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#3,657 All-time worldwide
#16 1978 releases

Movie profile

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

1978 · 151 min · Office Academy

Animation Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $43.0M
Budget $3.6M
Gross minus budget $39.4M
ROI 11.94x

Domestic gross

$18.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato 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 #3,657 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #16 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #1 Office Academy of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Office Academy movie set. Franchise #1 Space Battleship Yamato of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #383 Animation of 948 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.

#3,654 The Longest Yard 1974 · $43.0M #3,655 Escape from Alcatraz 1979 · $43.0M #3,656 Regarding Henry 1991 · $43.0M #3,661 Legend 2015 · $43.0M #3,662 The Gallows 2015 · $43.0M #3,663 Snitch 2013 · $42.9M

Quick answer

How did Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) earned a reported $43.0M worldwide against a reported $3.6M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $39.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.94x. In this database it currently ranks #3,657 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #16 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$43,000,000
Budget
$3,600,000
Gross minus budget
$39,400,000
ROI
11.94x
Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 14, 1978
Production
Office Academy
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyOffice Academy FranchiseSpace Battleship Yamato Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Science Fiction title from Office Academy. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $43.0M, reported production budget is $3.6M, gross-minus-budget is $39.4M, ROI is 11.94x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,657 all-time in the current chart set and #16 among 1978 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.