Castle in the Sky
Released Date
August 2, 1986
Distributor
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Genre
Animation
Rating
PG
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$523,664 + $5,592,297 = $6,115,961
$523,664 + $5,592,297 = $6,115,961
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
About
A young orphan is kidnapped before being attacked by sky pirates. She teams up with a fellow orphan to discover the mystical floating city of Laputa. The film marked the first project to be animated by Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli.
Trivia
In 2006, the film was voted the second best animated picture at the Japan Media Arts Festival. Disney produced an English dub that would release in 1999.