page_title: We Are X
section_title: Theatrical run and box office
hierarchical_section_title: We Are X / Release / Theatrical run and box office
caption_attribution_description: Yoshiki (of the band X Japan) performs live and participates in a Q&amp;A session at Mezzanine nightclub in San Francisco California on Tuesday October 25th, 2016. The performance was part of the premiere screening of the film "We Are X", a documentary about Yoshiki's legendary rock band. The director of the film Stephen Kijak also participated in the Q&amp;A session.
context_page_description: We Are X is a 2016 documentary film about the Japanese rock band X Japan and its co-founder, drummer, pianist and leader Yoshiki. Directed by Stephen Kijak, it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23. The film covers the history of the band, their influence on Japanese music and society, the band's break up in 1997 and reunion in 2007, and their attempts to achieve success overseas. It also covers Yoshiki's childhood with the X Japan's vocalist Toshi, the suicide of Yoshiki's father when Yoshiki was ten years old, the deaths of two members of the band, and Yoshiki's various health problems.
  The film contains interviews with all the current members of the band, plus interviews and contributions from Western musicians such as Gene Simmons, Marilyn Manson, Wes Borland, Richard Fortus, Marc Benioff and George Martin; famous fans such as comic book author Stan Lee; and Japanese musicians influenced by X Japan including Mucc, Ladies Room, Luna Sea, Dir En Grey and Glay.
context_section_description: We Are X premiered at the Prospector Square Theater on January 23, 2016 as part of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Yoshiki and the film team attended the red carpet beforehand and held a Q&A panel after its screening. The film had several other screenings throughout Park City, Utah that week. It was also shown at the 2016 South by Southwest festival. The film was licensed for distribution in the United States by Drafthouse Films. It had its US premiere on October 21, 2016 at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles. Yoshiki and Kijak appeared for the screening and a Q&A. At the box office, the film made $45,270 in the US and Canada, and $3,124,876 worldwide.
  The film was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Wembley Arena in London on March 12, 2016. X Japan was to perform at the venue that same day with the event being called "X Day." However, due to Pata being diagnosed with life-threatening diverticulitis and a severe blood clot in his portal vein the concert was postponed for almost a year, taking place on March 4, 2017. The film instead made its UK premiere on February 28, 2017 at Picturehouse Cinemas in London, before being released nationwide on March 2. The film was later screened at the postponed Wembley Arena concert on March 4, 2017.
  Yoshiki toured Europe in October 2017, to promote theatrical releases in different countries. The events included screenings and a Q&A session.
caption: Yoshiki performs during the Q&A panel in San Francisco
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