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#7,905 All-time worldwide
#88 1988 releases

Movie profile

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

1988 · 48 min · Toei Animation

Action Animation
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.7M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure 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 #7,905 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #24 Toei Animation of 32 titles Position inside the mapped Toei Animation movie set. Franchise #1 Dragon Ball of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,195 Action of 2,939 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.

#7,902 Bread and Tulips 2000 · $9.7M #7,903 The Odyssey 2016 · $9.7M #7,904 Honesty 2003 · $9.7M #7,906 Hitler's Kaput! 2008 · $9.7M #7,907 Flesh and Bone 1993 · $9.7M #7,908 The Journey of Natty Gann 1985 · $9.7M

Quick answer

How did Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $9.7M. In this database it currently ranks #7,905 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,714,846
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

Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 9, 1988
Production
Toei Animation
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyToei Animation FranchiseDragon Ball Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAnimation

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Animation title from Toei Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.7M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,905 all-time in the current chart set and #88 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.