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.
Audience Engagement
2,561 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among Japan films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 34m runtime, production spent $245K per minute on screen and earned $1.6M per minute back.
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
Other Titles From Studio Ghibli
Fantasy + Animation in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Secret World of Arrietty itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
The Secret World of Arrietty holds position #76 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Secret World of Arrietty premiered alongside 136 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2355th 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 The Secret World of Arrietty, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- little people · 2
- dollhouse · 1
- forest · 23
- cat · 21
- based on children's book · 8
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
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 |