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#7,321 All-time worldwide
#58 1981 releases

Movie profile

Mobile Suit Gundam I

1981 · 139 min · Sunrise

Animation Science Fiction Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.5M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mobile Suit Gundam I 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 #7,321 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1981 releases #58 Release-year chart position of 138 titles Ranked against movies released in 1981. Studio / company #7 Sunrise of 14 titles Position inside the mapped Sunrise movie set. Franchise #2 Mobile Suit Gundam of 3 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #670 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 Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981) perform at the box office?

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Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $11.5M. In this database it currently ranks #7,321 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #58 among 1981 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,500,000
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 the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 14, 1981
Production
SUNRISE
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1981, Mobile Suit Gundam I is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Science Fiction, Action title from SUNRISE. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.5M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,321 all-time in the current chart set and #58 among 1981 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.