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The Tale of the Princess KaguyaFollow

2013 • PG • 2h 17m • Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy • Studio Ghibli

A princess's crime and punishment.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$54.9K
3-day opening
Domestic total
$1.50M
All releases
Worldwide total
$19.40M
$17.90M international

Cast & crew

Directed byIsao Takahata ScreenplayIsao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi Produced bySeiichiro Ujiie, Yoshiaki Nishimura Music byJoe Hisaishi StarringAki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata StudioStudio Ghibli

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 17-19 46 $54.9K — 3 $18,305 $54.9K
2 Oct 24-26 43 $65.1K +18.5% 20 $3,253 $142.5K
3 Oct 31-Nov 2 42 $70.5K +8.3% 27 $2,610 $243.2K
4 Nov 7-9 41 $54.3K −23.0% 28 $1,939 $335.3K
5 Nov 14-16 49 $30.4K −44.0% 26 $1,169 $408.7K
6 Nov 21-23 47 $19.9K −34.5% 21 $948 $442.6K
9 Dec 12-14 48 $18.7K −6.1% 19 $984 $533.4K
10 Dec 19-21 50 $9.6K −48.6% 11 $874 $557.2K
11 Dec 26-28 54 $11.6K +20.7% 8 $1,451 $575.6K
12 Jan 2-4 57 $9.9K −14.4% 11 $904 $595.4K
13 Jan 9-11 70 $3.9K −60.5% 6 $655 $603.0K
14 Jan 16-18 72 $3.2K −17.6% 6 $540 $609.0K
15 Jan 23-25 73 $6.1K +88.7% 8 $764 $632.5K
16 Jan 30-Feb 1 72 $6.4K +5.5% 6 $1,074 $650.7K
17 Feb 6-8 87 $2.5K −61.1% 4 $627 $656.5K
18 Feb 13-15 73 $8.0K +218.9% 8 $1,000 $665.2K
19 Feb 20-22 65 $6.0K −25.5% 10 $596 $676.5K
20 Feb 27-Mar 1 81 $2.9K −50.7% 7 $419 $681.1K
21 Mar 6-8 81 $3.1K +4.6% 4 $768 $695.9K
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $9.6K
$54.9K
$65.1K
$70.5K
$54.3K
$30.4K
$19.9K
$18.7K
$9.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −48.6%
+18.5%
W1→2
+8.3%
W2→3
−23.0%
W3→4
−44.0%
W4→5
−34.5%
W5→6
−6.1%
W6→9
−48.6%
W9→10
Steepest −48.6%Biggest gain +18.5%

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