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#4,684 All-time worldwide
#121 2004 releases

Movie profile

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie

2004 · 89 min · Shueisha

Animation Fantasy Action Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $29.3M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $9.3M
ROI 1.46x

Domestic gross

$12.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie 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 #4,684 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #121 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Studio / company #1 Shueisha of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Shueisha movie set. Primary genre #454 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 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (2004) earned a reported $29.3M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $9.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.46x. In this database it currently ranks #4,684 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #121 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$29,266,490
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$9,266,490
ROI
1.46x
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

After the conclusion of the Battle City Tournament, deep below the sands of Egypt, an ancient evil has awakened. Anubis, who was defeated centuries ago by Yugi’s mysterious alter ego – the ancient Pharaoh – has returned for revenge. Wielding the power of the Eighth Millennium Item, Anubis is determined to destroy Yugi and take over the world.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 13, 2004
Production
Shueisha, Gallop, TV Tokyo
Countries
JP, US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyShueisha FranchiseYu Gi Oh! Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFantasy Genre chartAction Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Fantasy, Action title from Shueisha. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $29.3M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $9.3M, ROI is 1.46x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,684 all-time in the current chart set and #121 among 2004 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.