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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
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Howl's Moving Castle Revenue (Daily) (with Theater Counts)

Domestic Total: 2.38M

Opening Weekend: 2.11M

Legs: 1.13

Overview: Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.


TMDB

8.4

IMDB

8.2

Metacritic

82

RT Tomato

88

RT Popcorn

93

Letterboxd

4.34

Daily Table

DateRevenue% YDTheaters
Thu, Sep 26, 2024$274,755+ 0.00%1589
Fri, Sep 27, 2024$660,432+ 140.37%1402
Sat, Sep 28, 2024$433,457 -34.37%1379
Sun, Sep 29, 2024$1,016,046+ 134.41%1569
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Cast

NameCharacter
Chieko BaishoSophie (voice)
Takuya KimuraHowl (voice)
Akihiro MiwaWitch of the Waste (voice)
Tatsuya GashûinCalcifer (voice)
Ryunosuke KamikiMarkl (voice)
Mitsunori IsakiKosho (voice)
Yo OizumiPrince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
Akio OtsukaKing of Ingary (voice)
Daijirô HaradaHeen (voice)
Haruko KatōMadame Suliman (voice)
Makoto Yasumura(voice)
Manabu Muraji(voice)
Keiko Tsukamoto(voice)
Tsuzuki Kayako(voice)
Seiji Sasaki(voice)
Hiroshi Takahashi(voice)
Mayuno Yasokawa(voice)
Rio Kanno(voice)
Kojiro Takahashi(voice)
Akiyoshi Sakurai(voice)
Momoko Kurita(voice)
Mina Meguro(voice)
Yasuhiro Ohara(voice)
Akio Tanaka(voice)
Rina Yamada(voice)
Tomoe Hanba(voice)
Naoto Kaji(voice)
Teruo Seki(voice)
Shinobu Katabuchi(voice)
Masako Inui(voice)
Yohei Ohbayashi(voice)
Takeshi Miyajima(voice)
Yukiko Mizuochi(voice)
Maki Koizumi(voice)
Nobito Nishioka(voice)
Teppei Akashi(voice)
Reiko Onishi(voice)
Yumiko Ogata(voice)
Hiroyuki Kamikawaji(voice)
Tomohiko Kiyota(voice)
Kaori Kaneko(voice)
Aiko Nakajima(voice)
Jun Kuwahara(voice)
Yuta Kobayashi(voice)
Yuko Nomura(voice)
Tamayo Fukushi(voice)
Atsushi Takeya(voice)
Yoshifumi Nakagawa(voice)
Hiroki Tanaka(voice)
Yohei Matsukado(voice)
Akane Fujisaki(voice)
Izumi Matsuoka(voice)
Tomonori Yanagibashi(voice)
Ken Yasuda(voice)
Hiroyuki Morisaki(voice)
Shigeyuki Totsugi(voice)
Takuma Otoo(voice)

Comps

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Profitability Breakdown

Domestic

Week 1: $2.38M

Investor Share: $1.43M

Week 2: $0.00

Investor Share: $0.00

Week 3+: $0.00

Investor Share: $0.00

International

$232.77M (98.99%)

Investor Share: $81.47M

Costs

Budget: $24M


P&A: $24M

Breakdown

Gross: $235.15M


Net: $82.9M


Costs: $48M

Profit

Profit: $34.9M

The profitability breakdown is based on Dan Murrell's YouTube videos (Dan Murrell is not affiliated with Reel Numbers). The breakdown only includes the theatrical release and does not account for any post-theatrical revenue streams such as streaming, home video, or merchandise sales. Additionally, the breakdown does not include any tax incentives, sponsorships, or product placement that may have occurred during production.

Production Companies

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