 | This article's factual accuracy is disputed . The listed grosses are incomplete figures, resulting in incorrect rankings.(December 2021) |
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Figures are given in U.S. dollars (USD). Walt Disney Animation Studios is the most represented studio with 5 feature films.
| Year | Title | Worldwide gross | Budget | Ref(s) |
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| Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur | ¥1,550,000,000 JP ($6,200,000) | TBD | [21] | |
| The Fox and the Hound | $63,456,988 * ($39,900,000) * | $12,000,000 | [22] | |
| The Secret of NIMH | $14,665,733 * | $7,000,000 | [17] | |
| Harmagedon: Genma Wars | ¥1,060,000,000 JP ($4,500,000) | TBD | [23] | |
| Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld | ¥1,650,000,000 JP ($13,500,000) | TBD | [24] | |
| The Care Bears Movie | $34,000,000 ($22,934,622) * | $2,000,000–4,500,000 | [8] | |
| An American Tail | $84,542,002 | $9,000,000 | [3] | |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs | ¥1,500,000,000 JP ($9,800,000) | TBD | [25] | |
| Oliver and Company | $121,000,000+ ($100,000,000)+ | $31,000,000 | [26] [27] [28] | |
| The Little Mermaid | $233,000,000 ($84,355,863) * | $40,000,000 | [1] |
The Silk Road, also known as Dun-Huang, is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Junya Satō. The movie was adapted from the 1959 novel Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue. The backdrop of the plotline is the Mogao Caves, a Buddhist manuscript trove in Dunhuang, Western China, located along the Silk Road during the Song dynasty in the 11th century.
Tsuribaka Nisshi is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kitami. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983. The series has been adapted into a popular and long running movie series and anime television series. By 2020, it had over 26 million copies in circulation.
Poppoya is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. The film was the third-highest-grossing film of the year in Japan.
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur is a 1980 Japanese animated science fiction adventure film based on the manga series Doraemon, particularly the first volume of the same name of the Doraemon Long Stories series. The film premiered on 15 March 1980 in Japan. It's the first feature-length Doraemon film.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a 1983 Japanese science fiction film directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi, written by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It is based on the 1967 Japanese novel of the same name and was released by Toei in Japan on July 16, 1983. It has since been released internationally on DVD with English subtitles under various titles including The Little Girl Who Conquered Time, Girl of Time, The Girl Who Cut Time, among others.
Tasmania Story is a 1990 Japanese-language film, released on July 21, 1990. It was filmed by Pacific Link Communications Japan, the Fuji Television Network, and by David Hannay Productions. Lasting 110 minutes, the film had Kunie Tanaka and Hiroko Yakushimaru as the starring roles. The movie was filmed in Australia, with filming starting in the Southern Hemisphere's winter of 1989.
...the first animated feature film to pass the $100 million watermark worldwide (excluding Disney's re-releases).
1996 re-release $20.9 million