In August, the heat was sweltering across Dragon Country. But the film industry, which had been just as ablaze until recently, was finally starting to cool down!
The students' summer vacation was nearly over, and they'd soon be back in school. Spirited Away had entered its sixth week in theaters, and its daily box office had finally fallen to an average of around seventy million. On Tuesday, August 11, its total box office finally passed 7.6 billion, reaching 7.627 billion.
The news sent Spirited Away fans into a frenzy!
There were less than two weeks left before Spirited Away left theaters, but it was now less than 100 million behind Tiger Walk, the highest-grossing film in Dragon Country.
The entire Dragon Country film industry, the media, and even the official News Broadcast had reported on the news!
Xin Man Net and Zhao Qinyin's Weibo account were especially lively, as if everyone were celebrating the New Year!
And Spirited Away's success didn't just put Zhao Qinyin's fans at ease; it also gave the country's many 2D fans a chance to hold their heads high.
One work couldn't change the hierarchy in Dragon Country's entertainment industry, where films looked down on TV dramas, TV dramas looked down on anime, and anime looked down on a whole string of other things.
Still, Spirited Away had shown all of Dragon Country the potential of animation. Animated films could even claim the top spot on the country's box office chart.
Spirited Away's phenomenal success had set the capital market buzzing. Plenty of investors were already considering whether to put their money into animated films.
After all, it seemed that money from 2D fans was even easier to earn than money from celebrity fans. And once an animated work hit theaters, its merchandise revenue and the