Cheburashka
2010 1h 20m movie Film Japan

Cheburashka

チェブラーシカ

Cheburashka is a Japan–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

チェブラーシカ

The film based on the book by Eduard Uspensky "Crocodile Gena and his friends". Crocodile Gena works in a zoo – a crocodile. Every evening he returns home to his lonely apartment. Finally he tired of playing with himself in chess, and Gene decides to make friends. On the ads pasted around the city, responding animals and people. First comes a girl with a homeless puppy Gal, followed by the Cheburashka…

Japan × South Korea Co-Production

Japan (lead)South Korea

Other Japan×South Korea titles

Family + Animation in Japan

177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Family and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Cheburashka itself).

The 2009–2011 Japan Window

Cheburashka holds position #264 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Cobra the Animation
    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010
  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    #3

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    ★ 8.7 · 2009
  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010
  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  6. Maid Sama!
    #6

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010
  7. Steins;Gate
    #7

    Steins;Gate

    ★ 8.5 · 2011
  8. The Tatami Galaxy
    #8

    The Tatami Galaxy

    ★ 8.5 · 2010

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Cheburashka premiered alongside 136 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$6.0M
Budget
$54K
Revenue
Net Profit
0.0×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 20m runtime, production spent $75K per minute on screen and earned $675 per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.

The 2406th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

12
Reviews
16th
Review-volume percentile
4th
Popularity percentile

12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,202 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Family productions specifically: #179 of 229 (top 78%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
All Production CountriesJapan, Russia, South Korea
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesCheburashka Movie Partners, Frontier Works, TOHO, Shogakukan, TV Tokyo Broadband Entertainment
Runtime1h 20m
Release DateDecember 18, 2010
IMDbtt1535430
Official Sitewww.toho.co.jp

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