DEATH NOTE(2008).
© Encore Films
DEATH NOTE Screening Pulls in 65,000 Tickets.
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Thursday, June 05, 2008
Source: Associated Press
What a difference a year makes. That's what the manga/anime distributors over at Viz must be thinking. Last June, they held a nationwide digital theater distribution in 166 American theaters for their Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Snow and only pulled in 6,000 in sales. So, what happened this year with screening Death Note in 300 theaters on May 20-21? Multiple the ticket sales by more than 10. The Associated Press Japan is reporting that the live-action adaptation of the series sold 65,000 tickets on 300 theaters last month, 20,000 of them pre-sold in advance and the other 45,000 sold on the screening days.
Viz Pictures Director of Marketing Manami Iiboshi noted that the NCM Fathom promotional agency had the Death Note film's trailer running in theaters across the nation for a month before the screenings.
With these successful numbers, Viz is thinking about releasing the sequel Death Note: The Last Name this fall in American theaters while the original hits American DVD markets.
More From Mania
NYAF Sponsors DEATH NOTE Day at Kinokuniya
DEATH NOTE Live Action theatrical Debut in Canada
(Friday, August 22, 2008)
Death Note Vol. #6 (also w/Limited Edition)
(Tuesday, August 12, 2008)
VIZ MEDIA PARTNERS WITH HOT TOPIC TO SUPPORT DEATH NOTE LIVE-ACTION FILM EVENT
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Death Note Vol. #1 (also w/Deluxe Edition)
(Monday, November 19, 2007)
VIZ PICTURES LICENSES THEATRICAL AND DVD RIGHTS TO LIVE ACTION DEATH NOTE FILMS
(Wednesday, September 19, 2007)
VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES FALL DVD RELEASE OF DEATH NOTE ANIME SERIES
(Friday, June 29, 2007)
Death Note Vol. 1
(Friday, May 25, 2007)
See more related content
