It grossed $2,298,191 for the first eight weeks.
It was the top-grossing anime film in the United States in January 2001, but because its US release was only in select theaters, the film did not fare as well financially in the country when released in October 1999. The film earned total domestic gross receipts of ¥20.18 billion. in 1982, but was surpassed several months later by Titanic. It became the highest-grossing film in Japan, beating the record set by E.T. Princess Mononoke was the highest-grossing Japanese film of 1997, earning ¥11.3 billion in distribution rental earnings.
