{"id":2789,"date":"2009-12-05T20:56:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T20:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/last-stop-japan-carl-makes-it-around-the-world"},"modified":"2009-12-05T20:56:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T20:56:53","slug":"last-stop-japan-carl-makes-it-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/last-stop-japan-carl-makes-it-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Stop: Japan &#8212; Carl Makes It Around the World!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/903.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"199\" align=\"right\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 199px\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/903.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>With its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disney.co.jp\/movies\/carl-gsan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">final release in Japan<\/a> today, Up has now completed its worldwide rollout! <\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &quot;Grandpa Carl&#8217;s Flying House&quot;,&nbsp;the movie&nbsp;technically opened yesterday due to time differences but nonetheless it&rsquo;s still an occasion to celebrate! Japan is a great territory for Pixar openings because of large attendance which add a considerable chunk to the $600+ mil. box office take. So it&rsquo;s a shame Up had to open on December 5th, over 5 months after the initial US release. Rest assured there are sane&nbsp;marketing tactics behind it. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Hayao Miyazaki and other Japanese personalities&nbsp;have been making the rounds alongside Pete Docter and co.&nbsp;to promote the film; that would be the JP poster to the top right. In celebration of today&rsquo;s momentous opening, here&rsquo;s a clip (half Japanese\/half English) from one of their TV&nbsp;specials: <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EDJr8brI7a8&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/EDJr8brI7a8&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I know we have a few Japanese readers here at UP, hopefully you guys enjoyed the film in your domestic theatres! I&#8217;m sure the (long) wait payed off!<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Thanks <strong>Rey<\/strong> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixarplanet.com\/forums\/viewtopic.php?p=160827&#038;highlight=#160827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pixar Planet Forums<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>With its final release in Japan today, Up has now completed its worldwide rollout! Dubbed &quot;Grandpa Carl&#8217;s Flying House&quot;,&nbsp;the movie&nbsp;technically opened yesterday due to time differences but nonetheless it&rsquo;s still an occasion to celebrate! Japan is a great territory for Pixar openings because of large attendance which add a considerable chunk to the $600+ mil. &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Last Stop: Japan - Carl Makes It Around the World! - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/last-stop-japan-carl-makes-it-around-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Last Stop: Japan - Carl Makes It Around the World! - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With its final release in Japan today, Up has now completed its worldwide rollout! 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