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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.
Vivienne Rutherford
Kacey Musgraves is also performing the English version of the film s theme song “Don t Disturb Me.” Sherina Munaf is performing the theme song in Japanese.
Jones published the novel in 2011, and publisher HarperCollins describes the story:
Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald s Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it s been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald s, disguised as foster parents. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness with a lot of help from a talking cat she decides to show the witch who s boss.
Vivienne Rutherford
Kacey Musgraves is also performing the English version of the film s theme song “Don t Disturb Me.”
Sherina Munaf is performing the theme song in Japanese.
Jones published the novel in 2011, and publisher HarperCollins describes the story:
Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald s Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it s been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald s, disguised as foster parents. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness with a lot of help from a talking cat she decides to show the witch who s boss.