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2008 • G • 1h 41m • Adventure • Walt Disney

Welcome to a world where anything is possible.

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4.13

7.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$3.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$15.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$205.20M

$190.10M international

Domestic legs4.2x

Budget$34M

2009 rank#135

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Cast & crew

Full Miyazaki filmography

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki Director

Betty White

Betty White Starring

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin Starring

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson Starring

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman Starring

ScreenplayHayao Miyazaki Produced byToshio Suzuki Music byJoe Hisaishi StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 14-16 9 $3.6M — 927 $3,868 $3.6M

2 Aug 21-23 12 $2.4M −32.4% 927 $2,617 $8.1M

3 Aug 28-30 13 $1.9M −22.2% 880 $2,145 $11.0M

4 Sep 4-6 16 $1.3M −30.7% 890 $1,470 $13.0M

5 Sep 11-13 21 $628.3K −52.0% 589 $1,067 $14.3M

6 Sep 18-20 34 $188.5K −70.0% 329 $573 $14.7M

7 Sep 25-27 42 $108.6K −42.4% 39 $2,784 $14.8M

8 Oct 2-4 55 $50.7K −53.3% 117 $433 $14.9M

9 Oct 9-11 59 $33.6K −33.6% 84 $401 $15.0M

10 Oct 16-18 70 $16.1K −52.3% 45 $357 $15.0M

11 Oct 23-25 52 $43.9K +173.8% 103 $427 $15.1M

12 Oct 30-Nov 1 64 $19.4K −55.8% 65 $299 $15.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 14 #9 $1.2M — $1.2M 927 $1,267 1

Sat Aug 15 #9 $1.3M +12% $2.5M 927 $1,424 2

Sun Aug 16 #9 $1.1M −17% $3.6M 927 $1,177 3

Mon Aug 17 #9 $559.3K −49% $4.1M 927 $603 4

Tue Aug 18 #9 $566.8K +1% $4.7M 927 $611 5

Wed Aug 19 #9 $521.2K −8% $5.2M 927 $562 6

Thu Aug 20 #9 $477.7K −8% $5.7M 927 $515 7

Fri Aug 21 #13 $706.7K +48% −40% $6.4M 927 $762 8

Sat Aug 22 #12 $994.8K +41% −25% $7.4M 927 $1,073 9

Sun Aug 23 #10 $724.2K −27% −34% $8.1M 927 $781 10

Mon Aug 24 #13 $262.8K −64% −53% $8.4M 927 $283 11

Tue Aug 25 #13 $256.4K −2% −55% $8.7M 927 $277 12

Wed Aug 26 #13 $254.1K −1% −51% $8.9M 927 $274 13

Thu Aug 27 #13 $235.5K −7% −51% $9.1M 927 $254 14

Fri Aug 28 #15 $487.2K +107% −31% $9.6M 880 $554 15

Sat Aug 29 #13 $859.6K +76% −14% $10.5M 880 $977 16

Sun Aug 30 #12 $541.1K −37% −25% $11.0M 880 $615 17

Fri Sep 4 #- $281.5K — −42% $11.9M 890 $316 22

Sat Sep 5 #- $517.4K +84% −40% $12.4M 890 $581 23

Sun Sep 6 #- $509.5K −2% −6% $13.0M 890 $572 24

Mon Sep 7 #14 $561.1K +10% $13.5M 890 $630 25

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

Cumulative total$13.5M

Aug 14Aug 19Aug 24Aug 29Sep 7

Weekend grossWk 10 · $16.1K

$3.6M

$2.4M

$1.9M

$1.3M

$628.3K

$188.5K

$108.6K

$50.7K

$33.6K

$16.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 927 → 890 −4.0%

927 open890 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −52.3%

−32.4%

W1→2

−22.2%

W2→3

−30.7%

W3→4

−52.0%

W4→5

−70.0%

W5→6

−42.4%

W6→7

−53.3%

W7→8

−33.6%

W8→9

−52.3%

W9→10

Steepest −70.0%Best hold −22.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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