why isn't anime films huge in north america?

[huxley]

in north america.
you think anime could be big in north america if it was widely available in theaters. i talking about japanesse anime.


like the other day i saw that profits for the movie "spirited away"


it cost 19 m$ to make. and it grossed 234m$ in japan alone.
but in the usa it only made 10m$ cause it was released only in the big cities. like new york, and l.a. chicago.
released to less than 20 cities.

so my question was , do you think anime could be huge in the usa if it was widely released and advertised correctly. through comercials and such.

specificaly anime movies in theaters.
like a lot of kids/parents go see the pixar movies all the time. wouldn't they go see anime as well if only they understood it better.

[Katsuyo]

You have got a point there dude if the movies were jusr realesed in more theaters and advertised better thaey could be much bigger in north america then they are know