GKIDS opened Miss Hokusai, directed by Keiichi Hara (Colorful, Summer Days with Coo) and produced by Ghost in the Shell maker Production I.G, in two theaters last weekend, but the big launch is yet to come.

Miss Hokusai will start screening in more than 85 U.S. theaters this Friday, followed by an expansion in an additional 20 theaters in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, October 28.

The PG-13 rated Miss Hokusai debuted with a promising $24,524 in its two-theater New York and Los Angeles launch last weekend, giving it the third-highest per-theater average of any film playing in the United States. GKIDS is pushing the historical coming-of-age tale about the daughter of Japanese illustration legend Hokusai for the animated feature category at the Academy Awards.