Sen breaks attendance record

[Aaron Gerow]

This is a bit late, but the papers reported that Miyazaki Hayao's Sen to 
Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away) has broken the attendance record 
for a Japanese film. As of the 10th, attendance reached 14.77 million, 
breaking the record of 14.2 million set by Miyazaki's Mononoke hime.  
Since Mononoke attracted a more adult audience, who pay higher ticket 
prices, Sen has still not broken the box office record for a Japanese 
film set by Mononoke (though that should be broken in a week or two). 
Sen, however, has reached the attendance mark in only 7 weeks, compared 
the 27 it took for Mononoke.

Aaron Gerow
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