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  • Genre: Action/Adventure, Animation, Family
  • Release Date: 08/14/2009
  • Running Time: 100 mins
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, Peter Sohn
  • Cast: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White
  • Producer: Toshio Suzuki, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steve Alpert
  • Writer: Hayao Miyazaki, Melissa Mathison
  • Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
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Box Office

  1. District 9, 37.0 mil, 37.0 mil
  2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 22.5 mil, 98.8 mil
  3. The Time Traveler's Wife, 19.2 mil, 19.2 mil
  4. Julie & Julia, 12.4 mil, 43.7 mil
  5. G-Force, 6.9 mil, 99.0 mil
  6. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, 5.3 mil, 5.3 mil
  7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 5.2 mil, 283.9 mil
  8. The Ugly Truth, 4.5 mil, 77.5 mil
  9. Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo), 3.5 mil, 3.5 mil
  10. (500) Days of Summer, 3.0 mil, 18.0 mil
Movie Title, Weekly Earnings, Total Earnings

Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo)

The great ocean deep proves a natural canvas for Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away), whose latest feature riffs on Hans Christian Andersen�s classic tale of The Little Mermaid, albeit with the distinctly Miyazaki-an twist that the mermaid princess is an anthropomorphic goldfish with magical powers, and her handsome prince is a five-year-old schoolboy still in full possession of his baby teeth. The advance word on Ponyo�presented here in an English-dubbed version adapted by E.T. screenwriter Melissa Mathison and supervised by Pixar guru John Lasseter�had suggested that the film would mark a conscious return by its director to the gentler, more kid-friendly style of movies like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki�s Delivery Service, and while that may be the case, the appeal of Ponyo is hardly limited to the Romper Room set. It�s a movie for anyone who, like Miyazaki himself, can still happily commune with his inner five-year-old. Like much of Miyazaki�s work, the film carries an unsubtle environmental message about the littering and overharvesting of the ocean. Yet, as he glances at the world once more through a child�s wide, unspoiled eyes, Miyazaki seems to find hope for renewal. — Scott Foundas

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