Howl's Moving Castle
The two lived there.
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her.She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $236M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Howl's Moving Castle 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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Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Howl's Moving Castle appears in 5 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #7
Placed at #7 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Animation Movies Ranked #7
Placed at #7 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #10
Placed at #10 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Adventure Movies Ranked #20
Placed at #20 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Nebula Award for Best Script
1 win
- WinnerNebula Award for Best Script
Annie Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Howl's Moving Castle returned 9.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $24M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $236M
- Release date
- Sep 9, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- 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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