Anime original 'The Boy And The Heron' by Studio Ghibli makes history at US BoxOffice, staying Number.1 for the week.
Thursday's earnings: $979k across 2,205 theaters, -25.3% from Wednesday.
Sets record for biggest Thursday for original anime, beating 'The Secret World of Arrietty’s' $444k.
Cumulative gross: $18M, surpassing 'Pokemon 3’s $17.1M, now the 9th highest-grossing anime in the US market ever.
Tonight, expected to surpass the lifetime gross of 'The Secret World Of Arrietty’s' $19.2M and 'Yu Gi Oh The Movie’s' $19.8M.
The film is predicted to become the highest-grossing original anime ever and 7th highest-grossing anime at the US Box Office.