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2009 • PG-13 • 1h 54m • Action, Adventure, Animation • GKIDS

Always protect your network.

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7.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$1K

Limited · 1 theater

Domestic total

$323K

Incl. 2025 re-release

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Cast & crew

Directed byMamoru Hosoda ScreenplaySatoko Okudera Produced byNozomu Takahashi, Takashi Watanabe, Takuya Ito, Yuichiro Saito CinematographyYukihiro Masumoto MusicAkihiko Matsumoto StarringRyunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Ayumu Saito, Takahiro Yokokawa StudioGKIDS

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

2010 US release

1 Dec 24-26 76 $1.4K — 1 $1,412 $1.4K

2 Dec 31-Jan 2 61 $7.7K +445.4% 2 $3,851 $15.2K

3 Jan 7-9 51 $16.5K +113.9% 14 $1,176 $36.0K

4 Jan 14-16 67 $7.1K −56.7% 9 $793 $53.6K

5 Jan 21-23 60 $6.3K −12.4% 6 $1,043 $63.3K

6 Jan 28-30 65 $6.0K −3.8% 3 $2,006 $72.3K

7 Feb 4-6 72 $4.0K −32.8% 4 $1,011 $78.2K

2025 4K re-release

1 Jul 25-27 - $90.1K — 438 $206 $168.3K

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 24 $531 — $531 1 $531 1

Sat Dec 25 $495 −7% $1.0K 1 $495 2

Sun Dec 26 $386 −22% $1.4K 1 $386 3

Wed Dec 29 $2.3K — $4.5K 2 $1,168 6

Thu Dec 30 $2.9K +26% $7.5K 2 $1,474 7

Fri Dec 31 $1.9K −35% +258% $9.4K 2 $951 8

Sat Jan 1 $3.2K +69% +551% $12.6K 2 $1,611 9

Sun Jan 2 $3.0K −6% +682% $15.6K 2 $1,510 10

Mon Jan 3 $1.5K −50% $17.1K 2 $761 11

Tue Jan 4 $1.6K +2% $18.7K 2 $779 12

Wed Jan 5 $302 −81% −87% $19.0K 2 $151 13

Thu Jan 6 $481 +59% −84% $19.5K 2 $241 14

Fri Jan 7 $4.7K +877% +147% $24.2K 14 $336 15

Sat Jan 8 $6.6K +40% +104% $30.8K 14 $470 16

Sun Jan 9 $5.2K −21% +72% $36.0K 14 $370 17

Mon Jan 10 $2.4K −54% +57% $38.4K 14 $171 18

Tue Jan 11 $3.3K +37% +111% $41.6K 14 $235 19

Wed Jan 12 $2.0K −39% +562% $43.6K 14 $143 20

Thu Jan 13 $2.9K +43% +495% $46.5K 14 $204 21

Fri Jan 14 $2.1K −28% −56% $48.6K 9 $228 22

Sat Jan 15 $2.6K +29% −60% $51.2K 9 $294 23

Sun Jan 16 $2.4K −8% −53% $53.6K 9 $270 24

Mon Jan 17 #63 $1.1K −54% −53% $54.8K 9 $125 25

Tue Jan 18 $625 −44% −81% $55.4K 9 $69 26

Wed Jan 19 $881 +41% −56% $56.3K 9 $98 27

Thu Jan 20 $777 −12% −73% $57.0K 9 $86 28

Fri Jan 21 $1.4K +80% −32% $58.4K 6 $233 29

Sat Jan 22 $3.0K +114% +13% $61.4K 6 $497 30

Sun Jan 23 $1.9K −37% −23% $63.3K 6 $313 31

Mon Jan 24 $426 −77% −62% $63.7K 6 $71 32

Tue Jan 25 $640 +50% +2% $64.4K 6 $107 33

Wed Jan 26 $702 +10% −20% $65.1K 6 $117 34

Thu Jan 27 $1.2K +74% +57% $66.3K 6 $204 35

Fri Jan 28 $1.9K +60% +40% $68.2K 3 $650 36

Sat Jan 29 $2.6K +35% −12% $70.9K 3 $880 37

Sun Jan 30 $1.4K −46% −24% $72.3K 3 $476 38

Mon Jan 31 $294 −79% −31% $72.6K 3 $98 39

Tue Feb 1 $437 +49% −32% $73.0K 3 $146 40

Wed Feb 2 $468 +7% −33% $73.5K 3 $156 41

Thu Feb 3 $639 +37% −48% $74.1K 3 $213 42

Fri Feb 4 $817 +28% −58% $75.0K 4 $204 43

Sat Feb 5 $2.1K +156% −21% $77.0K 4 $522 44

Sun Feb 6 $1.1K −45% −20% $78.2K 4 $285 45

Totals are lifetime: each re-release adds to the 2010 US run.

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

Cumulative total$78.2K

Dec 24Jan 6Jan 16Jan 27Feb 6

Weekend grossWk 7 · $4.0K

$1.4K

$7.7K

$16.5K

$7.1K

$6.3K

$6.0K

$4.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7

Theater countPeak 14 → 4 −71.4%

1 open4 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 7 · −32.8%

+445.4%

W1→2

+113.9%

W2→3

−56.7%

W3→4

−12.4%

W4→5

−3.8%

W5→6

−32.8%

W6→7

Steepest −56.7%Biggest gain +445.4%

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