Editing My Neighbor Totoro (section)

=== Box office ===
In Japan, ''My Neighbor Totoro'' initially sold 801,680 tickets and earned a [[Theatrical rental|distribution rental]] income of {{JPY|588 million|link=yes}} in 1988. According to the animation scholar [[Seiji Kano]], by 2005, the film's box-office gross receipts in Japan totalled {{JPY|1.17 billion}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Kanō |first=Seiji |author-link=Seiji Kanō |title=宮崎駿全書 (Complete Miyazaki Hayao) |date=March 1, 2006 |publisher=フィルムアート社 (Film Art Company) |isbn=978-4-8459-0687-1 |page=124 |edition=Shohan}}</ref> ({{US$|{{#expr:1170/110.22 round 1}} million|long=no|link=yes}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2005&locations=JP&start=2004 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=2005 |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131205010/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2005&locations=JP&start=2004 |url-status=live }}</ref> In France, the film has sold 429,822 tickets since 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tonari no Totoro (1999) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2815 |website=JP's Box Office |language=fr |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412154116/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2815 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film has been internationally released several times since 2002.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title=Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) (2002) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3246084613/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026212314/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fTONARINOTOTORO(R01 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film has grossed {{USD|30.5 million}} worldwide since 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0096283/|title=My Neighbor Totoro|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226171512/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0096283/|url-status=live}}</ref> A ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' article in 2021 reported that the film has grossed more than $41 million in total.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-14 |title=How did the beloved Studio Ghibli begin to dominate the animation business? |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3125121/story-studio-ghibli-and-hayao-miyazaki-beautiful-art-and |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012144819/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3125121/story-studio-ghibli-and-hayao-miyazaki-beautiful-art-and |url-status=live }}</ref>

Thirty years after its original release in Japan, ''My Neighbor Totoro'' received a Chinese theatrical release in December 2018. The delay was due to long-standing political tensions between China and Japan but many Chinese people had become 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=June 15, 2019 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=December 17, 2018 |archive-date=June 25, 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> In its opening weekend, ending December 16, 2018, ''My Neighbor Totoro'' grossed {{US$|13 million|long=no}}, entering the box-office charts at number two behind Hollywood film ''[[Aquaman (film)|Aquaman]]'' and ahead of [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Padman (film)|Padman]]'' at number three.<ref>{{cite news |title=China's No. 2 Film This Weekend Was Hayao Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/china-box-office-tortoro-triumphant-aquaman-defies-newcomers-1203091067/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 17, 2018 |access-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219195744/https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/china-box-office-tortoro-triumphant-aquaman-defies-newcomers-1203091067/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By its second weekend, ''My Neighbor Totoro'' had grossed {{US$|20 million|long=no}} in China.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Becky |title=China Box Office: 'Spider-Verse' Shoots to Opening Weekend Victory |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/china-box-office-spiderman-spiderverse-aquaman-1203095438/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 24, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219231343/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/china-box-office-spiderman-spiderverse-aquaman-1203095438/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As of February 2019, it had grossed {{USD|25.8 million}} in China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Neighbor Totoro |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0096283/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226171512/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0096283/ |url-status=live }}</ref>