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#3,790 All-time worldwide
#34 1988 releases

Movie profile

My Neighbor Totoro

1988 · 86 min · Studio Ghibli

Fantasy Animation Family
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $41.0M
Budget $3.7M
Gross minus budget $37.3M
ROI 11.08x

Domestic gross

$17.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Neighbor Totoro 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 #3,790 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #34 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #12 Studio Ghibli of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Studio Ghibli movie set. Primary genre #548 Fantasy of 1,285 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.

#3,787 The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 · $41.1M #3,788 Dredd 2012 · $41.0M #3,789 Fright Night 2011 · $41.0M #3,796 Poltergeist II: The Other Side 1986 · $41.0M #3,797 Grand Canyon 1991 · $41.0M #3,798 Twisted 2004 · $41.0M

Quick answer

How did My Neighbor Totoro (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

My Neighbor Totoro (1988) earned a reported $41.0M worldwide against a reported $3.7M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $37.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.08x. In this database it currently ranks #3,790 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #34 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$41,000,000
Budget
$3,700,000
Gross minus budget
$37,300,000
ROI
11.08x
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

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 16, 1988
Production
Studio Ghibli, Nibariki, Tokuma Shoten
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyStudio Ghibli Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, My Neighbor Totoro is positioned in this dataset as a Fantasy, Animation, Family title from Studio Ghibli. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $41.0M, reported production budget is $3.7M, gross-minus-budget is $37.3M, ROI is 11.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,790 all-time in the current chart set and #34 among 1988 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.