Originally published at: GKIDS’ “PROMARE” CROSSES $1 MILLION BOX OFFICE, INCLUDING $775,000 FROM PREMIERE SHOWINGS WITH FATHOM EVENTS -
Author: Newsroom
NEW YORK (September 30, 2019) – GKIDS’ PROMARE has earned an estimated $1,068,806, according to theater reports, following only its second weekend in theaters. The animated feature film is directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL) and is the debut feature-length film from the acclaimed Studio TRIGGER. PROMARE debuted as a special premiere event in U.S. cinemas nationwide on September 17 and 19 in partnership with Fathom Events and opened on 30 screens nationwide on Friday, September 20. Fathom Events and GKIDS screened the film in Canada on September 22 and 23 through Cineplex Events. The total box office for PROMARE now marks the second-highest theatrical gross in GKIDS’ history, behind 2018’s MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER, as well as the highest gross for an original anime title in 2019. The film continues to play in select theaters nationwide.
“From the first time I saw Promare in a packed theater at the Annecy film festival, I knew this was a special film,” said GKIDS’ President David Jesteadt. “It is an action spectacle that deserves to be seen on a big screen, with loud sound and a passionate audience. We are so grateful for the passion and love fans have shown the film so far, and we look forward to continuing Promare’s theatrical release in the weeks ahead.”
About PROMARE
The first feature-length film from the acclaimed Studio TRIGGER, creators of the hit series KILL la KILL and Little Witch Academia, and director Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL), Promare uses a bold cel-shaded visual style to tell a blistering action-adventure story, and is the spiritual successor to many of director Imaishi’s former works.
Thirty years have passed since the appearance of Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves “Mad Burnish” appears, the epic battle between Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team “Burning Rescue,” and Lio Fotia, the leader of “Mad Burnish” begins. Featuring the voices of Billy Kametz, Johnny Yong Bosch, Crispin Freeman, and Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld. (111 minutes, rated PG-13).
