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Earwig and the Witch CG Anime Film Earns US$132,768 in U.S.
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Film began screening on February 3, began streaming on
Box Office Mojo is listing that Studio Ghibli s first CG feature Earwig and the Witch, Goro Miyazaki s anime adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones novel of the same name, ranked at #11 in the United States last weekend, earning US$99,941 for a total of US$132,768.
GKIDS and Fathom Events began screening the film in 430 theaters in the United States on February 3. The film is screening in Japanese with English subtitles and in English. HBO Max began streaming the film on February 5 in the U.S. The theatrical run qualifies the film for the Oscars.
This week sees the North American release of
Earwig and the Witch, the first feature Studio Ghibli has produced in-house in six years. The storied anime studio is back in a new guise, and critics are a little thrown.
Earwig and the Witch is the first cg feature from Ghibli, which built its reputation on lavishly produced hand-drawn features. This fact has excited a lot of commentary in the run-up to the film’s release. It debuts on HBO Max today, having opened in select theaters on Wednesday. Watch the trailer and read the synopsis below:
Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.
2/5/2021
Richard E. Grant and Kacey Musgraves lend their voices to the English-language version of the latest Studio Ghibli offering.
The Studio Ghibli faithful will unlikely be swept away by
Earwig and the Witch (definitely not to be confused with
Hedwig and the Angry Inch), a pronounced departure from tradition that proves dispiritingly generic in both appearance and tone.
Directed by Goro Miyazaki his acclaimed father Hayao, receives a “planning” credit here the studio’s first feature in four years is also the first to forego its trademark hand-drawn, two-dimensional animation with full-blown 3D CG that feels as jarringly intrusive as it does coldly anonymous.
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