Studio
GKIDS
12 films•1984–2026•Animation · Drama · Adventure
95%average critics94%average audience$4.6Mdomestic average
Films
12
1984–2026
Domestic
$54.8M
lifetime
Worldwide
$719.4M
lifetime
Avg opening
$1.3M
3-day
Avg legs
2.73x
opening → total
Return
0.3x
on $11.2M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 12 GKIDS releases from 1984 to 2026, together grossing $54.8M domestic and $719.4M worldwide. The biggest hit is The Boy and the Heron (2023) at $292.9M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $13.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ChaO | 2026 | — | — | — | — | TBD | 77% | — |
 Godzilla Minus Zero | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
 Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
| Look Back | 2024 | $690K | $2.0M | 2.90x | $25.2M | — | 100% | — |
| The Boy and the Heron | 2023 | $13.0M | $46.8M | 3.60x | $292.9M | — | 96% | — |
| The First Slam Dunk | 2022 | $662K | $1.3M | 2.00x | $279.3M | — | 100% | — |
 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time | 2021 | $351K | $826K | 2.40x | $96.2M | — | 100% | — |
 Wolfwalkers | 2020 | — | — | — | $3.2M | — | 99% | — |
 Song of the Sea | 2014 | $18K | $858K | 47.7x | $9.4M | — | 99% | — |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion | 1997 | $603K | $2.5M | — | $2.8M | — | 92% | — |
 Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | — | — | — | $0.8M | — | 100% | — |
 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 | — | $496K | — | $9.6M | — | 87% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind1984Grave of the Fireflies1988Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion1997Song of the Sea2014Wolfwalkers2020Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time2021The First Slam Dunk2022The Boy and the Heron2023Look Back2024ChaO2026Godzilla Minus Zero2026Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom2026DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide
Profitability
Return on Budget
0.3x
$3.2M worldwide on $11.2M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic —International $3.2M
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
What’s next
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Connected
Directors
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.