Mohamed Amir Sohil Bishrul Hafi

Studio Ghibli has produced some of the most beloved films in cinema history. But how do they hold up as commercial ventures? This visualisation maps 25 films across four decades, plotting production budget against box office revenue to reveal the financial arc of one of the most successful animation studios of all time.

Each data point is a film. Dots above the diagonal broke even; dots below did not. Hover to surface the story behind the numbers. Click to view production stills. Each still is clickable to view a zoomed-in version.

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