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#9,511 All-time worldwide
#87 1980 releases

Movie profile

Kagemusha

1980 · 180 min · Toho

Action Drama History War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.0M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget -$2.0M
ROI 0.67x

Domestic gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$360,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kagemusha 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 #9,511 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1980 releases #87 Release-year chart position of 126 titles Ranked against movies released in 1980. Studio / company #57 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Primary genre #2,510 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.

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Quick answer

How did Kagemusha (1980) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kagemusha (1980) earned a reported $4.0M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.67x. In this database it currently ranks #9,511 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #87 among 1980 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$2,000,000
ROI
0.67x
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

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 26, 1980
Production
TOHO, 20th Century Fox, Kurosawa Production
Countries
JP, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1980, Kagemusha is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, History title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.0M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$2.0M, ROI is 0.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,511 all-time in the current chart set and #87 among 1980 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.