Japan My Neighbor Totoro returned 11.1× its production cost, earning $41.0M against a $3.7M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
となりのトトロ
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
The 1987–1989 Japan Window
104 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. My Neighbor Totoro sits at position #6.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with My Neighbor Totoro. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedOne Piece Film Red
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedPrincess Mononoke
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
★ 7.1 · Japan
2 sharedMy Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
★ 6.8 · Japan
Other Titles From Studio Ghibli
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when My Neighbor Totoro premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 26m runtime, production spent $43K per minute on screen and earned $477K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #423 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (91st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #198 of 1,274 (top 16%).