September 5 was the day Spirited Away opened in cinemas overseas. After the film had swept the Dragon Country movie scene for so long, Zhao Qinyin's fans abroad could finally watch it on the big screen!
Just as Spirited Away fans in Dragon Country had hoped, the film was also very well received overseas, even if foreign audiences didn't understand some of its elements!
But at the very least, everyone could see the strengths and weaknesses of the story, and understand what it was trying to convey!
On its first day, it scored above 9.0 in dozens of countries. As for the box office, it did only so-so in Europe and the USA, but was a huge hit in neighboring Asian countries. In quite a few places, Spirited Away took the top spot at the box office on its opening day!
To be honest, though, the total wasn't all that high. It had only made a little over 100 million Dragon Country Currency...
After all, there hadn't been much promotion for the overseas release. GT Animation Company didn't yet have the resources to coordinate a simultaneous promotional campaign across dozens of countries worldwide!
On top of that, many countries had small populations, few cinemas, and low ticket prices. Their income levels might not support a moviegoing audience as large, proportionally, as Dragon Country's...
Chu Yu had long known that the overseas market couldn't compare to the Mainland market.
Tiger Walk had been such a hit in Dragon Country, yet its overseas box office had only reached five or six hundred million. By comparison, Spirited Away had made 170 million overseas on its first day alone, far exceeding what Dragon Country's film industry had predicted.
The rest of Spirited Away's overseas run also matched its quality. For several days in a