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#6,454 All-time worldwide
#208 2013 releases

Movie profile

A Boy Called H

2013 · 122 min · Creek&River Co.,Ltd.

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Boy Called H ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #6,454 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2013 releases #208 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2013. Primary genre #2,648 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#6,451 Hair 1979 · $15.3M #6,452 The Fountain 2006 · $15.3M #6,453 Shanghai 2010 · $15.3M #6,461 Ida 2013 · $15.3M #6,462 Primeval 2007 · $15.3M #6,463 Magadheera 2009 · $15.3M

Quick answer

How did A Boy Called H (2013) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

A Boy Called H (2013) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $15.3M. In this database it currently ranks #6,454 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #208 among 2013 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,300,000
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice. Based on the autobiographical novel "Shonen H" by Kappa Senoh (published by Kodansha, July 9, 1999).

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 10, 2013
Production
CREEK&RIVER Co.,Ltd, TV Asahi, Trysome
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyCreek&River Co.,Ltd. Release year chart2013 box office Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2013, A Boy Called H is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from CREEK&RIVER Co.,Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,454 all-time in the current chart set and #208 among 2013 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.