Castle in the Sky
One day, a girl came down from the sky…
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $5M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Castle in the Sky actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Castle in the Sky appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #44
Placed at #44 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Animation Movies Ranked #47
Placed at #47 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Action Movies Ranked #50
Placed at #50 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #50
Placed at #50 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #239
Placed at #239 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Castle in the Sky returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Aug 2, 1986
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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