#1,242 All-time worldwide

#25 1998 releases

Movie profile

Pokémon: The First Movie

Name: Pokémon: The First Movie
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Released: 1998-07-18
Duration: 96 min

1998 · 96 min · Olm

Animation Family Adventure Fantasy Action

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $163.6M

Budget $30.0M

Gross minus budget $133.6M

ROI 5.45x

Domestic gross

$70.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$93.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$21.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Pokémon: The First Movie ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,242 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #25 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #1 Olm of 13 titles Position inside the mapped Olm movie set. Franchise #1 Pokémon of 5 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #200 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.

#1,239 Miami Vice 2006 · $163.8M #1,240 Burn After Reading 2008 · $163.7M #1,241 Space Jam: A New Legacy 2021 · $163.7M #1,243 The Happening 2008 · $163.4M #1,244 Unbroken 2014 · $163.4M #1,245 Space Station 3D 2002 · $163.3M

Quick answer

How did Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) earned a reported $163.6M worldwide against a reported $30.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $133.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.45x. In this database it currently ranks #1,242 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #25 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross: $163,644,940
Budget: $30,000,000
Gross minus budget: $133,644,940
ROI: 5.45x

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.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 18, 1998
Production: OLM, Shogakukan Production, TV Tokyo
Countries: JP

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Studio / production companyOlm FranchisePokémon Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFamily Genre chartAdventure Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Pokémon: The First Movie is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Family, Adventure title from OLM. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $163.6M, reported production budget is $30.0M, gross-minus-budget is $133.6M, ROI is 5.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,242 all-time in the current chart set and #25 among 1998 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.