This month was yet another slow month for movies, but I was excited to watch “The Little Things,” a movie about a detective with a troubling past and “Earwig” the
Dusk that colors the clouds every shade of peach. Light playing across clear, rushing water or dappled across a dirt road by the shadows of leaves. The invisible wind that caresses grass and leaf and hair. For Studio Ghibli films, these moments of ephemera heighten the world around the characters and reflect the complexity of their inner lives. The visuals will never quite match the soaring emotions the characters’ struggles and triumphs evoke, but damned if they don’t come close. After 36 years of animated films, there’s hardly a frame you’d hesitate to blow up and hang on your wall.
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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.