Studio
Toho
13 films•1952–2004•Drama · Action · Thriller
90%average critics93%average audience$0.6Mdomestic average
Films
13
1952–2004
Domestic
$7.7M
lifetime
Worldwide
$36.5M
lifetime
Avg opening
$17K
3-day
Avg legs
10.6x
opening → total
Return
1.0x
on $8.5M of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 13 Toho releases from 1952 to 2004, together grossing $7.7M domestic and $36.5M worldwide. The biggest hit is Swing Girls (2004) at $19.4M worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Ran (1985) at $223K.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kamikaze Girls | 2004 | $3K | $30K | 10.6x | $5.3M | — | 62% | — |
 Swing Girls | 2004 | — | — | — | $19.4M | — | 0% | — |
| Akira | 1988 | — | $3.6M | — | $7.3M | — | 91% | — |
| Ran | 1985 | $223K | $3.1M | — | $3.3M | — | 96% | — |
 The Face of Another | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | 86% | — |
 Red Beard | 1965 | — | $47K | — | — | — | 73% | — |
 Kwaidan | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | 91% | — |
 Woman in the Dunes | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | 100% | — |
 High and Low | 1963 | — | $47K | — | — | — | 97% | — |
 Yojimbo | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | 96% | — |
 Throne of Blood | 1957 | — | $47K | — | — | — | 96% | — |
| Seven Samurai | 1954 | — | $754K | — | $1.1M | — | 100% | — |
| Ikiru | 1952 | — | $55K | — | $0.1M | — | 98% | — |
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
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide
Profitability
Return on Budget
1.0x
$8.4M worldwide on $8.5M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $4.4MInternational $4.0M
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven2.2x
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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