Beyond the tunnel was a mysterious town.

Spirited Away

Name: Spirited Away
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: 2001-07-20
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi

Japanese Cinema20012h 5mJapaneseTop 25% of Japanese Cinema budgets

83Standing

18th of 224 in Japanese Cinema

Reported gross: 98
Audience rating: 100
Momentum: 39

Out-grossed 98% of Japanese Cinema releases with reported figures ($275M).
Returned 14.5× its budget, against an industry median of 6.3×.
Momentum in the 39th percentile.
Audience rating 8.5 from 18,970 votes, the 100th percentile.

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Cost: $19M
Took: $275M

Against a Japanese Cinema median of 6.3×, so this one returned 2.3 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Released: 20 July 2001
Runtime: 2h 5m
Language: Japanese
Industry: Japanese Cinema

Top billedAll 20 credits

Rumi HiiragiChihiro (voice)
Miyu IrinoHaku (voice)
Mari NatsukiYubaba / Zeniba (voice)
Takashi NaitoFather (voice)
Yasuko SawaguchiMother (voice)
Tatsuya GashuinAogaeru (voice)

Made by

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki
Original Music Composer: Joe Hisaishi
Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui
Producer: Toshio Suzuki

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FantasyAnimationFamily

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