Ponyo
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When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for.Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Humour
- Worldwide
- $202M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
19 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Ponyo returned 6.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $34M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $202M
- Release date
- Jul 19, 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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