List of highest-grossing anime films

The following are lists of highest-grossing anime films. It includes the all-time highest-grossing anime films, the highest-grossing anime films by year and the highest-grossing anime film franchises.

Highest-grossing anime films

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing anime films. Nine of these films are also in the top 50 traditional animated films. Ninety percent of the films in the top 30 were released after 2000. 2012 is the most represented year on the list, with 6 films. Pokémon is the most represented animated film franchise with 7 films on the list, while Doraemon, Case Closed, One Piece and Dragon Ball franchises feature prominently. Studio Ghibli is the most represented studio with 9 films on the list.

The films on this chart have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1999, and films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.

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Highest-grossing anime films^[1]

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	Spirited Away	$289,096,544	2001	[# 1]
2	Howl's Moving Castle	$235,184,110	2004	[# 2]
3	Ponyo	$201,750,937	2008	[# 3]
4	Stand by Me Doraemon	$196,442,714	2014	[# 4]
5	Your Name	$174,259,645	2016	[# 5]
6	Pokémon: The First Movie	$163,644,662	1998	[# 6]
7	Princess Mononoke	$159,375,308	1997	[# 7]
8	The Secret World of Arrietty	$145,570,827	2010	[# 8]
9	The Wind Rises	$136,333,220	2013	[# 9]
10	Pokemon: The Movie 2000	$133,949,270	2000	[# 10]
11	One Piece Film: Z	$74,223,861	2012	[# 11]
12	Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions	$71,143,529	2010	[# 12]
13	One Piece Film: Gold	$70,550,000	2016	[2][3]
14	Tales from Earthsea	$68,673,565	2006	[# 13]
15	Pokémon 3: The Movie	$68,411,275	2001	[# 14]
16	Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: The Secret is Created, Nyan!	$65,000,000	2014	[# 15]
17	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	$64,790,000	2015	[# 16]
18	From Up on Poppy Hill	$61,459,425	2011	[# 17]
19	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	$60,487,945	2012	[# 18]
20	Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare	$60,137,853	2016	[# 19]
21	Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016	$57,200,000	2016	[4]
22	Pokémon the Movie: Black and White	$57,082,491	2011	[# 20]
23	Wolf Children	$54,999,779	2012	[# 21]
24	One Piece Film: Strong World	$54,974,136	2009	[# 22]
25	The Cat Returns	$53,918,847	2002	[# 23]
26	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	$51,200,000	2013	[# 24]
27	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	$50,673,078	2009	[# 25]
28	The Boy and the Beast	$48,600,000	2015	[# 15]
29	Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles	$46,667,538	2012	[# 26]
30	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice	$46,008,255	2012	[# 27]
31	Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan!	$45,429,073	2015	[# 28]
32	Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker	$44,068,406	2012	[# 29]
33	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	$43,338,599	2008	[# 30]

Highest-grossing anime films by year

This is a list of highest-grossing animated films in Japan from 2001. The most number of films represented is by the Pokémon film franchise with 5 films in the list while Doraemon also feature prominently.

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Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Budget	Ref(s)
2001	Spirited Away	$289,100,000	$19,000,000	[5]
2002	Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street	$34,400,000	TBA	[6]
2003	Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker	$33,393,751	TBA	[7]
2004	Howl's Moving Castle	$235,000,000	$24,000,000
2005	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	$37,150,760	TBA	[8]
2006	Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006	$31,811,345	TBA
2007	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	$42,496,749	TBA	[9]
2008	Ponyo	$201,751,937	$34,000,000	[10][11]
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	$50,673,078	TBA	[12]
2010	Arrietty	$145,600,000	$23,000,000	[13]
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	$57,082,491	TBA	[14]
2012	One Piece Film: Z	$74,500,000	TBA	[15]
2013	The Wind Rises	$136,500,000	$30,000,000	[16]
2014	Stand by Me Doraemon	$196,442,714	$35,000,000	[17]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	$64,591,000	$5,000,000	[18]
2016	Your Name	$140,300,000	TBA	[19]

Highest-grossing anime franchises and film series

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing anime animated film franchises. The top five are among the highest-grossing animated film franchises of all time. Doraemon is the top-grossing anime franchise of all time and the 11th-highest-grossing animated franchise with over $1 billion. Pokémon has the highest per-film average, with over $52 million per film. A given franchise needs to have at least two theatrically released films to be on this list.

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Highest-grossing anime animated franchises and film series^[§]

(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 Doraemon $1,084,842,562 37 $29,320,069 Stand by Me Doraemon ($196,442,714) New Generation ^+ $628,890,384 12 $52,407,532 Stand by Me Doraemon ($196,442,714) 1 Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) $196,442,714 2 Nobita and The Birth of Japan 2016 (2016) ^+ $57,500,000 3 Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012) $46,667,538 4 Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013) $42,944,109 5 Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010) $39,105,103 6 Nobita's great adventure in the underworld (2007) $38,743,880 7 Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008) $38,428,699 8 Nobita's Space Heroes (2015) $37,019,702 9 Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014) $35,861,856 10 Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (2006) $33,811,345 11 Nobita and the New Steel Troops-Winged Angels (2011) $31,660,434 12 The Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009) $30,705,004 Original Series $456,952,178 25 $18,278,087 Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King ($32,000,000) 1 Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King (2000) $32,000,000 2 Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001) $31,000,000 3 Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004) $28,700,000 4 Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989) $24,000,000 5 Nobita and the Windmasters (2003) $23,428,491 6 Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002) $22,053,687 7 Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998) $22,010,000 8 Nobita and the Spiral City (1997) $21,000,000 9 Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999) $20,900,000 10 Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990) $20,000,000 11 Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991) $19,000,000 12 Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996) $18,000,000 13 Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992) $17,900,000 14 Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993) $17,600,000 15 Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World (1995) $16,900,000 16 The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981) $15,000,000 17 Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984) $14,600,000 18 Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994) $14,100,000 19 Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987) $13,900,000 20 The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988) $13,200,000 21 Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) $12,060,000 22 Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986) $11,100,000 23 Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982) $9,800,000 24 Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985) $9,600,000 25 Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983) $9,100,000

2 Pokémon $936,447,680 18 $52,024,871 The First Movie ($163,644,662) The Original $297,593,932 2 $148,796,966 The First Movie ($163,644,662) 1 The First Movie (1998) $163,644,662 2 The Movie 2000 (1999) $133,949,270 Diamond & Pearl $207,651,955 4 $51,912,989 Zoroark: Master of Illusions ($71,143,529) 1 Zoroark Master of Illusions(2010) $71,143,529 2 Arceus and the Jewel of Life(2009) $50,673,078 3 Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008) $43,338,599 4 The Rise of Darkrai (2007) $42,496,749 Best Wishes! $135,384,123 3 $45,128,041 Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom ($57,082,491) 1 Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011) $57,082,491 2 Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012) $46,008,255 3 Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013) $32,293,377 Advanced Generation $131,733,093 4 $32,933,273 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew ($37,150,760) 1 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005) $37,150,760 2 Destiny Deoxys (2004) $34,337,258 3 Jirachi Wish Maker (2003) $33,393,751 4 Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006) $26,851,324 Johto $117,302,757 3 $39,100,919 3: The Movie ($68,411,275) 1 3: The Movie (2000) $68,411,275 2 4Ever (2001) $28,023,563 3 Heroes (2002) $20,867,919 XY $48,732,338 2 $24,366,169 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction ($26,732,338) 1 Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) $26,732,338 2 Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015) $22,000,000

3 Case Closed $670,269,787 21 $31,917,609 The Darkest Nightmare ($46,600,000) Main series $628,872,055 20 $31,443,603 The Darkest Nightmare ($60,137,853) 1 The Darkest Nightmare (2016) $60,137,853 2 The Eleventh Striker (2012) $44,068,406 3 Sunflowers of Inferno (2015) $43,782,211 4 Quarter of Silence (2011) $42,808,578 5 The Raven Chaser (2009) $39,664,359 6 Dimensional Sniper (2014) $39,424,975 7 Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013) $36,054,366 8 The Phantom of Baker Street (2002) $35,926,093 9 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003) $33,006,492 10 The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010) $31,944,609 11 The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) $30,848,980 12 Countdown to Heaven (2001) $29,555,701 13 Magician of the Silver Sky (2004) $28,430,972 14 Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007) $26,834,266 15 Captured in Her Eyes (2000) $25,455,861 16 Full Score of Fear (2008) $24,576,215 17 Strategy Above the Depths (2005) $22,699,114 18 The Last Wizard of the Century (1999) $17,719,333 19 The Fourteenth Target (1998) $14,528,588 20 The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997) $1,405,083 Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) $41,397,727

4 Dragon Ball $360,290,000 19 $18,962,632 Resurrection 'F' ($64,790,000) Dragon Ball Z series $326,890,000 15 $21,792,667 Resurrection 'F' ($64,790,000) 1 Resurrection 'F' (2015) $64,790,000 2 Battle of Gods (2013) $51,200,000 3 Fusion Reborn (1995) $22,700,000 4 Broly – Second Coming (1994) $22,200,000 5 Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) $20,400,000 6 The Return of Cooler (1992) $19,200,000 7 Super Android 13! (1992) $18,900,000 8 Bojack Unbound (1993) $18,700,000 9 Bio-Broly (1994) $18,000,000 10 Cooler's Revenge (1991) $16,200,000 11 Lord Slug (1991) $14,900,000 12 Wrath of the Dragon (1995) $12,200,000 13 The World's Strongest (1990) $10,200,000 14 Dead Zone (1989) $8,900,000 15 The Tree of Might (1990) $8,400,000 Dragon Ball series $33,400,000 4 $8,350,000 The Path to Power ($9,000,000) 1 The Path to Power (1996) $9,000,000 2 Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987) $8,900,000 3 Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) $7,800,000 4 Mystical Adventure (1988) $7,700,000

5 Crayon Shin-chan $326,002,347 23 $14,174,015 Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! ($19,100,000) 1 Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! (2016) $19,100,000 2 Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back(2014) $18,799,601 3 My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!(2015) $18,772,380 4 Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil(1993) $18,615,340 5 The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom (1994) $18,054,089 6 The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001) $17,246,993 7 The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess (2012) $16,782,573 8 The Storm Called!: The Battle of the Warring States (2002) $14,731,473 9 Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! (2013) $14,731,466 10 The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy (2011) $14,295,582 11 Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride (2009) $13,723,427 12 Roar! Kasukabe Animal Kingdom (2009) $13,097,019 13 The Storm Called: The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007) $12,465,599 14 The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! (2006) $12,436,098 15 Adventure in Henderland (1996) $12,176,732 16 The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge (2005) $11,351,370 17 The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun (2004) $11,798,618 18 The Storm Called: The Hero of Kinpoko $11,198,054 19 Unkokusai's Ambition (1995) $10,344,250 20 Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997) $10,009,121 21 BlitzkriegExplosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle (1999) $9,907,462 22 The Storm Called: Yakiniku Road of Honor (2003) $9,310,002 23 The Storm Called The Jungle (2000) $8,811,786 24 Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998) $8,243,312

See also

• List of highest-grossing animated films
• List of highest-grossing films in Japan
• History of anime

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1. Spirited Away
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   North American gross: $10,055,859

   Japanese gross: $229,607,878 (March 31, 2002)

   Other territories: $28,940,019

   Japanese gross
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   End of 2001: $227 million

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   Across 2001 and 2002: $270 million

   • Schilling, Mark (May 16, 2008). "Miyazaki's animated pic to open this summer". Variety. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

   As of 2008: $290 million

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