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Released
2001 · FILM

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Scientist Aki Ross races against a deadly alien menace and a militaristic commander to unite the planet’s eight ancient spirits and forge a force capable of saving a post‑apocalyptic Earth from extinction.

“Unleash a new reality”

Directed by
Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara
Written by
Hironobu Sakaguchi, Al Reinert
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
106 min
ActionAdventureAnimation

Synopsis

Guided by a mysterious dream, scientist Aki Ross embarks on a mission to gather the eight spirits, aiming to create a force capable of safeguarding the planet. Assisted by the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki works to save Earth from its most profound hatred and awaken the spirits within.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 151+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Christopher S CappShot by Motonori SakakibaraScored by Elliot GoldenthalDesigned by Mauro BorrelliStunts by Colin C L FongVFX by Remo Balcells

Box Office

2001 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$85.1M

Budget$137.0M
Worldwide gross$85.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $32.1M — 38% of worldwide · International: $53.0M (62%)

Also known as

  • Final Fantasy - Die Mächte in dirde
  • Fainaru fahtajien
  • Final Fantasy : The Movieen
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Withinen
  • Gaia : Final Fantasyen
  • (English)Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  • (Bulgarian)Реална фантазия
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 2, 2001
  • CanadaJul 11, 2001
  • PhilippinesJul 11, 2001
  • Hong Kong SAR ChinaJul 12, 2001
  • MalaysiaJul 12, 2001

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, Square Pictures, Chris Lee Productions, Square Company
DistributionSony Pictures Releasing, Gaga, Cascade Film, Columbia TriStar Films
Special effectsDigital Frontier, Itochu Techno-Science, Kusanagi, Overload Co., Oz Company Co.
Other companiesAbbey Road Studios, Air Lyndhurst Studios, Bandai Co. Ltd., Color By Deluxe, Digital DTS Sound

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