Japan The Secret World of Arrietty returned 6.5× its production cost, earning $149.5M against a $23.0M budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
借りぐらしのアリエッティ
“Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.”
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
400 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Secret World of Arrietty sits at position #76.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Secret World of Arrietty. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedMary and The Witch's Flower
★ 7.1 · Japan
2 sharedTo Me, the One Who Loved You
★ 5.7 · Japan
2 sharedTo Every You I've Loved Before
★ 6.5 · Japan
2 sharedThe Boy and the Heron
★ 8.1 · Japan
2 sharedWolf Children
★ 8.2 · Japan
2 sharedSword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
★ 7.8 · Japan
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Secret World of Arrietty premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 34m runtime, production spent $245K per minute on screen and earned $1.6M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,023 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #443 of 1,274 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Ghibli, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Mitsubishi Shoji, dentsu, TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Release Date | July 16, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1568921 |
| Official Site | disney.go.com |