Pokémon: The First Movie
The Pokémon match of all time is here.
Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before.
- Director
- Kunihiko Yuyama
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $164M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
17 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Pokémon: The First Movie actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Determined to prove its superiority, a bio-engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo lures Ash, Pikachu and others into a Pokemon match like none before.
Where to watch
Streaming
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award
1 win
- WinnerAnimation Kobe Theatrical Film Award
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Pokémon: The First Movie returned 5.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $164M
- Release date
- Jul 18, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- 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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