Editing Spirited Away (section)

===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}}