The film premiered at the 2016 Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles, California on July 3, 2016, and later was released theatrically in Japan on August 26, 2016. The film was released in 92 countries.[25][26][27] In order to qualify for the Academy Awards, the film was released for one week (December 2–8, 2016) in Los Angeles.
In Southeast Asian countries, this movie was screened as well. Purple Plan streamed an English and Chinese subtitled trailer for the film and premiered the film in Singapore on November 3,[28] and in Malaysia on November 8, with daily screenings onwards.[29] In India, PVR released Your Name as the opening film of the "Makoto Shinkai Film Festival" on May 19, 2023.[30] M Pictures released it[31] on November 10 in Thailand, and earned 22,996,714 baht (about US$649,056) in four days. Indonesian film distributor Encore Films announced that it would premiere the film in Indonesia on December 7. Cinema chain CGV Blitz also revealed that it would screen the film.[32] Pioneer Films screened the film in the Philippines on December 14 and it immediately became the country's highest-grossing animated movie for the year.[33] In Hong Kong, the film opened on November 11, and earned HK$6,149,917 (about US$792,806) in three days. The film premiered in Taiwan on October 21 and earned NT$64 million (about US$2 million) in its first week while staying in the first position in the box office earnings ranking. As of October 31, it has earned NT$52,909,581 (about US$1.666 million) in Taipei alone.[34] It was released in Chinese theatres by Huaxia Film Distribution on December 2, 2016.[35]
The film was released in Australian cinemas on limited release on November 24, 2016, by Madman Entertainment in both its original Japanese and an English dub.[36] Madman also released the film in New Zealand on December 1, 2016.[37] The film was screened in France on December 28.[38] The film was also released in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2016, distributed by Anime Limited.[39] The film was released in North American theaters on April 7, 2017, distributed by Funimation.[40] In Germany the film was screened in over 150 cinemas in January 2018, with the first day being completely sold out.[41] It reached the Top 10 movies that weekend.[42] Due to the high demand, additional screening days were arranged.[43][44]
Home media
Your Name was released in 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 26, 2017, in Japan by Toho Pictures. The release was offered in Regular, Special, and Collector's editions.[45] Funimation announced on July 1 at Anime Expo 2017 that the film would be released on Blu-ray and DVD by the end of 2017 but did not specify a date.[46] At Otakon 2017, they announced they are releasing the movie in both Standard and Limited Edition Blu-Ray and DVD Combo Packs on November 7, 2017.[47][48] In its first week, the Blu-ray standard edition sold 202,370 units, the collector's edition sold 125,982 units and the special edition sold 94,079 units.[49] The DVD Standard Edition placed first, selling 215,963.[50] Your Name is the first anime to place three Blu-ray Disc releases in the top 10 of Oricon's overall Blu-ray Disc chart for 2 straight weeks.[51] In 2017, the film generated ¥6,532,421,094 ($58,238,797) in media revenue from physical home video, soundtrack and book sales in Japan.[52]
Overseas, the film grossed over $10.5 million from DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States as of April 2022.[53] In the United Kingdom, it was 2017's second best-selling foreign language film on home video (below Operation Chromite)[54] and again 2018's second best-selling foreign language film (below My Neighbor Totoro).[55]
Television broadcast
The Japanese television broadcast of Your Name was premiered on November 4, 2017, through satellite television broadcaster Wowow. In addition, a special program dedicated to Makoto Shinkai as well as his previous works were also broadcast on the same channel.[56] It also received a Japanese terrestrial television premiere on January 3, 2018, via TV Asahi and the initial broadcast received a 17.4% audience rating.[57]
Your Name has made its first premiere on Philippine television through free-to-air broadcaster ABS-CBN as well as its HD television service on February 18, 2018, but in edited form due to being cut for commercials with a short runtime of 75 minutes.[58] According to Kantar Media statistics, the first free-to-air broadcast of the film received an audience rating of 9.2% while the AGB Nielsen NUTAM statistics, it received a 3.1% audience rating.[59][60] On April 9, 2020, as part of its Holy Week presentation, the film was aired again with minor cuts for content and longer runtime of 102 minutes (excluding commercials in its 2-hour timeslot) and it immediately became a trending topic through social media platforms whereas Makoto Shinkai himself thanked the viewers of the ABS-CBN broadcast of the film.[61]
