Fantasy action movie “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” retook the top spot at the mainland China box office from Studio Ghibli animation title “The Boy and the Heron” during the latest weekend.
“Godzilla x Kong” recorded earnings of $7.3 million (RMB51.5 million) between Friday and Sunday, a 32% week-on-week drop, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. But it returned to the top spot on the box office charts in its fourth weekend of release and overtook “The Boy and the Heron” in the process. After 24 days on release, “Godzilla x Kong” has earned a cumulative $121 million (RMB862 million) in China. That figure is the highest in China for any foreign title so far in 2024.
“The Boy and the Heron” dropped by 43% between its second and third weekends and recorded a $6.3 million (RMB44.6 million) Friday to Sunday score. Since releasing on April 3, the film has built up a 19-day cumulative...
“Godzilla x Kong” recorded earnings of $7.3 million (RMB51.5 million) between Friday and Sunday, a 32% week-on-week drop, according to data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway. But it returned to the top spot on the box office charts in its fourth weekend of release and overtook “The Boy and the Heron” in the process. After 24 days on release, “Godzilla x Kong” has earned a cumulative $121 million (RMB862 million) in China. That figure is the highest in China for any foreign title so far in 2024.
“The Boy and the Heron” dropped by 43% between its second and third weekends and recorded a $6.3 million (RMB44.6 million) Friday to Sunday score. Since releasing on April 3, the film has built up a 19-day cumulative...
- 4/22/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
AnimeJapan 2024 marked the year that the biggest anime industry event in the world returned to a pre-pandemic “normal”: The business days were back, the adorable family space returned and the built-up pressure from years of cancellations has lifted. In terms of the event, the feeling of regularity returned, and that's...fine? Alongside a reported 130,000 attendees heading to the event this year, journey with me as we walk around the halls of Tokyo Big Sight and see what the anime industry has to offer in 2024. The Big Three AnimeJapan Booths The "big three" booths at AnimeJapan are typically Kadokawa, Toho animation and Aniplex, which the latter includes the separate Fate/Grand Order space that is sometimes even more impressive. This year, two of the three returned with setups that knocked it out of the convention halls. Starting at Toho Animation, the atrium welcomed visitors with some of the company's current most popular characters – Anya,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
And while the franchise currently doesn’t have an ongoing anime series, the Digimon franchise is very much active, with numerous non-anime projects being released. But, despite all of that, the highly-anticipated home release of last year’s hit film, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, which is set within the original universe and follows the 02 DigiDestined in a new adventure, has been announced for US fans – it is June 11, 2024!
It has been known for a while that the Blu-ray edition of the Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning movie will come out on May 29, 2024 in Japan, and while some fans had been worried about a potentially long(er) wait for the US release, we can confirm that the movie will be released not long after the Japanese edition. Pre-orders are already available on Amazon for $26.98, for which you will get the special Blu-ray+DVD edition.
While the movie is set after the original anime,...
It has been known for a while that the Blu-ray edition of the Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning movie will come out on May 29, 2024 in Japan, and while some fans had been worried about a potentially long(er) wait for the US release, we can confirm that the movie will be released not long after the Japanese edition. Pre-orders are already available on Amazon for $26.98, for which you will get the special Blu-ray+DVD edition.
While the movie is set after the original anime,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
The latest Digimon anime film, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning , will be on home video in North America in a matter of months. Following a previously announced agreement between Toei Animation and Shout! Studios, the latter announced plans to bring the feature to Blu-ray/DVD and digital on June 11, 2024. Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Release Date: June 11, 2024 Audio: Japanese (subtitled), English dub Blu-ray bonus features: Limited edition Digimon Card Game - Digimon Liberator Promotion Pack An introduction from Director Tomohisa Taguchi Synopsis: It’s 2012, and ten years have passed since the adventure in the Digital World. Daisuke Motomiya is now twenty, and he and the rest of the DigiDestined seem to be changing bit by bit in terms of appearance and lifestyle. Then one day, a giant Digitama suddenly appears in the sky over Tokyo Tower. Daisuke and the others encounter a mysterious young man named Lui Ohwada,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Digimon is one of the most recognizable brands in the world of anime, and this year, the franchise celebrated its 25th anniversary during the Digimon Con 2024, which was held in Japan on March 9 and 10, 2024. To celebrate the success of the event, as well as 25 years of the franchise, the producers have released an official Pv video for the fans, which chronicles the 25 years of the Digimon franchise:
Aside from showing us the clips from all the seasons released so far, the video also includes the first four Japanese Op songs, all performed by the late Koji Wada, who died of cancer in 2016, but will forever be remembered by Digimon fans all around the world as his voice and his songs helped make the franchise what it is. The songs featured are “Butter-Fly” (Digimon Adventure), “Target ~ Red Shock” (Digimon Adventure 02), “The Biggest Dreamer” (Digimon Tamers), and “Fire!!” (Digimon Frontier). Aside from this,...
Aside from showing us the clips from all the seasons released so far, the video also includes the first four Japanese Op songs, all performed by the late Koji Wada, who died of cancer in 2016, but will forever be remembered by Digimon fans all around the world as his voice and his songs helped make the franchise what it is. The songs featured are “Butter-Fly” (Digimon Adventure), “Target ~ Red Shock” (Digimon Adventure 02), “The Biggest Dreamer” (Digimon Tamers), and “Fire!!” (Digimon Frontier). Aside from this,...
- 3/12/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Last week marked a special occasion for the Digimon multimedia franchise, the celebration of 25th anniversary of airing of the first Digimon Adventure anime episode, which aired on March 7, 1999. During DigiCon 2024 over the weekend, the franchise released a special video looking back at the last 25 years of the many anime series’ that spawned from the first Digimon Adventure anime, all set to a melody consisting of "Butter-Fly,” "Target ~Akai Shogeki~,” "The Biggest Dreamer" and "Fire!!,” the theme songs to the first four series’. Related: Digimon Adventure Felt a Lot Like Making Friends on the Internet The latest outing for the Digi-Destined was the 2023 anime film Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning , which saw the return of director Tomohisa Taguchi from Last Evolution Kizuna at Yumeta Company with Toei Animation. On the TV side, the two latest TV anime Digimon series, Digimon Ghost Game and Digimon Adventure: are streaming on Crunchyroll...
- 3/11/2024
- by Daryl Harding
- Crunchyroll
The official Twitter account of PVR Inox Pictures announced on Dec 26, 2023, that they will be releasing Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning anime film in India on Jan 19, 2024.
A promo video was also revealed to commemorate the announcement.
Dive into Digi-Destined drama!
A promo video was also revealed to commemorate the announcement.
Dive into Digi-Destined drama!
- 12/27/2023
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
Political drama thriller “12.12: The Day” dominated the South Korean box office for a second weekend with a $13 million haul.
Its second weekend outing topped its first session, when it earned $11.2 million, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). And the film (aka “Seoul Spring”) increased its share of the weekend’s total cinema market to a crushing 81%.
Separately, ComScore calculated that the film’s single country receipts made it the seventh highest grossing film in the world over the weekend.
After two weekends on release, “12.12: The Day” has garnered $34.2 million, making it already the sixth ranking film in Korea this year and the third biggest Korean-produced picture. On this track, it will overtake “Smugglers” before the next weekend.
In terms of admissions, “12.12: The Day” enjoyed 1.7 million ticket sales over the weekend, for a running total of 4.66 million. The traditional...
Its second weekend outing topped its first session, when it earned $11.2 million, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). And the film (aka “Seoul Spring”) increased its share of the weekend’s total cinema market to a crushing 81%.
Separately, ComScore calculated that the film’s single country receipts made it the seventh highest grossing film in the world over the weekend.
After two weekends on release, “12.12: The Day” has garnered $34.2 million, making it already the sixth ranking film in Korea this year and the third biggest Korean-produced picture. On this track, it will overtake “Smugglers” before the next weekend.
In terms of admissions, “12.12: The Day” enjoyed 1.7 million ticket sales over the weekend, for a running total of 4.66 million. The traditional...
- 12/4/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
"Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning" begins, like all good "Digimon" stories should, with Maurice Ravel's "Boléro." The track starts playing as a giant Digi-egg appears floating above Tokyo Tower. It quickly starts emitting an electromagnetic pulse that impacts every screen on the planet and declares "May everyone in the world have friends. May they each have a Digimon," in several languages. When the egg hatches, it spells chaos around the world, and it is up to the second-generation DigiDestined to stop it.
Except, there's not much in terms of fighting. There are no Dark Masters threatening to destroy the world. Compared to other "Digimon" movies, the action is barely there, but the film still offers a dark and engrossing story that brings "Digimon" to psychological and even body horror territory. It may not be the big "Digimon" event that fans of the emotionally devastating "Last Evolution Kizuna" may be expecting,...
Except, there's not much in terms of fighting. There are no Dark Masters threatening to destroy the world. Compared to other "Digimon" movies, the action is barely there, but the film still offers a dark and engrossing story that brings "Digimon" to psychological and even body horror territory. It may not be the big "Digimon" event that fans of the emotionally devastating "Last Evolution Kizuna" may be expecting,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
It’s 2012, and ten years have passed since the adventure in the Digital World. Daisuke Motomiya is now twenty, and he and the rest of the DigiDestined seem to be changing bit by bit in terms of appearance and lifestyle. Then one day, a giant Digitama suddenly appears in the sky over Tokyo Tower. Daisuke and the others encounter a mysterious young man named Lui Ohwada, who informs them that he’s the first-ever DigiDestined in the world…
The feature will include an introduction from the director, Tomohisa Taguchi. Plus, as an incredibly special bonus, the first 50 guests to arrive at each night’s screening will receive a complimentary Digimon Card Game Tamer Party Pack The Beginning ver. 2.0, which includes 3 out of 14 possible cards from the new Digimon Card Game deck commemorating the film. Lucky recipients will be among the first fans in the U.S. to own these new...
The feature will include an introduction from the director, Tomohisa Taguchi. Plus, as an incredibly special bonus, the first 50 guests to arrive at each night’s screening will receive a complimentary Digimon Card Game Tamer Party Pack The Beginning ver. 2.0, which includes 3 out of 14 possible cards from the new Digimon Card Game deck commemorating the film. Lucky recipients will be among the first fans in the U.S. to own these new...
- 11/2/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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