Miyazaki has written and directed some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful Japanese movies ever made. His classic 2001 film Spirited Away is the second-highest grossing Japanese movie of all time with a worldwide haul of $357.3 million and is considered one of the best animated movies ever made.

Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s is No. 1 at the North American box office for the first time in his decades-spanning career

"The Boy and the Heron," a fantastical coming-of-age story from animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki, earned $12.8 million in its opening weekend, becoming the first original anime production to top the domestic box office.