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2001 • PG • 2h 5m • Animation, Adventure, Fantasy • Walt Disney Pictures

Beyond the tunnel was a mysterious town.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$450K
Limited · 26 theaters
Domestic total
$10.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$395.80M
$385.80M international
Domestic legs5.7x from $1.8M first wide weekend
Budget$19M

Cast & crew

Directed byHayao Miyazaki ScreenplayHayao Miyazaki Music byJoe Hisaishi StarringRumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki StudioWalt Disney Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Sep 20-22 18 $449.8K — 26 $17,302 $449.8K
2 Sep 27-29 17 $527.7K +17.3% 53 $9,957 $1.1M
3 Oct 4-6 15 $611.0K +15.8% 97 $6,299 $1.9M
4 Oct 11-13 19 $634.9K +3.9% 138 $4,601 $2.7M
5 Oct 18-20 20 $519.3K −18.2% 151 $3,439 $3.4M
6 Oct 25-27 22 $415.9K −19.9% 149 $2,791 $4.0M
7 Nov 1-3 25 $312.2K −24.9% 136 $2,296 $4.4M
8 Nov 8-10 26 $270.0K −13.5% 128 $2,109 $4.8M
9 Nov 15-17 31 $128.4K −52.4% 100 $1,284 $5.0M
10 Nov 22-24 39 $67.4K −47.5% 58 $1,162 $5.1M
11 Nov 29-Dec 1 46 $57.7K −14.4% 34 $1,697 $5.2M
12 Dec 6-8 49 $36.3K −37.1% 32 $1,135 $5.3M
13 Dec 13-15 51 $27.2K −25.0% 29 $939 $5.3M
14 Dec 20-22 54 $15.5K −43.2% 34 $455 $5.3M
15 Dec 27-29 54 $30.1K +94.7% 38 $793 $5.4M
16 Jan 3-5 58 $24.3K −19.4% 32 $760 $5.5M
17 Jan 10-12 64 $20.7K −14.9% 23 $899 $5.5M
18 Jan 17-19 71 $16.0K −22.5% 20 $802 $5.5M
19 Jan 24-26 76 $10.8K −32.7% 17 $634 $5.5M
20 Jan 31-Feb 2 88 $8.0K −26.2% 12 $663 $5.6M
21 Feb 7-9 88 $5.2K −35.0% 6 $861 $5.6M
22 Feb 14-16 85 $7.1K +38.2% 9 $793 $5.6M
23 Feb 21-23 93 $5.8K −19.4% 6 $959 $5.6M
24 Feb 28-Mar 2 84 $8.8K +53.2% 10 $881 $5.6M
25 Mar 7-9 78 $6.9K −21.4% 6 $1,155 $5.6M
26 Mar 14-16 94 $6.1K −12.5% 6 $1,011 $5.6M
27 Mar 21-23 89 $5.0K −17.4% 7 $716 $5.6M
28 Mar 28-30 15 $1.8M +35,132.3% 711 $2,483 $7.4M
29 Apr 4-6 18 $1.0M −41.4% 714 $1,448 $8.9M
30 Apr 11-13 22 $414.9K −59.9% 493 $842 $9.6M
31 Apr 18-20 45 $101.9K −75.4% 143 $713 $9.9M
32 Apr 25-27 71 $26.0K −74.5% 47 $553 $9.9M
33 May 2-4 118 $3.8K −85.3% 16 $238 $9.9M
34 May 9-11 125 $2.0K −46.4% 15 $136 $10.0M
35 May 16-18 120 $3.0K +47.5% 8 $377 $10.0M
36 May 23-25 118 $1.6K −46.7% 6 $268 $10.0M
49 Aug 22-24 61 $22.9K — 6 $3,810 $10.0M
50 Aug 29-31 58 $38.4K +68.1% 18 $2,135 $10.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.4K
$449.8K
$527.7K
$611.0K
$634.9K
$519.3K
$415.9K
$312.2K
$270.0K
$128.4K
$67.4K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −47.5%
+17.3%
W1→2
+15.8%
W2→3
+3.9%
W3→4
−18.2%
W4→5
−19.9%
W5→6
−24.9%
W6→7
−13.5%
W7→8
−52.4%
W8→9
−47.5%
W9→10
Steepest −52.4%Biggest gain +17.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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