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#6,131 All-time worldwide
#191 2014 releases

Movie profile

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary

2014 · 93 min · Toei Animation

Action Animation Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.2M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $9.2M
ROI 2.14x

Domestic gross

$7.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary 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 #6,131 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2014 releases #191 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2014. Studio / company #15 Toei Animation of 32 titles Position inside the mapped Toei Animation movie set. Primary genre #1,811 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 Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014) earned a reported $17.2M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.14x. In this database it currently ranks #6,131 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #191 among 2014 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,150,803
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,150,803
ROI
2.14x
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

Mitsumasa Kido discovers a misterious baby in the himalayas whom he adopts as his grandaughter. 16 years later, Saori Kido is a young girl troubled by her mysterious powers. She is saved by Seiya from an assassin sent to kill her. Saori then learns she is the reincarnation of the Goddess Athena with Seiya being one of her Saints sworn to protect her. Upon learning of her destiny, she heads to the Sanctuary to rebel against the Pope's murderous plot.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 21, 2014
Production
Toei Animation
Countries
JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyToei Animation FranchiseSaint Seiya Release year chart2014 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2014, Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Animation, Fantasy title from Toei Animation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.2M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.2M, ROI is 2.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,131 all-time in the current chart set and #191 among 2014 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.