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#8,098 All-time worldwide
#88 1989 releases

Movie profile

Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

1989 · 41 min · Toei Animation

Animation Action Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.1M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$3.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone 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 #8,098 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1989 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 218 titles Ranked against movies released in 1989. Studio / company #25 Toei Animation of 32 titles Position inside the mapped Toei Animation movie set. Franchise #13 Dragon Ball Z of 15 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #730 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.

#8,095 Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night 2022 · $9.1M #8,096 Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison 2011 · $9.1M #8,097 The Krays 1990 · $9.1M #8,099 Trail of the Pink Panther 1982 · $9.1M #8,100 One Last Throw 2025 · $9.1M #8,101 Eungyo 2012 · $9.0M

Quick answer

How did Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) perform at the box office?

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Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $9.1M. In this database it currently ranks #8,098 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1989 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,060,335
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

In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from being sucked into a dead zone.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 15, 1989
Production
Toei Animation, Toei Company
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToei Animation FranchiseDragon Ball Z Release year chart1989 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAction Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1989, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Action, Fantasy title from Toei Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.1M. For comparison, it currently sits #8,098 all-time in the current chart set and #88 among 1989 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.