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Akira

1988 • R • 2h 4m • Animation, Action, Sci-Fi • Toho

Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.

🍅 91% 90% MC 68 LB 4.28 IMDb 8.0

Box office summary

Domestic Total
$4.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$8.5M
$3.9M international
Budget$8M
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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
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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
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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