. Star Wars Trilogy (Fox) Y1.9 b ($15.2 m)
5. Fifth Element (Herald) Y1.7 b ($13.6 m)
6. Sleepers (Herald) Y1.5 b ($12 m)
7. Ransom (Buena) Y1.4 b ($11.2 m)
8. The Devil's Own (Sony) Y1.3 b ($10.4 m)
9. Daylight (UIP/Uni) Y1.29 b ($10.32 m)
10. 101 Dalmations (Buena) Y1.0 b ($8 m)   



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