Japan Battle Royale returned 6.8× its production cost, earning $30.6M against a $4.5M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
バトル・ロワイアル
“Could you kill your best friend?”
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
205 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Battle Royale sits at position #54.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Battle Royale. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Battle Royale premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 54m runtime, production spent $39K per minute on screen and earned $268K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,530 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #664 of 1,933 (top 34%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company, WOWOW, AM Associates, Kobi, Nippan Group Holdings |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | December 16, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0266308 |