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#9,115 All-time worldwide
#106 1986 releases

Movie profile

Castle in the Sky

1986 · 125 min · Studio Ghibli

Adventure Fantasy Animation Action Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.2M
Budget $3.0M
Gross minus budget $2.2M
ROI 1.74x

Domestic gross

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$674,509

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Castle in the Sky 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 #9,115 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1986 releases #106 Release-year chart position of 206 titles Ranked against movies released in 1986. Studio / company #16 Studio Ghibli of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Studio Ghibli movie set. Primary genre #1,794 Adventure of 2,138 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 Castle in the Sky (1986) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Castle in the Sky (1986) earned a reported $5.2M worldwide against a reported $3.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.74x. In this database it currently ranks #9,115 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #106 among 1986 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,228,752
Budget
$3,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,228,752
ROI
1.74x
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

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 2, 1986
Production
Studio Ghibli, Nibariki, Tokuma Shoten
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStudio Ghibli Release year chart1986 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1986, Castle in the Sky is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Fantasy, Animation title from Studio Ghibli. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.2M, reported production budget is $3.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.2M, ROI is 1.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,115 all-time in the current chart set and #106 among 1986 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.