List of highest-grossing anime films

The following are lists of highest-grossing anime films. It includes the all-time highest-grossing anime films, the highest-grossing anime films by year and the highest-grossing anime film franchises.

Highest-grossing anime films

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing anime films. Nine of these films are also in the top 50 traditional animated films. Ninety percent of the films in the top 30 were released after 2000. 2012 is the most represented year on the list, with 6 films. Pokémon is the most represented animated film franchise with 7 films on the list, while Doraemon, Case Closed, One Piece and Dragon Ball franchises feature prominently. Studio Ghibli is the most represented studio with 9 films on the list.

The films on this chart have all had a theatrical run (including re-releases) since 1999, and films that have not played since then do not appear on the chart due to ticket-price inflation, population size and ticket purchasing trends not being considered.

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Highest-grossing anime films^[1]
Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref
1	Spirited Away	$289,096,544	2001	^{[# 1]}
2	Howl's Moving Castle	$235,184,110	2004	^{[# 2]}
3	Ponyo	$201,750,937	2008	^{[# 3]}
4	Stand by Me Doraemon	$196,442,714	2014	^{[# 4]}
5	Your Name	$174,259,645	2016	^{[# 5]}
6	Pokémon: The First Movie	$163,644,662	1998	^{[# 6]}
7	Princess Mononoke	$159,375,308	1997	^{[# 7]}
8	The Secret World of Arrietty	$145,570,827	2010	^{[# 8]}
9	The Wind Rises	$136,333,220	2013	^{[# 9]}
10	Pokemon: The Movie 2000	$133,949,270	2000	^{[# 10]}
11	One Piece Film: Z	$74,223,861	2012	^{[# 11]}
12	Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions	$71,143,529	2010	^{[# 12]}
13	One Piece Film: Gold	$70,550,000	2016	^[2]^[3]
14	Tales from Earthsea	$68,673,565	2006	^{[# 13]}
15	Pokémon 3: The Movie	$68,411,275	2001	^{[# 14]}
16	Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: The Secret is Created, Nyan!	$65,000,000	2014	^{[# 15]}
17	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	$64,790,000	2015	^{[# 16]}
18	From Up on Poppy Hill	$61,459,425	2011	^{[# 17]}
19	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	$60,487,945	2012	^{[# 18]}
20	Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare	$60,137,853	2016	^{[# 19]}
21	Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016	$57,200,000	2016	^[4]
22	Pokémon the Movie: Black and White	$57,082,491	2011	^{[# 20]}
23	Wolf Children	$54,999,779	2012	^{[# 21]}
24	One Piece Film: Strong World	$54,974,136	2009	^{[# 22]}
25	The Cat Returns	$53,918,847	2002	^{[# 23]}
26	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	$51,200,000	2013	^{[# 24]}
27	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	$50,673,078	2009	^{[# 25]}
28	The Boy and the Beast	$48,600,000	2015	^{[# 15]}
29	Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles	$46,667,538	2012	^{[# 26]}
30	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice	$46,008,255	2012	^{[# 27]}
31	Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan!	$45,429,073	2015	^{[# 28]}
32	Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker	$44,068,406	2012	^{[# 29]}
33	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	$43,338,599	2008	^{[# 30]}

Highest-grossing anime films by year

This is a list of highest-grossing animated films in Japan from 2001. The most number of films represented is by the Pokémon film franchise with 5 films in the list while Doraemon also feature prominently.

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Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Budget	Ref(s)
2001	Spirited Away	7008289100000000000♠$289,100,000	7007190000000000000♠$19,000,000	^[5]
2002	Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street	7007344000000000000♠$34,400,000	TBA	^[6]
2003	Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker	7007333937510000000♠$33,393,751	TBA	^[7]
2004	Howl's Moving Castle	7008235000000000000♠$235,000,000	7007240000000000000♠$24,000,000
2005	Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew	7007371507600000000♠$37,150,760	TBA	^[8]
2006	Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006	7007318113450000000♠$31,811,345	TBA
2007	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	7007424967490000000♠$42,496,749	TBA	^[9]
2008	Ponyo	7008201751937000000♠$201,751,937	7007340000000000000♠$34,000,000	^[10]^[11]
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	7007506730780000000♠$50,673,078	TBA	^[12]
2010	Arrietty	7008145600000000000♠$145,600,000	7007230000000000000♠$23,000,000	^[13]
2011	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	7007570824910000000♠$57,082,491	TBA	^[14]
2012	One Piece Film: Z	7007745000000000000♠$74,500,000	TBA	^[15]
2013	The Wind Rises	7008136500000000000♠$136,500,000	7007300000000000000♠$30,000,000	^[16]
2014	Stand by Me Doraemon	7008196442714000000♠$196,442,714	7007350000000000000♠$35,000,000	^[17]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	7007645910000000000♠$64,591,000	7006500000000000000♠$5,000,000	^[18]
2016	Your Name	7008140300000000000♠$140,300,000	TBA	^[19]

Highest-grossing anime franchises and film series

The following chart is a list of the highest-grossing anime animated film franchises. The top five are among the highest-grossing animated film franchises of all time. Doraemon is the top-grossing anime franchise of all time and the 11th-highest-grossing animated franchise with over $1 billion. Pokémon has the highest per-film average, with over $52 million per film. A given franchise needs to have at least two theatrically released films to be on this list.

Background shading indicates that at least one film in the series is playing in the week commencing 02 December 2016 in theaters around the world.

Highest-grossing anime animated franchises and film series^[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank	Series	Total worldwide box office	No. of films	Average of films	Highest-grossing film

Doraemon

$1,084,842,562

$29,320,069

Stand by Me Doraemon ($196,442,714)

	New Generation ⁺	$628,890,384	12	$52,407,532	Stand by Me Doraemon ($196,442,714)
1	Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)	$196,442,714
2	Nobita and The Birth of Japan 2016 (2016) ⁺	$57,500,000
3	Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure (2012)	$46,667,538
4	Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)	$42,944,109
5	Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)	$39,105,103
6	Nobita's great adventure in the underworld (2007)	$38,743,880
7	Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008)	$38,428,699
8	Nobita's Space Heroes (2015)	$37,019,702
9	Peko and the Exploration Party of Five (2014)	$35,861,856
10	Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (2006)	$33,811,345
11	Nobita and the New Steel Troops-Winged Angels (2011)	$31,660,434
12	The Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer (2009)	$30,705,004

	Original Series	$456,952,178	25	$18,278,087	Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King ($32,000,000)
1	Nobita's the Legend of the Sun King (2000)	$32,000,000
2	Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001)	$31,000,000
3	Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey (2004)	$28,700,000
4	Nobita and the Birth of Japan (1989)	$24,000,000
5	Nobita and the Windmasters (2003)	$23,428,491
6	Nobita in the Robot Kingdom (2002)	$22,053,687
7	Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas (1998)	$22,010,000
8	Nobita and the Spiral City (1997)	$21,000,000
9	Nobita Drifts in the Universe (1999)	$20,900,000
10	Nobita and the Animal Planet (1990)	$20,000,000
11	Nobita's Dorabian Nights (1991)	$19,000,000
12	Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express (1996)	$18,000,000
13	Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds (1992)	$17,900,000
14	Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth (1993)	$17,600,000
15	Nobita's Diary of the Creation of the World (1995)	$16,900,000
16	The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer (1981)	$15,000,000
17	Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984)	$14,600,000
18	Nobita's Three Visionary Swordsmen (1994)	$14,100,000
19	Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs (1987)	$13,900,000
20	The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West (1988)	$13,200,000
21	Nobita's Dinosaur (1980)	$12,060,000
22	Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)	$11,100,000
23	Nobita and the Haunts of Evil (1982)	$9,800,000
24	Nobita's Little Star Wars (1985)	$9,600,000
25	Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983)	$9,100,000

Pokémon

$936,447,680

$52,024,871

The First Movie ($163,644,662)

	The Original	$297,593,932	2	$148,796,966	The First Movie ($163,644,662)
1	The First Movie (1998)	$163,644,662
2	The Movie 2000 (1999)	$133,949,270

	Diamond & Pearl	$207,651,955	4	$51,912,989	Zoroark: Master of Illusions ($71,143,529)
1	Zoroark Master of Illusions(2010)	$71,143,529
2	Arceus and the Jewel of Life(2009)	$50,673,078
3	Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008)	$43,338,599
4	The Rise of Darkrai (2007)	$42,496,749

	Best Wishes!	$135,384,123	3	$45,128,041	Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom ($57,082,491)
1	Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011)	$57,082,491
2	Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (2012)	$46,008,255
3	Genesect and the Legend Awakened (2013)	$32,293,377

	Advanced Generation	$131,733,093	4	$32,933,273	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew ($37,150,760)
1	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (2005)	$37,150,760
2	Destiny Deoxys (2004)	$34,337,258
3	Jirachi Wish Maker (2003)	$33,393,751
4	Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)	$26,851,324

	Johto	$117,302,757	3	$39,100,919	3: The Movie ($68,411,275)
1	3: The Movie (2000)	$68,411,275
2	4Ever (2001)	$28,023,563
3	Heroes (2002)	$20,867,919

	XY	$48,732,338	2	$24,366,169	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction ($26,732,338)
1	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014)	$26,732,338
2	Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015)	$22,000,000

Case Closed

$670,269,787

$31,917,609

The Darkest Nightmare ($46,600,000)

	Main series	$628,872,055	20	$31,443,603	The Darkest Nightmare ($60,137,853)
1	The Darkest Nightmare (2016)	$60,137,853
2	The Eleventh Striker (2012)	$44,068,406
3	Sunflowers of Inferno (2015)	$43,782,211
4	Quarter of Silence (2011)	$42,808,578
5	The Raven Chaser (2009)	$39,664,359
6	Dimensional Sniper (2014)	$39,424,975
7	Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013)	$36,054,366
8	The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)	$35,926,093
9	Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (2003)	$33,006,492
10	The Lost Ship in the Sky (2010)	$31,944,609
11	The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)	$30,848,980
12	Countdown to Heaven (2001)	$29,555,701
13	Magician of the Silver Sky (2004)	$28,430,972
14	Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007)	$26,834,266
15	Captured in Her Eyes (2000)	$25,455,861
16	Full Score of Fear (2008)	$24,576,215
17	Strategy Above the Depths (2005)	$22,699,114
18	The Last Wizard of the Century (1999)	$17,719,333
19	The Fourteenth Target (1998)	$14,528,588
20	The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997)	$1,405,083

	Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)	$41,397,727

Dragon Ball

$360,290,000

$18,962,632

Resurrection 'F' ($64,790,000)

	Dragon Ball Z series	$326,890,000	15	$21,792,667	Resurrection 'F' ($64,790,000)
1	Resurrection 'F' (2015)	$64,790,000
2	Battle of Gods (2013)	$51,200,000
3	Fusion Reborn (1995)	$22,700,000
4	Broly – Second Coming (1994)	$22,200,000
5	Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993)	$20,400,000
6	The Return of Cooler (1992)	$19,200,000
7	Super Android 13! (1992)	$18,900,000
8	Bojack Unbound (1993)	$18,700,000
9	Bio-Broly (1994)	$18,000,000
10	Cooler's Revenge (1991)	$16,200,000
11	Lord Slug (1991)	$14,900,000
12	Wrath of the Dragon (1995)	$12,200,000
13	The World's Strongest (1990)	$10,200,000
14	Dead Zone (1989)	$8,900,000
15	The Tree of Might (1990)	$8,400,000

	Dragon Ball series	$33,400,000	4	$8,350,000	The Path to Power ($9,000,000)
1	The Path to Power (1996)	$9,000,000
2	Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)	$8,900,000
3	Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)	$7,800,000
4	Mystical Adventure (1988)	$7,700,000

5	Crayon Shin-chan	$326,002,347	23	$14,174,015	Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! ($19,100,000)
1	Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! (2016)	$19,100,000
2	Serious Battle! Robot Dad Strikes Back(2014)	$18,799,601
3	My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!(2015)	$18,772,380
4	Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil(1993)	$18,615,340
5	The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom (1994)	$18,054,089
6	The Storm Called: The Adult Empire Strikes Back (2001)	$17,246,993
7	The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess (2012)	$16,782,573
8	The Storm Called!: The Battle of the Warring States (2002)	$14,731,473
9	Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! (2013)	$14,731,466
10	The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy (2011)	$14,295,582
11	Super-Dimension! The Storm Called My Bride (2009)	$13,723,427
12	Roar! Kasukabe Animal Kingdom (2009)	$13,097,019
13	The Storm Called: The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007)	$12,465,599
14	The Legend Called: Dance! Amigo! (2006)	$12,436,098
15	Adventure in Henderland (1996)	$12,176,732
16	The Legend Called Buri Buri 3 Minutes Charge (2005)	$11,351,370
17	The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun (2004)	$11,798,618
18	The Storm Called: The Hero of Kinpoko	$11,198,054
19	Unkokusai's Ambition (1995)	$10,344,250
20	Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997)	$10,009,121
21	BlitzkriegExplosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle (1999)	$9,907,462
22	The Storm Called: Yakiniku Road of Honor (2003)	$9,310,002
23	The Storm Called The Jungle (2000)	$8,811,786
24	Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission (1998)	$8,243,312

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