Australia Box Office for The Cat Returns (2005)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $2,240Details
Worldwide Box Office $2,240Details
Home Market Performance
North America Blu-ray Sales $915,557 Details
Total North America Video Sales $915,557
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Synopsis

High school student Haru rescues a cat that was about to be run over by a truck and discovers the cat is actually a prince named Lune. Out of gratitude, Lune’s father, the Cat King, asks her to marry Lune. Haru is brought to the Cat Kingdom, where she starts to develop feline features. When she is prevented from leaving, the Baron and Toto, two statues that have magically been given life, provide assistance in gaining her freedom.

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Movie Details

Australia Releases: September 25th, 2020 (Limited), released as The Cat Returns
Video Release: June 16th, 2015 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 75 minutes
Keywords: Voiceover/Narration, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Single Parent, Non-Chronological, Fantasy Sequence, Interspecies Romance
Source:Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Studio Ghibli
Production Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2020/09/25 - $429   3 $143   $2,240 1

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 9/25/2020 $429 3 3 6 $2,240 2/1/2021
North America 7/13/2005 $0 0 0 0 $0
 
Worldwide Total$2,240 2/1/2021

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Leading Cast

Anne Hathaway    Haru (English version)

Supporting Cast

Andrew Bevis    Prince Lune

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Hiroyuki Morita    Director