"Your Name.," the biggest anime box office hit ever, opens in North America today

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The film that unseated "Spirited Away" as the highest-grossing anime film of all timeis finally opening in North American movie theaters friday.

"your name.," a body-swap love story from writer and director Makoto Shinkai, opened on Aug. 26 in Japan before going on to earn more than $328 million worldwide to date.

And it"s done so without an extensive North American release in order to qualify for Oscar eligibility, the film did have a one-week Los Angeles release in December.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn."s winner for best animated film is opening Friday on 303 screens.

READ THE TIMES" REVIEW OF "YOUR NAME.">

Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-april-your-name-the-biggest-anime-box-1491580455-htmlstory.html