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#5,221 All-time worldwide
#52 1987 releases

Movie profile

Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs

1987 · 91 min · Shin Ei Animation

Animation Adventure Family Fantasy Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $23.4M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$10.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs 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 #5,221 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #52 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Studio / company #18 Shin Ei Animation of 38 titles Position inside the mapped Shin Ei Animation movie set. Franchise #31 Doraemon Movies of 40 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #501 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 Knights on Dinosaurs (1987) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $23.4M. In this database it currently ranks #5,221 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #52 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$23,400,000
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

Nobita and Doraemon were finding out the truth about a real dinosaur. Nobita saw something under the ocean when they come across a cave that leads to an underground world full of dino-people. Nobita and his friends are amazed by their new discovery but sadly their memories must be wiped and must return to earth.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 14, 1987
Production
Shin-Ei Animation
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyShin Ei Animation FranchiseDoraemon Movies Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Adventure, Family title from Shin-Ei Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $23.4M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,221 all-time in the current chart set and #52 among 1987 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.