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Princess Mononoke(1997)
Released
1997 · FILM

Princess Mononoke

A cursed Emishi prince exiles himself to the western mountains, racing against a deadly curse to uncover the source of a vengeful demon’s hatred before it destroys him and his village.

“The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior.”

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
Written by
Hayao Miyazaki
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
134 min
Language
JA
AdventureAnimationFantasy

Synopsis

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 32

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Hayao MiyazakiShot by Atsushi OkuiScored by Joe Hisaishi

Box Office

1997 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.5× 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

$176.5M

Budget$23.5M
Worldwide gross$176.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Re-release box office

2025630 theaters
$11.6M($12.0M today)
2019752 theaters
$1.5M($1.9M today)
2018754 theaters
$1.9M($2.5M today)
Total re-release
$15.0M

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Mononoke Himede
  • Prinzessin Mononokede
  • Princess Mononokeen
  • La princesa Mononokees
  • Princesse Mononokéfr
  • Principessa Mononokeit

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