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Howl's Moving CastleFollow

2004 • PG • 1h 59m • Animation, Adventure, Fantasy • Walt Disney Pictures

The two lived there.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$428K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$7.10M
Final
Worldwide total
$239.60M
$232.50M international
Domestic legs16.6x
Budget$24M

Cast & crew

Directed byHayao Miyazaki ScreenplayHayao Miyazaki Produced byToshio Suzuki CinematographyAtsushi Okui Music byJoe Hisaishi StarringChieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Ryunosuke Kamiki StudioWalt Disney Pictures

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 10-12 14 $428.0K — 36 $11,889 $428.0K
2 Jun 17-19 13 $864.8K +102.1% 202 $4,281 $1.5M
3 Jun 24-26 17 $581.7K −32.7% 202 $2,879 $2.5M
4 Jul 1-3 19 $389.9K −33.0% 187 $2,085 $3.2M
5 Jul 8-10 22 $305.9K −21.5% 177 $1,728 $3.8M
6 Jul 15-17 28 $149.4K −51.2% 133 $1,123 $4.2M
7 Jul 22-24 37 $77.7K −48.0% 80 $971 $4.3M
8 Jul 29-31 43 $48.8K −37.2% 61 $800 $4.4M
9 Aug 5-7 53 $35.4K −27.4% 45 $788 $4.5M
10 Aug 12-14 61 $24.8K −29.9% 30 $828 $4.6M
11 Aug 19-21 61 $19.4K −22.0% 25 $775 $4.6M
12 Aug 26-28 76 $13.4K −30.7% 20 $672 $4.6M
13 Sep 2-4 70 $13.9K +3.3% 25 $555 $4.7M
14 Sep 9-11 67 $13.5K −2.6% 22 $614 $4.7M
15 Sep 16-18 102 $4.6K −65.7% 11 $422 $4.7M
16 Sep 23-25 100 $4.3K −8.1% 14 $305 $4.7M
17 Sep 30-Oct 2 115 $2.0K −52.8% 10 $201 $4.7M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $24.8K
$428.0K
$864.8K
$581.7K
$389.9K
$305.9K
$149.4K
$77.7K
$48.8K
$35.4K
$24.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −29.9%
+102.1%
W1→2
−32.7%
W2→3
−33.0%
W3→4
−21.5%
W4→5
−51.2%
W5→6
−48.0%
W6→7
−37.2%
W7→8
−27.4%
W8→9
−29.9%
W9→10
Steepest −51.2%Biggest gain +102.1%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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