Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-" drew 700,000 people overseas and grossed over 600 million yen at the box office!

The number of viewers and box-office revenue of the anime film "SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale-", which is currently being screened in theaters, have been announced.

Sword Art Online" is an anime work based on the novel by Reki Kawahara, winner of the 15th Dengeki Novel Award (Grand Prize), which depicts the activities of the main character Kirito in the mysterious next-generation online game "Sword Art Online" and has become popular. The anime movie "Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale-," based on a story written by Kawahara, was released in theaters on February 18, 2017.
⇒" SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale-" Director Tomohiko Ito interviewed the director of "Sword Art Online -Ordinal Scale-" as the head of the script room for the film.
⇒ Yuna was an important character. Music of "SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE -Ordinal Scale-" by Yuki Kajiura

The film has been a hit in Japan with an audience of 1.2 million and box-office revenue of over 1.7 billion yen (as of March 14, 2012). It was announced this time that the number of audiences in North America, Asia, Europe, and other foreign countries reached 700,000 and the box-office revenue exceeded 600 million yen. Especially in North America, where the film opened on March 9 (Thursday) (*local time), it was a huge hit, grossing 1.35 million dollars (about 150 million yen) in the first four days, which is the highest first weekend record for a theatrical release by Aniplex of America.

The film is also scheduled to be released in new regions such as Hong Kong and Indonesia, and to be screened in dubbed versions in Germany, France, and North America, and is expected to gain even greater momentum worldwide in the future.