Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice Sells 1.5 Million Tickets for Over 2 Billion Yen 

Kyoto Animation\'s A Silent Voice Sells 1.5 Million Tickets for Over 2 Billion Yen

More 35mm film strips to be given out starting November 5

) manga has sold over 1.5 million tickets for over 2 billion yen (about US$19 million) as of October 30. The film ranked #10 at the Japanese box office in its seventh weekend.

film earned 1.9 billion yen (about US$23.7 million at the conversion rate at the time) at the box office in 2011.

Starting November 5, participating theaters will give out 35-millimeter four-frame film strips — similar to the strips given out in the film\'s third week — while supplies last.

The film opened on September 17 on 120 screens and ranked #2 at box offices in Japan. The film earned 283,000,000 yen (about US$2.8 million) and sold 200,000 tickets in its first two days. By comparison,

film earned 316,310,000 yen in its first two days on 137 screens.

\'s two anime seasons and anime film) directed the film at

. aiko performed the film\'s theme song "Ai wo Shita no wa" (Loving Is).

I wish we had never met. I wish we could meet once again.

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