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#7,667 All-time worldwide
#58 1980 releases

Movie profile

An Ocean to Cross

1980 · 120 min · Geiensha Co., Ltd..

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.3M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where An Ocean to Cross 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 #7,667 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #58 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Primary genre #435 History of 700 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.

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Quick answer

How did An Ocean to Cross (1980) perform at the box office?

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An Ocean to Cross (1980) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $10.3M. In this database it currently ranks #7,667 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,300,000
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

Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The film tells the tale of the four monks' youth and the life and times of the high priest Ganjin.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 26, 1980
Production
Geiensha Co., Ltd.
Countries
JP

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, An Ocean to Cross is positioned in this dataset as a History title from Geiensha Co., Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.3M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,667 all-time in the current chart set and #58 among 1980 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.