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#5,126 All-time worldwide
#171 2013 releases

Movie profile

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

2013 · 137 min · Studio Ghibli

Animation Drama Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $24.4M
Budget $49.3M
Gross minus budget -$24.9M
ROI 0.49x

Domestic gross

$10.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 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 #5,126 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2013 releases #171 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2013. Studio / company #14 Studio Ghibli of 19 titles Position inside the mapped Studio Ghibli movie set. Primary genre #492 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 The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013) earned a reported $24.4M worldwide against a reported $49.3M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$24.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.49x. In this database it currently ranks #5,126 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #171 among 2013 releases.

Worldwide gross
$24,366,656
Budget
$49,300,000
Gross minus budget
-$24,933,344
ROI
0.49x
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

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 23, 2013
Production
Studio Ghibli, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, KDDI
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyStudio Ghibli Release year chart2013 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartDrama Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2013, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Drama, Fantasy title from Studio Ghibli. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $24.4M, reported production budget is $49.3M, gross-minus-budget is -$24.9M, ROI is 0.49x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,126 all-time in the current chart set and #171 among 2013 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.