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#11,255 All-time worldwide
#29 1969 releases

Movie profile

Battle of the Japan Sea

1969 · 128 min · Toho

War History Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $960,000
Budget $973,000
Gross minus budget -$13,000
ROI 0.99x

Domestic gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$480,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$86,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Battle of the Japan Sea 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 #11,255 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1969 releases #29 Release-year chart position of 46 titles Ranked against movies released in 1969. Studio / company #78 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Primary genre #421 War of 483 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.

#11,252 Trade Winds 1938 · $964,404 #11,253 The Battle of Algiers 1966 · $964,028 #11,254 Appointment with Death 1988 · $960,040 #11,257 The Long Goodbye 1973 · $959,000 #11,258 King of the Mountain 1981 · $958,000 #11,259 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing 1942 · $957,878

Quick answer

How did Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) earned a reported $960.0K worldwide against a reported $973.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$13.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.99x. In this database it currently ranks #11,255 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #29 among 1969 releases.

Worldwide gross
$960,000
Budget
$973,000
Gross minus budget
-$13,000
ROI
0.99x
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

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 1, 1969
Production
TOHO
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyToho Release year chart1969 box office Genre chartWar Genre chartHistory Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1969, Battle of the Japan Sea is positioned in this dataset as a War, History, Drama title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $960,000, reported production budget is $973,000, gross-minus-budget is -$13,000, ROI is 0.99x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,255 all-time in the current chart set and #29 among 1969 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.