#Violet Evergarden: the Movie Becomes 2nd Kyoto Animation Anime Film to Surpass 2 Billion Yen

“#Violet Evergarden: the Movie Becomes 2nd Kyoto Animation Anime Film to Surpass 2 Billion Yen”

Oricon reported today that Violet Evergarden: the Movie had surpassed 2 billion yen at the Japanese box, making the film the second Kyoto Animation-produced anime movie to do so after A Silent Voice. After being in the top 10 for 11 weeks, Violet Evergarden finally dropped off the rankings, but still managed this week to pull off the impressive feat!

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皆様に応援頂き「劇場版 #ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン」が興行収入20億円を突破しました！
たくさんの "想い" を届けてくださり、本当にありがとうございます????

全国の劇場でロングラン上映中です。ぜひお楽しみください！

▼上映劇場https://t.co/RHbl43P9BT #VioletEvergarden pic.twitter.com/VW6y8qmiSF

— 「ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン」公式 (@Violet_Letter) December 7, 2020

The official Twitter account for Violet Evergarden sincerely thanked fans for their feelings that were sent to them. Violet Evergarden: the Movie has grossed 2,014,286,250 yen (US$19,315,670) at the Japanese box office in 79 days, with 1,397,440 tickets sold for the Kyoto Animation movie. This makes Violet Evergarden the eighth highest-grossing animated film worldwide of 2020, above Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song and below Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna.

Violet Evergarden: the Movie will once again be expanding how many theaters the film will be shown in on December 11, giving the already popular animated film more room to run.

Source: Oricon

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.

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