Weathering With You, the Makoto Shinkai film, opened theatrically in Japan on July 19, 2019, in conventional, IMAX and 4DX engagements. It earned $193,712,457 worldwide, with $8,056,636 from North America and $185,655,821 internationally, according to Box Office Mojo in its current tracker page. That mix means about 96% of the gross came from outside North America. Readers tracking anime hits should read the dollar worldwide total together with the separate Japanese yen total.
Table of Contents
- When and where did it open first?
- How did the worldwide total break down?
- Why did Japan drive the result?
- How did it perform in North America?
When and where did it open first?
Box Office Mojo lists July 19, 2019 as the earliest release date in Japan. The opening covered conventional screens plus IMAX and 4DX shows.
Box Office Mojo lists January 15, 2020 as the North American release date. GKIDS served as domestic distributor, and the domestic opening reached $1,808,533.
How did the worldwide total break down?
Box Office Mojo reports $193,712,457 worldwide, split between $8,056,636 domestic and $185,655,821 international. The international share equals about 96% of the total.
Worldwide dollar totals shift with tracker snapshots and yen-dollar conversion. Box Office Mojo variants sit around $192.5-$193.7 million, so readers should handle comparisons with care.
- List worldwide USD with tracker name and date.
- List Japan separately in yen.
- Expect small gaps between trackers rather than treating one figure as final.
Why did Japan drive the result?
Anime News Network reported the film as Japan's top domestic film of 2019 in its December 2019 box-office report. It had earned 14.02 billion yen, about US$129 million, as of December 8, 2019, a run that benefited distributor Toho and Japanese exhibitors.
Anime News Network later placed its Japanese lifetime total at 14.23 billion yen. That figure sat just above Suzume at No. 14 all time in Japan in early 2023.
How did it perform in North America?
Anime News Network reported in its January 2020 North America report that the film passed Your Name's $5.017 million total. It became GKIDS' then-highest-grossing release, with about $6.55 million by January 26.
Cartoon Brew later placed its lifetime North American total at about $8.1 million. The North American result stayed small beside Japan, yet it set a company record at the time. Label any worldwide dollar total with tracker and date, and keep Japan in yen for direct comparison.