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#3,017 All-time worldwide
#114 2016 releases

Movie profile

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

2016 · 104 min · Toho

Animation Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $58.4M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$25.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$33.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 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 #3,017 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #114 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #10 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Franchise #4 Doraemon Movies of 40 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #337 Animation of 920 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 Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016) perform at the box office?

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Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $58.4M. In this database it currently ranks #3,017 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #114 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$58,400,000
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

Doraemon and his friends travel to ancient Japan where they meet Kukuru. When Kukuru tells them that his tribe has been enslaved by Gigazombie, Doraemon decides to help him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 5, 2016
Production
TOHO, TV Asahi, Fujiko Productions
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToho FranchiseDoraemon Movies Release year chart2016 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Adventure, Fantasy title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $58.4M. For comparison, it currently sits #3,017 all-time in the current chart set and #114 among 2016 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.