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#12,517 All-time worldwide
#232 1988 releases

Movie profile

Tokyo Pop

1988 · 100 min · Kuzui Enterprises

Comedy Romance Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $37,834
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$15,134

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$22,700

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4,238

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Tokyo Pop 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 #12,517 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #232 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #4 Kuzui Enterprises of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Kuzui Enterprises movie set. Primary genre #4,732 Comedy of 4,840 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 Tokyo Pop (1988) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Tokyo Pop (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $37.8K. In this database it currently ranks #12,517 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #232 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$37,834
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 15, 1988
Production
Kuzui Enterprises
Countries
US, JP

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKuzui Enterprises Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance Genre chartMusic

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Tokyo Pop is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance, Music title from Kuzui Enterprises. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $37,834. For comparison, it currently sits #12,517 all-time in the current chart set and #232 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.