Editing Spirited Away (section)

==Release==
===Box office and theatrical release===
''Spirited Away'' was released theatrically in Japan on 20 July 2001 by distributor [[Toho]]. It grossed a record ¥1.6 billion ($13.1 million) in its first three days, beating the previous record set by ''[[Princess Mononoke]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title=Dinos + Ogre = Monster o'seas B.O.|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=12|date=30 July 2001}}</ref> It was [[List of 2001 box office number-one films in Japan|number one at the Japanese box office]] for its first eleven weeks and spent 16 weeks there in total.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Groves |first=Don |title='Raider' rules Japan; 'Rouge' rosy in France|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=15|date=15 October 2001}}</ref> After 22 weeks of release and after grossing $224 million in Japan, it started its international release, opening in Hong Kong on 13 December 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=24 December 2001|title='Rings' tolls in bright B.O. day o'seas|last=Boland|first=Michaela|page=9}}</ref> It was the first film that had grossed more than $200 million at the worldwide box office excluding the United States.<ref>{{cite news|first=G. Allen|last=Johnson|title=Asian films are grossing millions. Here, they're either remade, held hostage or released with little fanfare|date=3 February 2005|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/03/DDGHFB40EG1.DTL|access-date=11 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407091913/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2005%2F02%2F03%2FDDGHFB40EG1.DTL|archive-date=7 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=22 October 2001|title=Romance, laffs boos o'seas B.O.|last=Groves|first=Don|page=12}}</ref> It went on to gross ¥30.4 billion to become the [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|highest-grossing film in Japanese history]], according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan.<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news |first=Yoko |last=Sudo |title='Frozen' Ranks as Third-Biggest Hit in Japan |date=4 June 2014 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/06/04/frozen-ranks-as-third-biggest-hit-in-japan/ |access-date=27 June 2014 |quote=Walt Disney's ''Frozen'' has surpassed ¥21.2 billion (about $212 million) in box office sales as of this week and now ranks as the third-highest-grossing movie ever in Japan, according to the company&nbsp;... Having topped ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'', ''Frozen'' now trails only ''Titanic'', which opened in 1997 and grossed ¥26.2 billion, and Hayao Miyazaki's ''Spirited Away'', which opened in 2001 and brought in ¥30.4 billion, according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206060409/http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2014/06/04/frozen-ranks-as-third-biggest-hit-in-japan/ |archive-date=6 February 2017 }}</ref> It also set the all-time attendance record in Japan, surpassing the 16.8 million tickets sold by ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=1 October 2001|title=H'wood makes 'Rush' into Japan|last=Groves|first=Don|page=16}}</ref> Its gross at the Japanese box office has since increased to {{JPY|31.68 billion}}, {{as of|2020|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harding |first1=Daryl |title=Toho Updates Spirited Away Lifetime Japanese Box Office Gross as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Inches Closer to #1 |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/12/15/toho-updates-spirited-away-lifetime-japanese-box-office-gross-as-demon-slayer-mugen-train-inches-closer-to-1 |website=[[Crunchyroll]] |date=15 December 2020 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203134131/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/12/15/toho-updates-spirited-away-lifetime-japanese-box-office-gross-as-demon-slayer-mugen-train-inches-closer-to-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="kogyotsushin">{{cite news |script-title=ja:歴代興収ベスト100 |trans-title=All-time box-office top 100 |language=ja |publisher=Kogyo Tsushinsha |url=http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/alltime/ |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808031813/http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/alltime/ |archive-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2002, [[Wild Bunch (company)|Wild Bunch]], an international sales company that had recently spun off from its former parent [[StudioCanal]], picked up the international sale rights for the film outside of Asia and France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/wild-bunch-adds-spirited-away-amongst-others/408281.article|title=Wild Bunch adds Spirited Away, amongst others|access-date=13 September 2021|archive-date=13 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913163147/https://www.screendaily.com/wild-bunch-adds-spirited-away-amongst-others/408281.article|url-status=live}}</ref> The company would then on-sell it to independent distributors across the world. On 13 April 2002, [[The Walt Disney Company]] acquired the Taiwanese, Singapore, Hong Kong, French and North American sale rights to the film, alongside Japanese Home Media rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/04/13/national/copyrights-to-spirited-away-sold-to-disney/|title = Copyrights to 'Spirited Away' sold to Disney|date = 13 April 2002|access-date = 18 October 2021|archive-date = 18 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211018214758/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/04/13/national/copyrights-to-spirited-away-sold-to-disney/|url-status = live}}</ref>

Disney's English dub of the film, supervised by Lasseter, premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2002<ref>{{cite news|last=Ball|first=Ryan|title=Spirited Away Premieres at Toronto Int'l Film Fest|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/spirited-away-premieres-at-toronto-intl-film-fest/|access-date=2 June 2011|newspaper=Animation Magazine|date=9 September 2001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009061259/http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/spirited-away-premieres-at-toronto-intl-film-fest/|archive-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> and was later released in the United States on 20 September 2002. The film grossed $450,000 in its opening weekend from 26 theatres. ''Spirited Away'' had very little marketing, less than Disney's other B-films, with a maximum of 151 theatres showing the film in 2002.<ref name=fps /> After the [[75th Academy Awards|2003 Oscars]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=1 December 2021 |title=Hollywood Flashback: 'Spirited Away' Broke Records and Made Oscar History |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spirited-away-film-oscars-records-history-1235052088/ |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119175738/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spirited-away-film-oscars-records-history-1235052088/ |url-status=live }}</ref> it expanded to 714 theatres. It ultimately grossed around $10 million by September 2003.<ref name=box>{{cite web|title=Spirited Away Box Office and Rental History|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spirited_away/numbers.php|access-date=21 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116171321/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spirited_away/numbers.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date= 16 January 2006}}</ref> Outside of Japan and the United States, the movie was moderately successful in both South Korea and France where it grossed $11 million and $6 million, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spirited Away&nbsp;– Original Release |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1694585349/ |access-date=25 October 2019 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013240/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=spiritedaway.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In Argentina, it is in the top 10 anime films with the most tickets sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultracine.com/index.php/entrevistas/entrevista/97-los-films-de-anime-que-lideran-la-taquilla-argentina|title=Los films de anime que lideran la taquilla argentina|last=Oliveros|first=Mariano|publisher=Ultracine|date=23 July 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014552/http://www.ultracine.com/index.php/entrevistas/entrevista/97-los-films-de-anime-que-lideran-la-taquilla-argentina|archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>{{fv|date=February 2025}}{{rs?|date=February 2025}}

In the United Kingdom, then-independent based film distributor [[Optimum Releasing]] acquired the rights to the movie from Wild Bunch in January 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/optimum-brings-japanese-mega-hit-spirited-away-to-uk/4011927.article |title=Optimum brings Japanese mega-hit Spirited Away to UK {{!}} News {{!}} Screen<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911154429/https://www.screendaily.com/optimum-brings-japanese-mega-hit-spirited-away-to-uk/4011927.article |url-status=live }}</ref>{{fv|date=February 2025}}{{psi|date=February 2025}} The company then released it theatrically on 12 September 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://optimumreleasing.com/detail.php4?id=60 |title=Spirited Away |publisher=Optimum Releasing |accessdate=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031002025214/http://optimumreleasing.com/detail.php4?id=60 |archive-date=2 October 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1171667| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130214144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1171667|title=BBC Collective&nbsp;– Spirited Away|publisher=BBC|archive-date=30 November 2005 |access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref> The movie grossed $244,437 on its opening weekend from 51 theatres, and by the end of its theatrical run in October, the movie has grossed $1,383,023 in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3680666625/weekend/ |title=Spirited Away |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627135738/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3680666625/weekend/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

About 18 years after its original release in Japan, ''Spirited Away'' had a theatrical release in China on 21 June 2019. It followed the theatrical release in China of ''My Neighbour Totoro'' in December 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 Classic 'Spirited Away' Finally Gets Release in China |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hayao-miyazakis-spirited-away-screen-china-18-years-late-1213764 |access-date=15 June 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=9 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609024811/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hayao-miyazakis-spirited-away-screen-china-18-years-late-1213764 |url-status=live }}</ref> The delayed theatrical release in China was due to long-standing political tensions between China and Japan, but many Chinese became familiar with Miyazaki's films due to rampant video piracy.<ref>{{cite news |title=These five Studio Ghibli films really should be released in China |url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2178326/five-studio-ghibli-films-due-china-release-after-my-neighbour-totoro |access-date=15 June 2019 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=25 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625224802/https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2178326/five-studio-ghibli-films-due-china-release-after-my-neighbour-totoro |url-status=live }}</ref> It topped the Chinese box office with a {{US$|28.8-million|long=no}} opening weekend, beating ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' in China.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coyle |first1=Jake |title='Toy Story 4' opens big but below expectations with $118M |url=https://www.apnews.com/69b4991cd5b945cc83c64b16cea841b8 |access-date=23 June 2019 |work=[[AP News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=23 June 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623195102/https://apnews.com/69b4991cd5b945cc83c64b16cea841b8 |url-status=live }}</ref> In its second weekend, ''Spirited Away'' grossed a cumulative {{US$|54.8 million|long=no}} in China, and was second only behind ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'' that weekend.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daily Box Office |url=http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=06%20/30%20/2019 |website=EntGroup |date=30 June 2019 |access-date=1 July 2019 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807110802/http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=06%20%2F30%20%2F2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2019|7|16}}, the film has grossed {{US$|70 million|long=no}} in China,<ref name="china">{{cite web |title=Daily Box Office |url=http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=07%20/08%20/2019 |website=EntGroup |date=8 July 2019 |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217023608/http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=07%20%2F08%20%2F2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> bringing its worldwide total box office to {{US$|346 million|long=no}} {{as of|2019|7|8|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spirited Away&nbsp;– All Releases |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0245429/?ref_=bo_gr_ti |access-date=25 October 2019 |archive-date=26 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026000255/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0245429/?ref_=bo_gr_ti |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Spirited Away''{{'s}} worldwide box office total stands at US$395,802,070.{{Efn|name=Spirited Away Worldwide Box Office Collection}}

===Home media===

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''Spirited Away'' was first released on VHS and DVD formats in Japan by [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] on 19 July 2002.<ref name="JPNreleases">{{cite web|url=http://disney-studio.jp/product/index.jsp?cid=252|script-title=ja:千と千尋の神隠し|publisher=Walt Disney Japan|language=ja|access-date=17 November 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020257/http://disney-studio.jp/product/index.jsp?cid=252|archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> The Japanese DVD releases include storyboards for the film and the special edition includes a Ghibli [[DVD player]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20020510/buena.htm|title=ブエナビスタ、DVD「千と千尋の神隠し」の発売日を7月19日に決定|language=ja|access-date=17 November 2012|date=10 May 2002|publisher=AV Watch|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730141842/http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20020510/buena.htm|archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref> ''Spirited Away'' sold 5.5{{nbsp}}million home video units in Japan by 2007,<ref>{{cite news |last=均 |first=中村 |title=110万冊無料配布。"ゲドを読む。"の狙いを読む 宮崎吾朗監督作品「ゲド戦記」DVDのユニークなプロモーション |url=https://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/manage/20070521/125248/ |work=[[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei Business]] |publisher=[[Nikkei Business Publications]] |date=23 May 2007 |language=ja-JP |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194818/https://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/manage/20070521/125248/ |archive-date=16 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and holds the record for most home video copies sold of all time in the country {{As of|2014|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-14/frozen-home-video-tops-spirited-away-as-fastest-to-sell-2-million-copies-in-japan/.77587|title=Frozen Home Video Tops Spirited Away as Fastest to Sell 2 Million Copies in Japan|date=14 August 2014|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=14 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814183517/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-14/frozen-home-video-tops-spirited-away-as-fastest-to-sell-2-million-copies-in-japan/.77587|archive-date=14 August 2014}}</ref> The movie was released on [[Blu-ray]] by [[Walt Disney Studios Japan]] on 14 July 2014, and DVD was also reissued on the same day with a new HD master, alongside several other [[Studio Ghibli]] movies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.disney.co.jp/studio/ghibli/0252.html |title=千と千尋の神隠し｜ブルーレイ・DVD・デジタル配信｜ディズニー公式<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227165628/https://www.disney.co.jp/studio/ghibli/0252.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon.co.jp： 千と千尋の神隠し [Blu-ray]: 宮崎駿: DVD|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00J2O3CU0/|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203134057/https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00J2O3CU0/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In North America, the film was released on DVD and VHS formats by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on 15 April 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Conrad|first1=Jeremy|title=Spirited Away|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/14/spirited-away|website=IGN|access-date=2 June 2016|date=14 March 2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409215418/http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/03/14/spirited-away|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> The attention brought by the Oscar win resulted in the film becoming a strong seller.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first=Calvin|title='Spirited Away' Sells like Magic|magazine=Publishers Weekly|date=28 April 2003|volume=250|issue=17|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030428/30838-spirited-away-sells-like-magic.html|access-date=29 April 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219022255/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030428/30838-spirited-away-sells-like-magic.html|archive-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> The bonus features include Japanese trailers, a making-of documentary which originally aired on [[Nippon Television]], interviews with the North American voice actors, a select storyboard-to-scene comparison and ''The Art of Spirited Away'', a documentary narrated by actor [[Jason Marsden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/studioghibli/spiritednews.html|title=Studio Ghibli&nbsp;– The Official DVD Website|publisher=Disney|access-date=1 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801195733/http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/studioghibli/spiritednews.html|archive-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> The movie was released on Blu-ray by and North America by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] on 16 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-2-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B00V3QQF6I/|title=Amazon.com: Spirited Away (2-Disc Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack): Daveigh Chase, Lauren Holly, Michael Chiklis, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Mardsen, Tara Strong, Susan Egan, John Ratzenberger, David Ogden Stiers, Hayao Miyazaki, Original Story And Screenplay By Hayao Miyazaki: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|date=16 June 2015 |access-date=14 September 2017|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203134116/https://www.amazon.com/Spirited-Away-2-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B00V3QQF6I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427837697&sr=8-2&keywords=Spirited+Away|url-status=live}}</ref> [[GKIDS]] and [[Shout! Factory]] re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on 17 October 2017 following the expiration of Disney's previous deal with Studio Ghibli in the country in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/gkids-studio-ghibli-ink-home-entertainment-deal-1021746|title=Gkids, Studio Ghibli Ink Home Entertainment Deal|first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=17 July 2017|access-date=17 July 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090028/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/gkids-studio-ghibli-ink-home-entertainment-deal-1021746|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 November 2019, GKIDS and Shout! Factory issued a North-America-exclusive ''Spirited Away'' collector's edition, which includes the film on Blu-ray, and the film's soundtrack on CD, as well as a 40-page book with statements by Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki, and essays by film critic [[Kenneth Turan]] and film historian [[Leonard Maltin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bui |first=Hoai-Tran |date=13 August 2019 |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/spirited-away-collectors-edition/ |title='Spirited Away' Special Collector's Edition Will Be Available For a Limited Time This November |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003627/https://www.slashfilm.com/spirited-away-collectors-edition/ |archive-date=8 November 2020 |work=[[Slashfilm]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ghiblicollection.com/product/spirited-away-collector-s-edition?product_id=7231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820212149/https://ghiblicollection.com/product/spirited-away-collector-s-edition?product_id=7231 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |title=Spirited Away [Collector's Edition] |work=The Studio Ghibli Collection |location=Los Angeles |publisher=GKIDS |asin=B07W8LJLB3}}.</ref> Along with the rest of the Studio Ghibli films, ''Spirited Away'' was released on digital markets in the United States for the first time, on 17 December 2019.

In the United Kingdom, the film was released on DVD and VHS as a rental release through independent distributor High Fliers Films PLC following the film's limited theatrical release. It was later officially released on DVD in the UK on 29 March 2004, with the distribution being done by Optimum Releasing themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/156955/Spirited-Away/Product.html|title=Spirited Away (2 Discs) (Studio Ghibli Collection)|publisher=Play|access-date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719053347/http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/156955/Spirited-Away/Product.html|archive-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> In 2006, the DVD was reissued as a single-disc release (without the second one) with packaging matching other releases in Optimum's "The Studio Ghibli Collection" range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press.optimumreleasing.net/theatrical.php?id=65|title=Optimum Releasing&nbsp;– Spirited Away|publisher=Optimum Releasing|access-date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016234456/http://press.optimumreleasing.net/theatrical.php?id=65|archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The then-renamed [[StudioCanal UK]] released the movie on Blu-ray on 24 November 2014, A British 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition, similar to other Studio Ghibli anniversary editions released in the UK, was released on 25 October 2021.<ref name="Amie">{{cite web |last1=Amie |first1=Cranswick |title=StudioCanal announces Spirited Away 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/07/studiocanal-announces-spirited-away-20th-anniversary-collectors-edition/ |website=Flickering Myth |access-date=29 October 2021 |date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108072254/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2021/07/studiocanal-announces-spirited-away-20th-anniversary-collectors-edition/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the United States, the 2015 Blu-ray release grossed $9,925,660 from 557,613 physical units sold {{As of|2021|2|21|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (2001) – Video Sales |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sen-to-Chihiro-no-Kamikakushi#tab=video-sales |access-date=25 April 2021 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |archive-date=8 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108172921/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sen-to-Chihiro-no-Kamikakushi#tab=video-sales |url-status=live }}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the film's Studio Ghibli anniversary release appeared several times on the annual lists of best-selling [[foreign language film]] on [[home video]], ranking number six in 2015,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2016.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2016 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |year=2016 |location=United Kingdom |pages=144 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520120749/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> number five in 2016,<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2017.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook 2017 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |year=2017 |location=United Kingdom |pages=140–1 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520211817/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and number one in 2019.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/statistical-yearbook |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook 2020 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |year=2020 |location=United Kingdom |pages=94 |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427094931/https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/statistical-yearbook |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Television ===
The film was aired on [[Nippon TV]] (NTV) in Japan, on 24 January 2003. It became NTV's most-watched film of all time with a 46.9% [[Audience measurement|audience rating]], surpassing the 35.1% record previously set by ''Princess Mononoke'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamano |first1=Keiji |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/18620778/the-japanese-market-for-uk-films-bfi |title=The Japanese Market for UK Films |last2=Kitae |first2=Hiroyuki |last3=Udagawa |first3=Shoji |last4=Watanabe |first4=Yasuko |last5=Uchiyama |first5=Takashi |date=November 2007 |publisher=Cinema Alliance Limited, [[UK Film Council]], [[British Film Institute]] |pages=58–9 |access-date=22 April 2022 |via=[[Yumpu]] |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923134131/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/18620778/the-japanese-market-for-uk-films-bfi |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, the film was watched by 670,000 viewers on [[BBC2]] in 2010. This made it the year's most-watched foreign-language film on [[BBC]], and the year's second highest foreign film on UK television (below the Indian [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'').<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2011 |title=Statistical Yearbook 11 |pages=109 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2011.pdf |access-date=21 April 2022 |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516061604/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2011.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Spirited Away'' was later watched by 300,000 UK viewers on BBC2 in 2011, making it the year's most-watched foreign-language film on BBC2.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012 |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook 2012 |pages=125 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] (BFI) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-statistical-yearbook-2010.pdf |access-date=21 April 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423012731/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-statistical-yearbook-2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Combined, the film drew a {{Nowrap|{{#expr:670+300}},000}} UK television viewership on BBC2 between 2010 and 2011.