Name: Akira
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Released: 1988
Cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Tessho Genda

Cast & crew

Directed byKatsuhiro Otomo ScreenplayKatsuhiro Otomo, Izo Hashimoto Produced byRyohei Suzuki, Shunzo Kato Music byShoji Yamashiro StarringMitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Tessho Genda StudioToho

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 4-6 11 $2.7M — 787 $3,369 $2.7M

2 Sep 11-13 18 $310.6K −88% 629 $494 $4.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 4 #8 $1.2M — $1.2M 787 $1,552 9,262

Sat Sep 5 #12 $728.1K −40% $2.0M 787 $925 9,263

Sun Sep 6 #12 $701.6K −4% $2.7M 787 $891 9,264

Mon Sep 7 #- $576.8K −18% $3.2M 787 $733 9,265

Tue Sep 8 #- $375.4K −35% $3.6M 787 $477 9,266

Wed Sep 9 #9 $240.3K −36% $3.9M 787 $305 9267

Thu Sep 10 #9 $147.8K −38% $4.0M 787 $188 9268

Fri Sep 11 #- $86.1K −42% −93% $4.1M 629 $137 9269

Sat Sep 12 #- $123.9K +44% −83% $4.2M 629 $197 9270

Sun Sep 13 #- $100.6K −19% −86% $4.3M 629 $160 9271

Mon Sep 14 #- $48.4K −52% −92% $4.4M 629 $77 9272

Tue Sep 15 #- $62.3K +29% −83% $4.4M 629 $99 9273

Wed Sep 16 #- $69.6K +12% −71% $4.5M 629 $111 9274

Thu Sep 17 — $30.1K −57% −80% $4.5M 629 $48 9275

Fri Sep 18 #24 $16.7K −44% −81% $4.5M 35 $478 9276

Sat Sep 19 #24 $25.8K +55% −79% $4.6M 35 $738 9277

Sun Sep 20 #24 $21.8K −16% −78% $4.6M 35 $622 9278

Mon Sep 21 #23 $9.3K −57% −81% $4.6M 35 $266 9279

Tue Sep 22 #23 $8.7K −7% −86% $4.6M 35 $248 9280

Wed Sep 23 #24 $7.2K −17% −90% $4.6M 35 $205 9281

Thu Sep 24 #22 $6.1K −15% −80% $4.6M 35 $174 9282

Fri Sep 25 #26 $7.7K +27% −54% $4.6M 13 $595 9283

Sat Sep 26 #31 $5.6K −28% −78% $4.6M 13 $430 9284

Sun Sep 27 #26 $8.3K +49% −62% $4.6M 13 $642 9285

Mon Sep 28 #25 $3.5K −58% −62% $4.7M 13 $269 9286

Tue Sep 29 #26 $4.3K +23% −50% $4.7M 13 $331 9287

Wed Sep 30 #26 $2.6K −40% −64% $4.7M 13 $199 9288

Thu Oct 1 #23 $4.3K +67% −29% $4.7M 13 $333 9289

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$3.6M

Sep 4Sep 5Sep 6Sep 7Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 2 · $310.6K

$2.7M

$310.6K

W1W2

Theater countPeak 787 → 787 +0.0%

787 open787 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 2 · −88%

−88%

W1→2

Steepest −88%Best hold −88%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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