Japan Synopsis
劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI
“This spring the Unown spells adventure.”
When Molly Hale's sadness of her father's disappearance gets to her, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who she believes to be her father. When Entei kidnaps Ash's mother, Ash along with Misty & Brock invade the mansion looking for his mom and trying to stop the mysteries of Molly's Dream World and Entei!
Audience Engagement
577 audience reviews — more than 94% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Pokémon 3: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedOne Piece Film Red
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedResident Evil: Death Island
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Super: Super Hero
★ 7.9 · Japan
2 sharedMy Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
★ 7.6 · Japan
Other Titles From Nintendo
Adventure + Fantasy in Japan
719 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Pokémon 3: The Movie itself).
The 1999–2001 Japan Window
Pokémon 3: The Movie holds position #122 of 205 Japan films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Pokémon 3: The Movie premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for Japan cinema with only 64 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 1020 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 14m runtime, production spent $216K per minute on screen and earned $924K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 63 other Japan films in 2000.
The 1283rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Pokémon 3: The Movie, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mountain village · 5
- young boy · 5
- missing parent · 3
- teen adventure · 1
- valley · 1
- father daughter relationship · 29
- fighting · 22
- anime · 711
- based on video game · 90
- family · 74
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,071 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #971 of 1,216 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nintendo, OLM, TV Tokyo, Pikachu Project 2000, Shogakukan |
| Runtime | 1h 14m |
| Release Date | July 8, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0235679 |
| Official Site | www.warnerbros.com |