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#9,448 All-time worldwide
#63 1978 releases

Movie profile

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo

1978 · 102 min · Toho

Animation Adventure Comedy Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.2M
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget $2.2M
ROI 2.10x

Domestic gross

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$541,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo 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 #9,448 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1978 releases #63 Release-year chart position of 89 titles Ranked against movies released in 1978. Studio / company #56 Toho of 82 titles Position inside the mapped Toho movie set. Franchise #3 Lupin The Third of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #812 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 Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978) earned a reported $4.2M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.10x. In this database it currently ranks #9,448 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #63 among 1978 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,200,000
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
$2,200,000
ROI
2.10x
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

While attempting to win the affections of a beautiful rival, a master thief risks death to learn the secret intentions of a wealthy and seemingly immortal, but certainly ruthless, recluse.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 16, 1978
Production
TOHO, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Telecom Animation Film
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToho FranchiseLupin The Third Release year chart1978 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartAdventure Genre chartComedy Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1978, Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Adventure, Comedy title from TOHO. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.2M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $2.2M, ROI is 2.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,448 all-time in the current chart set and #63 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.