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Released
2011 · FILM

From Up on Poppy Hill

A determined high‑school student fights to protect her beloved school’s future while unraveling a hidden family secret that threatens to tear apart her budding romance and the hopeful spirit of a nation on the brink of the Olympics.

“Let’s walk facing upwards.”

Directed by
Goro Miyazaki
Written by
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
91 min
Language
JA
AnimationComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

In 1963, Yokohama, Japan, is in the process of rebuilding after the devastation of World War II, with the country preparing to host the 1964 Olympics. The atmosphere is one of optimism and tension, as the younger generation seeks to move beyond a difficult past. Amid this backdrop of transformation, a friendship begins to develop between high school students Umi and Shun. However, a hidden secret from their past resurfaces, threatening to disrupt their future and drive them apart.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 81+ 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 Takeshi SeyamaShot by Atsushi OkuiScored by Satoshi Takebe

Box Office

2011 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$61.0M

Budget$22.0M
Worldwide gross$61.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $1.0M — 2% of worldwide · International: $60.0M (98%)

Also known as

  • Der Mohnblumenbergde
  • From Up on Poppy Hillen
  • La colina de las amapolases
  • La Colline aux coquelicotsfr
  • La collina dei papaveriit

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