Pokémon 3: The Movie
2000 1h 14m movie Film Japan

Pokémon 3: The Movie

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.”

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!

The 1999–2001 Japan Window

205 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Pokémon 3: The Movie sits at position #122.

  1. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
    #1

    Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

    ★ 8.9 · 2001

  2. One Piece
    #2

    One Piece

    ★ 8.7 · 1999

  3. InuYasha
    #3

    InuYasha

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

  4. Fighting Spirit
    #4

    Fighting Spirit

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

  5. Shaman King
    #5

    Shaman King

    ★ 8.6 · 2001

  6. Digimon Tamers
    #6

    Digimon Tamers

    ★ 8.6 · 2001

  7. Zoids: Chaotic Century
    #7

    Zoids: Chaotic Century

    ★ 8.6 · 1999

  8. Leave it to Kero!
    #8

    Leave it to Kero!

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

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.

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The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Pokémon 3: The Movie premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$16.0M
Budget
$68.4M
Revenue
$52.4M
Net Profit
4.3×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 14m runtime, production spent $216K per minute on screen and earned $924K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
577
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • mountain village
  • young boy
  • fighting
  • family
  • based on video game
  • missing parent
  • anime
  • father daughter relationship
  • teen adventure
  • valley

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