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#5,511 All-time worldwide
#50 1988 releases

Movie profile

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West

1988 · 90 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 $21.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$9.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West 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 #5,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #50 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #22 Shin Ei Animation of 38 titles Position inside the mapped Shin Ei Animation movie set. Franchise #33 Doraemon Movies of 40 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #527 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: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West (1988) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $21.1M. In this database it currently ranks #5,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #50 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$21,100,000
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

As Nobita, Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo are auditioning for a role in their school's play based on "Journey to the West", the coveted role of Son Goku is hotly contested. After suggesting that the real Great Sage Equal to Heaven should play himself, knowing that the story is only a legend, Nobita and Doraemon go back in time to find their own fake Monkey King, but arrive in present day with the story's demons having taken over the world. The only way for things to go back to normal is for Nobita and pals to reenact the tale...for real!

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 12, 1988
Production
Shin-Ei Animation
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyShin Ei Animation FranchiseDoraemon Movies Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFamily Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West 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 $21.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #5,511 all-time in the current chart set and #50 among 1988 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.