#627 All-time worldwide

#24 2023 releases

Movie profile

The Boy and the Heron

Name: The Boy and the Heron
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 2023-07-14
Duration: 124 min

2023 · 124 min · Studio Ghibli

Animation Fantasy Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $294.2M

Budget $50.0M

Gross minus budget $244.2M

ROI 5.88x

Domestic gross

$126.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$167.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$38.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Boy and the Heron ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #627 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2023 releases #24 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2023. Studio / company #1 Studio Ghibli of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Studio Ghibli movie set. Primary genre #126 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.

#624 Ferdinand 2017 · $295.0M #625 Shutter Island 2010 · $294.8M #626 Doctor Dolittle 1998 · $294.5M #628 Salt 2010 · $293.3M #629 G-Force 2009 · $292.8M #630 The Departed 2006 · $291.5M

Quick answer

How did The Boy and the Heron (2023) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Boy and the Heron (2023) earned a reported $294.2M worldwide against a reported $50.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $244.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.88x. In this database it currently ranks #627 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #24 among 2023 releases.

Worldwide gross: $294,200,000
Budget: $50,000,000
Gross minus budget: $244,200,000
ROI: 5.88x

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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 14, 2023
Production: Studio Ghibli
Countries: JP

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Studio / production companyStudio Ghibli Release year chart2023 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFantasy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2023, The Boy and the Heron is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Fantasy, Drama title from Studio Ghibli. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $294.2M, reported production budget is $50.0M, gross-minus-budget is $244.2M, ROI is 5.88x. For comparison, it currently sits #627 all-time in the current chart set and #24 among 2023 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.