List of highest-grossing anime films
The following are lists of highest-grossing anime films. It includes the all-time highest-grossing anime films, the highest-grossing anime films by year and the highest-grossing anime film franchises. This article only covers box office revenue, and does not include ancillary revenue from other sources such as home entertainment or merchandise sales.
Highest-grossing anime films worldwide
The following chart is a list of the top 50 highest-grossing anime films. More than ten of these films are also in the top 50 traditional animated films. 86.7% of the films in the top 30 were released after 2000. 2012 is the most represented year on the list, with six films. Pokémon is the most represented animated film franchise, with twelve films on the list, while the Doraemon, Detective Conan, Dragon Ball and One Piece series feature prominently. Studio Ghibli is the most represented anime studio, with eleven films on the list.The films on this chart have all had a theatrical run since 1997, and films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.
The list only includes box office revenue, and does not include ancillary revenue from other sources such as home entertainment or merchandise sales, where a number of anime films earn significantly more revenue. My Neighbour Totoro, for example, grossed about from home video and licensed merchandise sales. Similarly, Castle in the Sky grossed a total of approximately in combined box office, home video and soundtrack sales, and Akira earned in home video sales.
Highest-grossing anime films in Japan
This is a list of highest-grossing anime films in Japan, Domestic gross figures.Rank | Title | Japan gross | Year | |
1 | Spirited Away | 30.80 | 2001 | |
2 | Your Name | 25.03 | 2016 | |
3 | Howl's Moving Castle | 19.60 | 2004 | |
4 | Princess Mononoke | 19.30 | 1997 | |
5 | Ponyo | 15.50 | 2008 | |
6 | Weathering with You | 14.06 | 2019 | |
7 | The Wind Rises | 12.02 | 2013 | |
8 | ' | 9.37 | 2019 | |
9 | Arrietty | 9.25 | 2010 | |
10 | ' | 9.18 | 2018 | |
11 | Stand by Me Doraemon | 8.38 | 2014 | |
12 | ' | 7.80 | 2014 | |
13 | Tales from Earthsea | 7.65 | 2006 | |
14 | ' | 7.60 | 1998 | |
15 | ' | 6.89 | 2017 | |
16 | ' | 6.87 | 2012 | |
17 | The Cat Returns | 6.46 | 2002 | |
18 | ' | 6.40 | 1999 | |
19 | ' | 6.33 | 2016 | |
20 | The Boy and the Beast | 5.85 | 2015 | |
21 | ' | 5.55 | 2019 | |
22 | ' | 5.53 | 2015 | |
23 | Porco Rosso | 5.40 | 1992 | |
24 | ' | 5.37 | 2018 | |
25 | ' | 5.30 | 2012 | |
26 | ' | 5.20 | 2016 | |
27 | ' | 5.02 | 2007 | |
28 | ' | 5.01 | 2019 | |
29 | ' | 4.85 | 2000 | |
30 | ' | 4.80 | 2009 | |
31 | ' | 4.80 | 2008 | |
32 | ' | 4.67 | 2009 | |
33 | ' | 4.50 | 2003 | |
34 | ' | 4.48 | 2015 | |
35 | Pom Poko | 4.47 | 1994 | |
36 | From Up on Poppy Hill | 4.46 | 2011 | |
37 | ' | 4.43 | 2017 | |
38 | ' | 4.38 | 2004 | |
39 | 4.33 | 2011 | ||
40 | Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato | 4.30 | 1978 | |
41 | Kiki's Delivery Service | 4.30 | 1989 | |
42 | ' | 4.30 | 2005 | |
43 | ' | 4.26 | 2013 | |
44 | Wolf Children | 4.22 | 2012 | |
45 | ' | 4.16 | 2010 | |
46 | ' | 4.12 | 2016 | |
47 | ' | 4.11 | 2014 | |
48 | ' | 4.00 | 2018 | |
49 | ' | 4.00 | 2009 | |
50 | 3.98 | 2013 |
Highest-grossing anime films by year
This is a list of highest-grossing anime films by year, since 1977. The most number of films represented are by Doraemon with 13films on the list, as of 2020.Up until 1999, the Japanese box office was most commonly reported in terms of :ja:配給収入|distribution income, which was equivalent to approximately half of the total gross receipts at the Japanese box office. Since 2000, the Japanese box office has been reported in terms of total box office gross. The worldwide gross figures for anime films were also not reported prior to 1997. As such, there are two tables. The first table shows the Japan distribution rentals and box office gross receipts up until 1996, while the second table shows the worldwide gross revenue since 1997.
Year | Title | Japan distribution rentals | Japan gross receipts |
1977 | Space Battleship Yamato | ||
1978 | Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato | ||
1979 | Galaxy Express 999 | ||
1980 | ' | ||
1981 | ' | ||
1982 | ' | ||
1983 | Harmagedon: Genma Wars | ||
1984 | ' | ||
1985 | ' | ||
1986 | ' | ||
1987 | ' | ||
1988 | ' | ||
1989 | Kiki's Delivery Service | ||
1990 | ' | ||
1991 | Only Yesterday | ||
1992 | Porco Rosso | ||
1993 | ' | ||
1994 | Pom Poko | ||
1995 | Whisper of the Heart | ||
1996 | ' |
Year | Title | Worldwide gross | Budget | |
1997 | Princess Mononoke | |||
1998 | ' | |||
1999 | ' | |||
2000 | ' | |||
2001 | Spirited Away | |||
2002 | ' | |||
2003 | ' | |||
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | |||
2005 | ' | |||
2006 | ' | |||
2007 | ' | |||
2008 | Ponyo | |||
2009 | ' | |||
2010 | The Secret World of Arrietty | |||
2011 | From Up on Poppy Hill | |||
2012 | ' | |||
2013 | The Wind Rises | |||
2014 | Stand by Me Doraemon | |||
2015 | ' | |||
2016 | Your Name | |||
2017 | ' | |||
2018 | ' | $124,500,000 | ||
2019 | Weathering with You | $193,091,764 | ||
2020 | Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul | $5,400,000 |
Anime box office admissions
The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing anime films that have sold more than 1million tickets worldwide.Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing anime films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
Title | Ticket sales | Year | |
Spirited Away | 45,595,221 | 2001 | |
Your Name | 44,342,412 | 2016 | |
' | 36,837,706 | 1998 | |
Weathering with You | 22,668,643 | 2019 | |
Stand by Me Doraemon | 22,660,474 | 2014 | |
Howl's Moving Castle | 21,943,336 | 2004 | |
' | 19,503,160 | 2000 | |
Ponyo | 18,101,454 | 2008 | |
' | 16,227,175 | 2018 | |
Princess Mononoke | 16,214,830 | 1997 | |
' | 14,433,977 | 2019 | |
The Secret World of Arrietty | 12,415,730 | 2012 | |
The Wind Rises | 11,851,749 | 2013 | |
' | 10,072,449 | 2001 | |
' | 6,546,909 | 2000 | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie | 4,436,708 | 2004 |
Highest-grossing anime film franchises and film series
The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing anime film franchises.The top six are among the highest-grossing animated film franchises of all time. Doraemon is the top-grossing anime film franchise of all time, and one of the highest-grossing animated film franchises with over. Doraemon sold more than 100million tickets at the Japanese box office by April 2015, surpassing Godzilla as the highest-grossing film franchise in Japan. Pokémon has the highest per-film average, with about per film. A given franchise needs to have at least two theatrically released films to be on this list.
Note that many of the box office gross figures given for older films released before 2000 are in terms of :ja:配給収入|distribution income, which was equivalent to approximately half of the total gross revenue at the Japanese box office.
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